"A new storm brews over Central City and disproves the old adage about lightning never, well ... you know. Just as Barry begins to feel overwhelmed fighting crime, a new speedster debuts--but just where did this amazing new friend come from? Spinning directly out of the epic events of DC UNIVERSE: REBIRTH, the Fastest Man Alive finds himself at the center of a DC Universe at a crossroads"-- "Barry Allen may be the Fastest Man Alive, but he can't be everywhere at once. So when he finds out that his young protégé Wally West has been fighting crime as Kid Flash without Barry's supervision, Flash has to put his super-fast foot down: no more Kid Flash training until Wally learns some responsibility. But when Wally decides to prove his abilities to the Flash by investigating reports of a strange creature made of shadows in downtown Central City, he finds himself in a whole world of trouble...literally! Suddenly Flash, Kid Flash and Iris West all become trapped in the Shadowlands of Flash's old nemesis turned ally, the Shade...but the Shade is no longer in control of his own powers. Can Kid Flash and Flash regain each other's trust and find a way out of the Shadowlands? Or will darkness spread over the entire Earth?" -- cover.