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Issue: The Flash #289

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Publication Date: September 1980

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Issues: #289 of 246 Issues (392 Printings)

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Variant: U.K. Cover Price

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

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Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.

On Sale Date: (not set)

Volume: 32

Pages: 36

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: 0709893048509

Price: £0.15 GBP

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
5 (2 stories, 1 cover) from base issue

Editor(s): Joe Orlando (managing editor); Len Wein (editor)

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Format

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

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2 The Flash #289 [U.S. Cover Price]

The Flash #289 [U.K. Cover Price]

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Content Items (5 total)

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Illustration on Cover, Front from base issue

Credits

Penciller(s): Don Heck

Inker(s): Dick Giordano

Colorist(s): Tatjana Wood

Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): The Flash

Character(s): Flash [Barry Allen]; Dr. Alchemy [Alvin Desmond]; Mr. Element [Albert Desmond]; Firestorm

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Pages: 1

Job Number: C-387

Notes: Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.

The Good... The Bad... And the Unexpected!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Cary Bates

Penciller(s): Don Heck

Inker(s): Frank Chiaramonte

Colorist(s): Gene D'Angelo

Letterer(s): Ben Oda

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): The Flash

Character(s): Flash [Barry Allen]; Dr. Alchemy [Alvin Desmond]; Mr. Element [Albert Desmond]; Fiona Webb; Rita Desmond

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Pages: 17

Job Number: J-6586

A Matter of Good Taste

Advertisement on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Curt Swan

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Batgirl; Hostess Twinkies

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Pages: 1

Firestorm Is Back in Town!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Gerry Conway (credited)

Penciller(s): George Pérez (credited)

Inker(s): Bob Smith [as Romeo Tanghal] (credited) (see notes)

Colorist(s): Gene D'Angelo (credited)

Letterer(s): Ben Oda (credited)

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Firestorm

Character(s): Firestorm [Ronnie Raymond; Martin Stein]

Synopsis: Ronnie reveals the secret origin of Firestorm to Martin Stein.

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Pages: 8

Job Number: J-6755

Notes: Feature continues from Firestorm (DC, 1978 series) #5 (October-November 1978). First George Pérez DC art.

George Pérez confirms through an interview by Dan Greenfield on the website 13th Dimension "A Rare Peek Inside George Perez's Firestorm" June 23, 2019 (https://13thdimension.com/a-rare-peek-inside-george-perezs-firestorm/, retrieved 27 June 2019), that the inker on his first Firestorm story was credited in error to Romeo Tanghal. It was actually inked by Bob Smith who would ink all of Perez's Firestorm run.

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Letters Page on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Bob Rozakis [as TPS]

Penciller(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Flash-Grams

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Pages: 1

Job Number: L-565