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Issue: The Flash #289
Publication Date: September 1980
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Issues: #289 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: 06/11/1980
Volume: 32
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893048509
Price: $0.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Joe Orlando (managing editor); Len Wein (editor)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #180 (May-June 1980).
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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
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Cover, Front
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Don Heck
Inker(s): Dick Giordano
Colorist(s): Tatjana Wood
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Flash
Character(s): Flash [Barry Allen]; Dr. Alchemy [Alvin Desmond]; Mr. Element [Albert Desmond]; Firestorm
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagRoter Blitz #13/1980 published December 1980
as "Mr. Element kämpft gegen Dr. Alchemy…" [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: C-387
Disclose Notes: Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
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The Good... The Bad... And the Unexpected!

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]; Dr. Alchemy [Alvin Desmond]; Mr. Element [Albert Desmond]; Fiona Webb; Rita Desmond
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagRoter Blitz #13/1980 published December 1980
as Der Gute, der Böse und der Geheimnisvolle! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagJustice League of America #4 published April 1984
as The Good… The Bad… And the Unexpected! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
Job Number: J-6586
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A Matter of Good Taste

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batgirl; Hostess Twinkies
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Firestorm Is Back in Town!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gerry Conway (credited)
Penciller(s): George Pérez (credited)
Inker(s): Bob Smith [as Romeo Tanghal] (credited) (see notes)
Colorist(s): Gene D'Angelo (credited)
Letterer(s): Ben Oda (credited)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Firestorm
Character(s): Firestorm [Ronnie Raymond; Martin Stein]
Synopsis: Ronnie reveals the secret origin of Firestorm to Martin Stein.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWundergirl #1/1981 published January 1981
as Feuersturm ist da! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagFirestorm: The Nuclear Man #[nn] published October 2011
as Firestorm is Back In Town! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: J-6755
Disclose Notes: Feature continues from Firestorm (DC, 1978 series) #5 (October-November 1978). First George Pérez DC art.

George Pérez confirms through an interview by Dan Greenfield on the website 13th Dimension "A Rare Peek Inside George Perez's Firestorm" June 23, 2019 (https://13thdimension.com/a-rare-peek-inside-george-perezs-firestorm/, retrieved 27 June 2019), that the inker on his first Firestorm story was credited in error to Romeo Tanghal. It was actually inked by Bob Smith who would ink all of Perez's Firestorm run.
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Rozakis [as TPS]
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Flash-Grams
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: L-565

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