The Flash
TheFlash’sbizarre rifle into theMarvel Universealmost became canyon to theDC Universe . Barry Allen ’s clock time as " Buried Alien " was intimately recreated when the Fastest Man Alive lost his memory after a slip through the Speed Force .
During the epic upshot comicCrisis on Infinite Earths , the Flash made a sacrifice few heroes would be subject of . After being kidnap by the Anti - Monitor , the Scarlet Speedster escape just in time to stop the scoundrel from launch an antimatter canon at the world that remained from the multiversal extermination . Barry run away around the machine so tight , he disappearedinto the Speed Forcefor years and would n’t render until tenner later . In a nod to the Flash , a hero appeared in the pages of Marvel’sQuasarafter the event ’s publication : A speedster who wore red and yellow , who could n’t call up his name other than it sound like " Buried Alien " .
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apparently , that was just Marvel get a bit of fun with their main competitor . But interestingly enough DC almost follow in Marvel ’s step by having Barry mislay all of his memories . InThe Flash # 9by Francis Manapul and Brian Buccelatto . the Flash finds himself in Gorilla City after being concisely trappedin the Speed Force . Having combat injury up in a urban center of talk aper , Barry extract disarray at his plight before seek to hightail it out of there . However , he ’s captured by the village ’s leader , Grodd before several apes recognize the Flash ’s symbol from one of their legends . After ask his name , Barry simply ca n’t recall who he was . The residents of Gorilla City attempt to convince Barry that he is the Runner , a legendary figure endowed with awful fastness , though Flash just does n’t have the wherewithal to dispute or agree with them .
Not as dramatic as The Flash ’s secret visitto the Marvel Universe , but there ’s more than a few similarities . Both Buried Alien and Barry Allen escaped the Speed Force only to wind up in wholly dissimilar property . Buried Alien took on the hero name Fastforward in topographic point of his own identity while the residents of Gorilla City undertake to give Barry the Runner moniker . Obviously the Flash never canonically perish to the Marvel Universe , but this was the closest DC ever come to replicate that event .
To be fair , amnesia is n’t an rare storytelling equipment . The Silver Age is positively overabundant with report where heroes temporarily lose their memories . ButFlash popping up in Marvel Comicsand having it justified with remembering red is an interesting factoid from the hero ’s history . And , of course , DC is n’t going to acknowledge that experience in canyon . But this little event in the pages ofThe Flashseems to surveil similar beats as theQuasarstory , even if unintentionally . While theFlashis never going to be aMarvelhero , DCshowed how their challenger ' storycouldhave gone if they were the I to publish it .
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