The Flash
The entireDC Universemight be safe from the barrage of the latestFlashvillain , Paradox , but that does n’t mean the danger has allow up just yet , not even for his rapscallion ' Gallery ! The Flash has establish to be one of the most crucial characters in the intact DC Universe , bringing to life the concept of the Multiverse and the Speed Force , both of which give up for uncounted versions of DC ’s fictional character . His previous , most powerful villain , Paradox , has not only full merged with the Speed Force — rendering him nigh unstoppable — but has also been interfering trying towipe The Flash from the entire multiverse— and from existence , and has managed to take out some ofThe Flash ’s most formidable enemiesas well .
In the pages ofThe Flash#755 , Paradox is finally shoot down , after a multiverse - traverse battle . Having been transmit to the nether - realm in which Paradox shack — a nullity outside the multiverse , wherein all points of time could be get at — The Flash soon found himself racing against time to stay one step ahead of Paradox , who had , at this pointedness , killed his past ego , thus creating the ultimate paradox and gaining near - godlike power .
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Along for the battle was Reverse - Flash , Eobard Thawne , who had beenrecruited from the hereafter by the Flashhimself , and who possessed the Lightning Rod , the only arm known to defeat Paradox . Having been thwarted by Barry from killing Paradox in the past , before he ’d gained his powers , the two former enemies had to team up to get hold a less fatal resolution . immobilise in this battle was also former - villain Godspeed , August Heart , who had been trapped on a Cosmic Treadmill and used by Paradox to jaunt to various existence .
The issue stop with Reverse - Flash using his negative Speed Force energy to journey back to Paradox ’s formative moment , the minute in which he ’d gained his powers and become obsessed with destroying the Flash while witnessing a battle between Flash and the Turtle . Rather than vote down the man , as was his initial plan , Reverse - Flash instead imbues him with the divine guidance to remain with his family , rather than concentrate on the unfolding battle . Having no reason to change by reversal to evil , Paradox , in his present country , begins to fade from world , his nether - realm dissolving with him . Only with the combined f number - force vigour of the Flash , Godspeed , and Reverse - Flash do the trio take to the woods to present - day Central City .
With the danger abated , the trio begin to make their separate ways . The Flash reunites with Iris , who believed Barry to be beat during the entire ordeal with Paradox . In his distraction , Godspeed face Reverse - Flash , who rag the duo by lamenting how his defeat of Paradox should garner him some trust ; knowing he ’s from the future , Godspeed uses this moment to ask Reverse - Flash if he knows who kill his brother , the impetus for Godspeed becoming a vigilance man . Grabbing Godspeed , Reverse - Flash , with a snarl , responds , " Oh , that was me . I did it . " and snaps Godspeed ’s neck !
In a lurid mo , Reverse - Flash ruthlessly snap Godspeed ’s neck in a full - page splash , and pelt along off after shell an angered Flash . rally his bane by insist oncreating his own " family " of sinister speedsters , Reverse - Flash returns to his villainous roots . Not that their fealty was intend to be long - inhabit , it is a shocking end to the tragic character of Godspeed , the former - nefarious speedster who wanted nothing more than answers for his brother ’s execution . Having admitted to the murder , it will be interesting to see howThe Flashbrings judge to his arch - foe , althoughhe will probably have his hand fullin the prompt future .
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