Issue The Flash: The Fastest Man Alive 7 Subtitle Speedquest chapter 1: Angel City Date February 2007 Writer(s) Danny Bilson, Paul Demeo Artist(s) Ron Adrian, Art Thibert, Rob Lea, Alex Lei storyline Bart, now relocated to LA, missed Keystone City's "Flash Day" honoring him for defeating the Griffin. He sprung into action when Abra Kadabra went on a rampage. He caused a building to disappear and reappear in the Swiss Alps. He ordered his men to strip it and deposit the money in a nearby bank. Unbeknownst to them, the Flash was inside. After mopping them up, he headed back home. Bart got himself an apartment of his own and met a girl who lived in the same building. Elsewhere, Inertia was working with Deathstroke. He headed through his time portal into the future where he traded a Rolling Stones cd for a triggering device. He used the trigger in a contraption they hoped would allow Mota to materialize in solid form. Valerie got loose after the sabotaged experiment, but Inertia tracked her down. He told her he wanted her to get back together with Bart. He used a voice synthesizer to mimic her and called Bart.

Issue The Flash: The Fastest Man Alive 8 Subtitle Speedquest chapter 2: Double or Nothing Date March 2007 Writer(s) Danny Bilson, Paul Demeo Artist(s) Ron Adrian, Art Thibert storyline Bart arrived at the location "Val" gave him only to find Inertia. He followed his clone to Val, who was in a deathtrap. He saved her, but Bart escaped into the future. Las Vegas suffered a blackout due to the photon cannon used in the deathtrap. Bart and Val stayed the night in the penthouse Inertia lured him to earlier. When they woke up, Bart made a quick trip through the city to see if everything was back to normal. When he returned, Mota was there with his daughter. He claimed he wanted to apologize, but Flash didn't believe him. He trapped Mota with an electromagnet. Bart introduced Valerie to the Garrick's and told them he was applying for a job with the LAPD. Inertia plotted his next move - going back to Bart's time and gathering up his rogues.

Issue DCU Infinite Holiday Special Subtitle The Flash in "Father Christmas" Date February 2007 Writer(s) Ian Boothby Artist(s) Giuseppe Camuncoli, Lorenzo Ruggiero storyline Jay and Joan invited Bart over for Christmas, but he told them he had plans. Instead, he spent the day feeling sorry for himself, thinking about Wally, Max, and Conner. He headed in to the police station, but they didn't have any room for trainees during the holiday. Outside, two kids hit him with snowballs and ran away. He figured snow in LA must mean the Weather Wizard, Captain Cold, or Mr. Freeze. He quickly got into costume to investigate and found it to be Rick Thompson, a former "tech" guy for some of the Flash's rogues. He'd built his own weather wand so he could give his son a white Christmas. The wand backfired and had blown a hole in a wall in their home. Bart felt sorry for them. He scooped them up and took them to Jay's place. Before they got a chance to eat, both Flashes headed out to stop Murmur, who was threatening to cut out the tongues of everyone in Keystone's City Choir.

Issue The Flash: The Fastest Man Alive 9 Subtitle Full Throttle prologue: Split Decision Date April 2007 Writer(s) Marc Guggenheim Artist(s) Andy Kuhn, Ron Adrian, Art Thibert storyline Robin called Flash and invited him back to the Titans. Not only did they miss him, but Inertia was causing them some problems. He told the Boy Wonder he'd call back - he was in the middle of battling a new villain who was calling himself Impulse. After handling him, Flash found a strange piece of tech in a pit nearby. He snatched it and took it to Val. She told him it was Apokolipsian. They later met some friends for dinner. One of them made coy references to superheroes and the Flash. Bart thought Val told them his secret. When he confronted her later, she blew up and left him. The next day, Bart had one of his classes at the police academy interrupted - a metahuman was attacking. Bart realized it was someone looking for the item he'd placed in his locker the night before. It was Steppenwolf - one of Darkseid's uncles. The JLA (Green Lantern, Black Canary, and Red Arrow) appeared while they fought and gave Flash a hand. Bart called Robin back and turned down his offer.

