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Issue: The Flash #117
Publication Date: December 1960
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Issues: #117 of 246 Issues (392 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/20/1960
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 12 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Julius Schwartz
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Blackhawk #155 and copyright registration.
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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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Here Comes Captain Boomerang!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Flash [Barry Allen]; Captain Boomerang [Digger Harkness]
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Flash Archives #3 published March 2002
as Cover - The Flash #117 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The Flash #1 published July 2007
as Flash #117 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Joe Weider
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Here Comes Captain Boomerang!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Flash [Barry Allen]; W. W. Wiggins; Iris West; Captain Boomerang [Digger Harkness] (first appearance, origin, villain)
Synopsis: The first appearance and origin of Captain Boomerang.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAlbi del Falco #264 published May 1961
as Capitan Boomerang [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: Flag80 Page Giant Magazine #9 published April 1965
as Here Comes Captain Boomerang! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Best of DC #10 [Direct Sales] published March 1981
as Here Comes Captain Boomerang! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagRoter Blitz #7/1981 published July 1981
as Neues von Captain Bumerang! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Flash Archives #3 published March 2002
as Here Comes Captain Boomerang! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The Flash #1 published July 2007
as Here Comes Captain Boomerang! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: Versus Captain Boomerang; also in #124, 148, 155, 174, 209 and 227.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Giant Superman Annual
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On the page immediately following page 6 of the previous story sequence.
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Children of Tomorrow!

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: opinion
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On the page immediately preceding page 7 of the previous story sequence.
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Flash-Grams
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): Comparative Speed Records!
First Line: The winner of the first auto race in the United States...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Madcap Inventors of Central City!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Flash [Barry Allen]; Winky Moylan; Blinky Boylan; Noddy Toylan; Toughy Boraz (villain)
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In Content Item: FlagThe Flash Archives #3 published March 2002
as The Madcap Inventors of Central City! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The Flash #1 published July 2007
as The Madcap Inventors of Central City! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: Revival of the Three Idiots, Winky, Blinky and Noddy.
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction, science and technology
Feature(s): Amazing Speeds!
First Line: In its annual orbit around the sun...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Task Force
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Stephens Credit Sales
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The National Sports Council
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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