Comic Title: DC Special Series #19
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY
Cover Date: Fall 1979
On Sale Date: July 5, 1979 Newsstand Date July 5, 1979
Source: House Ad, Weird War Tales #80, Page 12

Newsstand Date July 5, 1979
Source: DC Coming Attractions, #32

Newsstand Date July 5, 1979
Source: Comics Journal, #47

Copyright Date July 5, 1979
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1979

Newsstand Date July 3, 1979
Source: Comic Reader, #170

Newsstand Date July 2, 1979
Source: Daily Planet, Vol. 79 #27
Listed as on sale the week of July 2nd

Shipping Date June 12, 1979
Source: DC Coming Attractions, #32

Frequency: Four times a year
Cover Price: $0.95
Page Count: 96
Editor: E. Nelson Bridwell

See Also: The Guide to DC Giants

Title: "The Mystery of the Elongated Man"
Pages: 13

Feature(s):
Flash (Barry Allen of Earth-1)

Writer: John Broome
Penciller: Carmine Infantino
Inker: Joe Giella

Reprinted From:
Flash #112 (1960)

Feature Character(s)

• Flash (last appearance in Brave and the Bold #28; next appearance in Brave and the Bold #29)

Guest Star(s)

• Elongated Man (Ralph Dibny; origin revealed; next appearance in Flash #115)

Supporting Character(s)

• Iris West (last appearance in Flash #111; next appearance in Flash #113)

Villain(s)

• The Veto Gang (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
A new hero, the Elongated Man, is upstaging the Flash in Central City. Elongated Man is really Ralph Dibny. When Dibny was a child he was fascinated by an India rubber man. When Dibny reached adulthood, he set out to learn the secret behind the rubber men abilities. Dibny isolated an ingredient from Gingold, a soft drink, that he believed would give him stretching abilities. He also designed a costume that stretched with him.

Flash grows suspicious of the new hero when a series of robberies occur that point to the Elongated Man as the suspect. Flash arranges to guard a collection of Ming vases that he believes will be stolen. The vases are indeed stolen. Flash catches Dibny nearby, but Dibny explains that he was framed by the Veto gang. Together, Flash and Elongated Man defeat and capture the real crooks who committed the crimes with a helicopter. Flash and Dibny share honors as winners of the Man of the Year award.