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Issue: DC Special Series #11
Publication Date: May 1978
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Issues: #11 of 27 Issues (32 Printings)
Title: The Flash Spectacular
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 02/21/1978
Volume: 2
Pages: 84
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893169005
Price: $1.00 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 11 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-Sale date from Unexpected (DC, 1968 series) #185 and Comic Reader #153.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age U.S. (#1-17, 20-22); digest (#18, 19, 23, 24); tabloid (#25-27)
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched (#1-17, 20-22, 25-27); squarebound (#18, 19, 23, 24)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Flash [Barry Allen]; Kid Flash [Wally West]; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Gorilla Grodd; Johnny Quick
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Pages: 1
Job Number: S-2855
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Beyond the Super-Speed Barrier!

Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Gorilla Grodd; Kid Flash [Wally West]; Flash [Barry Allen]; Turtle Man; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Johnny Quick
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Pages: 1
Job Number: S-2832
Disclose Notes: Snapinn and Ben Oda are credited as letterers on the contents page.
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Beyond the Super-Speed Barrier! Prologue

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Turtle Man; Grodd; Solovar; Gorilla City; Flash [Barry Allen] (Cameo); Secret Society of Super-Villains [Copperhead; Star Sapphire [Carol Ferris]; Wizard] (Cameo); Trickster [James Jesse] (Cameo)
Synopsis: Solovar and the other gorillas execute Grodd for his crimes against Gorilla City.
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Pages: 4
Job Number: S-2832
Disclose Notes: Snapinn and Ben Oda are credited as letterers on the contents page.
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Part One

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Kid Flash [Wally West]; Mary West (Wally's mother); Leslie; Lightning (Wally's dog); Bob West (Wally's father)
Synopsis: Wally and his date Leslie are secretly attacked by a gorilla with a gun that causes Leslie to move at super-speed.
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Pages: 11
Job Number: S-2832
Disclose Notes: Kid Flash reveals his secret identity to his parents, Bob and Mary West. Snapinn and Ben Oda are credited as letterers on the contents page.
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Part Two

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Flash [Barry Allen]; Trydd (Gorilla); Solovar; Gorilla City; Patty; Turtle Man; Iris West
Synopsis: Turtle Man tries to rob a bank but is defeated by the Flash, even though he is secretly helped by a strange Gorilla with a super-speed gun.
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Pages: 21
Job Number: S-2832
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Dilemma

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
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Pages: 1
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Part Three - The Golden Age Flash

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Flash [Jay Garrick]; Johnny Quick [John Chambers]; Tubby; Joan Garrick
Synopsis: A strange gorilla with a super-speed gun causes Johnny Quick to accidentally prevent Jay Garrick from stopping several calamities.
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Pages: 12
Job Number: S-2832
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Beyond the Super-Speed Barrier!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Flash [Barry Allen]; Kid Flash [Wally West]; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Iris West; Mary West; Bob West; Jroyy; Grodd; Solovar; Gorilla City
Synopsis: Grodd's displaced mind combined with actions by the three Flashes caused his body to come back to life. After being defeated, Grodd was sentenced to life in prison in Gorilla City.
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Pages: 13
Job Number: S-2832
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Epilogue

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Kid Flash [Wally West]; Bob West; Mary West; Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West; Professor Ira West; Edgar Rhodes (Wally's uncle); Mrs. Rhodes (Wally's aunt); Inez Rhodes; Stacy Conwell; Dexter Myles; Harlequin [Duela Dent]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Wonder Girl [Donna Troy]; Aqualad; Mal Duncan; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Elongated Man [Ralph Dibny]; Sue Dibny
Synopsis: Kid Flash gratuates from High School.
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Pages: 2
Job Number: S-2832
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Who's Who in the Flash's Rogues Gallery

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ?; ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Synopsis: Text piece detailing various of Flash's rogues.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Text with illustrations of villains taken from earlier Flash comics.
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Superman Movie Report: Jackie Cooper & Valerie Perrine

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ? (photos)
Inker(s): ? (photos)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1

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