Issue: #1
Last valuation update: 2026-09-28
Impulse starts his life in Manchester Alabama. Just before his first day of school he finds a missle testing ground and interrupts a missile testing. He then goes to school and relives his origin story. After school Max talks to him about the events before school and Impulse goes back to check on it and stumbles into a trap.
First appearances: Preston Lindsay, Carol Bucklen
Creators: Mark Waid, Chris Eliopoulos, Brian Augustyn, Ruben Diaz, Tom McCraw, Humberto Ramos, Wayne Faucher
Characters: Iris West Allen, Wally West, Bart Allen, Dawn Allen, Linda Park West, Preston Lindsay, Don Allen, Max Mercury, Carol Bucklen
Story arcs: Reckless Youth