Barry Allen's Mad Max variant gets the spotlight in the next issue of The Flash.
The Flash #783 began the title's arc tie-in to Dark Crisis, an event set after the "Death of the Justice League." Barry went missing months before the League died though, and was blasted into a dreamworld by Pariah in Infinite Frontier #6. Flash Wally West and his allies are now searching for Barry throughout the Speed Force, with Jesse Quick and Max Mercury landing on an Earth where their friend has become a wasteland racer as opposed to the classic Scarlet Speedster.
A preview for the following issue, The Flash #784 by writer Jeremy Adams and artist Amancay Nahuelpan, reveals more about this Barry's world and his mission to save it. Similar to the post-apocalyptic Mad Max film franchise, the Earth has been a wasteland for 10 years since the "Fraction" arrived, according to Barry, who says that they destroyed the world and everything he loved. The racer is being chased by a gang of motorists when Jesse and Max arrive, and the resulting conflict shows that this Barry is more lethal than his heroic counterpart, attacking his foes with grenades, rocket launchers and possessing loads of ammunition in the trunk of his muscle car.
THE FLASH #784
- Written by JEREMY ADAMS
- Art by AMANCAY NAHUELPAN
- Cover by TAURIN CLARKE
- Variant cover by BENGAL
- $3.99 US | 32 pages
- Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
- ON SALE 7/19/22
- The search for Barry Allen! Wally and Wallace have arrived on the planet Pariah has trapped Barry on—but it’s not quite a happy reunion among the Flashes. The Dark Crisis tie-in storyline continues!
Though Jesse and Max stumble upon the wrong Barry in the issue, they are not the only ones. There were three possible Barry Allens that the Flash Family needed to vet in the Speed Force to find its own, with Wally West's children -- Jai and Irey -- stumbling upon what seems to be a Batman/Flash hybrid (and it's not Red Death from Dark Knights: Metal). Only Wally and Wallace West wind up on the correct Earth holding their Barry, accompanied by Silver Age humor and art made to look like older comic books.
What Is Happening in Dark Crisis Beyond The Flash?
The Flash's "Search for Barry Allen" will be a three-issue arc, though readers will have to wait and see how exactly it ties into the rest of Dark Crisis. While Wally tracks down his mentor, writer Joshua Williamson and artist Daniel Sampere's event sees Deathstroke waging war on all of Earth's heroes in the Justice League's absence, but it is really Pariah (who killed the League and banished Barry) pulling the villain's strings. While "The Search for Barry Allen" ends in August, the main Dark Crisis series and all tie-ins will run throughout Dec. 2022.
The Flash #784 is written by Adams with art by Nahuelpan, colors by Jeremy Cox, letters by Rob Leigh, main cover art by Taurin Clarke and a variant cover by Bengal. The issue goes on sale July 19 from DC Comics.
Source: DC Comics