Haunted Part Six
Writer Bryan Q. Miller
Art Jorge Jimenez
Colors Carrie Strachan
Lettering Saida Temofonte
Cover Art Cat Staggs
Assistant Editor Sarah Gaydos
Editor Jim Chadwick
Superman created by Jerry Seigel & Joe Shuster
Our story begins with Lois and Clark having dinner on the Daily Planet roof. Lois tells him about the man she saw rapidly aged to death, and that her investigations have uncovered several similar cases over the past five years. The victims were in Keystone City, Mexico, Miami and islands in the Pacific Rim — all places Bart has been. And what's worse, the occurrences are becoming more frequent. Clark tells her about the monster he saw and wishes he knew how to help Bart. Lois then asks the exact question I had last issue: "Bart can't be the only guy who's ever run that fast, right?"
A short flight later, Clark and Bart visit Mrs. Hunkle (the original Red Tornado), who leads them into a secret room, which Clark describes as a monument, a museum dedicated to heroes from another time, the Justice Society of America. Bart is vaguely familiar with Hawkman's old group, but he doesn't see how this collection of old knick-knacks (including a winged silver helmet) is going to help him. Clark explains that this is just the beginning of their search for the first man to break the sound barrier, Jay Garrick.
Turns out, Bryan Q. Miller was once again way ahead of me. And that really helps make this a pleasurable reading experience. Yeah, I couldn't care less about all the side plots going on in these issues, but Impulse's story has now become much more interesting. Of course, learning that Jay Garrick exists in this universe does make me a little upset that Superman was able to see the Black Flash. I think we should have skipped that treadmill scene and started with the search for Jay, keeping the Black Flash an entity that only appears before speedsters.
Next time, we'll return to Young Justice: Invasion.
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