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Issue: The Flash #229
Publication Date: September 1974
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Issues: #229 of 246 Issues (392 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/25/1974
Volume: 25
Pages: 100
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.60 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 15 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #107.
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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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The Astonishing Rag Doll Runs Wild!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Flash [Barry Allen]; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Rag Doll [Pete Merkel]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Kid Flash [Wally West]; Johnny Quick
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-1783
Disclose Notes: Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics
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Contents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Flash [Barry Allen]; Kid Flash [Wally West]; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: N-1064
Disclose Notes: Contents of the issue. Uses part of the cover of The Flash #178 as background.
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The Rag Doll Runs Wild!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Flash [Barry Allen]; Rag Doll [Pete Merkel]; Thinker [Clifford DeVoe]; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Iris Allen; Matt (Police Officer); Walton Gang; Joan Garrick
Synopsis: Barry Allen travels to Earth-2 when Joan Garrick contacts him and tells him that Jay is acting strangely. The two Flashes stop The Thinker and Rag Doll who are on a crime spree.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagRoter Blitz #4 published September 1976
as Der Geistes-Riese [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 20
Job Number: S-1765
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Revival of Golden Age villain Rag Doll.
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Half a Green Lantern Is Better Than None!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Pieface [Tom Kalmaku]; Joe Hand (first appearance); David Hand (first appearance); Peter Hand (first appearance); Black Hand [William Hand] (first appearance, villain, origin); Gil Kane (cameo)
Synopsis: Black Hand has created a device to store Green Lantern's ring energy and tries to use that energy to imprison Green Lantern in another dimension.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagGreen Lantern #29 published June 1964
was Half a Green Lantern Is Better Than None! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 13.34
Job Number: N-994
Disclose Notes: Gil Kane makes an appearance, breaking the fourth wall and informing the reader about the origin of Black Hand.

Story in two parts of 7.67 and 5.67 pages.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Doctor Rocket
First Line: We've done a lot of research on this planet!
Synopsis: Doctor Rocket's assistant sends his dirty laundry back to Earth.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Job Number: N-1084
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Best Wishes

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Flash [Barry Allen]; Kid Flash [Wally West]; Flash [Jay Garrick]
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: N-1066
Disclose Notes: Pinup including all three Flashes.
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Flash Puzzle

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Mirror Master [Sam Scudder]; Captain Boomerang [Digger Harkness]; The Top [Roscoe Dillon]; Pied Piper [Hartley Rathaway]; Captain Cold [Leonard Snart]; Heat Wave [Mick Rory]
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: P-31
Disclose Notes: Find-a-word puzzle. Flash Rogues illustrations at the top of the puzzle taken from the cover of The Flash #174.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: S-1789
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from readers Fred Schneider, Karla Jarrett, T. E. Pouncey, Keith Griffin, Greg Coben, "Unsigned", Steve Clement and Greg Potter, with replies from Rozakis.
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Secret of the Handicapped Boys!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Kid Flash [Wally West]; Mary West (Wally's Mom); Tommy; Jerry; Harry Watkins; Andy; Freddy Garson; Dave Dent
Synopsis: Three handicapped boys accidentally discover that Wally West is Kid Flash.
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From Content Item: FlagThe Flash #133 published December 1962
was Secret of the Handicapped Boys! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9.67
Job Number: N-992
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction, science and technology
First Line: Avalanches in the Swiss Alps...
Synopsis: Information on the speed of an avalanche.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Job Number: N-1085
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The Flash Trivia Quiz

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Flash [Barry Allen]; Professor Zoom [Eobard Thawne]; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Mr. Element/Dr. Alchemy [Albert Desmond]; Iris West
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Trivia questions on Flash history and foes.
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The Man Who Wore Ten Hats!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Johnny Quick [Johnny Chambers]; Mayor Claney; Daniel Moody; Tubby Watts
Synopsis: Johnny Quick has to perform the jobs of 10 people at once to stop crooked Mayor Claney from giving the jobs to his lazy relatives.
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From Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #117 published June 1947
was The Man Who Wore Ten Hats! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Job Number: N-993
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The Secret City

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Flash [Jay Garrick]; Dale Thomas; Dr. Maria Flura; Graves (Press Man); Jim Ronson; Mr. Browne (Sailor)
Synopsis: Flash takes Dale Thomas and Dr. Flura to the Amazon to help find Jim Ronson and uncovers a secret city.
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From Content Item: FlagAll-Flash #31 published October 1947
was The Secret City [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Job Number: N-995
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The Girl from the Super-Fast Dimension!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Flash [Barry Allen]; Doralla Kon; Iris West
Synopsis: Doralla Kon has travelled to Earth from the planet Alkomar. She has super-speed on Earth but she also emits a radiation that causes explosions.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagThe Flash #145 published June 1964
was The Girl from the Super-Fast Dimension! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 11.67
Job Number: N-991
Disclose Notes: Doralla also appeared in The Flash (DC, 1959 series) #157.
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Answers to Flash Trivia Quiz

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33

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