The Flash Fights The Flash

▸ Flash War is a seven issue monthly American comic book limited series written by Joshua Williamson and illustrated by Howard Porter. The series was published by DC Comics, and features characters from the Flash comics. The story is from Flash Vol 5 Issue 45 to 50, with the epilogue being Flash Vol 5 Issue 51. The series ran from May to July 2018. The storyline received generally positive reviews for the plot, action, and art.
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[@Geebees93]

My favorite Rob line is "Man, son son son, let me tell you something. If God was writing comics this is what it would look like right now."

[@eddiegreen72323]

Lmao 😂😂 4reals

[@dillasoul2228]

Rob knows how to get your attention, and it works. Every👏🏾single👏🏾time👏🏾

[@bababepraised2695]

MAN SON LEMME TELL YOU SUM SON

[@cjcaliswag]

Then he hits that deep SON SON SON

[@theradicalbanana9476]

Love that one and "cutting through SWATHS of enemies!!"

[@OptimusNero]

I was really glad to see Frances Kane/Magenta again after so much time. She has been since her creation a really interesting character that got very little attention despite her potential and backstory. I still fondly remember her first appearances in the iconic New Titans comics of the 80s, not to mention I was always amused by the fact that Wally decided to retire from crime fighting shortly after meeting her. Even though he always said that he just wanted time for himself and his studies, everyone's reaction was basically: "You just want to bang her without anyone bothering you, right?"

[@PhinsBlazers]

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[@DenizenoftheAges]

Hey Rob - I remember my stomach tremors when they did the animated Superman/Flash episode. The whole episode was a race, with them fixing stuff along the way. Then they ended with them taking off on a "true race," and I was like "Sorry Clark" 😅

[@zacwilson6231]

Please cover the entire Knightfall storyline. Also Forever Evil, and Death in the Family would be awesome

[@OptimusNero]

8:15 Speaking of Lana Lang and Clark, there is a..."curious" moment starring them in John Byrne's Elseworlds series "Generations". In one chapter, a several-hundred-year-old Superman travels back in time to his childhood era, meeting his long-time deceased loved ones, including a 12-year-old Lana Lang. When Superman tells Lana that they both won't end up together, she asks him to, at least, give her a romantic goodbye kiss, a request Superman gladly accepts. Yes, kids, a very old Superman kissed a 12 year old on the lips. I swear I'm not making anything up

[@saadamehdi2848]

Based !

[@Dreyden-]

Barry is still my favorite. The way they are treating Barry is the same way they are treating Peter Parker as Spider-Man with all the other Spider-Mans that have more powers.

[@baki484]

One would think wally is older having kids and all while Barry and iris aren't even married.

[@myzo247]

But wasnt wally the one that made the Flash name famous? Before Barry Sacrifices hia life during the events of the Crisis, The Flash title wasnt really selling that much copies. After Wally took over many fans bought in to the new flash. Heck WB even made Wally West the Flash on the first Justice League cartoon. Back in the early 2000's.

[@Dreyden-]

​@@myzo247 Nope, in the 90s, Barry was the Flash. There's a series of him, Wally has stated numerous times that Barry is the faster Flash between the two of them, which makes sense considering that Barry beat himself in a race.

[@Dreyden-]

Either way, If you like Wally, there's nothing wrong with that. Just like I like Barry.

[@pptemplar5840]

I feel like flash measuring contests are dumb, I like Wally, glad you like Barry, glad we have both of them active at the same time. A lot of people act like "if X character isn't the absolute best in the world at what they do they're basically useless and the fact that I like him more would be wrong" But like, I don't like Barry or Wally because they're fast... I like them because they're cool, if they weren't cool most people wouldn't care how fast they were at the end of the day.

[@Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache]

The last bright moment in Wally’s post-Rebirth career until things went…wrong. This was a Wally event made by Wally fans for Wally fans. That moment when Wally and Hunter are running at each other and the background is their iconic comic cover where they’re fighting each other? Inspired. And never forget: His name is Wally West. And he is the fastest man alive.

[@baki484]

​​@@thunderbolt8266Wally was established to be the fastest man alive even Barry admits it multiple times they even nailed this further by giving him additional amps. Isn't that what you Wally West fans wanted? The events of sanctuary were undone Wally was innocent (Something Hal didn't get even after they revealed parallax was manipulating him. The fans still hate him) the whole time and of course he got his family back and is currently the main flash with Barry doing whatever. They are definitely trying to ruin Wally West. Seems like Wally fans are eating good.

