The Flash #278 was published by DC Comics on October 1, 1979, as part of a series that began in 1959. Cary Bates writes, and art comes from Alex Saviuk, Dick Giordano and Frank Chiaramonte. This 36-page issue features Barry Allen, Iris West Allen, Captain Boomerang, Heat Wave and Frank Curtis, among 6 characters cataloged on VerseDB.