Comic Title: Flash #14
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: July 1988
On Sale Date: March 15, 1988 Shipping Date March 15, 1988
Source: Direct Currents, #2

Shipping Date March 15, 1988
Source: Amazing Heroes, #137

Newsstand Date April 7, 1988
Source: Amazing Heroes, #137

Copyright Date March 15, 1988
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1988

Cover Price: $0.75
Page Count: 32
Editor: Barbara J. Kesel (Randall)

Title: "Wipe Out"
Pages: 22

Feature(s):
Flash (Wally West Post-Crisis)

Writer: Mike Baron
Penciller: Michael T. Collins
Inker: Larry Mahlstedt
Letterer: Steve Haynie
Colorist: Michele Wolfman

Reprinted In:
Flash:Savage Velocity TPB (2020)

Feature Character(s)

• Flash (last appearance in Flash #13; next appearance in Flash #15)

Supporting Character(s)

• Tina McGee (last appearance in Flash #13; next appearance in Flash #15)
• Mary West (last appearance in Flash #13; next appearance in Flash #15)
• Red Trinity (Anatole does not appear in this story; last appearance in Flash #12; next appearance in Flash #15)

Villain(s)

• Vandal Savage (last appearance in Flash #13; next appearance in Flash #16)
• Nick Bassaglia (last appearance in Flash #13; next appearance in Flash #16)
• Savage's henchmen (Ziggy and Andrew named; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Trudy Powell (last appearance in Flash #13; next appearance in Flash #17)
• Conrad Bortz (last appearance in Flash #8; next appearance in Flash #16)

Comments:
Flash loses his powers in this story.

This story is continued from Flash #13.

Synopsis:
Flash tracks down Vandal Savage who has created Velocity 9, an addictive drug which gives the users super speed, but kills them if they do not continue to use it. Wally is ambushed by speedsters and knocked out. Savage then injects him with Velocity 9. Flash goes berserk. When he regains control he seeks out Trudy Powell, then passes out. Trudy cares for him until he recovers, but his powers have disappeared.

Nick Bassaglia returns home to find the Flash and Trudy together. While he was once an opponent of Savage, Bassaglia now works for him. Savage intends to use the mobster's organization to distribute his drug. Flash is then imprisoned with Dr. Bortz who Bassaglia contracted to create a synthetic version of the drug.

After a few days Wally's powers begin to return. Savage orders Bortz to inject him with another dose of the drug. Bortz turns against Savage and surprises him by injecting him with the drug. Savage goes mad and runs off after a fight with the Flash. Tina then helps Wally get home where his mother informs him that she has lost his fortune with a series of bad investments.