Tom versus the Flash number 318 or a lot of threads going nowhere, but doing it fast.

Welcome back for the Flash number 318, the February 1983 issue featuring a cover pencil by Carmen Infantino inks by Rodin Rodriguez.

The issue being edited by Ernie Colon, our first story in this issue, and that's right,

backup stories make a return so we can stretch out this eradicator storyline. A few more issues. Our first story is The Killer Who Wipe Central City Clean, written by Carrie Bates, penciled by Carmarin and Finino, inked by Dennis Jensen, colored by Gafford. That's all it says. Letter, Benota, we begin. lunchtime Central City out on a patio of a nice restaurant

umbrella out to protect by Gafford. That's all it says. Letter, Ben Hoda. We begin. Lunchtime, Central City, out on a

patio of a nice restaurant, umbrella, to protect people from the shade. Two people underneath

the umbrella are Fiona Webb and Barry Allen. Fiona Webb's going on and on about her boyfriend,

Creed Phillips, the powerful state senator, and Barry just has to sit there and take it like a schmuck.

This Barry and I, uh, and Fiona used to go out, but it didn't quite work out, and Creed

Phillips swooped in.

Now, Fiona's complaining that Creed had been having lots of problems recently.

He disappeared for a couple of days.

His memory was gone.

He seemed aggressive, had horrible headaches, unexplained aggressive behavior.

But the last couple days, he's been fine to which Barry tells her it's good.

For her, sake, he's very happy.

Fiona is very pleased with this.

She explains she knows that Barry and her didn't work out and that creeding her together.

But she always appreciates the fact that Barry wants the best for her, and that's a very sweet of him, to which Barry responds with the sweet, I hate it when women tell me I'm sweet. And in his mind, he's just, he's pissed off because he wants to be with Fiona, instead of her being with this hot state senator. We cut to a penthouse, central city, the type of place a state senator would live. And it is a place that state

senator lives. It's Creed Phillips apartment. His butler, Harold, knocking on the bedroom door,

telling Mr. Phillips to continue to draw his bath. He's just going to set this tray on the bed.

Shock! Harold drops the tray with the coffee and eggs in the newspaper because it's played out on the bed is Creed Phillips Eradicator costume.

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