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Issue: The Flash #187
Publication Date: April 1969
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Issues: #187 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: 02/13/1969
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 6 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Also designated on cover as Giant (DC, 1969 series) #G58 and as G-58 on indicia page.

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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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Flash [Barry Allen]; Mirror Master [Sam Scudder]
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-105
Disclose Notes: Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Table of contents for this issue detailing each of 4 stories.
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The Man Who Stole Central City!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West; Pgrie; Elider; Modrie (villain)
Synopsis: Aliens from another dimension monitor Central City as a teaching aide in an advanced classroom, but when the students see Flash in trouble they come to his rescue.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagThe Flash #116 published November 1960
was The Man Who Stole Central City! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 13.67
Job Number: S-111
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Return of the Mirror-Master!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West; Hank (photographer who works with Iris); Mirror Master [Sam Scudder] (villain)
Synopsis: Mirror Master escapes from jail and goes on a crime spree.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagThe Flash #109 published October 1959
was Return of the Mirror-Master! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Job Number: S-112
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The Case of the Real-Gone Flash!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Flash [Barry Allen]; Abra Kadabra (introduction)
Synopsis: Abra Kadabra, a magician in the 64th century, travels to the past and becomes a criminal.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagThe Flash #128 published May 1962
was The Case of the Real-Gone Flash! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 17.5
Job Number: S-113
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The Mystery of the Flash's Third Identity!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Flash [Barry Allen]; Top [Roscoe Dillon]; Jimmy Darrel; Paul Gambi; Iris West
Synopsis: Flash discovers the existence of Paul Gambi, the tailor for the Rogue's Gallery, while stopping the Top from a crime spree.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagThe Flash #141 published December 1963
was The Mystery of the Flash's Third Identity! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12.34
Job Number: S-114
Disclose Notes: Paul Gambi is revealed as the tailor for the super-villains. The name is taken from contemporary fan Paul Gambaccini. "Gambo" as he is sometimes referred to, is now a respected broadcaster in the U.K. holding dual U.K/U.S. nationality.

Story in two chapters of 7.67 and 4.67 pages.

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