Chapter Summaries

Barry Allen woke in an unfamiliar version of his life, where he had lost the Speed Force and Nora Allen was alive. He learned that his father was dead and Themyscira and Atlantis were at war, leaving him unsure what had happened to this world or the Justice League.

• Barry fell on the police station steps and discovered he could no longer access the Speed Force.
• Nora Allen appeared and told Barry he had promised to spend her birthday with her.
• Nora said Barry's father had died of a heart attack three years earlier, contradicting Barry's memories of his father in prison.
• Nora told Barry that Themyscira and Atlantis were at war after Diana and Arthur lost their mothers and wives, respectively.
• Barry realized his fellow heroes were enemies in a world where the Justice League had not stopped the conflict.

Barry discovered that he had lost the Speed Force and landed in a world without the Justice League, where Atlantis and Themyscira were waging a devastating war. After learning that Bruce Wayne had died as a child and his father Thomas had become a murderous Batman, Barry booked a trip to Gotham to seek Thomas’s help.

• Barry left dinner with Nora and confirmed that he could no longer access the Speed Force.
• Barry searched for Superman, Cyborg, and Green Lantern and found that they were ordinary people rather than heroes.
• Barry saw news of Atlantis’s attack on Europe and Themyscira’s takeover of London, then searched for Batman.
• Barry learned that Bruce Wayne had been killed in Crime Alley and that Thomas Wayne had become a violent Batman who killed Gotham’s criminals.
• Barry decided to ask Thomas for help and booked a ticket to Gotham.

Barry Allen found Thomas Wayne at the abandoned Wayne Manor and asked him for help stopping the war between Atlantis and Themyscira. Thor revealed that Barry’s attempt to save his mother had created this reality, then offered to help if Barry could prove his worth.

• Barry traveled to Gotham and found Wayne Manor abandoned, then called out for Batman and was knocked unconscious by an attacker.
• Thomas Wayne questioned Barry in the Batcave, and Barry explained that he came from another universe where Bruce Wayne was Batman.
• After Barry described the world he knew, Thomas cut him free and revealed that two other visitors were in the cave.
• Thor told Barry that his decision to save his mother had caused the events of this universe, leaving Barry overwhelmed with guilt.
• Thor said he could help Barry set things right if Barry proved his ability, then asked whether Barry remembered how he gained his power.

Thor proposed recreating the accident that gave Barry Allen his powers by exposing him to lightning and chemicals. He suggested Death Tetiyu could revive Barry if the attempt killed him, leaving Barry terrified but clinging to a glimmer of hope.

• Thor told Barry to recreate the lightning strike and chemical accident that had given him his powers.
• Thomas Wayne led Thor, Barry, and Death Tetiyu to the rooftop of Wayne Manor, where he mocked the plan.
• Death Tetiyu asked Thor what the Flashpoint Universe he knew was like, and Thor refused to explain.
• Thor said Death Tetiyu could revive Barry after each fatal lightning strike until he gained the Speed Force.
• Death Tetiyu called Thor a devil, then looked compassionately at the trembling Barry.

Thor and Thomas Wayne repeatedly electrocuted Barry Allen while Death Tetiyu revived him, as Thor studied her powers. Reverse-Flash Thawne secretly sent Barry a trace of Speed Force, and Barry finally regained his powers and became the Flash.

• Barry begged Thor and Thomas Wayne to find another way to stop the war, but Thor ordered Thomas to secure him in the electric chair.
• Thor struck Barry with lightning while Thomas’s chemicals splashed over him, and Death Tetiyu revived him after each death.
• Thor and Thomas repeated the electrocution and revival cycle until Thawne, watching from afar, secretly sent Barry a trace of Speed Force.
• Thor grasped the basics of Death Tetiyu’s Laws of Death, Reincarnation, and the End while observing her revive Barry.
• Barry erupted with golden lightning, destroyed the electric chair, and was reborn as the Flash.

