Bart Allen

More than most, the mantle of The Flash is defined by legacy and by family. Jay Garrick wore the name proudly through the Golden Age, but it was a successor stepping in that kicked off the Silver Age and revitalized superhero comics on the whole. This week we look at the men and women to ride the lightning as The Flash.

Geoff Johns let slip a bit of good news for fans of the Flash family during this afternoon's DC Nation Special Edition panel. After a fan asked about Bart Allen, Johns asked Dan DiDio if he could spill the beans. Eventually, after a bit of back and forth, Johns just went ahead and took the leap: "Flash: Speed Force" is coming...

Geoff Johns is one of my favorite comic book writers for many reasons, but my most personal and geeky reason for saying that is because he seems to share my almost irrational love of Bart Allen a.k.a. Impulse - the greatest thing to come out of comics in 1995...