The Flash
The Flashhas been a beloved comical book character for years , but he is also one of the few characters that know he ’s in a comic book . But what befall when the Scarlett Speedster learns he ’s possibly a study of fiction and how precisely is that possible ?
Barry Allen , the second Flash , made his first appearance inShowcase#4 in 1956 and was inspired to take up the Flash mantle after acquire his powers because of his love for Jay Garrick , the original Flash . However , on Barry ’s Earth , Earth-1 , Garrick was originally only a mirthful book theatrical role , rather than an already exist poor boy who fought in World War 2 . finally , Barry travel to Earth 2 , and met Jay Garrick in person , agnise that his childhood hero was indeed substantial , and living on another earth . Barry conjecture that source Gardner Fox ( the actual author behind Jay Garrick ’s other adventures ) had " tune into " Earth-2 in his sleep , and wrote Jay ’s " fancied " adventures based on his visions , giving birth to the idea that comic Scripture are a windowpane into another world . However , Barry Allen would presently identify at first hand how oddbeing a " fictional character"really is .
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InThe Flash#179 , entitle " The Flash - Fact or Fiction , " Barry Allen encounters an alien be intimate as " The Nox . " This alien , a being that render strong blast of wind , seemingly follows Barry Allen around Central City , regardless as to whether or not Barry is in uniform or not . The Nox encounters Barry three times : at his job as a forensic scientist , at home plate with his wife Iris , and while fight down criminals , the Nox disappears . short after their third skirmish , another alien break himself and explains that he was transporting the alien via his ship to another world . The ship broke down and the Nox , having overcome the tranquilizer it was affected by , escaped and made its way to Earth , where it play the Flash . While the alien managed to teleport the Nox forth from the Flash using his technology , he has no method of for good incapacitating it , and will leave Earth without it in 6 hours . Barry , contemplate how he can stop such a tool , gets force into higher velocity by the Nox , and after the two collide , Barry end up in the last place he ’d have ever imagined .
When Barry awakens , he find himself on another Earth , as when speedsters vibrate their molecules at a dissolute enough speed , they canpass through the barriersbetween different earthly concern ’s . However , when Barry tries to regress to his ground , he fails and find himself in a small town . While exploring , every citizen , include the police force , believe him to be on his way to a costume party , confusing Barry . Once a small nipper identifies Barry by his actual name , rather than his superhero identity operator , Barry is dismayed . When the tike returns with a " Flash " comedian , Barry understand that he himself is a character of fabrication on this earth . Similar to Jay Garrick , Barry realizes that the generator of the Flash comic must be tune into Earth-1 , and the funnies on " our world , " or Earth - Prime , are free-base on these dangerous undertaking . Barry , unable to return home , decides to chat DC office and meets with then - editor Julie Schwartz to necessitate him for assistance . Though Julie initially consider Barry to be a swashbuckler , after a manifestation of his super - amphetamine , he assists the Flash return home . While Julie is out collect region for a Cosmic Treadmill ( a auto that provide speedsters to accurately travel across time and blank space ) , Barry reads back - issues of his own comedian , hop-skip to learn a method of defeating the Nox . When Julie returns with the necessary components , Barry cursorily builds the treadmill and uses it to travel back to Earth-1 , leaving Julie in shock and awe .
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When Barry returns , he is like a shot encountered by the Nox . The speedster believes he has find the result to agitate the fauna . While reading Flash back - progeny on Earth - Prime , Barry learned of his " invisible trunk aura , " which protect him from the heat of air detrition when he run at super - fastness . Barry theorizes that the Nox has been following him , and feeds off of Barry ’s inconspicuous air , recounting that when he used his superintendent - speed around the Nox , he would feel volley of heat . Barry , having analyse his own aura , care to make a electron beam - gun that can reduplicate the aura dead , which would " run " the Nox , and allow it to become gentle . The alien who was send the Nox returns , and armed with this particular re - grease-gun , leaves Earth with the Nox in tow . With the immediate threat over , Barry muse on his risky venture on Earth - Prime and contemplate how his whole aliveness , on another earth , is really just a series of fictional escapade . Julie Schwartz , back on Earth - Prime , stares at the Cosmic Treadmill and eagerly anticipates the account seeing publishing .
While many New comic graphic symbol likeDeadpoolare aware that they are in a comic Word of God , and regularlybreak the fourth rampart , such instances did occur first in older comics as well ( though far less often ) . At the end of some adventures , heroes like the Flash would smile and wink at the audience and sometimes mystify them a dubiousness . However , this tale was notable as Flash in reality journey to the literal world , chit-chat DC headquarters , and even met a edition of Julie Schwartz . This level also has an interesting scenario , where The Flash in reality study his own risible book to find the resolution to his problem . Barry also seemed shake at the idea that his whole aliveness , peculiarly his secret identity , was exposed to reader across the humanity , on another earth . While Barry never follow up on this revelation , Earth - Prime would occasionally make a return in comics and was the place of origin ofSuperboy - Prime . While it ’s unbelievable that Barry ’s dangerous undertaking really happened on our earth , it ’s not entirely unsufferable that , somewhere in the world , a Cosmic Treadmill thatThe Flashused lies dormant , wait to be discover .
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