Barry recovered from Thor and Death Tetiyu’s repeated deaths and resurrections, then realized his speed could help stop the war he had caused. Thomas revealed that Superman was imprisoned in a Russian base, and the chapter ended with Thomas asking Thor and Death Tetiyu what they were.

• Barry complained to Thomas about Thor and Death Tetiyu repeatedly killing him, and learned they had also brought Thomas back to life.
• Death Tetiyu admitted she had enjoyed tormenting Barry, while Thor blamed Barry for the war and challenged him to use his speed against Diana and Arthur.
• Barry realized he could disarm or restrain Diana and Arthur before they could fight back, but decided they needed Superman and more firepower.
• Thomas gave Barry a file revealing that Superman, known as Subject One, was imprisoned and experimented on in an underground Russian base.
• Barry prepared to head for Siberia, while Thomas asked Thor and Death Tetiyu whether he should call them gods.

Thor, Death, Barry, and Thomas flew toward Russia to rescue a prisoner, but Thor discovered that the captive was Supergirl rather than Superman. General Zod then broadcast an ultimatum demanding Earth hand her over within one day.

• Thomas dismissed Barry's questions about the Batplane and said they would travel by his private jet.
• Thor sensed that the military had imprisoned Kara Zor-El, Supergirl, in a Siberian bunker.
• Thomas, Barry, Thor, and Death flew toward Russia in Thomas's jet.
• Zod hijacked electronic screens worldwide and threatened to invade Earth unless it returned one of his people within a day.

After General Zod’s broadcast threatened the group with an overwhelming Kryptonian force, Thor gave Barry Allen kryptonite daggers and helped Thomas Wayne gain a Yellow Lantern Ring. The newly empowered Thomas prepared to fight, while Tetiyu grew curious about Thor’s command of cosmic laws.

• Barry Allen panicked over the threat of the Kryptonians and begged Thor to help, so Thor gave him two kryptonite daggers.
• Thor pointed to Thomas Wayne as another possible helper, and Thomas declared that he could kill at least one person for every second he was alive.
• Thor amplified Thomas’s fear of Bruce’s death, and a Yellow Lantern Ring arrived and selected Thomas for the Sinestro Corps.
• Thomas put on the ring, transformed his Batsuit into yellow armor, and demonstrated his ability to create fear-based constructs.
• Tetiyu recognized Thor’s use of the Emotional Spectrum and became increasingly interested in his ability to master cosmic laws.

Thor and Tetiyu discussed his interference in the Flashpoint Universe and whether he could keep it separate from another universe. After Thomas Wayne and Barry Allen returned with a dying girl, Wonder Woman attacked their plane.

• Thomas Wayne used his Yellow Lantern Ring to take Barry Allen from the plane to rescue a girl.
• Tetiyu questioned Thor about giving people powers and bringing Asgardian artifacts to Earth-12, and warned she would interfere if he tried to separate the universes.
• Thor joked that Tetiyu collected vintage floppy hats and kept two goldfish, and she teased him about being attracted to her.
• Thomas Wayne returned with Barry and a dying black-haired girl, whom Barry said had been imprisoned and experimented on by the military.
• Wonder Woman struck the plane's right wing with the Sword of Hephaestus.

Thomas Wayne defeated Diana and captured her aboard the aircraft while Thor reflected on how the DC universe treated superheroes better than Marvel. Thor then warned Barry that Batman would be unbeatable if he had superpowers.

• Barry guessed that Diana was attacking them to capture a Kryptonian as a hostage against General Zod.
• Thomas blocked Diana's Sword of Hephaestus with a shield of yellow fear energy and flew out to fight her.
• Thor told Tetiyu that superheroes received more public support in DC than in Marvel.
• Thomas hurled Diana into the cabin, defeated her, and left her weapons on the floor.
• Barry tied Diana up with the Lasso of Truth, and Thor warned him that Batman would be unbeatable if he had superpowers.