Issue The Flash: The Fastest Man Alive 10 Subtitle Full Throttle part 2: Cold Case Date May 2007 Writer(s) Marc Guggenheim Artist(s) Paco Diaz, Art Thibert storyline Bart's class was given a "cold case" to work. A man who'd just gotten out of jail was found dead, minus his head. There'd been no leads in five years. Bart was intrigued. A hooded figure tracked Professor Zoom to ancient Rome and propositioned him. Bart checked out the scene of the crime. He'd noticed non-blood liquid near where the body's head should have been, but there'd been no rain during the time of the murder. Flash checked on all the known villains who used cold as a weapon - he believed the head had been frozen off. Mr. Freeze fingered Captain Cold, who was supposedly "reformed" at the time of the killing. Cold confessed to Flash, but Zoom appeared. While they fought, Inertia visited with Heat Wave. Zoom introduced Bart to his grandmother, Iris Allen.

Issue The Flash: The Fastest Man Alive 11 Subtitle Full Throttle: Storm Front Date June 2007 Writer(s) Marc Guggenheim Artist(s) Tony Daniel, Art Thibert storyline Iris fired three tranquilizer darts at the Flash, who grabbed them and stabbed one into Zoom. Iris told Bart she was trying to help him - she'd asked Zoom for his assistance. He needed to be out of the superhero business for the time being. She told him her knowledge of the future was not exact, but she feared for him since he'd become the Flash. He finally convinced her to tell him what was going to happen, and he went forward even with that knowledge. Inertia continued gathering up rogues for his new plan. They were going to build something at a museum site. Val met Bart at the academy and wanted to give them another try. He told her the timing was off and headed to class. When he got there, he was told some officials at police HQ wanted to talk to him. They questioned him about why Steppenwolf was in his locker. While being questioned, someone burst in and told them metas were attacking a museum. They put him in cuffs and read him his rights, but he vibrated through them and introduced himself as the Flash - the future his grandmother warned him about was happening.

Issue The Flash: The Fastest Man Alive 12 Subtitle Full Throttle: Running out of Time Date July 2007 Writer(s) Marc Guggenheim Artist(s) Tony Daniel, Art Thibert, Jonathan Glapion storyline Abra Kadabra questioned Inertia - he said device they were building would create a time anomaly, but Kadabra knew better. Iris appeared to Valerie and asked for her help. Flash arrived inside the rogues' force field in time to stop Inertia from killing Kadabra (Inertia confirmed that he was simply using them as bait). The rest of the rogues attacked. Iris got Val to the construct and asked her to dismantle it. Before she could even start, it was activated. Bart lost contact with the speed force. The rogues noticed time hadn't stopped, only the Flash. They weren't impressed. Flash saw another Flash dressed in black - a speedster was about to die. Valerie realized that the machine couldn't hold the speed force and that an explosion was imminent.

Issue The Flash: The Fastest Man Alive 13 Subtitle Full Throttle: Conclusion Date August 2007 Writer(s) Marc Guggenheim Artist(s) Tony Daniel, Jonathan Glapion, Marlo Alquiza storyline Valerie continued working on the construct, hoping to both stop it from transferring the speed force to Inertia and keep it from blowing up. Iris appeared to Bart, who refused to let her take him away. He caused her to pass out and contacted Val. She said she needed ten minutes and explained that the only way to keep it from exploding would be to release all its energy - he'd never touch the speed force again. Pied Piper attacked Inertia. The others attacked Flash. Both speedsters were down; Kadabra noticed Flash was just a kid. He believed Flash and Inertia were somehow related and that Inertia was trying to steal Flash's speed. Flash gathered up his strength and attacked. As he attacked Inertia, he began to believe that the black Flash could be there for his clone and not himself. He kept Inertia from getting to the speed force, but the others opened fire on him. Val stopped the machine from exploding. Bart was unable to tap the unleashed speed force and died with his grandmother and girlfriend standing above him. Word of his death got to the JSA and Titans.