This episode's just full of easter eggs!
With the Flash ring, mentions of future battles, references to new heroes such as Lightning Lad and Atom, this episode is full of fan-service in a good way. But all the little references pale in comparison to this.
When Nora shows him the new newspaper, it signifies that he never returned after the "Crisis", even 25 years after the whole shabang happened. But it also has a lot of other stuff in it. Here it is, with everything pointed out.
It was a beautiful spring day in Central City. Not so different from that morning years ago when the clear blue sky turned crimson red, and the Scarlet Speedster vanished in a crisis. Thousands gathered here at the Flash Museum to commemorate that day’s quarter century anniversary. Names were read of the other victims of the attack, and Governor Singh gave remarks on the Flash’s enduring legacy.
The Flash museum, which was already referenced, was apparently made to commemorate Barry's death. The "red skies" are also mentioned. Apparently Commissioner Singh is the governor now.
The details of Flash’s disappearance remain murky. A 2026 Congressional Commission repeated the Citizen’s initial reporting. Hours after the sky turned red, the Flash and his allies fought the Reverse Flash. The ensuing street battle caused the most destruction this city has ever seen. It was not until the Flash and Reverse Flash disappeared in an explosion of light that the chaos ceased.
This doesn't reference much that we didn't already know.
But in the years following the crisis, accounts only grew more contradictory. Some eyewitnesses remember dozens of other heroes present, including Green Arrow, Batwoman, and Elongated Man. Others remember heroes thought lost in time, like The Atom, or from other worlds, like Supergirl. Some even contend they saw Reverse Flash leading an army of “shadow demons.”
This confirms Batwoman is an Earth-1 hero, as she is not mentioned as being from another earth. The "shadow demons" could likely be Time-Wraiths, not Parademons.
Scientists at Ivy University’s Memory Institute chalk up those…
Research has focused on Roger Hayden, a.k.a. Psycho Pirate, who claims to remember the night’s events. He said upon his arrest, “Worlds lived, worlds died. Nothing will ever be the same.”
This directly references THIS panel from the ending of the "Crisis on Infinite Earths" story:
And nothing ever was. Staring at the golden statue of The Flash, this reporter remembers the words of Former Police Chief Joe West, “We don’t have the details…”
All of this confirms the Crisis happens, and earths are merged. What do you think? Comment!
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