Issue Details

Issue	#224
Published	November-December 1973
Frequency	bi-monthly
Cover Price	0.20 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Julius Schwartz

Cover Details - "The Flash isn't fast enough to intercept this assassin's bullet--"

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]

12 page Flash story "The Fastest Man Dead!"

Characters	Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West; Charlie Conwell; Maxel; Bork (Hitman); Barbie
Synopsis	Flash takes on the Maxel Mob after they gun down his friend Charlie Conwell.
Genre	superhero
Script	Cary Bates
Pencils	Irv Novick
Inks	Dick Giordano
Notes	Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

1 page Direct Currents promo (ad from the publisher)

Synopsis	Short synopses of DC comics being issued at the same time as this issue, including Our Army at War #263, House of Mystery #220 and The Phantom Stranger #28.
Letters	Typeset

8 page Green Lantern story "Yellow Is A Dirty Little Color!"

Characters	Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]
Synopsis	Green Lantern stops a small-time burglary and finds an insurance scam.
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).

1 page Flash-Grams letters page

Script	Julius Schwartz
Letters	Typeset
Notes	Letters from Steve Johnson, David Dasch, Scott Gibson and Mark Sportelli.