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Geoff Johns is one of the most prolific and popular contemporary comic book writers. He has written highly acclaimed stories starring Superman, Green Lantern, the Flash, Teen Titans, and Justice Society of America. He is the author of The New York Times best-selling graphic novels GREEN LANTERN: RAGE OF THE RED LANTERNS, GREEN LANTERN: SINESTRO CORPS WAR, JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA: THY KINGDOM COME, SUPERMAN: BRAINIAC and BLACKEST NIGHT. Johns was born in Detroit and studied media arts, screenwriting, film production and film theory at Michigan State University. After moving to Los Angeles, he worked as an intern and later an assistant for film director Richard Donner, whose credits include Superman: The Movie, Lethal Weapon 4 and Conspiracy Theory. Johns began his comics career writing STARS AND S.T.R.I.P.E. and creating Stargirl for DC Comics. He received the Wizard Fan Award for Breakout Talent of 2002 and Writer of the Year for 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 as well as the CBG Writer of the Year 2003 through 2005 and 2007 and 2008, and CBG Best Comic Book Series for JSA 2001 through 2005. After acclaimed runs on THE FLASH, TEEN TITANS and the best-selling INFINITE CRISIS miniseries, Johns co-wrote a run on ACTION COMICS with his mentor Donner. In 2006, he co-wrote 52: an ambitious weekly comic book series set in real time, with Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka and Mark Waid. Johns has also written for various other media, including the acclaimed "Legion" episode of SMALLVILLE and the fourth season of ROBOT CHICKEN. He is writing the story of the DC Universe Online massively multiplayer action game from Sony Online Entertainment LLC and has recently joined DC Entertainment as its Chief Creative Officer. Johns currently resides in Los Angeles, California.
Seeing that Wally has gained his powers ,Barry Wally to become his sidekick, becoming Kid Flash. Barry is trying to reign Wally in but can't handle the responsibilities of taking care of a teenager. Due to Barry's new responsibilities as a member of the League, he's sent out to Africa to investigate a string of missing subjects. He fights off a mind-controlled group of scientists before seeing Grodd as the one controlling them. The gorilla and the speedster fight and accidentally end up being transported back to Central City due to Wally screwing around with the transporter, accidentally destroying the machine in the process. Grodd sees how powerful the technology in Central City is and decides to use the technology to wage war on both Gorilla City and the world as a whole. After fighting over their differences, Barry and Wally obviously get over their anger and become friends again. Unfortunately, in her own storyline, Iris discovers not only what device Grodd wants, but that Barry is the Flash. After discovering how to use their powers to open up a vortex back to Gorilla City, Barry not only gets Solovar, king of Gorilla City, to fight Grodd, but also forces Grodd out of Central City.
