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Issue: The Flash #171
Publication Date: June 1967
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Issues: #171 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 Periodical Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/18/1967
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 16 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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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
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Flash [Barry Allen]
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagLynet #2/1968 published February 1968
as Et travelt hjørne i Central City... [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Here Lies The Flash -- Dead and Unburied

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Flash [Barry Allen]; Dr. Light [Arthur Light; Green Ghost] (villain); Iris Allen; Dexter Miles; Charley Perkins; Justice League of America [Wonder Woman; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; J'onn J'onzz; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Atom [Ray Palmer]] (flashback cameo); police laboratory assistants; Elizabeth Perkins; Mrs. Perkins
Synopsis: Dr. Light has mastered a method of using light as disguise, which allows him to battle Flash disguised as the Green Ghost, a spider, Dexter Miles, and even a pile of jewels.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagLynet #2/1968 published February 1968
as Her hviler Lynet. Død og ubegravd [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 21.5
Disclose Notes: References Justice League of America #12, The Atom #8, and Green Lantern #33.

Story across 23 pages in three parts of 5.5, 9.5, and 6.5 pages.
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It's a Comedy of Terrors

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Scooter
Character(s): Scooter; Professor Kootchy-Koo Caramba
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Swing With Scooter #7, showing cover, on sale April 20th.
Appears at bottom of story page 6.
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Dive Into an Underwater World of Action With the GI Joe Frogman and Sea Sled

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): G.I. Joe
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for G. I. Joe Frogman and Sea Sled set from Hasbro.
Appears between pages 6-7 of story sequence.
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters from: L. L. Simpson; Charles Prudence; Robert Jennings; Mark Evanier; David Swift, with no replies.
Appears between pages 6-7 of story sequence.
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In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Justice League of America [Wonder Woman; Batman; Flash [Barry Allen]; Martian Mahunter [J'onn J'onzz]; The Atom]; The Royal Flush Gang; Superman; Hercules
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Information on upcoming DC Comics with two illustrations (one from cover of Justice League of America #54).
Appears between pages 6-7 of story sequence.
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Presenting the Man of the Hour - Clark Kent!

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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for Superman 197 (80 Page Giant G-36), showing cover, on sale April 11th.
Appears between pages 6-7 of story sequence.
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Fight Global Air Battles With Planes of All Nations

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad for 116 toy airplanes from unnamed company in Rockville Centre, NY.
On bottom of page 16 of story.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters regarding Flash #167, from: Bruce Powers; Rick Conley; Don Markstein; Joseph Arul; Cary Bates; Kenneth Price; Robert Jennings; Bill Ray, with no replies.
Appears between pages 16-17 of story sequence.
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The Battle That Rocks the Universe!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Spectre; The Flash
Character(s): The Spectre; The Flash [Barry Allen]
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: House ad for The Brave and The Bold #72, showing cover, on sale April 20th.
Appears between pages 16-17 of story sequence.
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[untitled]

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: informational
First Line: I want to dust all my models on display.
Synopsis: One boy shows another how to safely dust his models using a small paintbrush.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Job Number: 6510
Disclose Notes: Idea is from Keith O'Camb.
Appears between pages 16-17 of story sequence.
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Catalog Offer of the Year!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Aurora's 1967 model catalog, from Aurora Plastics Corp.
Appears between pages 16-17 of story sequence.
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Boys, Men, Build, Develop Mighty Muscles

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Editor(s): ?
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Reprint Notes:  
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Mighty Muscles body building book.
Appears between pages 18-19 of story sequence.
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Be My Guest at America's Greatest Amusement Park

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Superman
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad for Palisades Amusement Park, with coupons.
Appears on bottom half of last story page.
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Tank Trap

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Tank Trap game from Helen of Toy, Co.
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Mystery of the Million-Dollar Briefcase!

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: opinion
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.

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