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Issue: The Flash #229
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
On Sale Date: 06/25/1974
Volume: 25
Pages: 100
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.60 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 15 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #107.
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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
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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The Astonishing Rag Doll Runs Wild!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
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Subject Matter
superhero
Flash [Barry Allen]; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Rag Doll [Pete Merkel]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Kid Flash [Wally West]; Johnny Quick
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
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Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics
Contents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
superhero
Flash [Barry Allen]; Kid Flash [Wally West]; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
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Contents of the issue. Uses part of the cover of The Flash #178 as background.
The Rag Doll Runs Wild!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
superhero
Flash [Barry Allen]; Rag Doll [Pete Merkel]; Thinker [Clifford DeVoe]; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Iris Allen; Matt (Police Officer); Walton Gang; Joan Garrick
Barry Allen travels to Earth-2 when Joan Garrick contacts him and tells him that Jay is acting strangely. The two Flashes stop The Thinker and Rag Doll who are on a crime spree.
Reprinting
FlagRoter Blitz #4 published September 1976
as Der Geistes-Riese [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
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Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Revival of Golden Age villain Rag Doll.
Half a Green Lantern Is Better Than None!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
superhero
Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Pieface [Tom Kalmaku]; Joe Hand (first appearance); David Hand (first appearance); Peter Hand (first appearance); Black Hand [William Hand] (first appearance, villain, origin); Gil Kane (cameo)
Black Hand has created a device to store Green Lantern's ring energy and tries to use that energy to imprison Green Lantern in another dimension.
Reprinting
FlagGreen Lantern #29 published June 1964
was Half a Green Lantern Is Better Than None! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Gil Kane makes an appearance, breaking the fourth wall and informing the reader about the origin of Black Hand.

Story in two parts of 7.67 and 5.67 pages.
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Doctor Rocket
We've done a lot of research on this planet!
Doctor Rocket's assistant sends his dirty laundry back to Earth.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
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Best Wishes

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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?
Subject Matter
superhero
Flash [Barry Allen]; Kid Flash [Wally West]; Flash [Jay Garrick]
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
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Pinup including all three Flashes.
Flash Puzzle

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
superhero
Mirror Master [Sam Scudder]; Captain Boomerang [Digger Harkness]; The Top [Roscoe Dillon]; Pied Piper [Hartley Rathaway]; Captain Cold [Leonard Snart]; Heat Wave [Mick Rory]
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
P-31
Find-a-word puzzle. Flash Rogues illustrations at the top of the puzzle taken from the cover of The Flash #174.
[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
2
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Letters of comment from readers Fred Schneider, Karla Jarrett, T. E. Pouncey, Keith Griffin, Greg Coben, "Unsigned", Steve Clement and Greg Potter, with replies from Rozakis.
Secret of the Handicapped Boys!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
superhero
Kid Flash [Wally West]; Mary West (Wally's Mom); Tommy; Jerry; Harry Watkins; Andy; Freddy Garson; Dave Dent
Three handicapped boys accidentally discover that Wally West is Kid Flash.
Reprinting
FlagThe Flash #133 published December 1962
was Secret of the Handicapped Boys! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
9.67
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
informational
Avalanches in the Swiss Alps...
Information on the speed of an avalanche.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.33
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The Flash Trivia Quiz

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
superhero
Flash [Barry Allen]; Professor Zoom [Eobard Thawne]; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Mr. Element/Dr. Alchemy [Albert Desmond]; Iris West
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Miscellaneous
1
Trivia questions on Flash history and foes.
The Man Who Wore Ten Hats!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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?
Subject Matter
superhero
Johnny Quick [Johnny Chambers]; Mayor Claney; Daniel Moody; Tubby Watts
Johnny Quick has to perform the jobs of 10 people at once to stop crooked Mayor Claney from giving the jobs to his lazy relatives.
Reprinting
FlagAdventure Comics #117 published June 1947
was The Man Who Wore Ten Hats! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
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The Secret City

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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?
Subject Matter
superhero
Flash [Jay Garrick]; Dale Thomas; Dr. Maria Flura; Graves (Press Man); Jim Ronson; Mr. Browne (Sailor)
Flash takes Dale Thomas and Dr. Flura to the Amazon to help find Jim Ronson and uncovers a secret city.
Reprinting
FlagAll-Flash #31 published October 1947
was The Secret City [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
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The Girl from the Super-Fast Dimension!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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?
Subject Matter
superhero
Flash [Barry Allen]; Doralla Kon; Iris West
Doralla Kon has travelled to Earth from the planet Alkomar. She has super-speed on Earth but she also emits a radiation that causes explosions.
Reprinting
FlagThe Flash #145 published June 1964
was The Girl from the Super-Fast Dimension! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
11.67
N-991
Doralla also appeared in The Flash (DC, 1959 series) #157.
Answers to Flash Trivia Quiz

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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?
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.33

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