Struck by a bolt of lightning & doused in chemicals Central City Police scientist Barry Allen was transformed into the fastest man alive Tapping into the energy field called The Speed Force he applies a tenacious sense of justice to protect & serve the world as The Flash! The Fastest Man Alive returns to his own monthly series as part of the DC Comics
- The New 52 event with the writerartist team of Francis Manapul & Brian Buccellato The Flash knows he can&t be everywhere at once but he has seemingly met his match when he faces DC Comic& hottest new Super Villain Mob Rule who really can be everywhere at once! As Mob Rule wages a campaign of crime across Central City including an electromagnetic blast that plunges the city into darkness The Flash learns that the only way he can capture him (them) & save Central City is to learn how to make his brain function even faster than before
- but as much as it helps him it also comes with a steep price! This volume collects issues 1-8 of the The Flash monthly series