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Warning : Potential Spoilers forThe Flash#4DC has let loose a fresh anti - speedster arm that leave even the King of Speed , The Flash , struggling to keep up . Unlike any conventional gadget seen before in the DC Universe , this unnerving arm takes on a unique form , subsist more as a place than a conventional object . This mind - stoop development is just another deterrent example of the bizarrely grand journey writer Si Spurrier is taking the Scarlet Speedster on .
The Flash#4 , craft by the dynamical twosome Si Spurrier and Mike Deodato Jr. , stay to chronicle Wally West ’s journeying grappling with " Spooky Speed Force stuff . " This includes encounter with new entity such asThe StillnessandThe Uncoiling , all while wrestling with the unsettling matter of becoming " unstuck from world " and slipping through various plane of cosmos .
Notably , Wally finds himself repeatedly drawn tothe Gallery , a place of pure serenity that paradoxically emerges as the not bad threat to Flash . Although The Gallery initially made its introduction inThe Flash#3 , its 2nd appearance inThe Flash#4 suggests Wally will be making recurring and potentially ominous visit in the unfold narrative .
The Gallery is One of Flash’s Biggest Threats
The Gallery ’s uniqueness lie in in its garden - corresponding reflexion adorned with statue representing Wally ’s loved ones . Despite the unequalled serenity that envelops Flash in this airy space , it harbor an underlying peril : the long Wally lingers , the more he loses touch with his own identity . The nowadays becomes his sole being , and he gradually forgets everything about himself , even his beloved 1 , despite their touchable statues surrounding him . The perilous wallop on Wally ’s memory renders the Gallery a substantial threat , yet this is not the sole danger it bewilder . Rather , it ’s the combination of its impact on Wally ’s memory and habit-forming peace of mind that could guide to Flash becoming willingly pin here .
The Gallery is the Flash’s Version of Black Mercy
The Gallery is swiftly morph into The Flash ’s equivalent of Black Mercy , the latter making its entry inSuperman Annual#11 ( 1985 ) by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons . Black Mercy , a flora with the power to craft an illusion of a person ’s stark life sentence by manipulating pleasure centers in the brainpower , frame them in a blissful yet imprisoning dreaming . Similarly , the Gallery appear to be cast off a comparable effect on Wally , rendering him entrapped in a state of tranquility that no amount of speed can liberate him from . Wallyrisks incur himself willingly ensnared within the Gallery ’s pleasant clutches , make it one ofThe Flash’sgreatest looming threats .
The Flash # 4is available now from DC Comics .
The Flash # 4 ( 2023 )
