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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)

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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 (first appearance; Malcolm Thawne)

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)

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