The Flash #209
DC Comics
United States
- Published
- September 1971
- Page count
- 52
- Cover price
- 0.25 USD
- Colour
- Colour
- Size
- Silver Age size
- Interior paper
- Newsprint
- Cover stock
- Glossy colour
- Binding
- Saddle-stitched
- Format
- Comic series
- GCD
- www.comics.org/issue/24469
Credits
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz, Editor
Issue contents
Cover
Untitled
(The Flash)
Cover, 1 page
Featuring
- Feature
- The Flash
- Genre
- Superhero
- Code
- S-892
- Characters
- Flash [Barry Allen]; Captain Boomerang [Digger; George Harkness]; Trickster [James Jesse]
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Dick Giordano, line art [signed]
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- Ben Oda , letterer
Notes
Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
1Featuring
- Feature
- The Flash
- Genre
- Superhero
- Code
- S-843
- Characters
- Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris Allen; The Sentinel (first appearance); Captain Boomerang [George "Digger" Harkness] (villain); Trickster [James Jesse] (villain); Gorilla Grodd (villain); The Devourer (first appearance, villain)
Credits
- Writing
- Cary Bates, scripter
- Art
- Irv Novick, penciller
- Dick Giordano, inker
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
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.
2Featuring
- Feature
- Kid Flash
- Genre
- Superhero
- Code
- S-745
- Characters
- Kid Flash [Wally West]; George Simpson; Mrs. Simpson
Credits
- Writing
- Steve Skeates, scripter
- Art
- Dick Dillin, penciller
- Dick Giordano, inker
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Superman Presents World's Finest Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1965 series) #91 (November 1972) — Coincidence Can Kill
-
Justice League of America (Murray, 1980?) ([February 1982?]) — Coincidence Can Kill
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.
3Featuring
- Feature
- Flash-Grams
- Code
- S-899
Credits
- Writing
- Julius Schwartz, scripter [signed]
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , 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.
4"If the combined energy of all the lightning flashes..."
Featuring
- Feature
- Flash Facts
- Genre
- Non-Fiction
- Code
- S-924
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
Notes
4 facts about lightning flashes, a radiosonde, a stroboscope and the jet stream.
5Featuring
- Feature
- The Flash
- Genre
- Superhero
- Code
- S-907
- Characters
- Flash [Barry Allen]; Elongated Man [Ralph Dibny]; Sue Dibny (formerly Sue Dearbon); Bredans (villains)
Credits
- Writing
- John Broome, scripter
- Art
- Carmine Infantino, penciller
- Joe Giella, inker
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
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
-
Superman Presents World's Finest Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1965 series) #100 ([August 1973?]) — The Elongated Man's Undersea Trap
-
The Flash (KG Murray, 1975 series) #143 ([September 1978?]) — The Elongated Man’s Undersea Trap
-
Showcase Presents The Elongated Man (DC, 2006 series) #Vol. One ([July] 2006) — The Elongated Man's Undersea Trap!
-
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.
Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
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.