Cover: Nick Cardy

The Flash #223

Sep 1973 · DC · 0.20 USD

📊 ~48,005 copies sold its debut month

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“Make Way for the Speed-Demons!”

In "Make Way for the Speed-Demons!", the Flash faces a cunning foe in Dr. Light, who masquerades as three legendary speed record holders to lure the Scarlet Speedster into a trap designed to unleash a weapon on the Justice League. With clever misdirection and a race against time, Flash must outthink the deception before the plan comes to fruition. Written by Cary Bates and illustrated by Irv Novick, with inks by Dick Giordano, this 1973 classic features a dynamic cover by Nick Cardy.

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writer Cary Bates · artist Irv Novick · inker Dick Giordano · cover Nick Cardy

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Full credits

writer Cary Bates

artist Irv Novick

inker Dick Giordano

cover pencils, inks Nick Cardy

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Dr. Light impersonates three speed record holders to lure Flash into a trap to trigger a weapon against the Justice League, but Flash figures out the plot in time to defeat Dr. Light.

Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).