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Issue: The Flash #285
Publication Date: May 1980
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Issues: #285 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: 02/12/1980
Volume: 32
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893048505
Price: $0.40 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 6 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Joe Orlando (managing editor); Len Wein (editor)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #177.
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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, Front
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Adult Image
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The Trickster Spells Trouble!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Don Heck (signed)
Inker(s): Dick Giordano (signed)
Colorist(s): Tatjana Wood
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Flash
Character(s): Flash [Barry Allen]; Trickster [James Jesse]
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagRoter Blitz #9/1980 published September 1980
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: C-321
Disclose Notes: Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
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If, at First, You Don't Succeed...!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Cary Bates
Penciller(s): Don Heck
Inker(s): Frank Chiaramonte
Colorist(s): Gene D'Angelo
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Flash
Character(s): Flash [Barry Allen]; Trickster [Giovanni Giuseppe; alias James Jesse]; Mack Nathans; Troy Nathans; Frank Curtis; Fiona Webb
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagRoter Blitz #9/1980 published September 1980
as Mit Nervengas und Mintricks [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
Job Number: J-6436
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The Borrower

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): Vince Colletta
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Wonder Woman; Hostess Twinkies
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On the page immediately following page 8 of the previous story sequence.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Len Wein (responses)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Flash-Grams
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: L-484
Disclose Notes: Letters from Tony Edwards, John C. Murphy, Karen Wu, and Gary Thompson.
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[untitled]

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Rozakis
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): DC Puzzle
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.6
Job Number: F-128
Disclose Notes: Crossword puzzle. Part of The DC Feature Page.
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[untitled]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Rozakis
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Answer Man
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.4
Disclose Notes: Part of The DC Feature Page.

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