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The Flash #279

Nov 1979 · DC · 0.40 USD
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“Death-Feast!”

Dick Giordano's cover for The Flash #279 pulls no punches, presenting the Scarlet Speedster trapped in a harrowing three-panel sequence as a menacing psychic villain drains his life energy — the thought balloons spelling out Flash's desperate situation right up to the chilling "…UNTIL I DIE!!" The panel layout itself becomes a storytelling device, zooming in from the full struggle to an unsettling close-up of the villain's grotesque, glowing face. With a story titled "Death-Feast!" and Cary Bates at the helm alongside artist Alex Saviuk, this 1979 issue promises a genuinely tense chapter for fans of the Fastest Man Alive.

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writer Cary Bates · artist Alex Saviuk · inker Frank Chiaramonte · colorist Gene D'Angelo · letterer Ben Oda · cover Dick Giordano

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writer Cary Bates
colorist Gene D'Angelo
letterer Ben Oda
cover pencils, inks Dick Giordano

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Barry narrowly escapes death at Yorkin's hands, then must try to track Yorkin down.

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