Finished reading The Flash: Lightning Strikes Twice, beginning the newest Flash series as part of DC's Rebirth line as writer Joshua Williamson takes the reins as Flash deals with the return of his former protégée while gaining several more when a Speed Force storm hits many of Central City citizens. The book opens with Barry Allan at a crime scene similar to the one on the night of his own mother's death on the same night the original Wally Wast returns only this time the event of the story is told form Barry's point of view. The main story begins with a retelling the Flash's origin by introducing one of Barry's coworkers, Police Officer August Heart as Barry is working with him again on a new case before heading to meet with Iris and the younger Wally Wast. When news comes through of a nearby fire in an apartment building and an attack on a police escort by a group calling themselves the Black Hole, Barry races to save as many people he can but once he finally gets to the police escort he's almost to late to save August when he is suddenly hit by lightning and gains super speed just like the Flash. After discovering that August has powers Flash helps him deal with them by training to use them when they are both called into action when Iris is caught by a group of Black Hole members when a storm rages across Central City giving some of its citizens Speed Force powers. Overall this was a great book as it put Barry into a slightly different role as a mentor to multiple new speeders while also having to deal with new foes of the mysterious group calling themselves the Black Hole and a new villainous speeder called Godspeed who has appeared along with the new speeders. There are some great character interactions and development from Barry interactions with both Wally's and the rest of the new speeders. While new characters August Heart and Doctor Meena Dhawan not only get a nice amount of development but also have their own time to shine with they own sub story being told from their own perspective which help to dive more into how each character deals with their new powers. The art by Carmine Di Goandomenico is great as it brings each character's super speed to life extremely well while also delivering on the action scenes as well. While the addiction art throughout the rest of the book works with how they are place within the context of the book with the part as the different art styles bring a different angle to the overall story. 8.5/10.
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