The Flash
Warning : coddler for The Flash # 71
Every fan ofThe Flashknows that time travel is a speedster ’s last , and more dangerous weapon . But as Barry Allen ’s New YEAR ONE origin story has reveal , The Flash began his entire life history as a superhero visualise how his future tense would play out … by meeting his future self .
It ’s a massive modification to the mythology and canyon of Barry Allen a.k.a . The Flash , and one that fans certainly won ' be quick for . The full term " Year One " became synonymous with Batman when Frank Miller bring out the earliest days of Bruce Wayne ’s mission . The same form of refresh origin story was expected for The Flash … but we suppose when your powers have mastery over time and reality itself , ' learning the circle ' is a bit more life-threatening . The good news show ? DC Comic fans now get to see the older version of The Flash that Barry Allen is destined to become in DC ’s time to come . SPOILERSahead !
The Flash’s First Ever Trip Through Time
While the ' blood line story ' begins more or less the same way as the version everyFlashfan sleep with – right down to Barry pick apart over , then catching a tray of food in tiresome motion – Josh Williamson and Howard Porter presently alter up the formula . When you ’re a submarine like Batman , your first year on the job means cut , bruises , and peradventure a gunshot wound or two . When you ’re Superman , it means incidentally shattering walls , roofs , and maybe a few bones . By taking that same approach to Barry Allen , the first days of The Flash more plausibly let in : smashing through the limits of distance and meter , without any of the science or cognition needed to either save the solar day … or returnhome .
That ’s on the nose whereThe Flash # 70 , just the first part of the " Year One " story took Barry , just days aftergaining his connection to the upper Force(and before he had any clue such a forcefulness even existed ) . Thankfully , being strand in the future tense ruled over by a pocket-sized - conference scoundrel is n’t all spoiled news . Because as grim and far - flung as this future may be , Barry Allen is still around . He ’s just gotten a little quondam by then . Well … a LOT older , actually . effective thing speedsters only get better with old age .
Barry Allen Meets The Flash of The Future
After realizing that Barry ’s mind is too botch to discern their resemblance ( understandable ) , this older Flash unveil that he is Barry Allen,“a few class nearer to the finish line of business . “Sadly , Central City has fallen under the dominion of Turtle , a varlet that this old and wiser Barry acknowledge he never took severely enough . With the metropolis cut off from the away globe and any heroes who could help , Barry – well , The Flashversion snap keep back of the rookie speedster with only one mission : get him home .
As they make their way from one stop on that quest after another , the older Barry ca n’t help but pass on advice – in the appendage , tweak Barry ’s origin story so that he meet his first coaching on being a superhero from … himself . Before fan can enquire too much about the metre logical system behind that mentoring , the quondam Barry draw on the heartstrings of everyFlashlover to ever desire for a happy ending . As the honest-to-god speedster says to his immature , naive self:“The life ahead of you is awesome , Barry . Space . Time - Travel . The Multiverse . Team - ups with gods , monsters , space cops … and the swell loves . There were hard days … But I loved every second of it . "
This Old Flash Really is The True Barry Allen
Just to make the full point percipient , considering how inexact and tensile the time to come is inFlashstories , the older Barry Allen defecate it clear that he is n’t just A Barry Allen , but THE Barry Allen . Previous account have encounter with alternate or parallel world , or a glimpse ofwho The Flash of the futurecouldbe , but that is n’t the case in " Year One . " At least , that sure does n’t seem to be the subject . The older Barry excuse that he lived through this skirmish when he was the immature speedster ’s eld , and hope he might pull through the future , thereby break the time loop . But now that he ’s come human face to face with himself , circumstances has made itself known .
Just to ensure that readers go for that fact without any lingering doubts , the quondam Barry asks a chronological succession of questions to confirm that he ’s genuinely talking to the New 52 / Rebirth version of Barry Allen . He has yet to fall in love with Iris West , yet to meet Wally West ( either version of him ) , and has yet to live through his firstRebirthadventures . The most tragical beat ? The greying , bearded Barry ’s uncomplicated question … “Mom?“The young edition corroborate that she was murdered , but is n’t prepared for the honest-to-god Barry ’s follow - up inquiry , verify that he does n’t yet know"who did it ? "
coarse , but a fairish way to place young Barry in his timeline all the same . In the end , the sr. Barry deliver the goods in get together his Cosmic Treadmill and beam himself home – just ashewas send home by an sometime Barry when he populate through this same risky venture . But he does n’t allow him go without a few final words of advice .
Flash Returns Home… With a Warning
The Flash ’s advice to " say yes " to Iris West ’s interest may be the pearl of sapience most probable to put a grin on every reader ’s expression , but it ’s not the only pinch that Barry drop . check himself mature into a costume , virtuoso fighter , and speedster superhero prove that Barry Allen will sweep over any obstruction … but it ’s still Barry Allen we ’re talking about . Without any ego , and just a few hours in his new , tiptop - fast torso , Barry Allen return home wondering if it ’s possible to annul this time to come completely ( and exist out a normal , regular - pace life ) . But all that go out the window when the Turtle lay down his first coming into court in Central City , and Barry attend impeccant civilians – Iris West admit – put in damage ’s manner .
The solicits for the next issue in the " Year One " story propose that Barry ’s path towards the herowe all be intimate he ’ll becomewill get rougher . With his first baddie also the one he never take away in earnest enough , will a lacing from Turtle make him a good fighter , or risk putting his total destiny in risk ? It would n’t be aFlashstory without the fate of the future resting on it , but we ’ll have to hold back and see what other twistsFlash : Year Onehas in computer memory .
The Flash # 71is usable now at your local funny book memory , and on-line direct fromDC Comics .
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