With all the facts about Ezra Miller in the past years, we understand why you wouldn’t want to watch the new Flash movie, we are slightly in that position, but with more and more drops like Michael Keaton and Nicholas Cage’s performances as fan anticipated performances, the humor of the script, and the way it literally finally finishes in a way the Zack Snyder franchise into the new James Gunn and Peter Safran helmed films.
Hell, even Ben Affleck is returning to portray Bruce Wayne in the early parts of the film.
With that in mind, we wanted to talk a little about Flashpoint and it’s existence in the comic book world.
Flashpoint was originally released in 2011, over ten years ago! This limited series was penned by Geoff Johns and let to a series of tie-in titles dealing with the events. The series ended with the conclusion of that universe and created the New 52 DC Universe. The New 52 universe was not really as well liked, but the lead in Flashpoint comics really was well loved and appreciated.
The whole storyline consisted of 61 issues, even though the main story only lasted 5 months with five issues. We highly recommend that if you don’t want to see the film, you at lease read the comic book series. Here are some highlights!
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Flashpoint #1 (2011) Trying to understand what happen, and turning to his knowledge from the other timeline, that Bruce Wayne is Batman, Barry heads to the Batcave only to discover that Batman does not know who he is, and the name Bruce fills him with rage. A shocking conclusion is reached that this world’s Batman is actually Thomas Wayne, surviving the mugging at the loss of his son. |
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Flashpoint #3 (2011) Trying to gain an advantage, the group attemps to free Superman, who is currently being detained. However, after they find the Red and Blue hero and free him, they discover that he is de-powered, and he abandons them, leaving them in an even worse situation. |
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Flashpoint #5 (2011) With everything at it’s believed end, the group finally finds Zoom, which Barry believed to be what caused Flashpoint. To his surprise Zoom informs him that it wasn’t the villian that changed the world, it was Barry himself when he went back in time to stop Zoom from killing his mother. With that event completed, Zoom was now free from time, as he should not have existed and the group must now deal with him before time solidifies and Barry can’t change things back. |
What’s your favorite Flashpoint storyline?
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