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Issue: The Flash #171
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
On Sale Date: 04/18/1967
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 16 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Julius Schwartz
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age, then standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched (most issues); squarebound (#160, 169, 178, 187, 196, 214, 229, 232)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Assets1
 
 
Why?

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Carmine Infantino (signed)
Murphy Anderson (signed)
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Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
superhero
The Flash
Flash [Barry Allen]
Reprinting
FlagLynet #2/1968 published February 1968
as Et travelt hjørne i Central City... [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Here Lies The Flash -- Dead and Unburied

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Gardner Fox (credited)
Carmine Infantino (credited)
Sid Greene (credited)
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Subject Matter
superhero
The Flash
Flash [Barry Allen]; Dr. Light [Arthur Light; Green Ghost] (villain); Iris Allen; Dexter Miles; Charley Perkins; Justice League of America [Wonder Woman; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; J'onn J'onzz; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Atom [Ray Palmer]] (flashback cameo); police laboratory assistants; Elizabeth Perkins; Mrs. Perkins
Dr. Light has mastered a method of using light as disguise, which allows him to battle Flash disguised as the Green Ghost, a spider, Dexter Miles, and even a pile of jewels.
Reprinting
FlagLynet #2/1968 published February 1968
as Her hviler Lynet. Død og ubegravd [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
21.5
References Justice League of America #12, The Atom #8, and Green Lantern #33.

Story across 23 pages in three parts of 5.5, 9.5, and 6.5 pages.
It's a Comedy of Terrors

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
Scooter
Scooter; Professor Kootchy-Koo Caramba
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Miscellaneous
0.5
Advertisement for Swing With Scooter #7, showing cover, on sale April 20th.
Appears at bottom of story page 6.
Dive Into an Underwater World of Action With the GI Joe Frogman and Sea Sled

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
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Subject Matter
G. I. Joe
G.I. Joe
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Miscellaneous
1
Ad for G. I. Joe Frogman and Sea Sled set from Hasbro.
Appears between pages 6-7 of story sequence.
[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
Flash-Grams -- Extra
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Letters from: L. L. Simpson; Charles Prudence; Robert Jennings; Mark Evanier; David Swift, with no replies.
Appears between pages 6-7 of story sequence.
[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
Direct Currents
Justice League of America [Wonder Woman; Batman; Flash [Barry Allen]; Martian Mahunter [J'onn J'onzz]; The Atom]; The Royal Flush Gang; Superman; Hercules
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Information on upcoming DC Comics with two illustrations (one from cover of Justice League of America #54).
Appears between pages 6-7 of story sequence.
Presenting the Man of the Hour - Clark Kent!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Curt Swan
George Klein ?
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Subject Matter
Superman [Clark Kent]
Superman [Clark Kent]
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
House ad for Superman 197 (80 Page Giant G-36), showing cover, on sale April 11th.
Appears between pages 6-7 of story sequence.
Fight Global Air Battles With Planes of All Nations

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
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Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.5
Ad for 116 toy airplanes from unnamed company in Rockville Centre, NY.
On bottom of page 16 of story.
[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Flash-Grams
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Letters regarding Flash #167, from: Bruce Powers; Rick Conley; Don Markstein; Joseph Arul; Cary Bates; Kenneth Price; Robert Jennings; Bill Ray, with no replies.
Appears between pages 16-17 of story sequence.
The Battle That Rocks the Universe!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
superhero
The Spectre; The Flash
The Spectre; The Flash [Barry Allen]
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.5
House ad for The Brave and The Bold #72, showing cover, on sale April 20th.
Appears between pages 16-17 of story sequence.
[untitled]

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
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Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Subject Matter
informational
Cap's Hobby Hints
I want to dust all my models on display.
One boy shows another how to safely dust his models using a small paintbrush.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.5
6510
Idea is from Keith O'Camb.
Appears between pages 16-17 of story sequence.
Catalog Offer of the Year!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
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Subject Matter
Aurora Plastics Corp.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Ad for Aurora's 1967 model catalog, from Aurora Plastics Corp.
Appears between pages 16-17 of story sequence.
Boys, Men, Build, Develop Mighty Muscles

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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?; typeset
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Subject Matter
Mighty Muscles
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Miscellaneous
1
Ad for Mighty Muscles body building book.
Appears between pages 18-19 of story sequence.
Be My Guest at America's Greatest Amusement Park

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
Superman; Palisades Amusement Park
Superman
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.5
Ad for Palisades Amusement Park, with coupons.
Appears on bottom half of last story page.
Tank Trap

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
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Subject Matter
Helen of Toy Co.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Ad for Tank Trap game from Helen of Toy, Co.
Mystery of the Million-Dollar Briefcase!

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jack Schiff
Sheldon Moldoff
Sheldon Moldoff
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Subject Matter
opinion
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Inside back cover.

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