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Issue: The Flash #271
Publication Date: March 1979
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Issues: #271 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: 12/12/1978
Volume: 31
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893048503
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 #163.
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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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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Rich Buckler (signed)
Inker(s): Dick Giordano (signed)
Colorist(s): Tatjana Wood
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Flash
Character(s): Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris Allen
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagRoter Blitz #41 published July 1979
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: C-906
Disclose Notes: Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
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The Silent Slayer of Central City!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Cary Bates
Penciller(s): Rich Buckler
Inker(s): Jack Abel
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; Patty Spivot; Clown [Lyle Corley]; Clive Yorkin; Dr. Gilbert Nephron; Detective Frank Curtis; Central City Mayor Bradley (introduction); Governor; Consolidated Power's President (introduction); Corley Family (in photo, circus performers whose deaths happened prior to this story)
Synopsis: Barry hasn't been attentive to his wife because Flash has trouble keeping up with the Clown, who blames him, the governor, the mayor and the president of Consolidated Power for his family's death during a blackout a year ago. Experiments continue with Clive and Professor Nephron, and the bearded man keeps checking out Barry's lab.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagRoter Blitz #41 published July 1979
as Der lachende Clown von Central City [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuper-Team Album #[nn] published November 1981
as The Silent Slayer of Central City [Story on Interior Page(s)]first half
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 18
Job Number: J-5629
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Wonder Woman vs. "The Cheetah"

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Wonder Woman; Hostess Cup Cakes
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mike W. Barr
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Flash-Grams
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: L-211

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