The Flash
TheSpeed Force championknown asImpulseis a character that finally holds the iconic Mickey Charles Mantle of theFlash , and in a tale from Impulse ’s solo serial publication , this speedster receive a magical rise that wrench him into the most powerful hero inDC Comics . Impulse may be just as tight as the Flash , but the Flash has got nothing on Impulse ’s control over the occult nontextual matter .
Happening in 2002’sImpulse # 86and continued inImpulse # 87 , by Todd Dezago and Carlo Barberi , Bart Allen aka Impulse , hits the land running as he does his best to protect the Justice League from some cosmic mischief cooked up by the Superman villain , Mr. Mxyzptlk . help Batman , Wonder Woman , Green Lantern Kyle Rayner , and the rest of the League send Mxyzptlk safely back to his proportion , readers are given a surprising reasonableness for how Impulse could mayhap pack out these feats with ease : he ’s magical !
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shortly expose that Impulse sent speed copies of himself back in clock time to foil a Young Justice villain key Bedlam via intercepting his mystical king before he even acquires them , Bart Allen returns to a new world where everything he can think of instantly becomes reality . Realizing that he has the potential to fix far more problem around the reality than he ever could as a even speedster , Impulsebegins to adjust realness as he encounter fit , turning him into DC ’s most powerful hero , but at an unintentional and unacceptable cost .
Declared to be “ The Most brawny Hero In The Universe ” right on the covert ofImpulse # 86 , the story inside goes on to show that the more Impulse changes reality , the more the unintended aftermath of his actions agitate his sight of a perfect world toward ruin . Slowly corrupted by the omnipotent witching power that Bart could feasibly apply to take down Superman ( having a weakness to deception must suck ! ) , Impulse is met by a cosmic being make out as thePhantom Strangerand end up hold his own in a brief scuffle with the guy before relinquish his magicks for the betterment of the reality he has inadvertently created .
Though it ’s true the way Impulse goes about using his conjuring trick might have been sinless enough at first , his perspicacity never ends up match the level of influence he holds as a mystical being , showing that while this one - clip Flash intend well , being DC ’s most powerful Heron for even the short of moments was n’t really all it crack up to be . And while this is n’t the first time a Flash Family extremity has like royalty screwed up world ( Flashpointand the ramifications of that event straight off come to judgement ) , Impulse is at least able to readjust thing in a way that does n’t make for about a new DC Universe , while simultaneously check a valuable lesson about power and responsibility along the path .
So even though this Young Justice member finally make the veracious call by returning his steal magic from whence it came , see Impulse become an all - herculean sorcerer is a dweeb moment that was fun while it lasted . Impulsemay already be one of the most iconic speedsters in comics , but when it come to all things mystical , thisfutureFlashhas it on ignition lock as well !
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