Impulse #11
Impulse #11 cover

Date:

 February 1996

Title:

 “Dead Heat: Fifth Lap: Breaking the Barrier”
(Cover Title: “Collision Course!”)

Plot:

 While the other speedsters are fighting Savitar and his Speed Ninjas, Linda convinces Iris to act on her knowledge of the future.

Only scenes involving Legion of Super-Heroes characters are dealt with here.

Credits:

 Mark Waid (Story) • Humberto Ramos (Pencils) • Wayne Faucher (Inks) • Chris Eliopoulos (Letterer) • Tom McCraw (Colorist) • Alisande Morales (Assistant Editor) • Brian Augustyn (Editor) • Humberto Ramos / Wayne Faucher (Cover)

CHANGE HISTORY
Date of Change
Content of Change
09/22/99
 Posted
07/27/00
 Format correction
09/18/00
 Reprint status update

Character and Object Tracking

Heroes   

Villains   

Locations   

Name

Previous Appearance

Next Appearance

Heroes
XS (Jenni Ognats) Impulse #10 The Flash #111
 
Impulse (Bart Allen) The Flash #110 The Flash #111
Flash III (Wally West) The Flash #110 The Flash #111
Max Mercury (Max Crandall) No appearance; mention only

Villains
Speed Ninjas (2) The Flash #110 None; all presumed deceased

Supporting Characters
Iris Allen Impulse #10 The Flash #111
Linda Park Impulse #10 The Flash #111

Locations
Savitar’s castle, The Balkans The Flash #110 None to date; mostly destroyed
Max Crandall’s home, Manchester Impulse #9 The Flash #111
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Analysis Notes
General Only pages 10:6 and 11 are dealt with here.
10:6 Max had XS stay in Manchester, to guard Linda and Iris.  She was also slightly injured.
11:1 Iris is the wife of Barry Allen, Flash II.  In order to save Bart (Impulse, her grandson), she kidnapped him from the 30th century to the 20th century in hopes that Wally West (Flash II, her nephew) could teach him to control his speed.  (It’s a longer story than that, involving both spirit and body time travel.)
11:4-5 In fact, by indicating that she knows the future but will not act on it, Iris makes people second guess all their actions, and thus may actually affect the future she is trying to preserve.
Reprints This issue was reprinted in The Flash: Dead Heat trade paperback collection.
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