The Flash: Hocus Pocus is a 2017 novel by Barry Lyga, a tie-in to the The Flash TV Series.
Synopsis for "The Flash: Hocus Pocus"
Appearing in "The Flash: Hocus Pocus"
Featured Characters:
- The Flash/Barry Allen ("Earth-1") (First appearance) (Flashback and main story)
Supporting Characters:
- Central City Police Department ("Earth-1") (First appearance)
- Cpt. David Singh (First appearance)
- Det. Joe West (First appearance)
- Det. Tom Patterson (First appearance)
- Madame Xanadu ("Earth-1") (First appearance)
- Team Flash ("Earth-1") (First appearance)
- Caitlin Snow (First appearance)
- H.R. Wells ("Earth-19") (First appearance) (Joins team)
- Iris West (First appearance)
- Kid Flash (Wally West) (First appearance) (Impersonates The Flash/Barry Allen ("Earth-1"))
- Vibe (Cisco Ramon) (First appearance)
Antagonists:
- Carmichael Elementary School bullies ("Earth-1") (Single appearance) (Unnamed) (Flashback only)
- Darrel Frye ("Earth-1") (First appearance)
- Earthworm ("Earth-1") (First appearance) (Cameo)
- Hocus Pocus/"Magic Man" (Abra Kadabra's Future) (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Central City Diamonds/Central City Combines ("Earth-1") (First appearance)
- Central City Picture News staff ("Earth-1") (First appearance)
- Scott Evans (First appearance)
- Channel 52 (First appearance)
- Dragons (In picture only)
- Henry Allen ("Earth-1") (First appearance) (Flashback only)
- Jason Broome (Broome & Son owner) ("Earth-1") (Single appearance)
- Mitchell MacDonald (Earthworm's victim) ("Earth-1") (Single appearance) (Appears only as a corpse)
- Ryan Paulson (Earthworm's victim) ("Earth-1") (Single appearance) (Appears only as a corpse)
- Cisco Ramon's grandfather ("Earth-1") (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
- Arrowverse Multiverse characters
- Abra Kadabra (Mentioned only)
- Earth-1/"TV Universe" characters
- Clyde Mardon (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
- Girder (Tony Woodward) (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
- Gorilla Grodd (Mentioned only)
- Dr. Harrison Wells (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
- Henry Allen (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
- Linda Park (Mentioned only)
- Mirror Master (Sam Scudder) (Mentioned only)
- Nora Allen (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
- Pied Piper (Mentioned only)
- Ronnie Raymond (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
- Vandal Savage (Mentioned only)
- Weather Wizard (Mark Mardon) (Mentioned only)
- William Shakespeare (Mentioned only)
- Henry Allen (Flashpoint Timeline) (Mentioned only)
- King Shark/Shay Lamden (Earth-2) (Mentioned only)
- Nora Allen (Flashpoint Timeline) (Mentioned only)
- Reverse Flash/Eobard Thawne (Pre-Flashpoint) (Mentioned only)
- Ronnie Raymond (Flashpoint Timeline) (Mentioned only)
- Time Wraiths (Mentioned only)
- Zoom/Hunter Zolomon (Earth-2) (Mentioned only)
- God (Mentioned only)
- Dr. Harrison "Harry" Wells (Earth-2A) (Mentioned only)
- Harry Houdini ("Earth-1") (Mentioned only)
- Jennifer Lopez ("Earth-1") (Mentioned only)
- Richard Dawkins ("Earth-1") (Mentioned only)
- Richard Dawkins ("Earth-19") (Mentioned only)
- Spirits (Mentioned only)
- Supergirl ("Earth-38") (Mentioned only)
- "Tarot serial-killer" ("Earth-1") (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
- Team Arrow ("Earth-1") (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
- Tom Petty ("Earth-1") (Mentioned only)
- Elsa of Arendelle ("Earth-1") (Mentioned only)
- Hemlock Holmes ("Earth-19") (Mentioned only)
- Sherlock Holmes ("Earth-1") (Mentioned only)
Locations:
- Multiverse (Behind the scenes)
- Barryverse (First appearance; unnamed)
- Earth-1A/"Earth-1" (First appearance; unnamed)
- 2000
- United States of America
- Central City
- Carmichael Elementary School (First appearance) (Flashback only)
- Keystone City
- Iron Heights (Mentioned only)
- Central City
- United States of America
- 2016
- Earth
- Pacific Ocean
- United States of America
- California
- San Francisco
- Golden Gate Bridge (First appearance)
- San Francisco
- Missouri
- Central City
- Carmine's Restaurant (First appearance)
- CC Jitters (First appearance)
- CCPD Headquarters (First appearance)
- Central City Crime Lab/Forensics Lab (First appearance)
- Central City Park (First appearance)
- Central City Picture News (First appearance)
- Central City Pier (First appearance)
- Madame Xanadu's (First appearance)
- Fox Boulevard (First appearance) (Cameo)
- Fox District (First appearance)
- Gardner Way (First appearance) (Cameo)
- Jewelers Row (First appearance)
