Warning: Spoilers for The Flash #11
Summary
TheFlashhas just gained access to unimaginable cosmic power, and it’s made him a danger to the DC Universe. Much like with Barry Allen’s infamous Flashpoint,time itself hangs in the balancebecause of the Fastest Man Alive.
InThe Flash#11 by Si Spurrier and Ramón Pérez, Wally West has been manipulated into becoming a hollowed-out vessel for a higher powerknown as the Arc Angles. They have isolated Wally from hisloved ones in the Flash Familyand erased his memories so he can wield an otherworldly weapon unlike any other. Trapped under their control,the Flash is forced to race to the edge of creation and kill time at its source.
This is not the first time a speedster has messed with the timeline, and the consequences may be just as catastrophic. It’s possible the DC Universe is facing a second Flashpoint disaster.
Flash Just Flipped the Entire Hierarchy of DC’s Gods (It’s Not a Pyramid)
In a preview for The Flash #11, Wally West makes a shocking discovery about the nature of the DC Universe, one that upends the hierarchy of gods.
The Flash Becomes a Weapon to End Time Itself
Is This a Second Flashpoint?
The Arc Angles' plan is to use the Flash as a vessel to fire a weapon calledthe Crown of Thawnesat the Deep Change, which is the source of all time. In doing so,time will be destroyed, which the Arc Angles believe will end all suffering. Wally gets possessed by the Crown of Thawnes, and the ghostly faces of Reverse-Flashes taunt him as he runs along the fabric of reality. This terrifying race against time with the Arc Angles' weapon in tow pushes the Scarlet Speedster harder than ever before. Ultimately,the Flash deploys the Crown of Thawnes, endangering the entire multiverse.
Wally West isn’t the first Flash to alter time via the Speed Force.Barry Allen’s Flash famously erased the post-Crisis version of the DC Universeinan event called Flashpoint. InFlashpointby Geoff Johns and Andy Kubert, Barry uses the Cosmic Treadmill to travel back in time and prevent his mother’s death. This alteration leads to massive changes in the timeline that ultimately erased the original DC Universe, rebooting it for thecontroversial New 52 era. The DCU has since found its footing again, but that could change as a result of Wally West’s horrifying new power.
Flash May Have Just Destroyed the Multiverse… Again
This Time, It’s Wally West at the Heart of a Disaster
Wally West’s Flash is following in his predecessor’s footsteps by doing the Arc Angles' bidding and killing time itself. His newfound power from the Crown of Thawnes threatens all of existence, and the DCU may never be the same. The fate of the multiverse, and of Wally West, remains unknown as of now. Only time will tell — if any time remains at all — whether theFlashwill be able to restore everything this time around, or if history is doomed to repeat itself for the Fastest Man Alive.
THE FLASH #11 (2024)
The Flash
The Flash is the superhero name given to the DC Comics character who utilizes unparalleled speed tied to a dimensional power known as the “speed force” to overwhelm their opposition. Premiering in 1939, the original Flash arrived as Jay Garrick. Still, it would be superseded by Barry Allen in popularity and featured status, but the Flash is one character that has met many of their alternate selves. The character is typically seen as a part of the Justice League in nearly all incarnations.
