If you haven t been following the Scarlet Speedster in his DC Comic, the main hero of Central City has gone through some changes recently, with Barry Allen deciding to hop into multiverse adventures while leaving the crime-fighting on Earth One to his protege, Wally West. West himself underwent [.]
A few weeks ago DC Comics did an unexpected thing. No there wasn t a trio of Jokers this week, or a villain unmasked to reveal a surprise person underneath, or even the tragic death of a hero; no, they gave Hitler super powers. It was seemingly only for a moment, but The Flash #770 saw the German [.]
A DC Hero Decides to Give Up Their Powers
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Spoilers for The Flash #768 below! As DC Comics readers will recall from Infinite Frontier #0, a new status quo was set for one of the major heroes of the DCU as Barry Allen passed on the mantle of The Flash to Wally West full time. Barry revealed in that issue that he would be focusing most of his energy at the House of Heroes, home of Justice Incarnate aka the superhero group composed of members from across the multiverse (as formed in The Multiversity). Wally accepted the role in that comic and solicitations seemed to imply that Wallt very much would be the Fastest Man Alive in the solo comic series, which made it all the more shocking as the opening pages of The Flash #768 had him give up his powers entirely.
This week saw DC Comics kick off their latest publishing initiative with the debut of Infinite Frontier #0. In the 64-page issue we get to see the various corners of the DCU after the events of Dark Nights: Death Metal, gearing up for the next batch of stories coming from the publisher for the [.]
What Did DC Just Do To The Flash in Future State?
DC fans have had quite a lot to process in
Future State, as the two-month event has revolutionized a lot of what readers are expecting from their favorite heroes and villains. Nowhere is that quite as evident as in the pages of
Future State: The Flash, which has offered some drastic takes on the publisher s various speedsters. At the center of it all has been Barry Allen/The Flash, who went to some great lengths to try to hold out hope only for things to end in a very unexpected way.