Comic Title: Flash Annual #1
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 1987
On Sale Date: June 23, 1987 Newsstand Date June 23, 1987
Source: DC Releases, #40

Newsstand Date June 23, 1987
Source: Amazing Heroes, #119

Shipping Date June 2, 1987
Source: Amazing Heroes, #119

Copyright Date June 2, 1987
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1987
DC publication dates beyond April 1981 listed by the LoC
represent shipping dates NOT newsstand sale dates

Cover Price: $1.25
Page Count: 48
Editor: Mike Gold

Title: "Death Touch"
Pages: 38

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

Writer: Mike Baron
Penciller: Jackson Guice
Inker: Larry Mahlstedt
Letterer: Steve Haynie
Colorist: Carl Gafford

Reprinted In:
Flash:Savage Velocity TPB (2020)

Feature Character(s)

• Flash (last appearance in Flash #4; next appearance in Flash #5)

Supporting Character(s)

• Connie Noleski (Wally's girlfriend; last name not revealed in this story; next appearance in Flash #19)

Villain(s)

• Dance of the Revolution (a Martial Arts master; no further appearances)
• Voice of the Revolutionary Spirit (Dance's disciple; dies in this story; no further appearances)
• A gang of armed robbers (no further appearances)
• Several Hong Kong street punks (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Marshall Lau (a restaurant owner; no further appearances)
• The Wizened Sage (a Kung Fu master; next appearance in Flash #39)
• Lin Mei (Marshall's daughter; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Wally West stops a robbery at a Chinese restaurant. The owner Marshall Lau uses Dim Mak, the Death Touch, to kill one of the crooks. Marshall then sends Wally to Hong Kong to locate the Wizened Sage who can teach Wally.

The Flash arrives in Hong Kong and meets the martial arts master. Wally is an adept student, mastering years of training in days. One night a servant girl Lin Mei sneaks into Wally's room. The following day, Wally asks his teacher about her. The Wizened Sage then rushes back to the house.

The Flash and his teacher then confront the Voice of the Revolutionary Spirit, a master from China who wants to bring the Sage back to his country. The Sage is wounded protecting Wally, but he succeeds in killing the Voice. However, the Voice's master, Dance of the Revolution, then shows herself.

Dance of the Revolution is the woman who came into Wally's room. He fights her using the training techniques that he has learned. He then tricks her into believing he has used Dim Mak. However, Wally merely punched her since he does not yet know the secret of the death touch. Marshall Lau then arrives and heals the Sage and Dance. He is also reunited with his lost daughter Lin Mei.