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156January 2000
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Flash #156

DC · January 2000 · on sale 1999-11-24

First appearance: Replicant1 variant
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Identification plate

Series
Flash (DC, 1987 series)
Issue
#156
Publication date
January 2000
Key date
2000-01-00
On-sale date
1999-11-24
Indicia publisher
DC Comics
Price
$1.99; 3.25 CAD
Pages
44
Barcode
76194120024815611
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Replicant - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Three Ways for the Flash to Die!cover1pencils: Steve Lightle; inks: Steve Lightle; letters: Todd KleinThe Flash, The Flash, Wally West, Walter West
1Convergencecomic story22script: Brian Augustyn, Mark Waid; pencils: Paul Pelletier; inks: José Marzán Jr.; colors: Tom McCraw; letters: Gaspar SaladinoAbra Kadabra, Citizen Abra, The Flash, The Flash, James Jesse, Angela Margolin, Linda Park West, Pied Piper, Hartley Rathaway, Replicant First, Trickster, Wally West, Walter West
2-letters page0.67letters: typeset

Plus 20.33 pages of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Newsstandbarcode 07099232222001

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CollectionYear
Flash by Mark Waid #8
ISBN 978-1-77951-010-5
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