The Flash
Dark Nights : Metalintroduced quite a few raw ( and pretty awing ) characters into the DC Universe , one of which is Red Death ( created by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo ) . Metal was one of the more late DC event , so , for those who may be a bit behind , Red Death probably is n’t a very familiar character . He has a pretty awing narrative , and there ’s quite a number of data to go through to get caught up , so lease ’s get correct into it .
Earth -52
Let ’s take it from the top . In the alternating reality Earth -52,Batmanis still a crime - attack aircraft . As from time to time break-dance and demoralise as the Batman we all know and love is on our main view into the DC Universe , the Batman from Earth -52 became even more shattered by trauma . He fought alongside many different Robins , but many of them fell prey to the murderous manus of -52 Batman ’s own Rogues Gallery . After outliving yet another Robin , -52 Batman became obsessed with find more utmost , and more effective , ways of fighting the offense that plagued -52 Gotham . There were too many offense , too many catastrophe that he was n’t quick enough to save people from . He needed to be everywhere at once , he postulate to be quicker , he involve …
Fighting -52 Flash
-52 Batman decided the only elbow room to deliver his Gotham , to save his cosmos from the maturate effect of demolition that plagued mankind , was to prevail the powers ofThe Flash . -52 Batman get the weapons of many of -52 Flash ’s Rogues Gallery , including Captain Cold ’s Freeze Ray , Heat Wave ’s Heat Gun , Weather Wizard ’s Weather Wand , and Mirror Master ’s Mirror Gun , and with all of those at his disposal , he trump -52 ’s Flash , after that Flash refused to surrender his powers to him .
Merging Into One
-52 Batman rendered The Flash unconscious and chained him to the hood of the Batmobile , which -52 Batman modified after obtaining design for the Cosmic Treadmill . -52 Batman drove both himself and -52 blink of an eye into the Speed Force with the Batmobile , and the event merged them together , giving Batman control of the Speed Force and trapping -52 Barry Allen inside that Batman ’s physical structure . " My name is Bruce Wayne . I am payback . I am Justice . I am Batman : the Red Death . "
Newfound Power
Now that he ’d become Red Death , many of the baddie in Gotham bear little chance . With his newfound index , Red Death murder the entirety of his Rogues gallery in a ill-conceived endeavor at preserve his planet . presently after , he realized that even with his rogue gone , and even with the king of The Flash , it was too previous to save his major planet …
The Batman Who Laughs
… until he was visited by another alternate version of Batman : The Batman Who Laughs . The Batman Who Laughs tell Red Death that he can still save his planet if he joins Barbatos ' Dark Knights in their plot to suppress a multiverse . Red Death accepted The Batman Who Laughs ' invitation and traveled with him and the quietus of the Dark Knights to the reading of the DC Universe we ’re all most conversant with .
Infecting Central City
Upon entering our own window into the DC Universe , The Red Death undertake to kill The Flash . Red Death reach the upper hand in his onslaught , but The Flash was saved by Doctor Fate just before Barry would have been killed . In The Flash ’s absence , Red Death infected Central City with a storm made of Speed Force energy , enabling him to rapidly accelerate the aging in others up to their death . Red Death made an effort on Barry ’s Allens eff ones with this power but was stopped by Barry Allen when he return .
Batcave or Batgrave?
As The Justice League were onto a solution that would enable them to defeat the Dark Knights , the villain do to trap them all in Batcaves specifically design to cramp the abilities of the hero trapped inside . Red Death , by nature , trapped The Flash in a Batcave project to dampen Barry Allen ’s powers . Red Death had also created a diversity of different Flashmobiles with the purpose of obliterate The Flash inside the trapped Batcave . Despite all of this , The Flash managed to evade Red Death yet again .
The Return of -52 Barry Allen
While the Dark Knights ' were enact their program to infect the World Forge with swarthiness , The Red Death was scupper to a burst of positive energy . This incontrovertible energy had a two - fold impression ; it changed his appearance , but , more significantly , gave control of the body to -52 Barry Allen . This Barry Allen was dead crushed by what -52 Batman / Red Death had done with the powers they ’d slip from Barry , and did what he could to serve The Flash halt the Dark Knights .
Betrayed
Red Death was in a mathematical group of Batmen , and if we screw anything about Batmen , it ’s that they do their best to set for any eventuality . They ’d occupy into news report the dual minds trapped in Red Death ’s consistence , and concluded that they ’d need to keep an eye on him to ensure they would n’t be deceive . Fortunately for them and unfortunately for both Barry Allen ’s , The Batman Who Laughs divulge that the positive energy that infected Red Death would shortly wipe out him . moment subsequently , -52 Barry Allen explode , taking -52 Batman and , in turn , Red Death , with him .
RED DEATH IN THE CW?
It ’s certainly potential . In an earlier instalment of this season , when Barry catch a coup d’oeil of the future Flash Museum , he caught a recording about one of the main opposer from this time of year , Cicada . In the transcription , the loudspeaker mentions that Cicada kill more people than " even The Red Death " . So , is Red Death coming in a future season(s ) of The Flash ? perchance . If so , his backstory would likely be falsify in a major way , likely not including the Dark Knights whatsoever . But , or else of Batman being the one merging himself with The Flash , what about an substitute edition of Oliver Queen ?
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