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Issue: The Flash #223
Publication Date: September 1973
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Issues: #223 of 246 Issues (392 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [circle]View Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/26/1973
Volume: 24
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.20 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 18 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #97.
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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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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Flash [Barry Allen]
First Line: You've lost the first race, Flash!
Synopsis: Flash loses races with a car, a boat, and a plane.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-1548
Disclose Notes: Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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Don't Be Half a Man!

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?; ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photograph)
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Charles Atlas; Mac
Synopsis: Mac uses the Charles Atlas course to build up his muscles and fight back against a bully of the beach.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for body building course. The sequential art portion is a smaller version than earlier versions.
On inside front cover.
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Make Way for the Speed-Demons!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Flash [Barry Allen]; Don Blake; Frank Hobbs; John Quint; Dr. Light [Arthur Light]
Synopsis: Dr. Light impersonates three speed record holders to lure Flash into a trap to trigger a weapon against the Justice League, but Flash figures out the plot in time to defeat Dr. Light.
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In Content Item: FlagRoter Blitz #16 published August 1977
as Tempo-Rausch [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Flash Album #18 published January 1978
as Make Way for the Speed-Demons! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Job Number: S-1520
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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Now There Are 14 Prehistoric Scenes.

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for models of prehistoric scenes.
Between pages 6-7 of Flash story.
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Read This Story if You Want to..."Get it All Together"...When You Get Out of the Service

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Pete; Joe
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad in sequential art form for training in electronics, targeted to returning servicemen.
Between pages 8-9 of Flash story.
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Woods Edge / Tank Trap

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for games Woods Edge and Tank Trap with toy figures, from Helen of Toy.
Between pages 10-11 of Flash story.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for The Shadow #1, on sale July 12th. Cover reprint is full page.
Between pages 10-11 of Flash story.
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Just Put an X Next to the Comics You Want!

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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): DC Comics
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: House ad for subscriptions to DC Comics.
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The New Magazine of Weird Humor!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: House ad for Plop! #1, on sale June 21st, with cover shown.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Flash [Barry Allen]
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-1556
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from readers R. L. Thomas, Ron Legro, and Gerard Boutillier.
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for toys and novelties.
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Doomsday...Minus Ten Minutes!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; GH=DRO
Synopsis: GH=DRO is stranded on Earth and requires emerald energy to power his transporter belt, so he engages Green Lantern to obtain the power.
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In Issue: FlagShowcase Presents: Green Lantern #5 published June 2011
In Content Item: FlagGigant #3/1980 published January 1980
as Dommedag... minus 10 minutter [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGigant #3/1980 published April 1980
as Undergång ... om tio minuter! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Job Number: S-1562
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Gold Crown / Supreme Command

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Editor(s): ?
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for games Gold Crown and Supreme Command, with toy figures, from Helen of Toy.
Between pages 2-3 of Green Lantern story.
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Enter The Wonderful World of Amazing Live Sea-Monkeys

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad for Sea-monkeys from Unicorn House and Transcience Corporation.

Top of page between pages 5-6 of Green Lantern story.
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The Super Catalogue

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad for comic book, magazine, and book catalog.
Bottom of page between pages 4-5 of Green Lantern story.
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Famous Name Prizes or Cash...the Easy Olympic Way!

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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for sales people for Christmas cards.
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Power

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ? (photograph)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for body building course.
On inside back cover.
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Getting a Daisy B*B Gun Is Like Getting a Good Grade.

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Colorist(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for b*b guns from the Daisy division of Victor Comptometer Corporation.
On back cover.

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