"Flashpoint" is a 2011

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crossover

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published by

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. Consisting of an

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ous core limited series and a number of tie-in titles, the storyline premiered in May 2011. The core miniseries was written by

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and pencilled by Andy Kubert. In its end, the series radically changes the

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for the

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, leading into the publisher's 2011 relaunch,

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. ''Flashpoint'' details an altered DC Universe in which only

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seems to be aware of significant differences between the regular timeline and the altered one, including

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is in the main timeline, with Superman himself being held captive as a lab-rat by the United States government within an underground facility in Metropolis. In addition,

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, and a war between

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and

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has decimated western Europe. Consisting of a 61 issue run, the series crossed over with '' Booster Gold'', sixteen separate three-issue miniseries, and a number of one-shots beginning in June 2011. '' Flash'' #12 was the last in the series; a thirteenth issue was announced for sale in May of the same year, but was withdrawn. A sequel series, '' Flashpoint Beyond'', debuted in 2022, with Johns returning to write the series alongside Jeremy Adams and Tim Sheridan. The storyline is adapted in the film '' Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox'' as well as in the third season of

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television series ''

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''. Elements of the storyline are also adapted into a feature film adaptation of ''

'' as part of the

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Plot

wakes up to discover everything and everyone around him has changed. He is not Flash, nor does he have powers. His mother Nora (deceased in his own timeline) is alive; his father, Henry, died of a heart attack three years ago (alive and in prison in his own timeline). Captain Cold is Central City's greatest hero, the

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was never established, and even

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is seemingly nonexistent. In

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throws a criminal off a building.

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have conquered the

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, while

's Atlanteans have sunk the rest of

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, and the battle between the two has caused massive death and destruction. America is similarly endangered. The heroes cannot cooperate to find a solution, and the meeting is ended. Barry Allen drives to the

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, where Batman attacks him. Batman is revealed to be

—in this timeline his son, Bruce, was killed by the robber instead of his

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and himself. In this timeline, Thomas brutally beat the robber to death for murdering Bruce, and Martha went insane at the loss of her son, becoming the Joker. In the flooded remains of

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captains a pirate ship in search of his

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. Emperor Aquaman appears and stabs Deathstroke in the chest and attacks Deathstroke's crew (

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, and

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). Sonar is able to remove a piece of the trident from Deathstroke's chest and heal him. At Wayne Manor, Barry tries to explain to Thomas about his secret identity as the Flash and his relationship to Bruce Wayne. Barry's memory begins to spontaneously realign itself to the altered timeline and Barry realizes that the world of Flashpoint is not a parallel dimension, but an alternate reality. Barry's ring ejects

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's Reverse-Flash costume and causes Barry to believe that his enemy is responsible for changing history. Barry decides to recreate the accident that gave him his powers in a bid to undo the damage caused by Thawne, but his initial attempt fails and leaves him badly burned. In

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is waiting at a rendezvous for

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but is attacked by Wonder Woman and the Amazons. Wonder Woman catches him by the neck with her Lasso of Truth and begins interrogating him. He explains that he was hired to extract Lane from New Themyscira because she was sent to gather information on the Amazons for Cyborg. The

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informs Cyborg that Steve Trevor sent a signal to the Resistance but was intercepted because of a traitor among the heroes that Cyborg tried to recruit. Cyborg is relieved of duty as Element Woman sneaks into the headquarters. Meanwhile, in New Themyscira, Lane encounters the Resistance. A second attempt at recreating Allen's accident restores his powers and health. He concludes that the Reverse-Flash changed history to prevent the formation of the Justice League. He also learns that Kal-El was taken by Project: Superman. Flash, Batman and Cyborg join the cause to stop Wonder Woman and Aquaman. The three find a pale, weakened Superman at the Project and realize that he may well have been in a containment cell since he was a child—possibly never even seeing a human being before. After being rescued, Superman flies off in seeming fright in the midst of a battle with the guards, leaving the three in the sewers to be rescued by Element Woman. Flash's memories continue to change. The president announces Cyborg's failure to unite the world's superheroes and the U.S. enters into the Atlantean-Amazon war. Flash, Batman, Cyborg, and Element Woman ask for the Marvel Family's help and Batman asks Billy to use his lightning to prevent Flash's memories from changing even further. The group hears of the failed air assault on England due to the Amazons' Invisible Plane air force.

