August Heart (Earth-2899)

"Y'know...when I was trying to come up with a code name for myself, I thought of calling myself the new and improved Flash. Because you clearly weren't cutting it. But instead... I realized that with these powers...I am judge, jury and executioner. So I call myself... Godspeed."

- - Godspeed to Flash

August Heart was a close friend of Barry Allen and a fan of the Flash. During a public award for the Flash on Central City, August's brother, Jorge, was brutally murdered by the terrorist group Black Hole, which made him start hating the Flash as he blamed him for not saving his brother. Seeking to confront the group after months of tracking down their movements, August was injured in the chest by a shot he received from a Black Hole agent, and was almost killed, but thanks to the interference of Flash he managed to intervene. However, one of the bolts of the Flash's Speed Force entered through August's injury, fusing with his DNA and transforming him into a speedster just like his former idol. Calling himself Goodspeed, August started a journey against the Black Hole and the Flash.