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SUPERMAN #199

Cover Date: August 1967
Cover Price: $0.12

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Carmine Infantino
Inks: Murphy Anderson


Story: "Superman's Race With the Flash!" (24 Pages)
"Part II, Faster Than a Speeding Bullet"

Credits:

StoryJim Shooter
PencilsCurt Swan
InksGeorge Klein
Assistant editingE. Nelson Bridwell
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #103 next in World's Finest Comics #168)

Guest Star(s):

Flash (Barry Allen; between Flash Vol. 1 #172/2 and #173)

Supporting Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #103; next in Action Comics #351)
Perry White (last in issue #198/2; next in Action Comics #351)
Iris Allen (in between Flash Vol. 1 #172 and #173)

Villain(s):

American Gambling Syndicate (a criminal ring betting on Superman winning the race; first appearance of all)
Dr. Werner Von Broder
"Nails" (poses as the Flash)
other unnamed syndicate members
Continental Crime Syndicate (Enterprises International De Europe; a criminal ring betting on the Flash winning the race; first appearance of all)
Dr. Robert Carson
Monsieur De Paul
Lorenzo (poses as Superman)
other unnamed syndicate members
bank robbers in Central City (first appearance)

Guest Appearance(s):

Justice League of America:
Aquaman (Arthur Curry; last in Brave and the Bold #73; next in Aquaman Vol. 1 #35)
Atom (Ray Palmer; between Atom #31 and #32)
Batman (last in Batman Vol. 1 #194/2; next in World's Finest Comics #168)
Green Arrow (Oliver Queen; last in Action Comics #350/2; next in Justice League of America #55)
Green Lantern (Hal Jordan; last in Green Lantern Vol. 2 #54; next in Justice League of America #55)
Hawkman (Katar Hol; between Hawkman Vol. 1 #21 and #22)
Martian Manhunter (last in House of Mystery #168/2; next in JLA: Incarnations #2)
Wonder Woman (Diana Prince; between Wonder Woman Vol. 1 #172 and #173)
Robin (Dick Grayson; last in Batman Vol. 1 #194/2; next in World's Finest Comics #168)
Supergirl (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #102/2; next in Action Comics #353/3)

Other Character(s):

Bret Bradley (a television reporter out of Metropolis)
Various spectators around the world

Location(s):

Metropolis
Central City
Alcapulco, Mexico
India
Gizeh, Egypt
Saudi Arabia
Iraq
Iran
Afghanistan
Philippines
Hawaii
Peru
Brazil
Gabon
Saskatchewan, Canada
Australia
Tanzania
Munich, Germany
Czechoslovakia
Poland
San Francisco, CA
Nevada

Comment(s):

The Flash-Superman race occurs on Saturday June 10th.
The next race occurs in Flash Vol. 1 #175 (December 1967.)

Story Reprinted in:

Limited Collectors' Edition #C-48 (1976)
Superman vs. Flash (2005)


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