The Flash: The Fastest Man Alive Vol 1 9



Full Throttle Prologue: Split Decision


 * "...the electric field creates charged electric particles...and particles can be sped up...and that speed creates DC power...(there's a joke in there somewhere...)"
 * --Flash (Bart Allen)

Summary
Volume: 3 Issue: 9 Month: April Year: 2007

Credits
Editor: Joan Hilty Associate Editor: Rachel Gluckstern Writer: Marc Guggenheim Cover Artist: Ethan Van Sciver Layouts: Andy Kuhn Finishes: Ron Adrian Inker: Art Thibert Colorists: Richard Horie and Tanya Horie Letterer: Pat Brousseau

Synopsis
Cast of Characters: Flash (Bart Allen), Impulse (Everyman Project), Robin (Tim Drake), Valerie Perez, Steppenwolf, Flash (Barry Allen) (flashback), Arsenal, Green Lantern (Hal Jordan), Black Canary (Dinah Laurel Lance). First Appearances: Impulse (Everyman Project). Final Appearances: No final appearances. Synopsis: While fighting a criminal ironically named Impulse in Los Angeles, Bart receives a call from Robin, asking him to rejoin the Teen Titans. Robin, realizing that Bart is busy, offers to call back later. After apprehending Impulse, Bart makes a discovery: a strange device buried under the street that was uncovered during the battle. He takes it to the lab at the police academy, where Val determines that it is from Apokolips. Bart puts it in his locker and the couple heads to Keystone City, where they have dinner plans with two Val's friends.

During dinner, it becomes obvious that Val has told her friend Brenda about Bart's secret identity. They have a big argument in the parking lot, Bart wanting to look out for Val's safety and Val wanting to have someone to talk to.

The next day in class, Bart is too distracted from the previous night's fight with Val to pay attention during the lecture. All of a sudden, their classroom is evacuated: Steppenwolf has attacked the building. Bart springs into action, angry at himself for leaving the Apokoliptan device in his locker. After a very difficult battle, Arsenal, Green Lantern, and Black Canary arrive to save the day.

Bart calls Robin back and declines membership in the Titans for the time being.