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"The Flash: "Fast Friend"": This story is reprinted from The Flash (Volume 2) #53.

Quote1 There are forces more powerful than will. Quote2
— Green Lantern (Alan Scott)

DC Pride: Through the Years #1 is a one-shot with a cover date of August, 2023. It was published on June 13, 2023.

Synopsis for The Flash: "Fast Friend"

This story is reprinted from The Flash (Volume 2) #53.

Appearing in The Flash: "Fast Friend"

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Synopsis for Batwoman: "Elegy, Part One: Agitato"

This story is reprinted from Detective Comics #854.

Over a year ago, Kate Kane was stabbed in the chest by a crazed religious sect that was obsessed with carving out her heart. The memory of the event seems to haunt her - lingering on the periphery of her subconscious.

But she can't think that now. She can't afford to. That same Religion of Crime seems to have found a new leader and the activity of all thirteen covens within Gotham City has gone into hyper-drive in anticipation of their new leader's arrival in town. Given their expressed obsession with her, Kate only sees fit that she be there to greet the new leader and put a stop to her activity once and for all.

A child of certain privilege, Kate lives in a nice large studio apartment littered with music memorabilia and workout equipment. In a hidden section of the apartment is where she keeps her 'cave' of sorts. Large metal walls surround a giant tree which grows in the center of the command hub and are lined with scores of military grade crime fighting paraphernalia - most likely supplied by her father, a military Colonel. His latest gift is a specialized super-silent short range pistol of sorts left over from some top secret covert ops mission somewhere in the Middle East. Perfect, Kate realizes, for the hunt she's about to embark on. Aside from providing his daughter with her equipment, the Colonel also oversees her operation, listening to hours of playback from a recording device placed on her person during her nighttime capers.

She trains obsessively and her father worries that she's pushing herself too far. And perhaps she is. A few reps is all it takes to begin testing her pain tolerance. Not to mention the fact that her late hours and unaccountability seems to have just cost her her latest relationship with her most recent partner, a lawyer named Anna. Nevertheless the job does have its perks. Her unavailability makes for the perfect excuse so that she can duck out of a dinner with her step-mother.

On the other side of a set of large bay doors, she climbs upon her cycle and sets out through a tunnel which connects to an unassuming warehouse letting her out onto the streets. Hitting each coven one by one Kate finally gets to meet with the new leader of the Religion of Crime face to face. A woman dressed like a psychedelic Alice in Wonderland with skin so powder white she almost appears to be glowing stands before her in the dimly lit chapel. But Kate isn't here to visit. She draws her newly gifted pistol, aims it at Alice and fires.

Appearing in Batwoman: "Elegy, Part One: Agitato"

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Synopsis for Supergirl: "One Life"

This story is reprinted from Supergirl (Volume 7) #19.

Supergirl keeps operating openly in National City despite the public animosity against the "daughter of Cyborg Superman".

In The Blade, Chief Bones receives a phone call from Cameron Chase, who warns him she knows what he's up to, and he's playing with fire by working with Mokkari. Bones replies he has everything under control and hangs up the phone.

Oblivious to all of this, Benjamin Rubel is looking for a reason to trust Supergirl fully. He meets up with Lee Serrano, a kid who uploaded a story about how Supergirl helped them to the CatCo app. Lee believed the arguments about Supergirl being dangerous and unable to understand and relate to the average person until they met her.

Their first meeting happened during Cyborg Superman's invasion. They were running away from home when a Kryptonian cyborg attacked them, and Supergirl pummelled it into the ground. After saving their life she asked their name and told them to get somewhere safe before rushing out, adding she would be around if they needed her. Lee decided to head back home but they didn't think she truly cared.

They were wrong. Later she saw them sitting by the beach, noticed they were upset and stopped to check in. Lee opened up to her: they doesn't feel like a boy or a girl. They're bullied by their schoolmates and worried about their parents' reactions when it comes out. Supergirl told them her parents never asked her if she wanted to be sent away, they made the choice for her. She added parents can protect you and hurt you out of love, and whatever happens she was glad they told her.

Supergirl said they weren't alone, but she never promised things would get magically right. They actually appreciated her honesty.

Later they found Supergirl again. They'd just been bullied by a classmate, and they were sick of being harassed only because they're different by people who doesn't understand them. Supergirl stated she can look human, but she isn't. When she got to Earth she didn't know anything about her new home. People were frightened of her and hated her. For a long while she was extremely angry and confused, but that wasn't her real self. That was who they were afraid she could be. Other people didn't get to decide who she was, and they shouldn't let anyone else decide it, either.

Several weeks later Lee came out to their parents. They were puzzled but otherwise supportive.

Later they got into a fight with one of their bullies. Supergirl turned up to stop them, and one of the bullies hit her with his bookbag, prompting a "Really? A bookbag?" remark and a deadpan stare from her. However Lee decided to confront their bully. Lee told him everyone knew what his trouble is -his parents getting a divorce- and making them miserable won't change anything. Their speech made the bully back off.

Lee thanked Supergirl for having their back but not talking over or for them, either. She trusted them to know what they were doing and accepted them.

Lee caps their story telling them they support Supergirl because she supported them. Benjamin says goodbye and heads back home, muttering he needs to find a way to help Supergirl.

At night he's visited by Supergirl, who wants to take up his offer to help.

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Synopsis for Green Lantern: "Past Prologue"

Alan Ladd-Scott tells an unseen listener how he first met the love of his life, Johnny Ladd. They were young Army engineers on a mission to locate a legendary power source known as the Crimson Flame. Alan had not come to terms with his sexuality yet, but Johnny had and quickly recognised both that Alan was gay and in love with him. Johnny helped Alan understand who he was and the two quickly began a clandestine relationship, narrowly avoiding being found out by their commanding officer and fellow soldiers. As they were sailing on a Navy ship towards the presumed location of the Flame Johnny privately suggested to Alan that, when the mission was over, the two of them should run away together. He slipped his ring onto Alan's finger, symbolically proposing to him. Alan told him that they needed to careful and they could have been destroyed if anyone saw him do that, when suddenly the Crimson Flame erupted from out of the water ahead of the ship.

Appearing in Green Lantern: "Past Prologue"

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Detective Comics Vol 1 1073 Textless Pride Variant
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DC Pride
This issue is part of the "DC Pride" series, which annually celebrates LGBTQ+ Pride Month.
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DC Pride #1 • DC Pride 2022 #1 • DC Pride 2023 #1 • DC Pride 2024 #1
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DC Pride: Tim Drake Special #1 • DC Pride: Through the Years #1 • DC Pride: A Celebration of Rachel Pollack #1 • DC Pride: Uncovered #1
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