[@kylecarter1599]

If you love Wally going all out to get his family back, you're gonna love the Dawn of DC Flash. And there's a new family member!

[@theunknownsamurai7426]

2.23 M subs! good for you! You deserve it, the content you put out is awesome!

[@terrellmoore760]

I could never understand how Wally West is faster than Barry Allen when Barry is the reason the speed force exist as well as the generator that keeps it going. Wally gets his speed from BARRY!

[@TheDarkSide145]

IT’s explained in the comics more but Wally is more powerful yes but Barry is the better hero . The reason Wally is so powerful is cause he views the speed force like a partner or like kid with a toy he lets his imagination run wild with it; however Barry is CSI/investigator his mind doesn’t allow him to do just let go. He views the speed force as an enigma that needs to be solved. This leads to Wally doing crazy stuff but Barry is always the one that perfects it and knows how to utilize it the best

[@terrellmoore760]

@davidcambaango2069 I read it again...seems the writing in this manner sucks! Barry is the generator that feeds the speed force but Wally can draw more power and energy from it. In my mind, Barry only needs to BELIEVE he is faster and he will be! He just needs to understand what he is...

[@kavarishettlesworth5929]

@@TheDarkSide145 do you know the new 52 flash comic? flash out of time

[@TheDarkSide145]

@@kavarishettlesworth5929 no I’m not familiar with that one

[@kavarishettlesworth5929]

@@TheDarkSide145 it’s basically the new 52 flash but 20 years into the future. Future Flash( Barry Allen) is the fastest in the future his lightning is blue and he continues to get faster as the future continues. So you know like main continuity Barry and the new 52 Barry are the same. So it is technically possible for main continuity Barry to get faster than Wally All he has to do is let go of the mental blocks and manipulate the speed force and he will be faster.

[@IdiotSoupMan]

Hey Rob, I got a friend who talked about "Spiders Man," as in a Spider-Man variant made out of literal spiders. Could you cover that? I'm absolutely boggled.

[@SJadenS703]

He explains him in one of his "every spidey in the multiverse" videos

[@stanislavearl-ivanov2646]

Awesome story Rob thank you for the video

[@cashlarrayoz3579]

love your vids rob!!! how recent was this story published ?

[@therealemperorpalpatine]

Thanks Rob! another good one.

[@philipmc8696]

I love the fact the strength force is represented as The Thing hands.

[@digunder14]

to differentiate between the two i believe at one point they started calling the new 52 version "Wallice" and the pre-new 52 one as "Wally"

[@StopmotionZ105]

I’m loving these long recaps

[@BananaReidy]

Agreed, helped me get through a funeral.

[@E.S.C_Orphen]

Love your content bro I always watch a mix with your new an semi old stuff and it's all gold 95% of what I watch on KZbin dragon ball z thooo but you make everything else on same tier

[@ahsunk6537]

40:12 Damn did you really have to call me out like that lol

[@wakandaforever616]

The idea of the other forces along with the speed one is pretty awesome they could do great stories with it.

[@Sykopath96]

Boyo as long as you're not being sarcastic, I've got great news

[@wakandaforever616]

@@Sykopath96 no I'm not being sarcastic lol

[@apexways4733]

@@wakandaforever616they completely failed on what couldve been amazong

[@NebMunb]

Whenever someone mentions wally "mainlining" the speed force, it just makes him sound like a junkie.

[@GabrielMichaelDels]

Wally: "Hey Barry, remember that time we had a race and almost ripped apart our enitre multiverse? Barry: "Yeah, good times."

[@OptimusNero]

39:10 Really loved the iconic race between Superman and Flash, specially its portrayal in the iconic DCAU episode. That sh*t was far better than the last Arrowverse seasons combined

[@wildfirewill]

Wally is best Flash period!

[@fcm3d]

It's so dope!

[@IMondayl]

Hour long? Lemme get the snacks ready…

[@bazzfromthebackground3696]

Every time I see Flash stuff I'm like "But where's Turtle?!"

[@morganlemke]

Alright Rob I've been asking for over a year now. Can we please get Baron Mordo explained!