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, who had not become

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in this timeline, is the first casualty, and a giant Atlantean-generated tidal wave threatens the rest of New Themyscira. Flash tells Batman that if he fails to stop Thawne, the world will destroy itself. Despite reservations, Batman joins Flash as the group heads off to New Themyscira. Enchantress joins them en route. Wonder Woman and Aquaman are fighting one-on-one until Flash and his team arrive. The Marvel Family transforms into Captain Thunder, also transforming Tawky Tawny. Captain Thunder attacks Wonder Woman and appears to be winning until Enchantress reveals herself as the Amazon spy in the Resistance and uses her magic to restore the Marvel Family to their mortal forms. Penthesilea (who was secretly one of the conspirators of the Atlanteans-Amazons war, along with Orm) kills Billy Batson, causing a massive explosion that cripples the opposing forces. In the wake of the devastation, Thawne appears in front of Flash. The Reverse-Flash reveals that Flash himself created the Flashpoint timeline by traveling back in time to stop him from killing Barry's mother. Barry pulled the entire Speed Force into himself to stop Thawne, transforming the timeline by shattering the history of his allies. Thawne resets Barry's internal vibrations, enabling him to remember this. According to Thawne, these actions transformed him into a living paradox, no longer requiring Barry to exist and allowing him to kill the Flash without erasing his own existence. Thawne continues to taunt Barry with this knowledge until Batman kills him with an Amazonian sword. As the fight continues, Superman arrives and begins to aid the heroes, first by landing hard enough to crush the Enchantress under his feet. Thomas insists that Barry put history back to normal to undo the millions of deaths. Meanwhile, Cyborg detects seismic activity which he claims could destroy the world. Waves start to approach. Now knowing the point of divergence, the Flash restores the timeline. As he enters the timestream, a dying Thomas thanks him for giving his son a second chance and gives Barry a letter addressed to Bruce. Barry then meets with his mother and bids a tearful farewell to her. Traveling back in time, Barry merges with his earlier self during the attempt to stop Thawne. While traveling through time, Barry realizes he can see three different timelines — DC ( New Earth),

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( Earth-13), and

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(Earth-50). A mysterious hooded figure tells him that the world was split into three to weaken them for an impending threat, and must now be reunited to combat it. The DC, Vertigo, and Wildstorm universes are then merged, but unbeknownst to Barry and the hooded figure (later revealed to be a cursed immortal

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), the mentioned threat intervened and removed 10 years of history from DC characters, which created instead a brand new DC Universe. Barry then wakes up in a similar manner to the beginning of Flashpoint, also retaining all his memories from the alternate timeline. Believing that everything is over, Barry remembers Thomas' letter and gives it to Bruce, who is still Batman in this timeline. Bruce, deeply touched by his father's sacrifice to ensure his son's life, cries and expresses his gratitude to Barry for informing him of the events that transpired before the timeline was reset.

Alternate versions

Tales from the Dark Multiverse

In '' Tales from the Dark Multiverse'', Barry Allen attempts to restore his powers in order to undo the Flashpoint timeline, he dies in the process and Eobard Thawne – the Reverse Flash – takes his place and begins to reshape the world as he desires. After he blackmails the President to grant him authority by killing Aquaman to end the war, Thawne is nearly defeated by 'Superman', only for Superman to be killed by Batman so that Thawne may someday bring Bruce back to life. When Wonder Woman reappears with the New Gods of Apokolips as her gods, Thawne runs back in time to save the Waynes as a deal with Thomas, and then turns his attention to trying to reconstruct reality to make himself the hero.

