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Why hasn't WB tried a Flash move before?


After Batman and Superman, he's got to be the most popular DC hero right? And it's a simple premise. He runs fast.

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Such a simple premise, yet they've NEVER gotten it right. The comics are as guilty as the live versions, FWIW. It's the one creative property that. . .incredibly. . .continues to tell stories that steadfastly ignore the central idea.

Short version: the fact that he moves really, really, REALLY fast has to be ignored, in order to get through 90% of these stories. Even then, you have to grit your teeth.

Ah, well.

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He's a cop in his day job when he's not comic relief. I think people forget that, he could just be trying to solve a mystery when he's not doing superheroics.

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That would be one way to go. He's so overpowered I suppose it's hard for these guys to write realistic, challenging scenarios. . .so making a mystery the central driving force of the story would be smart.

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Or just go full Tarzan and have him visit Gorilla City and fight Grodd. It'd be different at least.

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Batman is op he literally beats everybody in his comics and is somehow ready for everything. Granted it was fanservice but he beat Hulk when Marvel and Dc did crossovers. I don't why they hate putting Batman in Danger.

Superman and any character like him is OP.

Just about every major comic character is op and depend on who writes them.

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Yeah, it's hilarious how characters are always written at a MUCH higher level in their own books. But as guest stars, they routinely get beaten.

Flash, tho. . .THAT guy has issues. Like I said, to give him *any* kind of problem, in *any* title, they essentially have to ignore his powerset. It's ridiculous.

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wonder woman is 3rd, green lantern is 4th

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