The Flash Vol 5 52

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"Grips of Strength, Part 1"
The Flash Vol 5 #52
October, 2018
Rated T for Teen (12+)
Cover Artists	Dan Mora
Variant Cover Artists
Cover Variant #1	Gabriele Dell'Otto
Grips of Strength, Part 1
Writers	Joshua Williamson
Pencilers	Christian Duce
Inkers	Christian Duce
Colorists	Luis Guerrero
Letterers	Steve Wands
Editors	Andrew Marino Rebecca Taylor
Previous Issue	The Flash Vol 5 # 51
Next Issue	The Flash Vol 5 # 53

As much as I hate to admit it... the city is changing. And I don't like it.

— The Flash/Barry Allen (Post-Flashpoint)

The Flash (Volume 5) #52 is an issue of the series The Flash (Volume 5) with a cover date of October, 2018. It was published on August 8, 2018.

Appearing in "Grips of Strength, Part 1"

Featured Characters:

• The Flash/Barry Allen (Earth 0)

Supporting Characters:

• Accelerated Man (Earth 19)
• Bizarro Flash (Earth 29)
• CCPD (Earth 0)
  • Detective Burns
  • Kristen Kramer
  • Detective Morrow
• Commander Cold (Eobard Thawne's Future)
• Fastback (Earth 26)
• The Flash/Barry Allen (Earth 42)
• The Flash/Danica Williams (Earth 12)
• The Flash/Lia Nelson (Earth 9)
• The Flash/Wally West (Earth 22)
• Iris West (Earth 0)
• Johnny Thunder (Earth 18)
• Mercury Flash (Earth 44)

Antagonists:

• Gregory Wolfe (Earth 0)
• Para-Angels (Earth 0) (First appearance)
• Trickster/Axel Walker (Earth 0) (Merges with the Strength Force)

Other Characters:

• Barry Allen (Pre-Flashpoint) (Flashback only)
• Iris West-Allen (Pre-Flashpoint) (Flashback only)
• Flashes of the Multiverse
  • Accelerator (Earth 39) (Cameo)
  • Aquaflash (Earth 32) (Cameo)
  • Blitzen (Earth 10) (Cameo)
  • Captain Speed (Earth 8) (Cameo)
  • The Flash (Earth 30) (Cameo)
  • The Flash/Barry Allen (Earth 43)
  • The Flash/Jay Garrick (Earth 2) (Cameo)
  • The Flash/Mary Maxwell (Earth 6) (Cameo)
  • The Flash/Wally West (Earth 16) (Cameo)
  • Johnny Quick/Jonathan Allen (Earth 3) (Cameo)
  • Mercury-Man (Earth 35) (Cameo)
  • Speed Freak (Earth 47) (Cameo)
• Doc Tornado (Earth 44) (Mentioned only)
• Gorilla Grodd (Earth 0) (Mentioned only)
• Nora Allen (Earth 0) (Mentioned only)
• Renegades (Eobard Thawne's Future) (Mentioned only)
• Rogues (Earth 0) (Mentioned only)
  • Captain Cold (Leonard Snart) (Mentioned only)
• Wallace West (Earth 0) (Mentioned only)
• Wally West (Earth 0) (Mentioned only)
• Zoom/Hunter Zolomon (Earth 0) (Mentioned only)

Locations:

• Multiverse
  • The Bleed
    • House of Heroes
  • Earth 0/Prime Earth
    • Central City
      • CCPD Headquarters
        • Central City Crime Lab (Mentioned only)
      • West House
      • Barry Allen's Apartment (Mentioned only)
    • Keystone City
      • Iron Heights
  • New Earth
    • Central City (Flashback only) (Cameo)
  • Speed Force
  • Strength Force
  • Earth 12 (Mentioned only)
  • Sage Force (Mentioned only)
  • Still Force (Mentioned only)
• Hypertime
  • Eobard Thawne's Future (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)

Items:

• Commander Cold's Cold Gun
• Cosmic Treadmill
• Flash's Costume Ring
• Hermes' Helmets
• Johnny Thunder's Guns (Cameo)
• Para-Angels' Exo-Suits (Single appearance)

Vehicles:

• Commander Cold's Hover Bike (First appearance)

Concepts:

• Flash War (Mentioned only)
• Force Barrier
• Grodd's Attack (Mentioned only)
• Time Travel (Mentioned only)
  

Trivia

• Commander Cold states that "the Renegades hate the Rogues" which is a reference to Hunter Zolomon's hate for the Rogues.

See Also

• Cover gallery for the The Flash series
• Images from The Flash Vol 5 52

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