- Broome & Son (First appearance)
- Julius Stadium (First appearance)
- Lampert Building (First appearance)
- S.T.A.R. Labs (First appearance)
- The Cortex (First appearance)
- S.T.A.R. Labs Particle Accelerator/The Pipeline (First appearance)
- Waid Avenue (First appearance)
- West House (First appearance)
- West-Allen's Apartment (First appearance)
- Allen House (Mentioned only)
- Big Belly Burger (Mentioned only)
- Broome Street (Mentioned only)
- Central City Picture News (Mentioned only)
- Central City Recycling Plant (Mentioned only)
- Wieringo Street (Mentioned only)
- Gardner River (First appearance)
- Central City
- Rocky Mountains
- Kansas
- Keystone City (Mentioned only)
- Washington
- Star City (Mentioned only)
- California
- Australia (Mentioned only)
- Japan (Mentioned only)
- Thailand (Mentioned only)
- Tibet (Mentioned only)
- S.T.A.R. Labs Satellite (On a TV or computer screen)
- Earth
- 2000
- Earth-2A/"Earth-2" (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
- Earth-19A/"Earth-19" (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
- Earth-38A/"Earth-38" (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
- Earth-1A/"Earth-1" (First appearance; unnamed)
- Speed Force
- Timestream (Behind the scenes)
- Abra Kadabra's Future (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
- Alternate Earth-1 Timeline (Mark Mardon destroys Central City and Cisco is murdered by Eobard Thawne) (Unnamed) (Erased) (Mentioned only)
- Alternate Earth-1 Timeline (Vandal Savage destroys Central City) (Unnamed) (Erased) (Mentioned only)
- Flashpoint Timeline (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
- Mirrorverse (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
- The Spirit World (Mentioned only)
- Barryverse (First appearance; unnamed)
Items:
- Dark Matter (Mentioned only)
- Hocus Pocus' Wand (First appearance)
- H.R. Wells' Drumsticks
- Madame Xanadu's Tarot Cards (First appearance)
- Vibe's Goggles
Vehicles:
- S.T.A.R. Labs Mobile Research Unit
Events:
- Big Bang (Mentioned only)
- The Singularity (Mentioned only)
- S.T.A.R. Labs Particle Accelerator Explosion (Mentioned only)
Concepts:
Notes
- Team Flash's story continues in the novel, "The Flash: Johnny Quick".
- This novel takes place in September 2016 and is set on a parallel universe which diverges from the "TV Universe" as, in this continuity, Iris West manages to prevent Barry Allen from going back in time and save his mother so the Flashpoint never happened.
- In the following "The Flash: Johnny Quick" novel, Cisco Ramon of the "TV universe" will rename this reality as "Earth-1A".
- In "The Flash: The Legends of Forever" novel, it will be established that a whole "local" Multiverse was shaped around this reality as a result of Barry not causing the Flashpoint.
- On Earth-1A, there are many changes to the timeline, which also be addressed in the following novels, compared to the events of The Flash Season 3:
- Savitar never came to exist in this reality;
- As a result of Savitar never existing in the new timeline, Wally was turned into a metahuman by Dark Matter from the second Particle Accelerator explosion instead of having his powers restored by the Philosopher's Stone;
- Furthermore, as Savitar never clashed against Team Flash, H.R. Wells doesn't die in this continuity and keeps being an active member of Team Flash;
- Barry Allen is helped by the sorceress Madame Xanadu that his prime counterpart never met in his universe;
- Another techno-mage journeys to the "present" instead of Abra Kadabra;
- Barry Allen meets Darrel Frye that his counterpart never had to meet because he never risked his job.
- Savitar never came to exist in this reality;
Trivia
- A counterpart of Xanadu was never shown to exist on both the Pre-Crisis Earth-1 and its Post-Crisis iteration, Earth-Prime.
- While wondering about a timeline where he ran back in time, which is obviously a reference to the Flashpoint, Barry mentions Ronnie Raymond's counterpart from that timeline who actually didn't appear in "Flashpoint".
- There are many nods to The Flash authors:
- Gardner River and Fox District are nods to Gardner Fox who co-created Jay Garrick;
- Waid Avenue is a reference to Mark Waid;
- Lampert Building is a nod to Harry Lampert who co-created Jay Garrick;
- Carmine's is a reference to Carmine Infantino who co-created Barry Allen;
- Broome Street as well as Broome & Son are references to John Broome who co-created Barry Allen;
- Wieringo Street is a reference to Mike Wieringo who co-created Bart Allen.
Links and References
- None.
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