[@Bobby_Duncan]

Hey rob what did u think about the new flash movie

[@Concealed.Revealed]

@15:55 You should play Street Fighter 6 Rob it just came out about a week ago, and yes, Ken is still faster...but Ryu hits like a freakin' truck.

[@PinkTableSalt]

I have a question hopefully you, or someone else could answer, I was wondering about what reed richards is in the fantastic four (2015) what variant

[@Seidravn]

"Barry Allen is not interesting to me. He's just a guy who runs really fast." Not a statement that I thought I'd ever hear from a comic book fan. That's literally every Flash ever, isn't it? *sign off*

[@digunder14]

if going forward hunter uses all the forces still, he should go by something like "Full Force" as a new alias

[@dallasshumaker6148]

Between this and heroes in crisis, you should start a counter for “Wally screws things up.”

[@drjubi276]

Remember when Barry showed up in Marvel and outran all the speedsters. Think it was a Quazar comic from the 90s

[@AlphaAchilles]

This is exhausting

[@londonknight8308]

I’ve decided I’m going to buy this comic for Father’s Day.

[@TheGabriel23223]

I miss the old edits where you could immediately tell if a video is just long or another 'full story' combined :c

[@mr.otakubaka4169]

Rob my guy, you should cover the story where Alfred clones batman after Bruce becomes evil and uses Darkseid's head to fuel him with Omega power, and the cloned batman makes an alive Joker head that he friends his new Robin. . . . . It sounds amazing(Rob's voice)

[@Brassmonkey3242]

LOL loved the Megaman X reference @32:45

[@superthirst103]

Alright fine I'll come back to this channel.

[@kratosgow2]

Finally, Rob. You're finally covering the one and only, Hunter zolomon!!! ZOOM!!!!!!!

[@shockwavethenewx-man9301]

Beyond Omega Level: Icon (DC Milestone Comics)

[@augievasquez1993]

I am definitely leaning more towards the classic flash. Honestly I would love to see Wally reunited with his family. We never really know what it is we have until it's gone.

[@braeduhn]

When’s the next video on the Jon Kent and Injustice Superman story?

[@Mario-zf7xl]

How much food do you think buff Wally eats to keep fit

[@josephsupulver4333]

Could you please do some spawn videos.

[@someguy6369]

Hey, a one hour special.

[@AsheCraftingCorner]

Please give us better or the old thumbnails back PLEASE These are so hard to know what the videos are about now

[@intrigued16]

I agree, it's some times annoying trying to put videos together or know which one to watch in what order. I've been watching his vids from the beginning and always felt this way. Your just the 1st person I've seen say anything . Lol but ya. I'm with ya.

[@AsheCraftingCorner]

@@intrigued16 I think there are more,they just don't say anything

[@ss-bf1uh]

Hi! I really like your videos and I have an idea for a too powerful for live action series. There is a dc character from the comic series called the “unwritten” The main character is Tom taylor who is the son of an author and as dc comics states,”Tom taylor must sail the seas of one of the greatest stories ever told to catch the whale leaving wpmyths and madness in its wake”. This means Tom taylor is on a level of existence where he can transcend narratives and is aware that everything below him is fictional. Not to mention that the whale is literally made of the collective imagination of humanity. I think it’s really cool and you should do a video on it. I also think that this character could beat all of the marvel beyonders, the lost one, the crown, and even that Miranda girl you mentioned a while ago. Basically Tom yalor’s dad is a writer that wrote a series called tommy taylor. But Tom taylor was so similar to his fictional counterpart thst he had a connection the the collective unconsciousness to humanity’s fiction and imagination. But first some scaling. Every word on the page is an infinite hierarchy of fiction. And once all the words are read, to Taylor will physically leave the page to go to the next one. But the greatest feat is when he fought the leviathan. The leviathan is made of the stories of humanity on every hierarchy the very definition of fiction and Tom Taylor fought it. I think the unwritten series should get more recognition and that you should do a video on it thanks!

[@The_moon443]

I’m using that as my profile picture

[@lemmytv3538]

i dont know how this guy talks so fast, and still conveys the story at a snails pace, this video could literally have been like half the length.

[@trecolt6965]

Hunter in the tv show as zoom was great

[@ComboSmooth]

loool i love how the retcon for reverse flash got worse when they tried to get more specific witit

[@kylecollins3755]

Top 20 most powerful DC characters please. Also, is TOAA no longer the most Marvel character? Does he have to change his name?

