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"The Clockwork Killer: Prologue": Batman/Bruce Wayne enlists the help of Mime and Marionette to sneak into the Time Masters' headquarters to steal [[The Snowglobe|a snowglo

Quote1 This is wrong. Barry changed it back. I remember... I was ripped out of time by the Reverse-Flash. Thawne turned me into a living paradox that shouldn't exist. Yet I did. I tried to force Bruce to quit... but I was cruel. And I was wrong. I realized the world needed my son. That he made the Batman into something good, unlike me. I remember Darkseid. His eyes glowing... I should be dead. Quote2
— Batman (Thomas Wayne)

Flashpoint Beyond #0 is an issue of the series Flashpoint Beyond (Volume 1) with a cover date of June, 2022. It was published on April 12, 2022.

Synopsis for "The Clockwork Killer: Prologue"

Batman/Bruce Wayne enlists the help of Mime and Marionette to sneak into the Time Masters' headquarters to steal a snowglobe that houses the Flashpoint Timeline in order to prevent his father from being erased from existence. This causes Thomas Wayne to wake up once again in his reality where Oswald Cobblepot, who works for him in this timeline, tells him that Harvey Dent wants to talk to him. Harvey tells Thomas that his wife is obsessed with Martha Wayne who in this reality became the Joker. It is revealed that Wonder Woman did not kill Aquaman after all, but Kal-El, who is now known as Superman, was freed and now the people are afraid of a Kryptonian invasion. Thomas confronts this world's Barry Allen, but Barry doesn't have his powers yet. Thomas tries to recreate the experiment that gave Barry his powers, but an henchman of Aquaman destroys the chemicals and Barry dies in the lightning strike. Harvey Dent was on his way to rescue Thomas, but a man with a harpoon destroys the car, killing Harvey. Thomas saves Harvey's son, Dexter, and confronts the man with the harpoon, who says Aquaman sent him to stop Barry Allen from becoming The Flash. In a rage, Thomas kills the unknown assassin. Back on Earth 0, Bruce is confronted by Corky Baxter who warns him that Rip Hunter and the Time Masters will come after him.[1]

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  • Batman/Thomas Wayne's story continues from Justice League Incarnate #4 where he was apparently murdered by Darkseid's Omega Beams.
  • The Flashpoint Timeline is restored to existence.
    • Its continuity directly continues from Batman (Volume 3) #22 where it was erased from existence by Doctor Manhattan.
    • However, the timeline seems to be slightly different than its original version as Wonder Woman has been somehow defeated by Aquaman.
      • Another consequence is the first appearance of Barry Allen's Flashpoint counterpart that didn't exist in the original Flashpoint as he had been replaced by the New Earth Barry Allen.
  • Rip Hunter's journal introduces the Divine Continuum as a representation of the reality.
    • This concept is completely explained in issue #5.
    • There are a few errors in the Divine Continuum scheme:
      • The Sphere of the Gods is represented as outside the main Multiverse but this is false.
      • Earth 0's alternate name, Prime Earth, is mispelled as "Primer Earth";
  • Thomas Wayne's letter was destroyed by Reverse-Flash in Batman (Volume 3) #21 but, in this story, it is intact, suggesting that this is another change due to the rebirth of Creation.

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