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Flash 80-Page Giant 1

FLASH 80-PAGE GIANT #1

Cover Date: August 1998
Cover Price: $1.50

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Pop Mhan (signed)
Inks: Chris Ivy (signed)


Story: "The Speed of Life" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryMark Waid
PencilsPop Mhan
InksChris Ivy
ColorsTom McCraw
LetteringGaspar Saladino
Assistant editingL.A. Williams
EditingPaul Kupperberg

Feature Character(s):

Wally West (last/next in ???; imagines at super-speed what his life may have been like under different circumstances)

Supporting Character(s):

Jay Garrick (last/next in ???)
Joan Garrick (last/next in ???)
Bart Allen (last/next in ???)
Hartley Rathaway (last/next in ???)
Iris Allen (last/next in ???)
Linda Park-West (last/next in ???; see Comments)
Jesse Chambers (last/next in ???)

Guest Appearance(s):

James (last/next in ???; Hartley's boyfriend)

Comment(s):

Since chronological placement of this one of Wally's birthday is not possible, Linda and Wally may not have married yet.


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Second Story: "Dark of the Sun" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJohn Byrne
ArtJohn Byrne
ColorsMike Danza
LetteringJohn Byrne
Assistant editingL.A. Williams
EditingPaul Kupperberg

Feature Character(s):

Flash II (last/next in ???)
Flash I (last in ???; next in Justice League of America #29)

Supporting Character(s):

Joan Garrick (in between Flash Vol. 1 #137 and #151)
Iris West (last/next in ???)

Villain(s):

Shade (in between Flash Vol. 1 #123 and #151)

Comment(s):

This story takes place on the one-year anniversary of the story in Flash Vol. 1 #123.


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Third Story: "The 5,000 Rats of Bartholomew Allen" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryTodd Dezago
ArtEthan Van Sciver
ColorsTom McCraw
LetteringAlbert De Guzman
Assistant editingL.A. Williams
EditingPaul Kupperberg

Feature Character(s):

Impulse (last/next in ???)
Max Mercury (last/next in ???)

Supporting Character(s):

Carol Bucklen (last/next in ???)
"Evil Eye" Parker (last/next in ???)
Helen Claiborne (last/next in ???)
Many of Bart's classmates

Villain(s):

Gorilla Grodd (last/next in ???)
two unnamed gorilla henchmen

Other Character(s):

two hyper-intelligent white mice (one bent on world domination; first appearance of both)


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Fourth Story: "The Professional" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryChristopher Priest
PencilsMike Collins
InksTom Palmer
ColorsJohn Kalisz
LetteringGaspar Saladino
Assistant editingL.A. Williams
EditingPaul Kupperberg

Feature Character(s):

Jesse Quick (last in ???; next in DC One Million #1)

Villain(s):

Captain Boomerang (last/next in ???)

Guest Appearance(s):

Libby Lawrence-Chambers (last in Wonder Woman Plus #1; on the phone only, no actual appearance; next in Titans #21)
Impulse (last/next in ???; candy-thief)

Other Character(s):

Jake (first appearance; a paramedic)

Comment(s):

This story takes place about a year after Wonder Woman Plus #1.


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Fifth Story: "Thunder and Lightning" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryMichael Jan Friedman
PencilsCraig Rousseau
InksVince Russell
ColorsTom McCraw
LetteringChris Eliopoulos
Assistant editingL.A. Williams
EditingPaul Kupperberg

Feature Character(s):

Lightning (last/next in ???; Max Mercury's identity in 1922)

Villain(s):

Big Jack McNulty (first appearance; a kidnapper in 1922)

Other Character(s):

George Herman "Babe" Ruth (first chronological appearance; in 1922; next in Young All-Stars #7)


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Sixth Story: "Split-Second" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryBrian Augustyn
InksEduardo Alpuente
ColorsTom McCraw
LetteringGaspar Saladino
Assistant editingL.A. Williams
EditingPaul Kupperberg

Feature Character(s):

Flash (John Fox; last in Flash Vol. 2 #118; in Central City in 2945 AD; next in JLA #23)

Other Character(s):

Eric Russell (last/next in ???; Iris West Allen's father)
Fran Russell (last/next in ???; Iris West Allen's mother)
Iris West (last/next in ???; as an infant)
Nadine West (last/next in ???; Iris' adoptive mother)
Ira West (last/next in ???; Iris' adoptive father)

Comment(s):

This story reveals that John Fox aided the Russells in sending their infant daughter, Iris, back into the 20th Century.


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Seventh Story: "Your Life is My Business" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryMark Millar (and Wally West)
ArtAriel Olivetti
ColorsTom McCraw
LetteringBob Lappan
Assistant editingL.A. Williams
EditingPaul Kupperberg

Feature Character(s):

Flash III (last/next in ???)

Villain(s):

Rainbow Raider (seen on television; last in JLA 80-Page Giant #1/5; next in DC Universe Holiday Bash #3/5)

Other Character(s):

Mark Millar (first appearance; a comic book writer)


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