[@TsDwelling]

40:00 Yes! I really have been telling people for years and years that The Flash is insanely strong. I've always been irritated by how watered down they always make him.

[@wayn405]

Barry created his self, Boss 😂

[@kingshadow8782]

Heck Yeah!!!

[@supernovatluthelightoftheu3221]

I think wally's daughter is still called iris bcz in one minute war barry calls her iris but they call her irey as a nickname ( i always pronounced it as iree)

[@James-uq9lx]

Everyone lives by the grace of the flash If he wanted, All of the rogues would die by the death of 1,000 papercuts before they could even blink

[@paulmoreland2369]

So… does that mean the Negative Speed Force can still be used for time travel??

[@koleyturner8491]

I'm just glad the flash tv show on the cw fixed and corrected the mistake of making Wally faster and more capable with the speed force than Barry, the show made Barry the best as he should be

[@redram6080]

Wally being faster isn't a mistake though. He had his powers way longer than Barry did due to Barry being dead for a very long time. The speed force as a concept was first introduced in Wally West comics.

[@koleyturner8491]

@@redram6080 well apparently it was a mistake in the flash cw show, and Barry is the only reason the speed force exists and nothing trumps that, and Wally wanted to become the flash, not the other way around

[@zhisangchen4562]

⁠@@koleyturner8491 Comic writer after just ignore the whole Barry is the reason Speed Force exists. Since Wally is back as the main flash. Now it’s up to if DCU is successful. If yes, which flash will be the main one. From how Barry is shelved in comics I wouldn’t be surprised if the inevitable return of the Justice League will have Wally as the flash

[@DjW1986]

Team Wally, let's go!!!❤❤❤

[@traintrain83]

Batman uses the money force

[@ZeteticPlato]

How Majestic?.....

[@ZeteticPlato]

@user-bs8sk3dy3h I'm just being myself man No offense I don't ask for handouts

[@harveybirdman_23]

Just watched an hour long video An got left on a cliffhanger that’s low even for you Rob

[@jessiedemoss5962]

Wally west has always been faster

[@ChrisParayno]

Reverse flash sounds like a giant baby

[@HeraldOfHollows]

Did i miss something or this didnt feel like an ending to a full story at all? 😅

[@Dark-Star67]

Hey rob who is dark hawk?

[@masterrserch3971]

51:16 I hate when people tell me to do what they say do 😉

[@AfriyieTheAccelerant]

Yes, I am an EXTREME Flash Fan. Wally West II is in my profile picture.⚡

[@kinghruhru1326]

Rob Core😊

[@rafiqmajied7762]

We need hunter explained

[@ps5426]

Please tell me all the Wally West videos means DC/Warner’s solution for Ezra miller is have him get erased and replaced by Wally West.

[@cdogg46]

What’s your Flash movie review ?!😢😢😢😢

[@leonerdo9432]

Um....isn't this essentially a retelling of the Barry Allen Return story arc from the 90s in the Flash issue 73- 77...?

[@maarek71]

As someone that was actually reading comics back in the Barry days, I always saw Wally as a knock off "Great Value" Flash. I was pissed when they "killed" Barry and let Wally take up the mantle.

[@ridgefrost]

And then the wally fans say he's the real flash, the one we all grew up with yadayada, dont get me wrong i grew up with dcau wally to but i've always known barry was the flash and wally the one who took up his mantle, it never even made sense to me how wally has a better connection to the speedforce than the guy that generates, that literally created it, and i can tell u dc hasn't done a great job getting us to accept that wally is "faster", they made him cocky, rude, problematic kinda hateable tbh u know everything we know the flash to NOT be

[@baki484]

I grew up watching Wally with Justice league but Barry Allen is still my favorite flash regardless especially since the 2009 flash rebirth story. It doesn't help that Wally West fan made me dislike the character. Barry Allen Jay Garrick Bart Allen (when he was the flash as short as it was)

[@MonkeyDBatman]

​@@ridgefrostBarry doesn't generate it dumbass

[@MonkeyDBatman]

You know Barry isn't the first Flash

[@intrigued16]

Berry Allen is the best flash. After that, it's just wannabez and it's OK too. I like the Flash character. So Wally is cool too, just not no Berry baby!

