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While theFlashis able to outmaneuver and eventually defeat nigh any baddie he encounters thanks to his A-one - speed , this magnate wielded by the Scarlet Speedster has one failing that can kill him in seconds .
InThe Flash#163 by Pat McGreal and Ron Lim , DC ’s third Flash , Wally West , welcome a nowadays from a mysterious ‘ Uncle Toby ’ who he assumes is a relative of his wife , Linda . However , when Linda asks Wally why she ’s never met Uncle Toby before , the Flash becomes unbelieving of the natural endowment and check into it out one last meter before going off to bed . Sure enough , this ‘ Uncle Toby ’ did n’t exist as it was a binding name for a baddie who actually sent the Flash a dud disguise as a turtleneck dove figure . The Flash speedily bring the explosive to a safe distance simple secondment before it was set up go off , but afterwards he clear that he was n’t the only hero who was targeted . A few members of the Justice League let in Batman , Superman , Green Lantern , and Aquaman were also send hidden bombs that were all due to explode in less than a second . So , the Flash zoomed around to all of their locations and find the mortal explosives before his friend even have sex they were in danger , though the Flash found himself facing the very veridical threat of his own demise upon his rescue of one hero in particular , and it had nothing to do with the bomb .
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When the Flash plunge into the sea towards Atlantis to snag the bomb calorimeter that washurtling towards an unwitting Aquaman , he put himself at great risk of being obliterate beyond the fact that the water could have slowed him down enough to be caught in the dud ’s explosion . As he excuse after this scourge was neutralized , the Flash ’s respiration is equally speed up when he uses his first-rate speed . Since he was move faster than the blink of an eye , even the tiniest inhale of water could have killed him in seconds as his accelerated cellular respiration would have do his lung to occupy up with water in an instant .
This failing allow the Flash incredibly vulnerable to any villain who would devise a secret plan to utilise it against him . If the Flash were to be trappedin a water - fill vas of some sort , even an endeavor at using his phase ability would potentially get him killed as his risk of drowning would be greatly increase since his respiration would accelerate to match the use of his power . Plus , this weakness implies that if the Flash find himself in an airless elbow room set up by one of his foe , he ’d suffocate in a matter of moment if he tried to habituate his powers to escape .
While the Flash was successful in holding his breath long enough to defuse the underwater bomb calorimeter and get back to the surface , there may arrive a time when he wo n’t be able to . IN this issue , the Flash emerged from the ocean gasp for air as the amount of meter he spend underwater nearly demonstrate to be too much for him . If a villain set up a deliberatesituation in which the Flashwas cut off from oxygen , he would be killed in second , a huge weakness that comes with theFlash ’s seemingly godlike power .
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