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Issue Details

Issue #223
Published September-October 1973
Frequency bi-monthly
Cover Price 0.20 USD
Pages 36
Editing Julius Schwartz

Cover Details - "You've lost the first race, Flash!"

Characters Flash [Barry Allen]
Genre superhero
Pencils Nick Cardy
Inks Nick Cardy
Colors Tatjana Wood
Letters Gaspar Saladino
Notes Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics [August 2007]. Credits for letters and colors provided by Carl Gafford via the Error List [June 2010].

13 page Flash [Barry Allen] story "Make Way For the Speed-Demons!"

Characters Flash [Barry Allen]; Don Blake; Frank Hobbs; John Quint; Dr. 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.
Genre super-hero
Script Cary Bates
Pencils Irv Novick
Inks Dick Giordano
Notes Appearance of writer Cary Bates? Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Reprinted in Flash Album, The (K. G. Murray, 1978 series) #18

1 page Flash [Barry Allen] letters page "Flash-Grams"

Characters Flash [Barry Allen]
Synopsis Letters from: R.L. Thomas; Ron Legro; Gerard Boutillier. Letter page answers are signed "JS".
Script Julius Schwartz

9 page Green Lantern story "Doomsday...Minus Ten Minutes!"

Characters 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.
Genre superhero
Script Denny O'Neil
Pencils Dick Giordano
Inks Dick Giordano
Notes Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics (April 2007).