The Flash Vol 5 53

"Grips of Strength, Part 2": The synopsis for this issue has not yet been written.

"Grips of Strength, Part 2"
The Flash Vol 5 #53
October, 2018
Rated T for Teen (12+)
Cover Artists	Dan Mora
Variant Cover Artists
Cover Variant #1	Jonboy Meyers
Grips of Strength, Part 2
Writers	Joshua Williamson
Pencilers	Christian Duce
Inkers	Christian Duce
Letterers	Steve Wands
Editors	Andrew Marino Rebecca Taylor
Previous Issue	The Flash Vol 5 # 52
Next Issue	The Flash Vol 5 # 54

Sorry, Flash. But we tried this your way. The only way we're gonna stop the Strength Force now... is by killing you both.

— Commander Cold

The Flash (Volume 5) #53 is an issue of the series The Flash (Volume 5) with a cover date of October, 2018. It was published on August 22, 2018.

Appearing in "Grips of Strength, Part 2"

Featured Characters:

• The Flash (Post-Flashpoint)

Supporting Characters:

• Commander Cold (Flashback and main story)
• Gregory Wolfe
• Iris West
• Kristen Kramer

Antagonists:

• Elongated Maniac (Single appearance; dies)
• Trickster (Post-Flashpoint)

Other Characters:

• Central City Police Department (Flashback and main story)
• Judge (Flashback only)
• Pipeline (First appearance)
• Captain Cold (Mentioned only)
• Elongated Man (Mentioned only)
• Godspeed (Mentioned only)
• Gorilla Ghost (Mentioned only)
• Iris Allen (Mentioned only)
• Kid Flash (Mentioned only)
• Manfred Mota (Mentioned only)
• Niles Caulder (Mentioned only)
• Renegades (Mentioned only)
• Rogues (Pre-Flashpoint) (Mentioned only)
  • Trickster (Pre-Flashpoint) (Mentioned only)
• Rogues (Post-Flashpoint) (Mentioned only)
• Silas Stone (Mentioned only)
• T.O. Morrow (Mentioned only)
• The Flash (Pre-Flashpoint) (Mentioned only)
• The Turtle (Mentioned only)
• Vaandal Savage (Mentioned only)
• Wally West (Mentioned only)
• William Magnus (Mentioned only)

Locations:

• 21st Century
  • United States of America
    • Central City
      • Iron Heights
      • S.T.A.R. Labs (Mentioned only)
  • Badhnisia (Mentioned only)
• 25th Century (Flashback only)
  • Central City
    • CCPD Headquarters
    • S.T.A.R. Labs
  • House of Secrets (Mentioned only)

Items:

• Commander Cold's Cold Guns (Flashback and main story) (Origin)

Concepts

• Speed Force
• Strength Force
• Sage Force (Mentioned only)
• Still Force (Mentioned only)
  

See Also

• Cover gallery for the The Flash series
• Images from The Flash Vol 5 53

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