He battled with it quite a bit, but his eventual decision to give up being Impulse was … well … look at him. 
Impulse #79 is an issue of the series Impulse (Volume 1) with a cover date of December, 2001.
Synopsis for "No Laughing Matter"
Since Bart Allen gave up being Impulse, Max Mercury is on his own to stop an old foe, Ether, who has become stronger thanks to some Joker gas.
Appearing in "No Laughing Matter"
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- Superboy (Flashback only)
- Wonder Girl (Flashback only)
- Cissie King-Jones (Flashback only)
- Carol Bucklen (In picture only)
- The Flash (Barry Allen) (Flashback only)
- Matt Ringer
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