CATALOG RECORD

Flash Special #1

DC · Series began 1990 · [July] 1990

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Dates

Cover date: [July] 1990
On sale: May 31, 1990
Pages: 84

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #1 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Direct edition

Direct

No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
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Newsstand edition

Newsstand

A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

Barcode 07098932158805
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Creators

pencils: Joe Kubert, Mike Parobeck, Irv Novick, Carmine Infantino, Grant Miehm, Paris Cullinsinks: Joe Kubert, José Marzán Jr., Dick Giordano, Joe Rubinstein, Tim Dzon, Paris Cullinsscript: Mark Waid, Len Strazewski, Gerard Jones, William Messner-Loebscolors: Glenn Whitmoreletters: Tim Harkins, Albert DeGuzman, Gaspar Saladino

Stories

Generations · 2 pages
John Fox is sent back in time to contact three Flashes.
Sow the Wind · 17 pages
Flash is asked to uncover a spy by the government and stops the Atom Smasher. John Fox attempts to contact Flash but fails.
Captives of the Atom Master · 17 pages
Flash battles Professor Fallout and stops him from detonating a neutron bomb in Central City. John Fox again fails to contact the Flash.
Con-Fusion! · 17 pages
Flash takes on Manfred Mota, who has become more powerful than ever before. John Fox tries to contact the Flash and fails yet again.
Generations Finale · 15 pages
John Fox returns to the 27th century and becomes the Flash to defeat Manfred Mota for the final time.
Flash Facts · 4 pages
Facts about the 3 Flashes.

Reprinted in

Flash by Mark Waid (2017)