There's only one thing I know about life. I know some things happen by chance. And some things happen because we make them happen. Barry Allen was once haunted by the past. But when he became the Flash, he left the ghosts behind. He found love. A family. And for the first time ever...friends. Barry thought yesterday was finally behind him...But somebody wouldn't let him escape it. When Barry came to me for help, I turned him away. I'm not the hero of this story. I'm a man who's been corrupted by his own unbearable pain. I'm a man who has too much blood on his hands to be called good. I'm a man who had nothing to live for--until the day I met the Flash.
- -- The Batman
Appearing in "Flashpoint: Chapter One of Five"
Featured Characters:
- Flash (Flashback and main story)
- Batman (Thomas Wayne)
Supporting Characters:
- Cyborg
- The Pied Piper
- Citizen Cold
- Green Lantern (Abin Sur)
- Captain Thunder / S.H.A.Z.A.M.
- Billy Batson
- Mary Batson
- Freddy Freeman
- Pedro Peña (First appearance)
- Darla Dudley (First appearance)
- Eugene Choi (First appearance)
- Tawky Tawny
- Blackout (Farooq) (First appearance)
- The Outsider (First appearance)
- Sandman
- Element Woman (Emily Sung) (First appearance)
- The Secret Seven (First appearance)
- Emperor Aquaman (Mentioned only)
- Wonder Woman (Mentioned only)
- Nora Allen (Flashback and main story)
- Judge Dent (Mentioned only)
Antagonists:
- Professor Zoom (Cameo)
- Yo-Yo (First appearance)
- Joker (Mentioned only)
Other Characters:
- James Forrest
- David Singh
- Patty Spivot
- Iris West
- Bruce Wayne (In a photograph only)
- Martha Wayne (In a photograph only)
Locations:
Items:
Vehicles:
Synopsis for "Flashpoint: Chapter One of Five"
Waking up suddenly at his desk, Barry Allen has only a few seconds to puzzle out the fact that something in his work environment has changed before he hears that a Rogue named Miss Alchemy is engaging in a felony. Barry starts running to get there... only to fall down a nearby flight of stairs. This alone is a puzzle to him, but then he is greeted by an even bigger shock - Nora Allen, still alive in the present day and coming to visit him. He is also briefly visited by Professor Zoom, who has retained his powers despite Barry losing his.
Elsewhere, the Cyborg has called an assembly of the world's greatest heroes to try dealing with the situation in Europe, where Wonder Woman's Amazons are set to go to war with Atlantis' newly-acquired continental territories. The assembled heroes drag their heels but Cyborg gets a plurality.
Back in Central City, Barry begins quizzing his mother about how much the world has changed. It seems that, whatever has happened to the world, Nora Allen has no notion of Superman or the Flash, but she has heard of the Batman of Gotham City.
Meanwhile, in Gotham, a shadowy figure chases a colorful criminal across the neon-strewn rooftops. The Batman has chased the criminal known as Yo-Yo because he wants the location of the Joker.
From his superhero career, Barry Allen knows the location of the Batcave, but he is shocked by the changes to the décor -- in place of trophies and evidence, there is only... bats. In the location once occupied by Jason Todd's Robin costume is a stand with a gun. At this point, Batman arrives and begins beating him up. Barry tries to talk him down by calling him Bruce, but this does not have the desired effect. Catching sight of a Wayne family portrait, Barry arrives, by a horrible process of elimination, at a new conclusion -- Thomas Wayne is the Batman, and the world has changed almost beyond recognition...
Notes
- This book was first published on May 11, 2011.
- No special notes.
Trivia
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See Also
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- Cover gallery for the Flashpoint series
- Images from Flashpoint Vol 2 1
Recommended Reading
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