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Summary
I ’m formally calling it : the best poke inFlashFamily history has just been fuddle by none other than Linda Park - West . Though Wally West ’s wife does n’t traditionally have power , she more than realize the knock - out lick she threw against Abra Kadabra in a recent issue — especially after he quite literally broke her mind . Not even the Flash could beat this very one - sided competitiveness .
Linda Park - West throws her average right sweetener inThe Flash#9 by Simon Spurrier , Ramón Pérez , and Vasco Georgiev . A polar turning point in this run ’s on-going confederacy , Barry Allen discovers that asecret cabal of Flash rogueshad been work against the Flash Family from the darkness — includingAbra Kadabra , who had been breaking Linda ’s mind , draw her to feel a sort of aroused vacancy and distance from her family that ’s very unlike her character .
Pied Piper manages to break Abra ’s spell , andLinda gets her exceedingly garner retaliation against the villain who warped her mind and emotions . As much as I ’ve been beguile bythe expectant , unearthly scope of thisFlashrun , I ’ll admit I had my doubtfulness about Linda ’s worked up arc — but this punch more than made up for any business concern I had , founder Linda a moment of victory that ’s been a long fourth dimension come .
The Flash ’s Logos solves a perplexing mystery that shows he ’s not just ready to link up a team like the Teen Titans , he ’s ready to link the Justice League .
Linda Park-West Is More Than Just the Flash’s Wife
Panels fromThe Flash#1 by Simon Spurrier, Mike Deodato Jr., Trish Mulvihill, and Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou
On newspaper , I love the idea of an emotionally struggle mother getting the spot in a major superhero comedian . But in praxis , I was a bit worried , from the first issue , that the news report had so much expire on that the creative team would n’t be capable to do Linda ’s arc judge . She had recently reach birth to Wade and , frombeats establish inThe Flash#1,seemed to be struggling with postpartum Great Depression .
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This excited shift in Linda , while a very literal problem for raw mothers , was a immense departure for thenormally harmonious Flash Family , and that slip did n’t always sit around well with me as a fan , even if I trusted the natural ups and downs of superhero narratives . Her depression appear to exacerbate as the floor live on , creating a nerveless , unfeeling aloofness between Linda and Wally — one of the most beloved couples in DC account , and one of the few duo who managed to make a marriage work both narratively and as characters .
Linda Park-West Continues to Be an Essential Leader in the Flash Family
Linda Gets Her Moment of Triumph
Even as I was have them , I roll in the hay I could n’t entrust my doubts , and Spurrier and Pérez pulled through withone of the most purgative punches I ’ve ever seen in a superhero comic . I sleep with , intellectually , that history have to go low before they earn their moments of triumph , but somehow I forget how sweet those lows make the highs . Linda has long been one of the most complex female characters in the DC Universe , even among those who have superpower and sit on squad like the Justice League . Just because she ’s a " normal " wife and mother does n’t signify she ca n’t punch a supervillain ’s light out , especially one who injure her and her class .
Linda will do what she does best : be an anchor — a lightning rod , a gist — for her hubby and their full Flash Family .
The Flash Family ’s narration has continue on in the months since Linda threw her biff , and she has more than catch her mojo back . Now it ’s Wally ’s turn , as he ’s still lodge in the midriff of a major , cosmic job that may be him his mind and aroused health . But I ’m more certain than ever that Linda will do what she does best : be an keystone — a lightning rod , a center — for her married man and their entireFlashFamily . All the supervillains out there had better watch out — and never call on their backs to Linda Park - West .
The Flash#9is available now from DC Comics .
THE FLASH # 9 ( 2024 )
The Flash is the superhero name given to the DC Comics character who use unequalled speed tied to a dimensional great power known as the " speed force out " to overwhelm their opposition . Premiering in 1939 , the original Flash arrived as Jay Garrick . Still , it would be superseded by Barry Allen in popularity and featured status , but the Flash is one character that has encounter many of their substitute selves . The character is typically seen as a part of the Justice League in almost all incarnation .
The Flash is the superhero name given to the DC Comics character who utilizes unparalleled speed tied to a dimensional power known as the “speed force” to overwhelm their opposition. Premiering in 1939, the original Flash arrived as Jay Garrick. Still, it would be superseded by Barry Allen in popularity and featured status, but the Flash is one character that has met many of their alternate selves. The character is typically seen as a part of the Justice League in nearly all incarnations.
The Flash is the superhero name given to the DC Comics character who utilizes unparalleled speed tied to a dimensional power known as the “speed force” to overwhelm their opposition. Premiering in 1939, the original Flash arrived as Jay Garrick. Still, it would be superseded by Barry Allen in popularity and featured status, but the Flash is one character that has met many of their alternate selves. The character is typically seen as a part of the Justice League in nearly all incarnations.
