DC has posted four preview pages for next week’s issue of The Flash, and you can see them at Herodope. It’s the finale of Joshua Williamson’s lengthy stint on the book, and this race is the culmination of intensifying hostilities between the Flash and Reverse Flash. It’s difficult to know how Barry will react to Thawne’s ultimatum, considering that his principles against killing have recently been eroded by the Reverse Flash’s increasing violence…and the cover is definitely ominous. Check out the pages at the link!
THE FLASH #762
written by JOSHUA WILLIAMSON
art and cover by HOWARD PORTER
variant cover by INHYUK LEE
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“Finish Line” finale! Barry Allen and the Reverse-Flash race for the last time in this fast-paced conclusion. For years, Eobard Thawne has tormented Barry Allen, and now the Flash knows the only way to win is to make sure the Reverse-Flash never runs again! The story years in the making comes to a close as Joshua Williamson finishes his epic 101-issue run on The Flash!
Thawne wants him to kill him…but I know him: he’s one of the most ambitious people I’ve seen. This is more about causing Barry pain, if he killed him again.
And he’s a fool. I know: this is the Metaverse. You can never truly know the future. The future changes as much as the past and the present after each retcon or reboot. Whatever you see in the history books in the future, it won’t be the actual events that happens in the future.
So whatever he saw in the history…will be wrong.
Yeah, I agree that this is all about causing Barry emotional pain and possibly losing touch with his moral centre, and it’s perfectly on brand for Thawne. He may or may not be sincere when he talks about knowing the future, because at this point he’s just trying to goad Barry so it doesn’t really matter whether it’s true. He freaked out last issue about not knowing something in the future, but it may have solely been to get Barry to follow him into this race.