Comic Title: Flash #31
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: October 1989
On Sale Date: August 15, 1989 Shipping Date August 15, 1989
Source: Amazing Heroes, #169

Shipping Date August 15, 1989
Source: Previews, #6

Shipping Date August 17, 1989
Source: Advance Comics, #8

Direct Market Date August 17, 1989
Source: Comic Shop News, #110, #112

Copyright Date August 15, 1989
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1989

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $1.00
Page Count: 32
Editor: Brian Michael Augustyn

Title: "The Comfort of a Stranger"
Pages: 22

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

Writer: William Messner-Loebs
Penciller: Gregory B. LaRocque
Inker: Larry Mahlstedt
Letterer: Timothy Harkins
Colorist: Glenn Whitmore

Feature Character(s)

• Flash (last appearance in Justice League Europe #6; next appearance in Captain Atom #34)

Supporting Character(s)

• Mason Trollbridge (last appearance in Flash #30; next appearance in Flash #32)
• Linda Park (last appearance in Flash #28; next appearance in Flash #33)
• Pied Piper (last appearance in Secret Origins #41; next appearance in Flash #32)
• Mary West (last appearance in Flash #30; no further appearances)

Villain(s)

• Comforter (dies in this story; no further appearances)
• Turtle (the Comforter's unseen employer; mostly behind-the-scenes; first post-Crisis appearance; next appearance in Flash #32)

Other Character(s)

• Carmen Balarria and Antonio (a homeless woman and her son; Carmen dies in this story; no further appearances)
• Pete and Joe (helpful citizens; both die in this story; no further appearances)
• Lt. Keyes (last appearance in Flash Annual #3; no further appearances)
• Mary Elizabeth (a nun; no further appearances)
• Kath Tollins and Will Jones (volunteers; no further appearances)
• A news editor (no further appearances)
• Susie and her husband (Mason's daughter; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
A killer with super powers has been murdering homeless people. The Flash and Pied Piper both want to help catch him, so they team up to set a trap with the help of TV newscaster Linda Park. They successfully lure the killer, who calls himself the Comforter, into a trap. While the Comforter attacks the Flash, the Piper using his horn to hurt him. The Flash then saves Linda by turning the killer's own powers back at him. The Comforter dies as a result.