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ESSENTIAL FLASH FAMILY ORIGIN COMPENDIUM! Up for sale is The Flash Secret Files and Origins #1, published by DC Comics with a cover date of November 1997. Featuring dynamic cover art by Steve Lightle and Patrick Martin depicting Wally West sprinting forward surrounded by speed force lightning, this 64-page special edition issue is a must-have piece of late-90s Flash lore. Written by acclaimed Flash architects Mark Waid and Brian Augustyn with interior pencils by Kenny Martinez, Craig Rousseau, and Todd Nauck, this key issue presents the feature story "A Run of Luck". The narrative retolds the grand speedster legacy of Jay Garrick, Barry Allen, and Wally West while setting up major developments for the Flash Family and introducing critical background on Cobalt Blue and the Flash Museum. Waid and Augustyn weave essential character profiles, a Flash Family tree, and pivotal storyline setups into an indispensable expansion of Scarlet Speedster continuity. CONDITION: 7.0 Fine/Very Fine (FN/VF). This raw copy maintains solid structural firmness with vibrant cover colors. Close visual inspection reveals light color-breaking spine stress ticks along the left spine fold, subtle edge wear along the cover margins, and faint corner blunting at the tips. The back cover exhibits minor surface scuffing visible under direct light, but the comic lies flat with complete, clean interior pages firmly bound to original staples.