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268December 1978
$0.40

The Flash #268

DC · December 1978 · on sale 1978-09-12

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Identification plate

Series
The Flash (DC, 1959 series)
Issue
#268
Publication date
December 1978
Key date
1978-12-00
On-sale date
1978-09-12
Indicia publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Price
$0.40
Pages
36
Barcode
0709893048512
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Al Milgrom; inks: Dick Giordano; colors: Tatjana WoodBarry Allen, The Flash
2Riddle of the Runaway Comiccomic story17script: Cary Bates; pencils: Irv Novick; inks: Frank McLaughlin; colors: Gene D'Angelo; letters: Mike StevensFlash [Barry Allen]; criminal dressed as Wildcat [Ted Grant]; criminal dressed as Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Barney Sands; unnamed comic book collectors; unnamed criminals
4-promo (ad from the publisher)1
8Next Month...This Month...and Every Month!promo (ad from the publisher)2pencils: ?; ? (photo); inks: ?; ? (photo)Superman (photo of Christopher Reeve)
9Subscribepromo (ad from the publisher)1letters: typeset
17-public service announcement0.125letters: typeset
18-letters page1script: Bob RozakisFlash [Barry Allen]
19Volume 78 Issue 36 - Week of September 4, 1978in-house column0.8script: Bob Rozakis; editing: Bob Rozakis, Anthony TollinSuperman; Sinestro; Bob Rozakis; Madame Xanadu
20-comic story0.2script: Fred Hembeck; pencils: Fred Hembeck; inks: Fred Hembeck

Plus 11.875 pages of advertisements and other matter across 15 sequences, as published.

Printings and variants

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WhitmanSee the GCD record for identification notes.
Britishprice 0.12 GBP

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