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. |
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. |
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). |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |