Impulse #60

Impulse comes bounding straight off the cover of issue #60, his red-and-white costume crackling with lightning as speed-blurred after-images trail behind him — and the cheeky cover copy ("Calm, Careful and Contemplative?!? …Could Be.") perfectly captures the irresistible energy of DC's least restrained speedster. The bold question stamped on his sneaker sole — "What Would the Flash Do?" — sets up a story by writer Dwayne McDuffie and artist Eric Battle that promises some genuinely fun soul-searching from a hero who rarely slows down enough to think. Cover art by penciler Jason Johnson and inker Chris Ivy makes this 2000 issue a lively, kinetic package that fans of the Flash family will find hard to pass up.