DC’s The Source spotlights seven August Covers, including the cover for Flash: Rebirth#5.
It’s the latest homage to the classic “Flash of Two Worlds” cover from Flash v.1 #123, the first meeting of Barry Allen and Jay Garrick — only this time it’s Barry Allen vs. the Black Flash, and the poor hapless construction worker has been crushed by the falling beam.
There are actually two visual references to this famous cover in Flash: Rebirth #1 as well — a parade float, and then a side view in Jay Garrick’s reminiscences.
Also of interest is the cover to Final Crisis Aftermath: Escape, in which it looks like Nemesis is running on the Cosmic Treadmill.
Looks like Jay got ambushed by the Black Flash, judging from this image in the background.
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Good catch — I hadn’t noticed Jay’s silhouette!
A Nemesis powered treadmill would get you two weeks into the future in just two weeks!
Maybe someone injects him with Velocity 9 or something? Or maybe it’s just symbolic.
I was just being ridiculous as usual…
The cover is fun but the notion of a fist fight with Black Flash deflates the idea of it as an inescapable harbinger of doom. I don’t know why it’s easy for me to see Barry as Black Flash but deny him a KO, but there it is.
Yeah, I know. Sorry, I should’ve left out the second sentence. It would have come off more as playing along.
flash is so hot and sexy
i love him idate him at 16