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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published August 1998
Cover Price 4.95 USD
Pages 84
Editing Paul Kupperberg; L. A. Williams (asst)

Cover Details

Characters Flash
Pencils Pop Mhan
Inks Chris Ivy

10 page Flash story "The Speed of Life"

Characters Flash [Wally West; also as Kid Flash]; Flash [Wally West]; Mary West; Rudolph West; Frances (Frankie) Kane; Linda Park; Iris West Allen; Impulse [Bart Allen]
Synopsis Wally ponders what his life might have been like if he had never become Kid Flash.
Genre Superhero
Script Mark Waid
Pencils Pop Mhan
Inks Chris Ivy
Colors Tom McCraw
Letters Gaspar Saladino [as Gaspar]
Reprinted in Flash: Born to Run, The (DC, 1999 series) #nn

10 page Flash (Jay Garrick) story "The Dark of the Sun"

Characters Flash (Jay Garrick), Flash (Barry Allen), Iris West, Joan Garrick, the Shade
Synopsis The two Flashes defeat the Shade through team work
Script John Byrne
Pencils John Byrne
Inks John Byrne
Colors Mike Danza
Letters John Byrne
Notes Story takes place on the first anniversary of the two Flashes first team-up.

10 page Impulse story "The 5,000 Rats of Bartholomew Allen"

Characters Impulse, Max Mercury, Gorilla Grodd
Synopsis Impulse inadvertenly thwarts Gorilla Grodd
Genre superhero
Script Todd Dezago
Pencils Ethan Van Sciver
Inks Ethan Van Sciver
Colors Tom McCraw
Letters Albert DeGuzman

10 page Jesse Quick story "The Professional"

Characters Jesse Quick, Captain Boomerang, Impulse (cameo)
Synopsis Captain Boomerang escapes from Jesse
Genre superhero
Script Christopher Priest
Pencils Mike Collins
Inks Tom Palmer
Colors John Kalisz
Letters Gaspar Saladino

10 page Max Mercury story "Thunder and Lightning"

Characters Max Mercury, Babe Ruth
Synopsis Max saves Babe Ruth from kidnappers.
Genre superhero
Script Michael Jan Friedman
Pencils Craig Rousseau
Inks Vince Russell
Colors Tom McCraw
Letters Chris Eliopoulos
Notes Story takes place in 1921. Max known as Lightning

10 page John Fox, the Future Flash story "Split-Seconds"

Characters John Fox (the Future Flash), cameo Iris West
Synopsis John Fox helps Iris West's true parents send her from the 30th to the 20th century.
Script Brian Augustyn
Pencils Oscar Jimenez
Inks Eduardo Alfuente
Colors Tom McCraw
Letters Gaspar Saladino

10 page Flash story "Your Life is My Business"

Characters Flash, Mark Millar
Synopsis Flash helps Mark Millar write a story
Genre superhero
Script Mark Millar
Pencils Ariel Olivetti
Inks Ariel Olivetti
Colors Tom McCraw
Letters Bob Lappan