Publication

Titles

* Prelude ** ''

'' (vol. 3) #8–12 * ''Flashpoint'' main series ** ''Flashpoint'' #1–5 * Crossover ** '' Booster Gold'' (vol. 2) #44–47 * Mini-series: Several tie-in mini-series were announced via DC's "The Source" Blog and the creative teams were announced in March 2011. ** Batman-centric: ''Whatever Happened to Gotham City?'' *** ''Flashpoint:

Knight of Vengeance'' #1–3, written by

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and drawn by Eduardo Risso. *** '' Flashpoint: Deadman and the Flying Graysons'' #1–3, written by JT Krul and drawn by Mike Janin with covers by Cliff Chiang. ** Villains: ''Whatever Happened to the World's Greatest Super Villains?'' *** ''Flashpoint: Citizen Cold'' #1–3, written and drawn by Scott Kolins. *** ''Flashpoint:

& the Curse of the Ravager'' #1–3, written by

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and drawn by Joe Bennett & John Dell. *** ''Flashpoint: The Legion of Doom'' #1–3 written by Adam Glass and drawn by Rodeny Buchemi & Jose Marzan with cover by Miguel Sepulveda. *** ''Flashpoint: The Outsider'' #1–3, written by James Robinson and drawn by Javi Fernandez with cover by Kevin Nowlan ** Green Lantern/Superman: ''Whatever Happened to the Aliens?'' *** ''Flashpoint: Abin Sur – The

'' #1–3, written by Adam Schlagman and drawn by Felipe Massafera. *** ''Flashpoint: Project:

'' #1–3, written by Scott Snyder & Lowell Francis and drawn by

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. ** Mystic-centric: ''Whatever Happened to Science & Magic?'' *** ''Flashpoint:

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& the Creatures of the Unknown'' #1–3, written by Jeff Lemire and drawn by Ibraim Roberson with covers by Doug Mahnke. *** ''Flashpoint: Secret Seven'' #1–3, written by Peter Milligan and drawn by George Pérez and Scott Koblish ** ''Whatever Happened to Europe?'' *** ''Flashpoint: Emperor

'' #1–3, written by Tony Bedard and drawn by Ardian Syaf & Vicente Cifuentes. *** ''Flashpoint:

and the Furies'' #1–3, written by

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& Andy Lanning and drawn by Scott Clark & David Beaty with covers by

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. *** ''Flashpoint: Lois Lane and the Resistance'' #1–3, written by Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning and drawn by Eddy Nunez & Sandra Hope. ** ''Everything You Know Will Change in a Flash'' *** ''Flashpoint: Kid Flash Lost'' #1–3, written by Sterling Gates and drawn by Oliver Nome with covers by Francis Manapul. *** ''Flashpoint: The World of Flashpoint'' #1–3, written by Rex Ogle and drawn by Paulo Siqueira with covers by Shane Davis and Brett Booth. ** ''He Never Got the Ring'' *** ''Flashpoint:

'' #1–3, written by Adam Schlagman and drawn by Ben Oliver with covers by Rags Morales. * One-shots ** ''Flashpoint: Grodd of War'' #1, written by Sean Ryan and drawn by Ug Guara with cover by Francis Manapul ** ''Flashpoint: Reverse-Flash'' #1, written by Scott Kolins and drawn by Joel Gomez with cover by Ardian Syaf and Vicente Cifuentes ** ''Flashpoint:

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Industries'' #1, written by Pornsak Pichetshote and drawn by Mark Castiello with cover by Viktor Kalvachev ** ''Flashpoint: The Canterbury Cricket'' #1, written by Mike Carlin and drawn by Rags Morales with cover by Rags Morales

Collected editions

The series is collected into a number of

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In other media

Television

Several allusions to ''Flashpoint'' are made in

's live-action

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: * Multiple allusions are made on ''

'' television series during the first three seasons. The character Blackout appears in the season one episode "Power Outage". In the episode "Rogue Time",

is warned that going back in time to save Nora Allen's life would have a terrible ripple effect on the timeline. In season one's finale "Fast Enough", Barry time travels back to the night of his mother's murder, but is told by his future self not to interfere in the events, and shares a conversation with his dying mother that is similar to the one in the comic. In the season two episode "Enter Zoom", it is revealed that

