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FLASH Vol. 2 #177 October 2001 [$2.25] Cover Credit: Brian Bolland (pencils, inks; signed)

Story: "Event Horizon" (22 pages)

Credits: Geoff Johns (plot, scripts); Scott Kolins (pencils); Doug Hazlewood (inks); Gaspar Saladino (letters); James Sinclair (colors); Digital Chameleon (separations); Joey Cavalieri (edits)

Feature Character: Flash III (next in Flash Secret Files #3)

Supporting Characters: Chester P. Runk; Connie; Fred Chyre (next in Flash Secret Files #3); Jared Morillo (last in Flash: Iron Heights; next in Flash Secret Files #3); Jerry McGee, Tina McGee (both last in Flash: Iron Heights; both next in issue #180)

Villains: two unnamed muggers; Captain Cold (last in JSA Secret Files #2/3; next in JSA #28); Mirror Master II, Plunder (both last in Flash: Iron Heights; both next in Flash Secret Files #3)

Other Characters: Anissa, Hutton

Synopsis:

While Chunk is out on a date with Connie, he stops two muggers but is then shot by an unseen assailant. The shot opens up a vortex within his body, which sucks in everything around him, including people and even light. The Central City Police Department calls their Keystone counterparts to get Flash involved, but even he is soon sucked into the vortex. Meanwhile in Keystone, Captain Cold is on a crime spree, but is warned to stay out of the city by Mirror Master. Inside the vortex, Flash has to grab hold of the bullet that started it all - a very painful process, but one which returns everything to Central City.

Jerry and Tina McGee discover later that the bullet was laced with white dwarf matter in order to cause the reaction with Chunk's body, but they don't know why. Outside the hospital room, Chunk is observed by Plunder, who tells Mirror Master to make sure their boss pays up for his part in putting one of Flash's allies out of action.