Tom versus the Flash number 331 or you haven't been judged until you've been judged by Solo Bar.

Welcome back for the Flash number 331.

The March 1984 issue featured cover pencil by Carmen Infantino, inked by Dick Giordano,

with the issue being edited by Carrie Bates.

Our story is Dead Heat with Story by Carrie Bates, script by Joey Caviliary, pencils by Carmen Infantino, inked by Frank McLaughlin, lettered by Ben Oda, colored by Carl Gafford.

We begin in the nightmare hellscape. The Grod is trapped, the flash. It's all green. It doesn't have any discernible landmarks. It seems to go on forever.

You can get lost in very easily.

We see the Flash running across this landscape.

But at normal speed, his super speed has been sapped from him by Grodd using Angelo as bait.

So the Flash struggling, torn costume running as fast as he can to avoid Grod, but he's getting more and more

tired. Finally, we see the flash collapse to the ground. Grod approaches him. Angelo holding

hands with Grod. Grod's taken quite a shining to the young lad, which I wouldn't think that

Grod would, but they're having a nice conversation. Grod asked Ancelo if he's savoring the

moment to which Angelo responds with a more fun than a barrel of ma'a, and then he stops before he

says monkeys. So it would be, I guess, offensive to Grod. Grodd thinks he said barrel of mud,

which confuses Grod as he says, the idiom is strange, but your meaning is clear.

You are enjoying this triumph. So as Grod stands gloating over the flash holding Angelo's hand,

Grod's talking about how great it is, all the times he's been beaten by the flash, even though

Grod is superior both mentally and physically. Now he can finally get his vengeance on the flash, and he won't need

his brains to do it. He can use his strength. He picks up the flash with one hand. Is he going to

destroy him right away? No, of course not. God, sitting there talking, God never shuts up,

saying that it's so weird seeing the flash without his kinetic speed around him. In fact,

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