In the latest issue of The Flash, Barry Allen and Wally West easily defeated three main villains, illustrating how powerful they really are.
WARNING: The following contains spoilers for The Flash # 768 by Jeremy Adams, Brandon Peterson, Marco Santucci, David Lafuente, Mike Atiyeh, Arif Prianto, Luis Guerrero and Steve Wands, now on sale.
Since Barry Allen returned, Flash fans have debated whether he or his successor Wally West is the best hero and the fastest real man alive. This division has intensified since Wally became involved in controversial stories that have contaminated his legacy in recent years, starting with Heroes in Crisis. But while there can always be a sense of competition between them now, one of their recent adventures has shown how powerful the two Flashes can be when they work together while defeating two dangerous Superman enemies with ease, and even launched one of the deadliest enemies as a bonus.
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At the The Flash # 768 Wally and Barry run at their maximum speeds so that the latter can sever the former’s connection to the Speed Force so that he can safely retire. While doing so, they quickly defeat and arrest three supervillains before the wrongdoers realize what is going on. The three villains are Bloodsport, Metallo and Orm, the Ocean Master. These villains pose difficult threats for Superman and Aquaman, so the ease with which the Flashes defeated them highlights their immense power and skill.
The most famous character to use the name Bloodsport is Robert DuBois, known for shooting Superman with a kryptonite needle that did serious damage to the Man of Steel. Driven insane by an obsession with the Vietnam War, DuBois was recruited by Lex Luthor for a plan to assassinate Superman. Luthor provided him with an extensive arsenal that he also used to massacre dozens of civilians in Metropolis. The Bloodsport that Wally and Barry defeated appears to be DuBois.
The Metallo identity was used by many different characters, but the best known is John Corben, traditionally portrayed as some type of criminal before an accident almost killed him. Corben is transformed into a cyborg with Kryptonite-powered technology that makes him an especially dangerous threat to Superman and other Kryptonian heroes.
Orm is the half brother of Arthur Curry / Aquaman, although his origins have been changed several times throughout his history to better match Arthur’s current portrait. As Ocean Master, Orm plans to take the throne of his brother’s Atlantis and he is arguably Aquaman’s most significant and iconic enemy, rivaled only by Black Manta.
Barry and Wally are nowhere near as strong as Superman or Aquaman, so the fact that they were able to defeat enemies that turned out to be so dangerous to them is proof of how significant the power of super speed is.
However, it should be noted that your colleagues are vulnerable to these characters in ways that the Flashes are not, which may explain why the last heroes handled them so efficiently. Bloodsport and Metallo’s Kryptonite adapt them specifically to fight the Kryptonians more than any other heroes, and while fighting Orm, Aquaman can be distracted by the complex emotions that come from fighting the family, which Wally and Barry don’t have to deal with. .
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