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is the vigilante known as the Arrow of Earth-2 instead of Oliver Queen, mirroring Batman's reversal in the comic. In the episode "Rupture", Harry Wells attempts to recreate the accident behind Barry's powers on the de-powered speedster using a method similar to the one featured in the comic. A loose adaptation of ''Flashpoint'' begins in season two's finale "The Race of His Life". Grief-stricken after Hunter Zolomon/Zoom kills Henry Allen, Barry travels back to 2000 and stops Eobard Thawne/Reverse-Flash from killing Nora, thus radically altering the timeline. In season three's premiere "Flashpoint", Barry has Eobard kept imprisoned in a carbine cell and lives in the new timeline (dubbed 'Flashpoint' by Eobard) for three months with both his parents alive and begins dating

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, while

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is the Flash. On the other side, Barry discovers that Joe West is a reclusive alcoholic frequently missing shifts at work, Cisco Ramon is a self-centered billionaire tech genius, and Caitlin Snow is not a biologist but a pediatric ophthalmologist. As in the comic book story, Barry begins losing his memories as the Flashpoint timeline starts to overwrite the timeline he is familiar with. Eobard tries to convince Barry to release him, so they can fix what he did, but Barry refuses to listen and tries to make things better by helping Wally stop The Rival. Barry succeeds in stopping the Rival who is killed by Joe, but not before Wally is critically wounded. Realizing Flashpoint's effects are only going to get worse, Barry releases Eobard who kills Nora in 2000 and returns Barry to the corrected 2016, but Eobard leaves a taunting hint that things are not exactly the same, evident by Eobard being alive in 2016 rather than being erased from existence in 2015 due to

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's suicide. In the episode "Paradox", several differences from the original timeline are revealed. Cisco is angry with Barry after Dante Ramon's death in a car accident and Barry refused to go back in time to prevent this. Iris and Joe have a strained relationship after Iris discovered that Joe concealed that Francine West was still alive. John Diggle has a son, John Jr., rather than a daughter, Sara. Julian Albert is a colleague in the forensics department who has been apparently working with for a year. Caitlin has been developing metahuman ice powers. Barry attempts to go back and reset the timeline again, but is pulled out the time stream by

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. Acting as a stern mentor, Jay explains time travel consequences by comparing the timeline to a broken coffee cup – it will never be completely the same even after it has been repaired. Jay advises that Barry must live with the mistakes of Flashpoint and move forward. When Barry reveals the timeline changes, the others gradually forgive and help battle enemies from Flashpoint timeline due to Doctor Alchemy. ** The episode " Armageddon, Part 4" revealed that Eobard Thawne created a Reverse-Flashpoint where he was Flash and Barry was Reverse-Flash after Thawne went back in time to kill Nora and a younger Barry. In this timeline, Reverse-Flash assisted Damien Darhk in killing Ray Palmer, Nate Heywood, Sara Lance, most of the Legends, and Cisco Ramon, Joe West was knocked onto the train tracks in front of a moving train by Reverse-Flash, Ryan Choi became the new Atom, Frost and Mark Blaine are dating,

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and Chester P. Runk used to date which didn't work out and noted after a devastating fight with the Legion of Doom, Damien's daughter Nora Darhk has died at some point, and Ryan Wilder and Sophie Moore are married where they plan to adopt a child. Investigating what Despero meant that he would cause Armageddon, Flash goes to the year 2031 where he learns of the changes and his role in the Reverse-Flashpoint where Barry will fade away when the Reverse-Flashpoint becomes permanent by midnight. With help from the Reverse-Flashpoint Darhk, Barry had to run at the speeds to undo the Reverse-Flashpoint with Thawne right behind him. While Darhk coordinated him while fighting Frost, Chillblaine, Atom, and

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, Barry was able to undo the Reverse-Flashpoint. * The Flashpoint timeline's fallout continued in season two of ''

