Written by Mark Waid and Brian Augustyn. Art by Paul Pelletier and Vince Russell.
A new logo, a new costume and a new(?) Flash begin a startling new era for the Fastest Man Alive! There's a super-fast stranger in town, and he's calling himself the Flash. But who is this world-weary, battle-scarred hero in a fearsome, nearly all-black costume? He doesn't play by the rules of Keystone's heroes or its villains, and he's darker, nastier, and wilder than any Flash Keystone City has ever seen before. This Flash has somehow earned the trust of Golden Age Flash Jay Garrick... is he someone we've seen before? And what about Wally West?
* 1st full appearance of Dark Flash, cameo in Flash #150 and #151