Flash #97 [Newsstand]
(January 1995)

DC, 1987 Series
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Price
1.50 USD; 2.10 CAD; 0.70 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
070989322226 01
Editing
Brian Augustyn (editor); Ruben Diaz (associate editor)

Issue Notes

This issue is a variant of Flash (DC, 1987 series) #97 [Direct Sales]. There exist further variants:

Terminal Velocity, 3: Race Against Time! (Table of Contents)

The Flash / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Mike Wieringo (signed as Ringo)
Inks
José Marzán Jr. (signed as MARZAN JR)
Colors
?
Letters
Todd Klein
Genre
superhero
Characters
Flash [Wally West]; Impulse [Bart Allen]; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Johnny Quick; Max Mercury
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters credit from Todd Klein via http://kleinletters.com/.

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Terminal Velocity, Mach Three: The Other Side of Light (Table of Contents: 1)

The Flash / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Mark Waid (credited)
Pencils
Salvador Larroca (credited as Salvador Larocca)
Inks
José Marzán Jr. (credited as Jose Marzan, Jr.)
Colors
Tom McCraw (credited)
Letters
Gaspar Saladino (credited as Gaspar)
Genre
superhero
Characters
Flash [Wally West]; Max Mercury; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Johnny Quick; Jesse Quick; Linda Park; Iris West Allen; Kobra; Chillblaine; Hartley Rathaway [Pied Piper]
Synopsis
Wally learns about Max Mercury's past and his theories about the "speed force," while Linda and Iris investigate Kobra. But when the collected speedsters find themselves blocked outside of Keystone City, Wally reveals the deadly secret he knows about the speed force, and chooses his own successor.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Story reveals that Max has previously been known as Ahwehota (He Who Runs Beyond The Wind), also called Windrunner, then later Blue Streak, and Quicksilver.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Speed Reading / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Brian Augustyn (credited)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Chris Coleman, Jim Kelly, Tim Powers, Joey Marchese, William Bracken, Charles Skaggs, and S. Cutler.

DC Universe 25 (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

DC Universe / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Terminal Velocity, 3: Race Against Time!
    The Flash
  2. 1. Terminal Velocity, Mach Three: The Other Side of Light
    The Flash
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Speed Reading
  4. 3. DC Universe 25
    DC Universe
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