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Issue: The Flash #214
Publication Date: April 1972
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Issues: #214 of 246 Issues (392 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [block]View Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 02/01/1972
Volume: 23
Pages: 100
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 13 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: DC 100-Page Super Spectacular DC-11.

On-sale date from Comic Reader #81.
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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, Wraparound
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
Cover, Wraparound
 
Cover, Front Only (of Wraparound and/or Gatefold)
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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The Gantlet of Super-Villains!

Illustration  on  Cover, Wraparound
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Flash [Barry Allen]; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Captain Cold; Captain Boomerang; Pied Piper; The Top; Heat Wave; Mirror Master; Doc Magnus; Metal Men [Platinum; Mercury; Iron; Tin; Lead; Gold]; Quicksilver; Johnny Quick; The Wasp; Trickster
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: N-477
Disclose Notes: Wrap-around cover image.
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Flash [Barry Allen]; Quicksilver; Kid Flash [Wally West]; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Johnny Quick
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: N-476
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Gantlet of Super-Villains!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Gorilla Grodd; The Top; Captain Boomerang; Heat Wave; Pied Piper; Captain Cold; Mirror Master [Sam Scudder]; Flash [Barry Allen]; J. M. Leach (tailor); Solovar; Pola
Synopsis: Gorilla Grodd uses his powers to switch bodies with a gorilla in the Central City zoo and from there he uses Flash's greatest foes to battle Flash until he can take control of Barry Allen's mind.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagThe Flash #155 published September 1965
was The Gauntlet of Super-Villains! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 23
Job Number: N-468
Disclose Notes: Story across 24 pages in three parts of 10.67 pages, 5.67 pages, and 6.67 pages.
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
First Line: When meteors -- falling toward Earth -- meet our planet head-on...
Synopsis: Facts about meteors.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
First Line: The counterclockwise winds of a tornado revolve...
Synopsis: Facts about the speeds of the winds in a tornado and the flying speed of ducks.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
First Line: Tidal Waves (more accurately called seismic sea waves, since the are waves set up by submarine earthquakes) sometimes travel...
Synopsis: Information about tidal waves.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
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The Wasp

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Quicksilver [Max]; The Wasp (first appearance, villain, death); Mr. Shaw; Mr. Lane
Synopsis: When two greedy business owners cut the Wasp out of his rightful share of his invention he decides to kill them.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagNational Comics #67 published August 1948
was The Wasp [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: N-465
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The Face Behind the Mask!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Kid Flash [Wally West]; Silver Mask [Eddie Farrell]; Mrs. Carter Wright; Harry (villain)
Synopsis: Silver Mask, a boy singer, is being blackmailed by Harry who knows that he used to be part of a gang.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagThe Flash #122 published August 1961
was The Face Behind the Mask! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 9.67
Job Number: N-467
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The Modern Paul Bunyan!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Johnny Quick; Tubby Watts; Paul Bunyan (statue)
Synopsis: Johnny Quick and Tubby visit a Paul Bunyan festival. When crooks rob the gate Johnny uses stunts similar to what Paul Bunyan would have done to capture them.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #179 published August 1952
was The Modern Paul Bunyan! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: N-471
Disclose Notes: Credits from index of original. Reprint lists art by Ralf Mayo which is believed to be incorrect.
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The Tale of the Three Tokens!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Flash [Jay Garrick]; Dr. Lane; Joan Williams; The Thinker; Earl Hoffrith
Synopsis: The Thinker steal a time machine and plans to use it to rob banks but is stopped by the Flash and the inventor of the time machine.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Job Number: N-466; FL113
Disclose Notes: Unpublished Golden Age story.
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The Flaming Doom!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Colonel Henry Caspar; Dr. Will Magnus; Metal Men [Platinum; Gold; Lead; Iron; Mercury; Tin]
Synopsis: The newly created Metal Men battle a pre-historic monster.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagShowcase #37 published March 1962
was [Part I] The Flaming Doom! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagShowcase #37 published March 1962
was Part II: The Metal Men vs The Flaming Doom! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagShowcase #37 published March 1962
was Part III: The Metal Men vs The Flaming Doom! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 24.67
Job Number: N-469
Disclose Notes: Introduction and origin of the Metal Men.
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The Weather Wizard Blows Up a Storm!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Flash [Barry Allen]; Weather Wizard [Mark Marden]; Iris West; Jimmy Harlow; Tommy Davis; Billy Trent
Synopsis: A student's science fair project can predict the moves of the Weather Wizard and gives Flash an assist in stopping his latest crime spree.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagThe Flash #145 published June 1964
was The Weather Wizard Blows Up a Storm! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12.34
Job Number: N-470
Disclose Notes: Story in two parts of 5.67 and 6.67 pages.
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Famous Flash Covers

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Flash
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: N-478
Disclose Notes: Displays two famous Flash covers, Showcase #4 and The Flash #155.

Inside back cover.

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