The Flash: The Fastest Man Alive Vol 1 1



Lightning in a Bottle Part One: Flashback


 * "What are you running from, man?"
 * --Griffin

Summary
Volume: 3 Issue: 1 Month: August Year: 2006

Credits
Editor: Joan Hilty Assistant Editor: Rachel Gluckstern Writers: Danny Bilson and Paul DeMeo Cover Artists: Ken Lashley, Greg Parkin, and Marvin Mariano Penciller: Ken Lashley Inkers: KWL Studio, Norm Rapmund, Marlo Alquiza, and Jay Leisten Colorist: Carrie Strachan Letterer: Pat Brosseau

Synopsis
Cast of Characters: Thatcher, Jay Garrick, Joan Garrick (dream), Wally West (dream), Bart Allen, Griffin, Valerie Perez, Tina McGee, Barry Allen (dream), Heat Wave (dream), Captain Boomerang (Digger Harkness) (dream), Professor Zoom (dream), Captain Cold (dream), Trickster (James Jesse) (dream), Gorilla Grodd (dream), Weather Wizard (dream), Mirror Master (Sam Scudder) (dream), Iris Allen (dream), Don Allen (dream), Meloni Thawne (dream), Dawn Allen (dream), and Black Flash (dream). First Appearances: Thatcher, Griffin, and Valerie Perez. Final Appearances: No final appearances Synopsis: An man wearing a ski mask crashes a rig into two government vehicles carrying explosives. Jay Garrick arrives on the scene to minimize the damage and learns that the rig was remote controlled.

Bart Allen's roommate, Griffin, awakens him from a dream about his Flash heritage. They go to work at Keystone Motors, where they must walk through a picket line in front of the factory. The company had recently laid off many workers, including the 24-year veteran Thatcher, in favor of high-tech robotics.

At S.T.A.R. Labs, Tina McGee and her intern Valerie Perez discuss Bart and his unwillingness to discuss his powers with them.

Griffin takes Bart out to a club and attempts to show him how to pick up girls. Meanwhile, at Keystone Motors, the strikers are informed that the company was willing to renegotiate. Thatcher is unimpressed and walks over to his car, revealing a ski mask and explosives.

Bart awakens from another dream when Valerie comes over to his apartment to ask him in person about his connection to the Speed Force. He continues to shrug her off.

Later that day, at work, Bart and Griffin are caught in a massive explosion caused by Thatcher. Bart manages to call on the Speed Force, but finds himself out of control and unable to help his friend. Fortunately, Jay arrives on the scene to pull Griffin to safety.