Cover: José Luis García-López

The Flash #272

Apr 1979 · DC · 0.40 USD

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“The Girl with the Master Mind...”

A clown-like villain operating a pipe organ-mounted contraption boasts that his sonic vibes have frozen the Fastest Man Alive in his tracks — and the cover by José Luis García-López captures the grim stakes perfectly, with the Flash immobilized while bystanders are hurled through the air around him. That speech bubble — "Those men will die!" — sets up a deliciously tense situation for Cary Bates's story, "The Girl with the Master Mind..." This April 1979 issue is a fine example of DC putting real dramatic weight behind its superhero covers, making it hard not to flip straight to page one.

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writer Cary Bates · artist John Calnan · artist Rich Buckler · inker Vince Colletta · colorist Gene D'Angelo · letterer Ben Oda · cover José Luis García-López

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Full credits

writer Cary Bates

artist John Calnan

artist Rich Buckler

inker Vince Colletta

colorist Gene D'Angelo

letterer Ben Oda

cover pencils, inks José Luis García-López

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Flash deals with the Clown's deathtrap, becomes Barry Allen to witness Nephron's experiment on Clive Yorkin, and the Flash meets his biggest fan, the psychic girl named Melanie.

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