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FLASH #293
Cover Date: January 1981
Cover Price: $0.50
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Cover Credits:
Pencils: George Pérez
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Credits:
| Story | Gerry Conway |
| Art | Don Heck |
| Lettering | Gaspar Saladino |
| Colors | Gene D'Angelo |
| Editing | Len Wein |
Feature Character(s):
- Flash (Barry Allen)
Villain(s):
- Pied Piper (last in Detective Comics #480/2; next in issue #307)
Other Character(s):
- Mayor of Central City
- Comptroller of Central City
- Citizens of Central City
Location(s):
- Central City
Synopsis: - Out on parole, the Pied Piper is once more in Central City and apparently not committing crime. When he stops playing, a herd of elephants stomps into Central City and the mayor is quick to pay to have the Piper play music to subdue the pachyderms.
- A similar event brings a flock of ostriches to Central City, but the Flash has worked out the criminal's method of operation. While not technically playing, the Piper was subtly pressing keys which produced subsonic summoning sounds. The Flash then altered the Pied Piper's pipe as superspeed, which when played made the ostriches attack the villain rather than follow him. To save his skin the Pied Piper quickly confessed and the Scarlet Speedster swept the ostriches out of the city.
Credits:
| Story | Gerry Conway |
| Breakdown pencils | George Pérez |
| Inks | Rodin Rodriguez (finished art) |
| Lettering | Milt Snapinn |
| Colors | Jerry Serpe |
| Editing | Len Wein |
Feature Character(s):
- Flash (Barry Allen; next in Justice League of America #186)
Guest Star(s):
- Firestorm (Ron Raymond and Martin Stein; next in Brave and the Bold #172)
Villain(s):
- Atomic Skull (last in Superman Vol. 1 #331; next in DC Comics Presents #35)
Other Character(s):
- Two seismologists in Metropolis
- Capser Jones
Location(s):
- Metropolis
- Superman Island (Mount Olympus Correctional Facility)
Synopsis:
- Superman Island (Mount Olympus Correctional Facility)
- The Flash inadvertently disrupts the "Superman's Island" floating prison over Metropolis. While realizing his error and checking to be sure all is well, the Flash is attacked by the Atomic Skull and blasted with radioactivity. He teams with Firestorm who absorbs the radiation, but as a side-effect becomes "drunk" with the energy. The Flash then has to anger the Nuclear Man to get him to release the excess energy and take out the villain at the same time.