News culture The Flash: The origin of his powers is totally different from those of other superheroes
As the film’s release is fast approaching, Urban Comics is taking the opportunity to highlight The Flash comics. As part of the promotion of the feature film, the publisher’s Twitter account recalls the amazing origins of the character’s powers.
The Flash, future box of DC in the cinema?
While it was long thought that the project would be canceled, The Flash is about to land in cinemas on June 14th. It must be said that between the legal setbacks of its main actor, Ezra Miller, and the changes to the management of DC Studios, there was reason to doubt that the film would eventually come out. Finally, the first reviews are very positive and it seems that this adventure is important for the new thinking heads of the studio. The film could even serve as a reboot to launch a new universe in the cinema, as revealed in James Gunn’s plan entitled “Chapter 1: Gods and Monsters”. With the craze around the feature film, the publisher Urban Comics takes the opportunity to recall some information about The Flash.
A special hero!
In a tweet published on Tuesday, Urban Comics recalls that in one of its versions, The Flash got his powers… from himself. During the Crisis on Infinite Earths crossover, Barry Allen ran so fast that he turned into pure energy, allowing him to travel through time to strike himself in the form of lightning and give himself his powers. An original way to get superpowers that is not common in the world of comics.
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Flash gave himself his powers!⚡During Crisis on Infinite Earths, he ran so fast that he transformed into pure energy, traveled through time and struck himself in the form of the lightning that gave him his powers: https://t.co/rK7gzzs5ed pic.twitter.com/zGLTZJh9tv— UrbanComics (@UrbanComics) May 30, 2023
It must be said that in comics, The Flash is a particularly powerful character who is able to bend spacetime, sometimes unintentionally. In Flashpoint, surely one of the most famous stories of the superhero, he manages thanks to his speed to move to another dimension where Wonder Woman and the Amazons wage war on Aquaman and his warriors from the city of Atlantis. . To calm the situation, he is helped by Batman who is actually Thomas Wayne, namely the father of Bruce Wayne who died in this timeline.
As he faces his lifelong rival, Reverse Flash, The Flash ends up resolving a time paradox that causes all of the DC Universes to merge into one.. In reality, this crossover is mainly used to prepare for an editorial reboot called The New 52 which brings all the series back to number 1 in order to be more accessible for a new audience. You will have understood it, but this pitch recalls the film The Flash which is freely inspired by this story. It remains to be seen whether the feature film will serve as a platform to reboot the DC Comics universe in cinema.
