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Issue Details

Issue #247
Published March 1977
Frequency monthly with the exception of February, April, July and October
Cover Price 0.30 USD
Pages 36
Editing Julius Schwartz
Notes Cover proclaims "Now Monthly" but indicia still lists only 8 times per year. The letters page confirms the new monthly schedule.

Cover Details

Characters Flash [Barry Allen]; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Abra Kadabra
Genre super-hero
Pencils Rich Buckler
Inks Frank Springer
Notes Inking credit from Comic Reader #138, previously credited to Dick Giordano.

17 page Flash story "The Mad, Mad Earth of Abra Kadabra!"

Characters Flash [Barry Allen]; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Abra Kadabra; police officers of 6376 A.D.; robot prison guards of 6376 A.D.; Joan Garrick
Synopsis Abra Kadabra has rigged some radiation so that he is sent to the past when Flash [Allen] punches him, creating the illusion of his murder, so the Flash is sent to prison in 6376 A.D. However, the past Abra Kadabra is sent to is on Earth 2, where he does battle with Jay Garrick before Barry Allen escapes prison and helps to defeat him.
Genre super-hero
Script Cary Bates
Pencils Irv Novick
Inks Frank McLaughlin
Notes Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics (April 2007).

1 page Aquaman advertisement "That Dirty Beach"

Characters Aquaman; Slud-Jak; unamed bureaucrat
Synopsis Slud-Jak fouls beaches in revenge for ocean pollution, but agrees to negotiate when tempted by Hostess Twinkies.
Genre super-hero
Script E. Nelson Bridwell?
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Vince Colletta
Letters Ben Oda
Notes Advertisement for Hostess Twinkies. Sequence appears between pages 4 and 5 of sequence 1.

1 page text article "And Now...We Interrupt This Comic To Bring You A Word From Your New Publisher..."

Characters Jenette Kahn
Synopsis Jenette Kahn recounts some of the recent officer changes at DC and her background in publishing.
Genre editorial
Script Jenette Kahn
Pencils Neal Adams (signed)
Inks Neal Adams (signed)
Notes Includes a note from Jack Adler, Vice-President of DC. Appears between pages 10 and 11 of sequence 1.

1 page Flash-Grams letters page "Flash-Grams"

Characters Flash [Barry Allen]
Genre super-hero
Script Bob Rozakis
Notes Letters regarding Flash #243-244 from: Peter Sanderson; Mike White; Keith Sillman; Gary Lockridge, with an illustration.

1 page Direct Currents; Trivia Quiz; Lola Barnett's Comicsworld promo (ad from the publisher) "Daily Planet Volume 76 Issue 31"

Characters Richard Dragon; Lola Barnett
Synopsis Information on upcoming DC comics, along with a trivia quiz.
Script Bob Rozakis?
Editing Bob Rozakis; Anthony Tollin (production)
Notes Volume 76, Issue 31, week of November 29, 1976. Trivia Quiz is #31, with answer in next week's Daily Planet. Also contains answer to Trivia Quiz #30.