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Issue: The Flash #242
Publication Date: June 1976
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Issues: #242 of 246 Issues (392 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: The Line of DC Super-StarsView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 03/16/1976
Volume: 27
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893048506
Price: $0.30 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 6 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comics Reader #128.
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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
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Flash; Member of the Electric Gang; Green Lantern (vignette)
First Line: With one finger I eliminate the Flash!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Flash #136 published January 1976
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagRoter Blitz #4 published September 1976
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-2298
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Superman Saves the Earth

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; aliens
Synopsis: Aliens want to destroy the Earth as it is a backward planet of no use, until Superman introduces them to Hostess Cup Cakes.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: An advertisement for Hostess Cup Cakes featuring DC characters and produced by DC staff. Inside front cover.
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The Charge of the Electric Gang!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris Allen; The Electric Gang; Mirror Master [Sam Scudder]; The Trickster [James Jesse]; Captain Cold [Len Snart]; Captain Boomerang [Digger Harkness]; Weather Wizard [Mark Mardon]; Heat Wave [Mick Rory]
Synopsis: While The Flash is having difficulties catching the Electric Gang, Iris cracks the case. In the final two panels, The Rogues Gallery convene to mourn the passing of a colleague, but which villain has died?
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Flash #136 published January 1976
as Charge of the Electric Gang [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagRoter Blitz #4 published September 1976
as Superheiss serviert von der Elektro-Bande [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGrüne Leuchte #8/1979 published August 1979
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Job Number: S-2279
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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All Creatures Great and Small!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Itty; The Ravagers
Synopsis: The Ravagers from space spray an Indian valley with dust that causes a size reversal in the animals there, i.e. giant flies and miniature elephants.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagShowcase Presents: Green Lantern #5 published June 2011
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: S-2234
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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Justice for All Includes Children, 4

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: opinion, superhero
Character(s): Superman
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-2289
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from readers Scott Gibson, Joe Peluso, T. E. Pouncey, Fred Schneider, and Bob Robinson.

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