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FLASH #197

Cover Date: May 1970
Cover Price: $0.15

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Cover Credits:
Art: Gil Kane (signed)


Story: "Four Star Super-Hero" (16 Pages)

Credits:

StoryMike Friedrich
PencilsGil Kane
InksVince Colletta
LetteringJohn Costanza
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Flash (Barry Allen; last in flashback in Justice League of America #206; next in Justice League of America #80; plays the entire cast in a production of Hamlet)

Supporting Character(s):

Iris Allen
Dexter Myles (in between issues #190/2 and #199)

Villain(s):

"Ice" King (first appearance; a jewel thief)
"Ice" King's gang (first appearance; dressed as ambulance drivers)

Other Character(s):

Charlie Conwell (first appearance; a veteran detective of the Central City Police)

Location(s):

Central City

Comment(s):

This story takes place in winter, after an overnight snowstorm.


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Second Story: "To the Nth Degree" (7 Pages)

Credits:

StoryRobert Kanigher
PencilsGil Kane
InksVince Colletta
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Flash (Barry Allen; last in Justice League of America #80)

Supporting Character(s):

Iris Allen
Professor Ira West (last in Justice League of America #122; invents a portable telescope capable of seeing many light years; next in Teen Titans Vol. 1 #31)

Other Character(s):

Gaseous inhabitants of a planet orbiting Betelgeuse (first appearance)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814
Earth
United States of America
Central City
Unidentified Space Sector
An unidentified planet orbiting Betelgeuse

Comment(s):

This story takes place on Barry Allen's birthday.


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