The Flash
Warning : despoiler for Flashpoint Beyond # 0 are ahead .
Fans eventually recognize where in theDC UniversetheFlashruns home to after a long day of campaign crime . Flashpoint Beyond#0 feature a scenewhere Thomas Wayne realise he need to find Barry Allen and uses a earpiece Holy Scripture to look up where he could be . The alternate timeline Batman discovered where the Flash lives and readers may recognize something special about his home address .
The newly releasedFlashpoint Beyond#0 by Geoff Johns , Eduardo Risso , Trish Mulvihill , and Rob Leigh returned fans to the dark and twistedFlashpointtimeline . After traveling back in time to save his mother , Barry Allen by chance createda DC Universe that was teetering on chaos . Superman had spent his life history in prison house , the Amazons and Atlanteans were at war and Bruce Wayne had been shot instead of his sire and mother , induce them to become Batman and the Joker , respectively .
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WhileBarry Allen may have undone the damagecaused by his natural process , the premiere issue ofFlashpoint Beyondshows Thomas Wayne awaken in theFlashpointtimeline , unsure of what has go on . Thomas Wayne remember everything about Barry Allen and the events ofFlashpointand know the Flash is his only luck of detect answer . Wayne grabs a phonebook and rifle through the varlet until he find the homo he ’s looking for . A panel prove Barry Allen ’s address up close , revealing that the Italian sandwich lives at 1956 Showcase Drive Apt # 4 . The reveal of the Scarlet Speedster ’s address is in reality a play little nod to the character ’s first appearance inShowcase#4 , by Robert Kanigher , Carmine Infantino , Joe Kubert , and Gaspar Saladino .
Barry Allen taking up residence at 1956 Showcase is actually a fantastic Easter egg for someone like him . The Flash is a take note comic Word of God geek , having read the dangerous undertaking ofthe Golden Age Flash , Jay Garrick , as a young man . In fact , the first time Barry ever met Jay , he was able to convince the older Flash he was from another domain by reciting details Barry had interpret from a comedian on his Earth . Barry Allen is perfectly the type of person who would get a charge out of such a sly reference to his humble beginnings .
Little homage like this are play treats for fans paying extra - close aid when read . While knowing that Barry ’s residence is key after his first sashay in strip does n’t transfer much , it ’s rewarding for buff who look at themselves amusing history caramel . This fussy Easter egg also serves as a reminder for how far the Flash has come since 1956 . virtually seven decades old and the Fastest Man Alive still has an amazing impact on comic .
The effect ofFlashpoint Beyondare indisputable to containmore references toDC’shistory , but for now , fan can keep this small Easter orchis as a admonisher of an importantFlashfact . Flashpoint Beyond#0is now on cut-rate sale from DC Comics .
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