Thor arranged special training for Barry and Kara in the Batcave, temporarily cutting Barry off from the Speed Force and ordering them to last ten moves against Thomas Wayne. As Thor and Tetiyu left, Tetiyu warned that the universe’s future would remain tragic, while Diana continued to rage below.

• Barry questioned Thor’s claim that Batman could become more dangerous than the heroes by gaining their powers, then asked how they would stop the conflicts involving Themyscira and Atlantis.
• Thor insisted that they eat first, and the group held dinner in the Batcave while Diana remained bound and gagged.
• After dinner, Thor told Barry that heroes had to master their own powers and created a time-distorted training area where ten years would pass for every minute outside.
• Thor severed Barry’s connection to the Speed Force and told him and the awakened Kara to last ten moves against Thomas Wayne.
• Thomas immediately attacked Barry as Thor and Tetiyu left, and Tetiyu warned Thor that the universe’s future would still be tragic.

Thor restored Barry Allen’s Speed Force and sent Kara to absorb a yellow sun’s energy for a hundred years so she could gain the power to kill Zod. Barry then received a call from his mother, Nora Allen, reporting an attack before the call ended in an explosion, and he vanished in a burst of golden lightning.

• Tetiyu told Thor that Bruce Wayne was investigating nth metal, and Thor realized the Prime Universe was approaching the Dark Nights crisis.
• Thomas Wayne returned to the Batcave with an injured Barry and Kara, and Barry dodged Thor’s thrown apple with exceptional fighting instincts.
• Thor restored Barry’s Speed Force and took Kara to a yellow sun, where he accelerated time so she could absorb its energy for a hundred years.
• Nora Allen called Barry and warned that people from Atlantis and Themyscira had come to kill them before an explosion cut off the call.
• Barry roared in anguish, burst into golden lightning, and disappeared while Thomas Wayne looked on.

Barry Allen arrived in war-torn Central City and saved Nora Allen from a group of Amazon Warriors, disabling them without killing them. Nora recognized his silhouette and asked if he was Barry.

• Nora Allen rescued an injured little girl and carried her through Central City's ruins.
• Nora drew an Amazon Warrior away from the girl, but several warriors surrounded her and prepared to kill her.
• Barry Allen sped in and shattered the warriors' wrists, stopping their attack without killing them.
• Nora recognized Barry's familiar silhouette and asked if he was really there.

Barry Allen reunited with Nora and stopped the Atlantean and Amazon assault on Central City, but General Zod arrived with a fleet and demanded that Diana be handed over. As Kryptonians fell toward the city, Thomas Wayne flew up alone to confront them while Barry and the others were ordered to evacuate civilians.

• Barry revealed himself to Nora, reunited with her, and carried her and an injured girl to Thomas Wayne for safety.
• Barry crippled the Atlantean and Amazon attackers across Central City, then disarmed Arthur Curry and broke his limbs to stop him.
• General Zod took over electronic screens worldwide and gave the world twelve hours to surrender Diana, threatening Central City with destruction.
• Dozens of Kryptonians leapt from Zod's spaceship and fell toward Central City.
• Thomas Wayne, wearing a yellow Batsuit with wings of light, charged toward the Kryptonians while Barry, Shazam, and Cyborg prepared to evacuate civilians.

Thomas Wayne fought General Zod while Barry Allen, Shazam, and Cyborg evacuated civilians and battled the remaining Kryptonians in Central City. Thomas fell back to Earth gravely wounded and told Barry it was his time.

• Barry Allen ordered Cyborg and Shazam to evacuate the civilians and trust Thomas Wayne.
• Thomas killed or wounded most of the Kryptonian vanguard with his Kryptonite sword and Yellow Lantern constructs.
• General Zod attacked Thomas, absorbed the Sun's power, and grew stronger when Thomas's fear energy struck him.
• Barry used a Kryptonite dagger to disable the Kryptonians while Shazam and Cyborg were overwhelmed.
• Zod knocked Thomas into a crater, where Thomas urged Barry to take over.

