This story was not an outstanding one, but it actually was pretty good. It is always good when you can find a story where the writers bring the parents of one of the main characters into the plot of a story. I always wondered what Eric and Fran Russell (biological parents of Iris Allen) were like, now I know. For those who don't know what I'm talking about, they got introduced in Flash V1 #203, then nothing until now as far as I know. The major character in the story Philip Russell was the confusing part. First he was dead then he came back to life as a villian??? It was clever how they explained the serpentine background of the villan and then uses technology to wipe his mind of any previous crimminal activity.