Īfter travelling on the Cosmic Treadmill, the Flash and Batman find themselves inside of a different Batcave, and in the presence of Thomas Wayne Batman. They witness the Pre-Crisis origin of the Justice League (originally told in Justice League of America #144 in July 1977) as well as scenes from Identity Crisis and Crisis on Infinite Earths. Once the duo enters the time-stream (also known as Hypertime), they are caught in a sort of "Time Storm" where they see moments from the Pre-Flashpoint DC Universe. Just as he starts running, Flash is met by Batman who wanted to continue the investigation with Flash. Barry makes his way through the satellite, as he contemplates using the cosmic treadmill to find out who killed Thawne and is manipulating the reality of their universe. After discussing the events of the previous issue with a recuperating Batman, Flash heads to the Justice League Watchtower, where he thinks about how he hid a piece of crucial evidence from Bruce: the fact that the radiation on Thawne's corpse matches the radiation on the Button. īarry arrives at the destroyed cave to find Bruce's injured body and Thawne's rotting corpse. After knocking Batman out, Thawne picks up the button and is briefly teleported away, returning with his entire body mutilated by an "impending threat" that he describes as "God" before he seemingly dies. During the course of "one minute", Batman and Reverse Flash engage in a gruesome brawl, where Eobard pummels Batman and destroys Thomas's letter as revenge for Thomas killing him. He, however, turns to find not Barry, but Eobard Thawne, the Reverse Flash. Right as the call ends, Batman hears the sound of thunder that signals Barry's arrival. Batman notifies Flash, who responds by stating that he will arrive at the Batcave in "one minute". As he recovers, the Flashpoint incarnation of Thomas Wayne Batman is standing before him, but abruptly fades away as Bruce attempts to reach out to him.
He carelessly tosses the button next to Psycho-Pirate's Mask where a reaction occurs, sending a bolt of lightning into Batman's chest. The story opens in the Batcave, where Batman has had no success in discovering the mystery behind the button. In The Flash #19, a mysterious blue lightning bolt hits Eobard Thawne while he is in Iron Heights, restoring him to his Pre-New 52 incarnation with memories of Thomas Wayne killing him during Flashpoint. In the vision, Barry sees Eobard Thawne and Jay Garrick's Flash Helmet.
In The Flash #9, the interaction between Pre-New 52 Wally West and New 52 Wally West triggers a disturbance in the speed force, which causes Barry to have a strange vision. The last pages of the book imply that Doctor Manhattan was the one who caused the events of the New 52 reboot by stealing a decade of history following the events of Flashpoint.
Meanwhile, Batman finds the Comedian's bloody button from Watchmen (embedded in a spot where Wally's speed force lightning had struck earlier in the book). Someone has taken 10 years from the DC Universe, destroying relationships between characters that were established before the New 52. Wally believes that it wasn't the Flashpoint Paradox that caused the New 52 and his imprisonment, but something else. Main articles: Watchmen and DC Rebirth & FlashpointĪt the end of the DC Rebirth Special, Wally West was pulled out of the Speed Force by Barry Allen and, in turn, became part of the New 52 universe.
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