… He … he tracked down everyone that I had ever saved … and he … he killed them … killed them all! Just because I helped them … 
Impulse #58 is an issue of the series Impulse (Volume 1) with a cover date of March, 2000.
Synopsis for "Flashing Before My Eyes"
While Helen Claiborne goes to work at the dentist's office and Bart Allen goes to school, Max Mercury spends the day running around the world and helping people in need. An earthquake in China has buried a woman under some debris, and as Max rescues her, she asks him why she's never heard of him. Max admits he prefers to remain anonymous and tells her that during the 1800s, a man named Lucius Keller once tried to invent a rocket engine. But the engine exploded, killing his family. Keller blamed Max for not saving his family, and he tracked down and killed everyone Max had rescued. The woman in China helps Max realize he can't blame himself for what other people do.
On his way home, Max gets a checkup at Dr. Morlo's. But the reformed mad scientist only has bad news for Max. His recent injuries — a gunshot and a battle with Kalibak — has weakened Max's connection with the Speed Force, and he is only performing at 80 percent of his previous level. Morlo worries that if they don't reestablish Max's connection with the Speed Force, it will destroy him.
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- Lucius Keller (Flashback only)
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Synopsis for "Bart Gets a Virus"
Bart wakes up one morning with a fever and feeling nauseous. After he throws up on Max's shoes and his dog, Max makes him stay home from school. Before he leaves to run some errands, Max warns Bart to stay in bed and rest. But when Bart tries to watch some cartoons, he sees a news report of a bank robbery in progress. So Impulse rushes to the scene, and saves the day by … barfing on the robbers.
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- Alabama
- Manchester
- Mobile
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Trivia
- Max reads a copy of the Daily Manchester Eagle with the headlines, "Junior JLA Outlawed" and "Girl Archer Sought for Questioning."
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