Comic Title: Flash Special #1
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: 1990
On Sale Date: May 29, 1990 Shipping Date May 29, 1990
Source: Previews, #15

Shipping Date May 29, 1990
Source: Amazing Heroes, #179

Shipping Date May 31, 1990
Source: Advance Comics, #17

Copyright Date May 29, 1990
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1990

Direct Market Date May 31, 1990
Source: Comic Shop News, #142, #149

Frequency: Annually
Cover Price: $2.95
Page Count: 80
Editor: Brian Michael Augustyn

Title: "Con-Fusion"
Pages: 17

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

Writer: William Messner-Loebs
Penciller: Grant Miehm
Inker: Timothy Dzon
Letterer: Albert Tobias De Guzman
Colorist: Glenn Whitmore

Reprinted In:
Flash by Mark Waid Vol. 1 TPB (2017)
Flash by Mark Waid Omnibus Vol. 1 HC (2023)
Flash by Mark Waid Omnibus Vol. 1 HC [Variant] (2023)

Feature Character(s)

• Flash (last appearance in Flash #40; next appearance in Flash #41)

Villain(s)

• Manfred Mota (last appearance in Flash Special #1; next appearance in Flash Special #1)
• Chuck and Roger (Mota's henchmen; no further appearances)

Guest Appearance(s)

• John Fox (last appearance in Flash Special #1; next appearance in Flash Special #1)

Other Character(s)

• Nadine Calhoon (an associate of Mota's; no further appearances)
• Dr. Carlotta Moreau (a nuclear plant supervisor; no further appearances)
• Dr. Ronald Fisher (a fusion research scientist; no further appearances)
• Liz (a waitress; no further appearances)

Comments:
Dr. Ronald Fisher is modeled after Coach from Cheers.

Synopsis:
After receiving a call from a bill collector, Wally West is accosted by Nadine Calhoon, an associate of Manfred Mota. She tells Wally about Mota's plan to attack Central City. Wally races to confront Mota who has a new atomic powered suit. The Flash is easily beaten. Mota is annoyed to discover that Wally is not the original Flash that beat he years earlier.

Wally recovers, then he seeks help at a nearby nuclear power plant. He is directed to disgraced scientist Dr. Ronald Fisher. The scientist tells Wally to depressurize Mota's hydrogen tanks. Wally does so before Fisher can explain that doing so will also result in an explosion. Wally triggers the blast. Mota melts into the Earth's crust, while Flash carries all the nearby people to safety.

John Fox then shows up. Wally thinks he is a bill collector. Before Fox can explain himself, he disappears.