The Flash #209

DC Comics
United States
- Published
- September 1971
- Page count
- 52
- Cover price
- 0.25 USD
- Colour
- Black & white
- Format
- Comic series
- GCD
- www.comics.org/issue/24469
Credits
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz
Issue contents

Featuring
- Feature
- Flash
- Genre
- Superhero
- Code
- S-892
- Characters
- Flash [Barry Allen]; Captain Boomerang [Digger; George Harkness]; Trickster [James Jesse]
Credits
- Art
- Dick Giordano
Notes
Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. [July 2007]

Featuring
- Feature
- Flash
- Genre
- Superhero
- Code
- S-843
- Characters
- Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris Allen; The Sentinel (first appearance); Captain Boomerang [Digger; George Harkness] (villain); Trickster [James Jesse] (villain); Gorilla Grodd (villain); The Devourer (first appearance; villain)
Credits
- Script
- Cary Bates
- Pencils
- Irv Novick
- Inks
- Dick Giordano
Synopsis
Flash is pulled into another plane of existense to help fight the Devourer, leaving his physical body behind. Trickster and Captain Boomerang think they are responsible for Flash's "apparent" death.
Notes
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Featuring
- Feature
- Kid Flash
- Genre
- Superhero
- Code
- S-745
- Characters
- Kid Flash [Wally West]; George Simpson; Mrs. Simpson
Credits
- Script
- Steve Skeates
- Pencils
- Dick Dillin
- Inks
- Dick Giordano
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Superman Presents World's Finest Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1965 series) #91 (November 1972) — Coincidence Can Kill
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Superman Presents World's Finest Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1965 series) #91 (November 1972)
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Justice League of America (Murray, 1981?) ([November 1980?]) — Coincidence Can Kill
- Original
- The Flash 209, September 1971
Synopsis
A ring mix-up almost results in a fellow classmate's death.
Notes
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics (May 2007).

Featuring
- Feature
- Flash-Grams
- Code
- S-899
Credits
- Script
- Julius Schwartz
- Letters
- typeset
Notes
Letters from readers - John D. Warner, Scott Gibson, Mike W. Barr, Martin Pasko, Matt Emrick, Michael Great and Gary Kuhlmann - and responses from Julius Schwartz.

Featuring
- Feature
- Flash Facts
- Code
- S-924
Credits
- Letters
- typeset
Reprint history
Notes
4 facts about lightning flashes, a radiosonde, a stroboscope and the jet stream.

Featuring
- Feature
- Elongated Man
- Genre
- Superhero
- Code
- S-907
- Characters
- Flash [Barry Allen]; Elongated Man [Ralph Dibny]; Sue Dibny (formerly Sue Dearbon); Bredans (villains)
Credits
- Script
- John Broome
- Pencils
- Carmine Infantino
- Inks
- Joe Giella
Reprint history
- First print
-
The Flash (DC, 1959 series) #119 (March 1961) — The Elongated Man's Undersea Trap!
- Also printed
-
The Hundred Plus Comic (Colour Comics, 1959 series) #58 ([July 1961?]) — The Elongated Man's Undersea Trap
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Superman Presents World's Finest Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1965 series) #100 ([August 1973?]) — The Elongated Man's Undersea Trap
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The Flash (KG Murray, 1975 series) #143 ([September 1978?]) — The Elongated Man’s Undersea Trap
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Showcase Presents The Elongated Man (DC, 2006 series) #Vol. One ([July] 2006) — The Elongated Man's Undersea Trap!
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Showcase Presents: The Flash (DC, 2007 series) #1 (May 2007) — The Elongated Man's Undersea Trap!
Synopsis
Elongated Man goes on a honeymoon with his new bride, debutante Sue Dearbon.
Indicia
The indicia for this issue is not recorded. The identified publisher might be an associated or parent company, rather than the specific listed publisher.