Another Flashpoint for the Flash?
Crisis on Infinite Earths set the precedent.
Now every time there is a crossover or major comic event, it seems poor Flash’s life is in danger - even one entire Flash later after the death of Barry Allen!
It doesn’t help matters for current Flash Bart Allen (Barry’s grandson) that Barry himself is on a shrinking list of dead comic book characters who haven’t come back yet.
Bucky? Back. Jason Todd? Back. Heck, most of the Silver Age Justice League like Green Arrow and Hal Jordan have already 
been previously restored.
For Countdown, IGN has received an image of the Flash lying face down on his own crumbling stone title (very Eisner-esque) surronded by foes like Captain Cold, Heatwave, Mirror Master and Weather Wizard. Yet a previous teaser shows two of these villains - Pied Piper and Trickster - bound together by the arms and reads “Villains Defiant”. Clearly there’s more to this story than meets the eye.
I’ll keep an eye on Countdown. I’m actually curious to see how the weekly series pans out, especially after the hit-or-miss and vastly experimental 52.
Is Countdown ticking down to Flash’s fate? Only time - and about fifty more issues - will tell.
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