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The Flash (1987) (Single Issues)
FLASH #28
"Blessed the Beasts." Now nicknamed the "Porcupine Man," a spike-covered Wally battles Captain Cold and Golden Glider. Features the first appearance of Wally's future wife, Linda Park. Includes article by new editor Brian Augustyn. Script by William Messner-Loebs, pencils by Greg LaRocque, inks by Tim Dzon. Cover art by Greg LaRoque and Larry Mahlstedt. Cover price $1.00.
- GenresDc Comics
Comic
Published January 1, 1989
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William Messner-Loebs
445 books46 followersWilliam Francis Messner-Loebs (born William Francis Loebs, Jr.) is an American comics artist and writer from Michigan, also known as Bill Loebs and Bill Messner-Loebs. His hyphenated surname is a combination of his and his wife Nadine's unmarried surnames.
In the 1980s and 1990s he wrote runs of series published by DC Comics, Image Comics, Comico, and other comics publishers, including DC's superhero series Flash and Wonder Woman among others. Additionally he has both written and drawn original creator-owned works, such as Journey: The Adventures of Wolverine MacAlistaire.
In the 1980s and 1990s he wrote runs of series published by DC Comics, Image Comics, Comico, and other comics publishers, including DC's superhero series Flash and Wonder Woman among others. Additionally he has both written and drawn original creator-owned works, such as Journey: The Adventures of Wolverine MacAlistaire.
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June 26, 2025
Whoops, did not finish this story line before reading the JLE comics!
That's okay though. I mainly read this issue to see the first appearance of Linda Park!
Bonus, Captain Cold and Golden Glider. Who don’t seem as reformed as they'd like the public to think.
That's okay though. I mainly read this issue to see the first appearance of Linda Park!
Bonus, Captain Cold and Golden Glider. Who don’t seem as reformed as they'd like the public to think.
April 9, 2026
Hahahaha, welcome back Flash! There is nothing like a fight with some rogues while you are delirious and unaware of your current surroundings to really whip you back into shape. Wally has don’t a lot of his life fighting monsters, and now as he faces Captain cold and golden glider looking like the porcupine man…he is one. But as a very delirious flash begins to run circles around the pair and break through and ice walls and cages they build…Cold quickly realizes he isn’t fighting some cryptid but Wally West. The fight materially does not go well for the rogues and as it continues Wally seems to get more conscious and is able to think smarter on his feet to respond to their attacks. Eventually the fight ends with flash clapping so fast he forms sonic booms to break apart the ice and to throw them off long enough to run away. The mob hates to see their beast run, so they tried to shoot at him…only to almost hit golden glider in the process of Cold didn’t protect her with a barrier. Freezing and destroying their guns moments later as even Captain cold believes if you can’t practice proper gun safety you don’t deserve to have them.
As Wally ran he finally got tied near a cluster of rocks where none other than Mason figured he would be going after he caught the tail end of a tv crew showing up to record the fight. Mason brought with him a jug of water for flash to enjoy an it didn’t take long for Wally to fall asleep with Mason protecting him. But speaking of a news crew rolling up…is that LINDA PARK?! OMG, this is her first appearance and she uses it to interview Captain cold, fully questioning him about the reports of the creature he fought really being the flash…Cold has no comment, lol. Back in town Jerry and Tina showed up to talk to David, immediately getting into it about lying about flash being the porcupine man, but Jerry is adamant he has nothing to do with David’s son disappearing. Plus who is he going to deputize next, the joker? David is adamant he will pull in anyone who can find his son…well David, does that include Geraldo and his crazy flash routine currently sitting in a cell as he overheard where they were going. David immediately let him out to show them where the kids may have gone, bringing them to the mineshaft which is now caved in. David immediately called for help and moving equipment to start clearing the area out. Hey can’t use heavy machinery as the ground is too unstable, but captain cold’s presence here may be a blessing in disguise if he can use the cold ray to shoot a hollow tube of ice into the ground so they can try and communicate with anyone alive…cold agrees that would be great, if he can figure out how to make his gun do that.
