The Flash
Superman may be faster than a speeding slug … butThe Flashwill always be firm . Both of the Flashes , as a subject of fact . That ’s according to DC Comics , where the latest"race " between Superman , Barry Allen , and Wally Westleft the Man of Steel in the junk .
The sheer gulf between the typically - tying superheroes is guaranteed to have some Superman fans crying scandalization , but accord to Flash author Josh Williamson , fan have always known that nobody -nobody- can keep step with a member of the Flash Family .
It will be hard to grasp just how explicitly the winner of the race is communicated without actually readingthe latestFlash Warevent . The integral news report kick off when Wally West call back his children - written out of continuity , but now evidently still alive … somewhere - and will feed in good order through the Speed Force , shatter it if he must to free them .
When the Justice League come to calm him down , and Superman call up he can " catch up , " he barely even registers on either Barry or Wally ’s radar . A bit of defeat for the Man of Steel , but harmonize to Williamson , one that should n’t surprise any comic buff :
I feel like it ’s always been that fashion . I think of , that ’s kind of The Flash ’s thing , ripe ? He ’s the dissolute man alert … it ’s right there . I finger like we ’ve all been saying it this whole metre .
I ’m sure there are Superman fans that are disappointed , but I mean … Superman can do everything else . He ’s Superman .
As consolation , The Flash#50 also confirms that Wally West is faster than Barry Allen . So even if Superman ’s exit is a sore situation for his devotee alkali , there is plenty of disappointment and bruised self-importance to go around . Not for Barry Allen ’s , of class , since Williamson also explained to us whyspeed is n’t Barry Allen ’s best Flash great power . And as he orient out here , being " tedious than a Flash " should n’t be too much of a knock against Clark Kent . Even if we do hope that Batman saves this observance for a future argument .
More than anything , the scene is a succeeder for what Superman ’s ' defeat ' means to the idea of the story , and the larger Flash Family go fore . As Wally guide to warp reality for the people he loves , it ’s Barry Allen standing next to him , trying to warn him of the dangers ( which he learned the toilsome means inFlashpoint ) .
That ’s a story between the two most beloved flash , and one that is only just getting originate … although without the danger of anotherFlashpoint , sinceThe Flash ca n’t travel through time any longer .
The degree is , Superman is out of his depth the moment he decides he can bring anything constructive to Wally ’s place . It ’s a moment for Barry and Wally , so the Speed Force just reinforce the fact by tell Superman to only sit down this bout out .
But hey … He ’s Superman . He ’ll get over it .
The Flash # 50is available now fromDC Comics .
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