Concept » Flash appears in 709 issues.
The Bronze Age of comic books was set roughly between 1970 - 1985.
A crossover is when two or more universes collide and characters from two distinct universes interact.
The DC Animated Movie Universe (DCAMU) is a term used for a series of animated films based on the DC universe, set in the same continuity as one another. The universe was introduced in Justice League: War.
The Multiverse is a pivotal concept in DC Comics. Over the years, it has gone through many changes, and has nearly been destroyed on a few occasions, but always ends up intact.
Whether by magic or by science, this is the ability to move from one dimension into another.
An alternate Earth that housed the Golden Age DC universe, the Justice Society Infinity, and the Justice Society of America. Post Flashpoint it became the home of a new generation of wonders building a new world.
Created by a violent paradox break in the speed force, in this universe the world's greatest heroes are the world's greatest menaces.
The first era in comic books. They became widespread and popular and many still popular comic book icons made their debut, beginning in the mid 1930s and ending around the mid-1950s.
A Green Lantern is an officer of the intergalactic police force known as the Green Lantern Corps, who have the ability to overcome great fear with the might of willpower. They possess power rings capable of creating constructs characterized by their will and strength to use it. Each Green Lantern is given a Sector of the Universe to protect and it is their priority to suppress any threat against their sector.
Mantles are identities that have been used by more than one character.
In the DC Universe, metahuman is a term used to describe any human being who may have any kind of "super power". These humans had suffered a "biological variant", called the meta-gene.
For every positive, there must be a negative. Just as the Speed Force is powered by Barry Allen, the Negative Speed Force is powered by Eobard Thawne, the Reverse-Flash. The Negative Speed Force exists to consume and destroy anyone connected to the positive Speed Force.
A reboot is a retelling or new envisioning of a story. It is similar to a remake (the term used for movies).
The term "Retroactive Continuity" or "Retcon" for short is used in comic books to define a re-write of a current origin or introduction of new information as if it had always been that way.
The patron saint of superhero sidekicks, several young people have taken on the role of Robin, Batman's partner in the battle against crime: Dick Grayson was the first, followed by Jason Todd, Tim Drake, and Stephanie Brown and currently Damian Wayne. The title of Robin is an honor all on its own comparable to that of Batman.
The Silver Age is often credited as starting with the first appearance of the new Flash, Barry Allen, in Showcase #4. Includes all comic books published during the period of 1956 to 1970.
The Snyderverse is an alternative reality in a diverging timeline from DC Films theatrical releases.
The Speed Force is an extradimensional energy source in the DC Universe that lets speedsters travel at otherwise impossible speeds as well as do other nifty tricks without being hindered by physics. In the Post-Flashpoint continuity, the Speed Force is the very cosmic force that pushes time forward.
DC Comics' March 2015 variant cover theme celebrating 75 years of The Flash.
When Earth's mightiest champions fall in action, all that is left to do is say your goodbyes and move forward with your life.
Time travel in comics involves jumping or returning in time to change an event and therefore, altering history (alternately sometimes time travel is used simply as a means of exploration). Heroes generally protect the time stream, villains seek to profit from its manipulation.
DC Comics' shared universe of live-action films, which began with Man of Steel.
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