Cover: Don Heck & Dick Giordano

The Flash #286

Jun 1980 · DC · 0.40 USD

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“The Color Schemes of the Rainbow Raider!”

In "The Color Schemes of the Rainbow Raider!", Barry Allen struggles to adjust to life without Iris as a new threat emerges: the Rainbow Raider, a villain whose prism glasses let him manipulate emotions—and drain color from the Flash himself. Written by Cary Bates and illustrated by Don Heck, with inks by Frank Chiaramonte, colors by Gene D'Angelo, and letters by Ben Oda, this 1980 issue delivers a vibrant, emotionally charged showdown. The cover by Don Heck and Dick Giordano captures the kaleidoscopic intensity of the conflict.

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writer Cary Bates · artist Don Heck · inker Frank Chiaramonte · colorist Gene D'Angelo · letterer Ben Oda · cover Don Heck, Dick Giordano

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Full credits

writer Cary Bates

artist Don Heck

inker Frank Chiaramonte

colorist Gene D'Angelo

letterer Ben Oda

cover pencils Don Heck

cover inks Dick Giordano

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Barry adjusts to his new life without Iris and faces a new villain, the Rainbow Raider, who can manipulate emotions with his prism glasses, and even drains the color out of the Flash.

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