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Issue Details

Issue #268
Published December 1978
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.40 USD
Pages 36
Editing Julius Schwartz

Cover Details - "untitled"

Characters Flash [Barry Allen]; criminal dressed as Wildcat [Ted Grant]; criminal dressed as Green Lantern [Alan Scott]
Genre superhero
Pencils Al Milgrom (signed)
Inks Dick Giordano (signed)
Notes Cover and splash page have an image of Flash Comics #26 (1942).

17 page Flash story "Riddle of the Runaway Comic"

Characters Flash [Barry Allen]; criminal dressed as Wildcat [Ted Grant]; criminal dressed as Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Barney Sands; unamed comic book collectors; unamed criminals
Synopsis A comic book is coated with a teleportation chemical and crimnals try steal it at a comic book convention, but The Flash thwarts the plan and gets copies of the book for both himself and his neighbor, Barney Sands.
Genre superhero
Script Cary Bates
Pencils Irv Novick
Inks Frank McLaughlin
Colors Gene D'Angelo
Letters Mike Stevens
Notes Includes an image of Flash Comics #26 (1942).

Half page DC Super Heroes advertisement "The DC Super Heroes Poster Book"

Characters Superman; Batman; Wonder Woman; Batgirl; Aquaman; Robin; Flash; Lex Luthor; The Riddler; The Joker; Dr. Sivana
Genre super-hero
Notes Advertisement for "The DC Super Heroes Poster Book", by Crown Publishers. Notes that the introduction is by Isaac Asimov, price is $5.95, and it contains 24 color posters. Ad appears between pages 12 and 13 of sequence 1.

1 page Flash-Grams letters page "Flash-Grams"

Characters Flash [Barry Allen]
Synopsis Letters regarding Flash #263 from : Tony Edwards; Dave Blanchard; and Al Schroeder III, with an illustration.
Genre super-hero
Script Bob Rozakis

1 page Direct Currents; Ask The Answer Man; Hembeck! promo (ad from the publisher) "Daily Planet Volume 78 Issue 36"

Characters Superman; Sinestro; Bob Rozakis; Madame Xanadu
Synopsis Information on upcoming DC comics, with a question and answer column and a cartoon.
Genre super-hero
Script Bob Rozakis
Pencils ?; Fred Hembeck
Inks ?; Fred Hembeck
Editing Bob Rozakis; Anthony Tollin (production)
Notes Volume 78, issue 36, week of September 4, 1978.