General Zod overwhelmed Barry Allen and the heroes, but Barry wounded him with a Kryptonite dagger before being left helpless. Just as Zod prepared to kill Barry, Kara Zor-El arrived and sent Zod crashing underground.

• Zod ordered the surviving Kryptonians to evacuate their wounded and search for Kara Zor-El, then attacked Barry and Thomas Wayne with Heat Vision.
• Cyborg and Shazam attacked Zod, but Zod tore Cyborg apart and beat Shazam back into Billy Batson.
• Barry rescued Billy and fought Zod, but Zod froze one of Barry’s legs and broke the other after Barry stabbed him with a Kryptonite dagger.
• Zod pulled out the dagger and began healing as he approached the immobile Barry, while Nora Allen and people around the world watched in despair.
• Kara Zor-El struck Zod from the sky, driving him deep underground, then told Barry to stand back and leave Zod to her.

Kara confronted General Zod over Carl's death, defeated him, and destroyed the Kryptonian spaceship. Thor healed Barry and the others, then explained that Kara had grown so powerful after spending a hundred years basking in the Sun.

• General Zod emerged from the crater and revealed that Carl had died, prompting Kara to attack him.
• Kara struck Zod three times, then vaporized him with her Heat Vision.
• Kara destroyed the Kryptonian Spaceship with her Heat Vision, erasing Krypton's final threat.
• Thor and Death Tetiyu appeared beside Barry, and Thor healed Barry, Thomas Wayne, Billy Batson, and Cyborg.
• Thor told Barry that he had made Kara bask in the Sun in space for a hundred years.

Barry Allen confronted the cost of undoing his altered timeline, said goodbye to Nora, and returned to his original world after Thomas Wayne killed Reverse-Flash. He delivered Thomas’s letter to Bruce, then discovered that Thor had brought Nora to his apartment.

• Thor explained that Reverse-Flash’s siphoning of the Speed Force would prevent Barry from resetting the timeline, while Nora revealed she already knew the truth about her fate.
• Reverse-Flash arrived in the Batcave, but Kara froze him, and Thomas Wayne shot him when Barry hesitated to kill him.
• Barry said goodbye to Nora and ran to restore the timeline as his created world collapsed; Thor, Kara, and Death Tetiyu disappeared.
• Barry returned to Gotham, delivered Thomas’s letter to Bruce Wayne, and then vanished again.
• Barry arrived home in Central City and found Nora waiting in his apartment, saying Thor had brought her there.

On a ruined Earth, Barry Allen stopped Raven from killing herself and asked her to help him use time travel to undo the apocalypse. Raven agreed to anchor him as he attempted to travel two years into the past and prevent the disaster.

• Raven tried to stab herself by the Thames, but the maimed Barry Allen caught her wrist.
• Barry told Raven that Superman, Wonder Woman, Cyborg, and the other Justice League members had died, and that he intended to reset the timeline rather than save the ruined world.
• Barry explained that he had survived Darkseid's attack and built a Cosmic Treadmill from salvaged parts, but his failed attempts to reach the necessary speed had cost him his legs.
• Barry asked Raven to use her otherworldly soul as an anchor to keep him from losing himself in time, and Raven agreed to help him.

Barbara Gordon and Kate Kane used their last Kryptonite bullet to kill two Doomsday monsters, but five more surrounded them. A mysterious figure in Superman’s red cape saved them with super-breath, leaving the women wondering whether Superman had returned.

• Barbara Gordon and Kate Kane split up, killed the pursuing Parademons, and worked together to lure two Doomsday monsters into the Kryptonite bullet’s path.
• Kate Kane fired their last Kryptonite bullet through one Doomsday monster’s skull and into the other’s heart, killing both.
• Five more Doomsday monsters appeared, surrounding the exhausted Barbara Gordon and Kate Kane as they prepared to fight to the death.
• A figure in a red cape arrived, froze the five Doomsday monsters with cold breath, and shattered them with a second breath.
• Kate Kane and Barbara Gordon recognized the figure’s cape and asked whether Superman had returned.