Elsewhere, Wally is currently awake as Mason pulls all of the thorns out of Wally’s body, watching as it immediately heals back Jonathan his fast metabolism…only for Wally to immediately fall back asleep once they finish. The effort to get inside the mine is slow and cold is struggling to figure out his fun…until Tina helps him with the configuration. They are able to finally send down a hollow tube and a wire where over the radio Wally overhears David’s kid still alive and trapped inside, but after all this time the air is bad and the other kids have passed out. Wally immediately takes off and cuts across the desert intent on helping them, along the way he hijacks Geraldo’s flash costume so he can have a uniform in the meantime. As he arrives he immediately takes a shovel to try and help, with Captain cold’s even creating a barrier to keep the mob who still seems him as the porcupine man at bay. I love it whenever the rogues and flash value each other and truly work together, it’s so heart warming. But then flash gets to it, he begins to dig so fast that the dirt doesn’t have a chance to fall so it looks like it’s having on behind him when in reality he is keeping a constant bubble of air around himself. He digs all the way down until he hits the chamber where the kids are. Wally once again wants to pass out but with the mixture of bad air and his actions casing more cave ins, he knows they need to get out of there quickly. He pulls all the kids flow as he begins to dig up this time, transferring them in a ball of air as he digs around them until they finally come back to the surface! Flash has saved the day! Linda Park was the one to interview him once he got into a proper flash costume as he spoke of splitting the reward check with golden snowball recoveries…later slightly regretting it as Wally is going to be broke once the damage claims come in for the cross country run he took. Hey…maybe golden snowball is hiring? LOL. But as this story comes to an end and Flash is back in the saddle with a plethora of power to contend with I can’t help but wonder of one thing…what happened to the blood he was supposed to deliver?
As Wally ran he finally got tied near a cluster of rocks where none other than Mason figured he would be going after he caught the tail end of a tv crew showing up to record the fight. Mason brought with him a jug of water for flash to enjoy an it didn’t take long for Wally to fall asleep with Mason protecting him. But speaking of a news crew rolling up…is that LINDA PARK?! OMG, this is her first appearance and she uses it to interview Captain cold, fully questioning him about the reports of the creature he fought really being the flash…Cold has no comment, lol. Back in town Jerry and Tina showed up to talk to David, immediately getting into it about lying about flash being the porcupine man, but Jerry is adamant he has nothing to do with David’s son disappearing. Plus who is he going to deputize next, the joker? David is adamant he will pull in anyone who can find his son…well David, does that include Geraldo and his crazy flash routine currently sitting in a cell as he overheard where they were going. David immediately let him out to show them where the kids may have gone, bringing them to the mineshaft which is now caved in. David immediately called for help and moving equipment to start clearing the area out. Hey can’t use heavy machinery as the ground is too unstable, but captain cold’s presence here may be a blessing in disguise if he can use the cold ray to shoot a hollow tube of ice into the ground so they can try and communicate with anyone alive…cold agrees that would be great, if he can figure out how to make his gun do that.
Elsewhere, Wally is currently awake as Mason pulls all of the thorns out of Wally’s body, watching as it immediately heals back Jonathan his fast metabolism…only for Wally to immediately fall back asleep once they finish. The effort to get inside the mine is slow and cold is struggling to figure out his fun…until Tina helps him with the configuration. They are able to finally send down a hollow tube and a wire where over the radio Wally overhears David’s kid still alive and trapped inside, but after all this time the air is bad and the other kids have passed out. Wally immediately takes off and cuts across the desert intent on helping them, along the way he hijacks Geraldo’s flash costume so he can have a uniform in the meantime. As he arrives he immediately takes a shovel to try and help, with Captain cold’s even creating a barrier to keep the mob who still seems him as the porcupine man at bay. I love it whenever the rogues and flash value each other and truly work together, it’s so heart warming. But then flash gets to it, he begins to dig so fast that the dirt doesn’t have a chance to fall so it looks like it’s having on behind him when in reality he is keeping a constant bubble of air around himself. He digs all the way down until he hits the chamber where the kids are. Wally once again wants to pass out but with the mixture of bad air and his actions casing more cave ins, he knows they need to get out of there quickly. He pulls all the kids flow as he begins to dig up this time, transferring them in a ball of air as he digs around them until they finally come back to the surface! Flash has saved the day! Linda Park was the one to interview him once he got into a proper flash costume as he spoke of splitting the reward check with golden snowball recoveries…later slightly regretting it as Wally is going to be broke once the damage claims come in for the cross country run he took. Hey…maybe golden snowball is hiring? LOL. But as this story comes to an end and Flash is back in the saddle with a plethora of power to contend with I can’t help but wonder of one thing…what happened to the blood he was supposed to deliver?
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January 30, 2022
From such a simple beginning who would have guessed the this issue would introduce the reporter who is the center of Wally's life. It was fun though not as dramatic as the book has become. In some I miss this simpler take on the Flash. He was more real with real problems and no money. I enjoyed it.
June 3, 2018
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