10 Most Shocking Betrayals In DC Comics
6. Barry Allen Reboots DC Continuity - Flashpoint
Geoff Johns’ Flash-centric swan song to the pre-New 52 DC Universe wasn’t quite what many readers had hoped for. From Bruce Wayne’s parents being Batman and the Joker to Wonder Woman doing battle with Aquaman to Captain Cold being a hero and Superman a top secret prisoner, the whole thing was rather bizarre even by Elseworlds standards.
Barry Allen finds himself in this weird new continuity, disoriented and understandably confused by the world around him. Suspecting hated nemesis Eobard Thawne as the architect of the new timeline, Allen faces his old foe and is devastated by the truth of the situation.
Allen himself is responsible for the new timeline having damaged reality itself with the Speed Force when he attempted to go back in time to stop Thawne from killing his mother. While anyone can understand wanting to save one’s own mother, Allen’s actions destroyed the DC Universe irreparably and cost millions of lives, including Bruce Wayne and Hal Jordan, who never even became a Green Lantern in this timeline.