[@callmealex69]

Lol top and that extra gay line "if I'm the top, then you're the bottom"

[@OptimusNero]

It's pretty funny how DC can't just stop messing with the DC Multiverse. If there are too many realities, then they erase all of them except one. And if there is only une universe, then they find it boring and expand the Lore including 500 additional universe. COULD YOU PLEASE GET YOUR PRIORITIES STRAIGHT?!

[@blackdadgaming6944]

OK I love my kids with all my heart i would do a lot for them but I'm not going to potentially destroy the universe to try and save them Id figure out another way

[@tannerbrummett8296]

9:09

[@jayf6206]

As one who has lost a child, I know Damn well Wally's motivation here. Run, Wally. Run.

[@bigbirdblue100]

Team wally

[@artoonist365]

TV

[@loganreist9894]

The top he’s not really that big 🤣

[@FlammableAirFreshener]

Ryu is the master - Ken is the innovater I think they cycle between who is better - but in 6 Ken is deffo weaker

[@esrohm6460]

like who s saying super speed isn't the strongest power there is. the flash thinks faster than reality exists. in the time you could think of single move in a tic tac toe game the flash can think about all 70 trillion possibilities a chess game can have. at that point he doesn't even need to intelligent anymore to beat you in absolutely everything. in the time between times the flash could think about every action you will ever do in your life. if he would be used for his fullest potential he would be the smartest thing that could possible exist.

[@roweart]

I miss your old thumbnails bro, theses ones arent as effective

[@kingshadow8782]

Sup

[@SilverDustbj]

It's crazy to Me that Barry created the Speed Force, but isn't the fastest. I've always disliked that

[@MonkeyDBatman]

HE DIDN'T CREATE THE SPEEDFORCE

[@SilverDustbj]

@@MonkeyDBatman You sure about that, I've heard it multiple times and 2009 The Flash Rebirth states he did AND Rob said it in the video

[@talentroller4413]

@@SilverDustbjhe created it by accident not on purpose with control but he does not generate it.

[@SilverDustbj]

@@talentroller4413 My comment said he created it... I didn't say he has control over it or generates it when He runs lol I mean come on now lol. Still baffling the person who created isn't the person who's the most in tune with it. Just my opinion

[@talentroller4413]

@@SilverDustbj a creator doesn’t necessarily mean they have the strongest connection. its just they originated it. both concepts don’t have to link. i see it like this you have a scientist who founds a concept but then comes a successor who evolves and advances upon that concept to make sure its improved and thus they would have a greater understanding of it compared to the founder. that’s exactly what wally is to barry

[@koleyturner8491]

Lol Its so adorable for flash to actually think that it's to dangerous for superman to be around them during their fight🙂, superman could end both of them if he wanted to

[@intrigued16]

Power beats speed more often then not. So superman for example would murder the flash real quick and ive always love yhe flash and think he is a bad ass for sure.

[@talentroller4413]

little do you know flash is also very powerful. he can time travel and manipulate time, if you’re wally you can steal any and all kinetic energy basically rendering superman motionless, wally can also use infinite mass punch and now he can also shift how he interacts with reality just to name a few

[@intrigued16]

@talentroller4413 I mean that really cool and true....... but superman is also very fast and the problem is that flash would need time to get to that type of speed and it takes alot of his energy to do these things as well. So, that would be hard to pull off these moves you talk about. Also, I said power on average will win more often then speed and that's not an opinion. It's true, both in comics and in the real world. I'm also just talking about speed vs power. There are always other factors involved that will dictate an out come. That's why u can't say one thing will do something all the time.

[@inFamous_Prime4]

😮

[@Jezee213]

I always thought Barry was faster.

[@redram6080]

There was a very long period where Barry was straight up dead while Wally was developing his powers. It wouldn't make sense for Barry to be faster

[@Jezee213]

@@redram6080 Yea everyone has a different answer, I think its Wally imo

[@silverstone4188]

☝🏽Take a look 👀

[@1sttobylopez]

LoL OK.This guy is exactly like the fash or his family is like the Flash# OK hes nothing like the Flash

[@drewt1717]

Wait... Barry Allen MADE the Speed Force?

[@RPINCo]

Ryu at this point is like Thanos with the Infinity Gauntlet vs Antman. Ken…..is Antman

[@kingshadow8782]

D