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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.