The Flash Just Unlocked Immortality as DC’s Most Un-Killable Hero – Screen Rant

Warning: SPOILERS for The Flash #796DC just revealed the out-of-this-world reason why the Flash will always triumph over death. The Flash's connection to the Speed Force has saved him from the brink yet again, but this time the mystical Force went above and beyondliterally.

The Flash finds himself, alive and well, on Planet Flash in The Flash #796 by Jeremy Adams, Fernando Pasarin, Roger Cruz, George Kambadais, Oclair Albert, Wellington Dias, Pete Pantazis, Matt Herms, Luis Guerrero, and Rob Leigh. The previous issue of the "One-Minute War" event saw Wally West seemingly die by explosive car crashwhich he also assumes to be the case when he wakes to see a group of probably-dead heroes looking over him.

But his ally Gold Beetle sets him straight, telling Wally he was "dematerialized so that [he] could be spit out of the Speed Force." According to her, the Speed Force can save speedsters from deadly situations and spit them out on Planet Flash, previously known as Timepoint, which is a planet that exists outside of timemuch like Speed Force-connected "organic conduits" themselves. The Speed Force has saved Wally from the crash and deposited him, outside of time and space, on this mysterious planet.

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Planet Flash debuted much earlier in this same run as a mysterious place in deep space with an even more mysterious connection to the Flash Family, including Wally's children Irey and Jai. With Gold Beetle's new revelations after Wally's apparent death in "One-Minute War," it's clear that this planet is not only a haven for the Flash and his speedster allies, but deeply connected to the mystical Speed Force. The Speed Force not only powers the speedsters of Earth, but, as of this Flash event, it also has an intergalactic reach, powering non-human speedsters (and their enemies, an empire called the Fraction). The Speed Force has saved a number of speedsters from death before, but this revelation takes its powers to a whole new level.

The existence of Planet Flashand the Speed Force's connection to it as a planet beyond space and timemakes the Flash and his allies practically un-killable. If the Speed Force can simply "dematerialize" one of its favored speedsters whenever they're in mortal danger and then spit them out on a safe-haven planet, there are few reasons whyor howa member of the Flash Family could ever be outright killed. Does this make the Flash practically immortal? Maybe, especially given how long speedsters can liveusing Jay Garrick as only one example.

What this means for the physical stakes of Flash comics is yet to be seen, as is the true future of Planet Flash. As the current creative team winds down its story ahead of the current run's conclusion, fans will hopefully learn more about the mysterious and exciting Planet Flashas well as its connection to the speedster-saving Speed Force.

Check out The Flash #796, available now from DC Comics!

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