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The Flash #278

DC · Series began 1959 · October 1979

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Dates

Cover date: October 1979
On sale: July 3, 1979
Pages: 36

Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #278 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Original edition40¢ cover

Barcode 0709893048510 · shared with another edition
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Whitman edition

Whitman

Whitman branding on the cover.

Barcode 3048510
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UK pence edition0.15 GBP cover

British

Printed cover price 0.15 GBP.

Barcode 0709893048510 · shared with another edition
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Creators

pencils: Dick Giordano, Alex Saviuk, Curt Swaninks: Dick Giordano, Frank Chiaramontecolors: Tatjana Wood, Gene D'Angeloscript: Cary Bates, Mike W. Barrletters: Milt Snapinnediting: Bob Rozakis

Stories

Road to Oblivion! · 17 pages
The Flash battles Captain Boomerang and Heat Wave while trying to track down Clive Yorkin.

Characters

Barry AllenThe Flash

Reprinted in

The Flash (1983), The Flash: The Death of Iris West (2021)