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''. A temporal clone of Eobard Thawne works with Damien Darhk, Malcolm Merlyn and Leonard Snart to change their histories by acquiring the Spear of Destiny to rewrite reality and avert their respective demises/deaths and Eobard's erasure from history. This eventually ends with Eobard getting caught by the Black Flash and being wiped from existence again. ** This version of Eobard also made brief returns in season seven of ''Legends of Tomorrow'' and season eight of ''The Flash''. * Several elements of the ''Flashpoint'', are alluded in the '' Kite Man: Hell Yeah!'' episode, "Portal Potty, Hell Yeah!". In the episode after Kite Man and Golden Glider moved in together over their bar, "Noonan's", they find out that their toilet is a time portal, after Bane was accidentally travelled back in time in the 1980s, in the day Golden Glider accidentally killed her parents after discovering her superpowers. Kite Man travels back in time to prevent the death of Golden Glider's mother, which was successful. Although she later abandons both Glider and her brother, Captain Cold, to live her life, which causes some major changes to the timeline, erasing all of Glider's pictures of her mother. Elsewhere, Golden Glider's mother is seen trapped in a mysterious jail cell, being gassed by an unseen cackling figure.

Film

* The 2013 DC Universe Animated Original Movie entitled '' Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox'' closely adapts the ''Flashpoint'' comic's story. Similar to the comic launching The New 52, the film served to launch a shared universe of fifteen DC animated films released between 2013 and 2020. Among the differences is the prologue with the Justice League helping the Flash defeat the Rogues, the implication that Eobard Thawne is not Nora Allen's killer, Enchantress not betraying

's crew of pirates. ** In '' Justice League Dark: Apokolips War'', John Constantine reads Flash's mind to learn about the "Flashpoint" incident. Following the defeat of Darkseid and Batman stating that Earth lost 31% of its molten core, Constantine asks Flash to travel back in time to trigger another Flashpoint and restart the timeline over again so that the current state of things will be erased. Barry replies that he promised his wife Iris not to do it again. Constantine assures him that, though certain changes will not be good, it will still be much better than their bleak predicament. Flash resolves to follow through and runs off into the Speed Force, and the surviving Justice League watch as a white dome of light resets reality. * Elements of the ''Flashpoint'' storyline are incorporated for the

film ''

''. Director

Andy Muschietti Andrés Walter Muschietti (; born 26 August 1973) is an Argentine film director and screenwriter who had his breakthrough with the 2013 film ''Mama (2013 film), Mama''. He gained further recognition for directing both films in the It (novel), '' ...

was requested to adapt the storyline, which he recognized as a great story due to employing time travel to include Barry Allen's

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and Batman, by

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, though Muschietti personally feels that his film is more suspenseful to make a more emotional experience whereas the original comic was more like ''

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''. The film is directed by Muschietti, from a screenplay by Christina Hodson, with Ezra Miller reprising their role of

, and

Ben Affleck Benjamin Géza Affleck (born August 15, 1972) is an American actor and filmmaker. His accolades include two Academy Awards, two BAFTA Awards, and three Golden Globes. Affleck began his career as a child when he starred in the PBS educatio ...

and Michael Keaton reprising their respective

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. The film was released in theaters on June 16, 2023.

Video games

* The 2013 video game '' Injustice: Gods Among Us'' had ''Flashpoint''-inspired designs of

, Wonder Woman, and Deathstroke as downloadable content. * The 2015 video game '' Batman: Arkham Knight'' had Batman's ''Flashpoint'' design for

as downloadable content. * The 2017 video game '' Injustice 2'' featured the ''Flashpoint'' version of Wonder Woman making a cameo in

's alternate ending as a member of the multiverse Justice League. * The 2011 video game ''

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'' launched its 40th episode, "World of Flashpoint" in 2021, featuring Queen Wonder Woman, Emperor Aquaman, Batman (Thomas Wayne), and the Flash.

References

External links

* at DC Comics.com {{Watchmen Apocalyptic comics Flash (DC Comics character) Comics about time travel Crossover comics Comics by Geoff Johns Reboot comics Comics about parallel universes Dystopian comics Comic book reboots DC Comics adapted into films