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Issue: The Flash #270
Publication Date: February 1979
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Issues: #270 of 246 Issues (392 Printings)
Title:
Variant: U.S. Cover Price
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 11/07/1978
Volume: 31
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893048502
Price: $0.40 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 4 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Joe Orlando (managing editor); Ross Andru (editor)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #162.
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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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Original Artwork
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Adult Image
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Rich Buckler (signed)
Inker(s): Dick Giordano (signed)
Colorist(s): Tatjana Wood
Letterer(s): Todd Klein
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Flash
Character(s): Flash [Barry Allen]; Clown
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagRoter Blitz #40 published June 1979
as Ein neuer Supergegner für Roter Blitz! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: C-885
Disclose Notes: Color credit provided by Anthony Tollin. Klein lettering per his blog: http://kleinletters.com/1980Covers.html
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A Fast Way to Die!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Cary Bates
Penciller(s): Irv Novick
Inker(s): Frank McLaughlin
Colorist(s): Gene D'Angelo
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Flash
Character(s): Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris Allen; Melanie (unnamed psychic girl, introduction); Clown [Lyle Corley] (introduction); Clive Yorkin (prison inmate test subject, introduction); Dr. Gilbert Nephron (prison doctor, introduction); Detective Frank Curtis (introduction); Captain Harvey Paulson (Barry's boss, introduction)
Synopsis: Flash deals with a new villain, using Clown tricks to rampage across Central City, while Barry Allen learns of Professor Nephron's plans to rehabilitate prisoners with mind experiments.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagRoter Blitz #40 published June 1979
as Im Supertempo stirbt es sich schneller! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
Job Number: J-5564
Disclose Notes: Chief Paulson's first name is Harvey on his door.
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An Unbeatable Power!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman; Hostess Twinkies
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Rozakis
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Flash-Grams
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: S-3038
Disclose Notes: Letters from Thomas Krasker, Jeff DeMos, Tony Edwards and Dave Blanchard.

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