He has become a living paradox, which means Reverse Flash is free to kill him without erasing himself. Batman is Thomas Wayne, a vigilante driven by the death of his son, Bruce, and Superman is nowhere to be found.īelieving Reverse Flash to be the culprit, Barry re-creates the experiment that gave him his speed, only to find out that he was the one who created the alternate universe when he saved his mother. The world is threatened by a war between two empires: Wonder Woman’s Amazons and Aquaman’s Atlanteans. Barry Allen wakes up to find his mother alive and himself without superspeed. The core miniseries encompassed only five issues, but the storyline stretched over dozens of titles. Related: Ken Tucker Reviews the Flash Season 3 Premiere It’s reminiscent of the original all-DC crossover: Crisis on Infinite Earths in 1985, which was an attempt to make sense of DC’s 80-plus years of history and its countless contradictions and multiple continuities. Both are essentially the same - events surrounding the Flash create an alternate universe that leads to a reboot of each of the respective universes. Well, there are two different versions: The comic book version and the DC Animated Movie Universe version, titled Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox.

Here’s a quick overview of what Flashpoint is and what it could mean for all the DC Comics series on the CW. In fact, Season 3 is kicking off with an episode called “Flashpoint,” signaling that the show is bringing one of DC Comics’ largest-ever crossover events to TV. That kind of tampering with history is bound to have enormous consequences. Last season’s final episode of The Flash ended with a momentous decision by Barry Allen (Grant Gustin): Go back in time and save his mother’s life.

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