

In the project headquarters they discover a pale, weakened version of Superman. Flash and Batman meet with Cyborg and agree to join the cause to stop Wonder Woman and Aquaman, and the three go in search of 'Subject 1'. Kal-El was taken by Project: Superman, and named Subject 1. He also learns of a rocket carrying the infant Kal-El, that crashed into Metropolis instead of Kansas. Barry's research of past records of newspaper clippings leads him to conclude that the Reverse-Flash deliberately changed the timeline to prevent the formation of the Justice League.

A second lightning strike grants Barry Allen his powers, healing his injuries, allowing him to recreate his costume. Meanwhile in New Themyscira, Lois Lane encounters the Resistance. Cyborg is relieved of duty as Element Woman sneaks into the headquarters. president informs Cyborg that Steve Trevor sent a signal to the Resistance but was intercepted because of a traitor among the heroes that Cyborg tried to recruit. He explains that he was hired to extract Lois Lane from New Themyscira because she was sent to gather information on the Amazons for Cyborg. Wonder Woman catches him by the neck with her Lasso of Truth and begins interrogating him. In London, Steve Trevor is waiting at a rendezvous point for Lois Lane but is attacked by Wonder Woman and the Amazons. Barry decides to recreate the accident that gave him his powers in a bid to undo the damage caused by the Reverse-Flash, but the initial attempt causes him to be badly burnt. Barry's ring ejects the Reverse-Flash's costume and causes Barry to believe that the Reverse-Flash is responsible for changing history. Barry's memory begins to spontaneously realign itself to the altered timeline and Barry learns that the world of Flashpoint is not an alternate dimension, but his own. Back at Wayne Manor, Barry tries to explain to Thomas about his secret identity as the Flash and his relationship to Bruce Wayne.

Sonar is able to remove a piece of the trident from Deathstroke's chest and heal him. He along with his crew (Sonar, Icicle, and Clayface) are attacked by Emperor Aquaman, who stabs Deathstroke in the chest. In the flooded remains of Paris, Deathstroke the Terminator captains a pirate ship in search of his daughter. Barry Allen drives to the Batcave where he is attacked by Batman who is revealed to be Thomas Wayne - Bruce having died in his place in this timeline. The heroes cannot work together to find a solution, and the meeting is disbanded. Cyborg and Batman have a conference with a group of superheroes to discuss how the battle between Aquaman's Atlanteans and Wonder Woman's Amazons has caused massive death and destruction in Western Europe (sunken by the Atlanteans, except for the United Kingdom, which was conquered by the Amazons), with the prospect of America being similarly endangered. In Gotham City, Batman throws a criminal off a building before being confronted by Cyborg. Flashpointīarry Allen wakes up to discover he is in an altered timeline in which Citizen Cold is Central City's greatest hero, his mother Nora (deceased in his own timeline) is alive, his father, Henry, died of a heart attack three years ago (instead of in prison), and that the Flash, the Justice League and Superman do not exist. With the Reverse Flash free, and rampaging through time, changing his own origins, a new speedster by the name of Hot Pursuit rushes to find Allen in order to warn him of the Flashpoint.
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Meanwhile, in the 21st century, Captain Boomerang manages to help free Reverse Flash from his imprisonment. Unsure of what they would potentially warn Allen of, the Court fails to inform Allen of the fissures in time.
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Full Plot Prelude: Road to FlashpointĪfter Barry Allen proves his innocence in the murder of the Mirror Monarch, the 25th century Court of Temporal Justice discover that there are a series of fissures within the time, creating numerous paradoxes within the past, present and future, all stemming from the 21st century. As with Blackest Night, Flashpoint is accompanied by a fifteen three-issue mini series, as well as a number of one shots, starring characters like Batman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, and more, showing how the event affects their lives. It was first mentioned in the sixth issue of Geoff Johns' The Flash, and will later be seen in a five issue mini series written by Johns and drawn by Andy Kubert starting in May 2011. Flashpoint is an event focusing on Barry Allen and the rest of the Flash Family's efforts to fix the fissures in time, made by unknown forces.
