The Flash Season 3: 15 Things You Need To Know About Flashpoint

All the key (flash)points about the comic arc ahead of the third season. 

by Andrew Pollard
The Flash Flashpoint
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The second season of The CW's The Flash is now in the books, and the season finale came to a close with Barry Allen going back in time to stop the death of his mother. For many longtime comic book fans, that moment set alarm bells ringing as to what possible ramifications that act will have for the Scarlet Speedster and those closest to him when the show returns.

With Grant Gustin having now confirmed that the Season 3 premiere will be titled Flashpoint, even further alarm bells were going off as that's effectively confirmation that the upcoming season of the Sultan of Speed-centric show will indeed be pulling from one of DC's most famous modern day arcs, also named Flashpoint.

In Flashpoint, Barry awakens in the present day and with an entirely different world around him. Firstly, his deceased mother Nora is alive and well, and then a whole host of events unravel as we find out that there has been a major shift in the timeline, sending shockwaves throughout the DC Universe.

Now that Season 3 of The CW's The Flash looks set to pull elements from the comic book Flashpoint, here's 15 things you need to know about this fan-favourite arc.

15. All Change For The Allens

The Flash Flashpoint
DC Comics

When Flashpoint begins, Barry Allen wakes up to what he believes is just another regular day. Little does the Scarlet Speedster know that all around him has changed.

The biggest immediate shocker to Barry is that his mother Nora is actually still alive. Considering how much of a huge impact on his life Nora’s death had, this is a total game-changer for the Fastest Man Alive. Well, apart from he’s no longer the Faster Man Alive, for another revelation is that Barry has absolutely no superpowers.

Another change-up is that Barry’s father Henry didn’t actually die in prison as was previously depicted, and he’d instead actually died of a heart attack supposedly three years before this strangely switched-up present day.

Sure, Barry may not have his powers and his father is still dead (albeit not having died in prison), but at least he’s got his long-dead mother back in his life. Everything’s great from here on out, surely? Well everything’s certainly “different”, is probably a better way to describe things.

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