Dino Mauricio UNITED STATES
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FLASH #273 Cover (1979) - Andru & Giordano

Location: DC Covers
Artists: Ross Andru (Penciller) ,  Dick Giordano (Inker)

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Published cover

"Whoosh lines"

"Blurring"

"Energy aura"
Artwork Details
Location: DC Covers
Title: FLASH #273 Cover (1979) - Andru & Giordano
Artist:  Ross Andru (Penciller) ,  Dick Giordano (Inker)
Media Type: Pen and Ink
Art Type: Cover
For Sale Status: NFS
Views: 4153
Likes on CAF: 4
Comments: 17
Added to Site: 1/23/2014

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Description
Artists have used a variety of techniques to draw Flash's super-speed: "whoosh" lines, blurring and more recently an energy aura. My favorite has always been drawing multiple Flashes as on this cover to Flash #273 by Ross Andru and Dick Giordano. Featuring a few more Flashes than usual, this cover offers a prominent, full-figure Flash in classic running form with typical Bronze Age drama.

Thankfully, the villains lined up perfectly on both sides to allow Flash to run through and punch them all! How lucky is that?

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Troy C. Punswick Member Since 2008
Posted On 1/23/2014

Congrats on landing this way cool cover!!!
COMIC PARADISE Member Since 2005
Posted On 1/23/2014

another awesome cover Dino. now need to find myself a cool flash cover soon :)
Jonathan Mueller Member Since 2005
Posted On 1/23/2014

"Thankfully, the villains lined up perfectly on both sides to allow Flash to run through and punch them all! How lucky is that?" lol, I was thinking the same thing! Great cover though! Congrats and thanks for sharing!
Mark Geier Member Since 2013
Posted On 1/23/2014

Silver age bad guys were never the brightest... :) Great cover, congrats!
Gene Park Member Since 2004
Posted On 1/24/2014

Fantastic! You're on a roll, Dino!
Chris K. Member Since 2008
Posted On 2/10/2014

Don't know how I missed this one - it is fantastic!
Gal Schwartz Member Since 2005
Posted On 2/18/2014

Such an awesome cover ! Ross Andru was always one of the greats IMO, but Giordano's inks bring in the extra "punch" so to speak...:) I love the high concept of this image as well as the final result !
Nicolaj Borch Member Since 2012
Posted On 2/23/2014

That is for sure a brilliant FLASH Cover, and with a lot of speed!
R Shur Member Since 2004
Posted On 6/17/2014

Andru and Giordano did some truly excellent Flash covers. I'm a huge fan of the them myself Very interesting point about the different type of speed effects. I own 2 Andru Flash covers, on #284 he does a hybrid whoosh line+semi blur thing and on #282 multiple Flashes pummeling Green Lantern. Bring on the Flash TV show the previews look pretty good....
JC S Member Since 2006
Posted On 11/20/2015

my whole collection for this piece !!
Nils E Member Since 2014
Posted On 6/6/2016

What a punch line!! ;-)
Bill J Member Since 2009
Posted On 10/23/2018

Fabulous cover! Love the multiple Flash figures. Great pick-up!

Frankie M Member Since 2009
Posted On 2/15/2019

I'll always love Andru's Spidey, but next to that I have great affection for his incredible (and underrated) Flash work.. and this cover is a fantastic example of that! Great part of an amazing collection!

Ruben DaCollector Member Since 2008
Posted On 4/27/2021

I actually have always loved the varying way that different aetists have rendered the speed lines. In fact, one of my earliest collecting themes back in the 90's was collecting pages that featured flash in motion with great looking speedd lines behind him. In fact, I even have a very clear memory of Mike Burkey asking me what else I collected when I was in the middle of a transaction with him, and I told him "I'm looking for any pages with Flash running and speed lines following him.". But I will say, I also equally love it when the artists draw multiple Flash figures. How can't you?!?

Sam H Member Since 2007
Posted On 11/27/2021

I remember this issue from the Long Long Ago... nice score!

Fred's CAF Gallery Member Since 2003
Posted On 6/8/2022

Fast!

Posted On 5/27/2023

Beautiful!

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