You claim I've sold out to my predecessor, that I turned my back on who I was. It's you who betrayed yourself. You were a great artist, Grimm. A kid with a dream just like me. The difference is you gave up. I didn't. I live my dream now. 
- — Flash
The Flash (Volume 2) #169 is an issue of the series The Flash (Volume 2) with a cover date of February, 2001.
Synopsis for "Enemies and Allies"
Flash is about to be executed for the crime of carrying on Barry Allen's legacy rather than forging his own identity. When his wife Linda Park releases the guillotine rope, he steals some of the energy from the falling blade, slowing it down to a crawl, which enrages her so that she throws a fruit at him. Wally causes that object to explode, taking out the guillotine apparatus and, thus, freeing himself. Brother Grimm sends a mind-controlled Jay Garrick after him. Flash is able to knock Jay out, but cannot reset the speedster's vibrational pattern to send him home into the real world. Captain Cold and Mirror Master were unable to get home themselves and now battle Grimm's henchmen.
Flash pursues Linda and the villain up a magic beanstalk, giving Cold and Mirror Master the task of ensuring that all of Keystone's original residents are within the city's borders so that everyone will be able to get back 'home'. This time Flash fights Brother Grimm using only his normal speed which eradicates Grimm's advantage. He reminds Grimm that he is, and always has been, his own man, and destroys the apparatus which is keeping Keystone City and its residents trapped in this weird reality and under Grimm's spell.
Back home, Flash abandones the Rogues to finally spend some quality time with his wife ...
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