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SPEED FORCE #1 November 1997 [$3.95] Cover Credits: Craig Rosseau (pencils; signed); John Dell (inks; signed); Tasty Fried Color (colors)

First Story: "Burning Secrets" (14 Pages)

Credits: Mark Waid (plot, script); Jim Aparo (pencils); Bill Sienkiewicz (inks); Gaspar Saladino (letters); Tom McCraw (colors); Jason Hernandez-Rosenblatt (edits)

Feature Characters: Flash II, Kid Flash (see Comment)

Villain: Cobalt Blue

Comment: This entire story is a flashback narrated by Wally West to an episode from back when he was still Kid Flash

Second Story: "Like Straws In A Hurricane" (10 Pages)

Credits: Bill Messner-Loebs (plot, script); Kenny Martinez (pencils); Anibal Rodriguez (inks); John Costanza (letters); Lee Louthridge (colors); Jason Hernandez-Rosenblatt (edits)

Feature Character: Jesse Quick

Other Characters: J. Wilmer Tarott (a multi-billionnaire), Ken Cordler (head of Cordler Cable News), Jekko Norlock (a New Zealand multi-billionnaire and media baron); Tally (Jesse's secretary), Marcus (an assistant of Tarott's), Larry (an employee of Norlock's), Paul (a former techician at Pilcono Industries; first appearance of all)

Third Story: "Childsplay" (11 Pages)

Credits: Brian Augustyn (plot, script); Dusty Abell (pencils); Drew Geraci (inks); Chris Eliopoulos (letters); Noelle Giddings (colors); Jason Hernandez-Rosenblatt (edits)

Feature Character: Max Mercury (as Whip Whirlwind)

Supporting Character: Impulse (see Comment)

Villains: Archimedes Schott (a toy manufacturer), Lucretia Pritchard (head of Pritchard Orphan Asylum; first appearance of both)

Other Characters: Zachary Miller (an orphan), Mrs. O'Shea

Comment: This tale is narrated by Wally West and recounts an episode that took place in August 1893.

Fourth Story: "A Stranger With My Face" (10 Pages)

Credits: John Byrne (plot, script, pencils, inks, letters); Noelle Giddings (colors); Jason Hernandez-Rosenblatt (edits)

Feature Character: Flash I (in July 1942; next in Wonder Woman Vol. 2 #130; also appears as a timetravelling Flash from the future; see Comment)

Supporting Character: Joan Williams

Villains: The Fiddler; The Thinker

Comment: This entire story takes place in July 1942. Part of this story takes place during Wonder Woman Vol. 2 #130 where the present-time Flash goes back to the past and meets himself. The current-time Flash appears in this story in between pages of Wonder Woman Vol. 2 #130.

Fifth Story: "The Sacrifice" (8 Pages)

Credits: Mark Waid and Brian Augustyn (plot, script); William Rosado (pencils); Sal Buscema (inks); Gaspar Saladino (letters); Jason Scott Jones (colors); Jason Hernandez-Rosenblatt (edits)

Feature Character: Flash (Blaine Allen; first appearance; drawn into the speed force)

Supporting Character: Jace Allen (first appearance)

Villain: Cobalt Blue II (first appearance)