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

2. Batman Cries!

Batman Crying Bruce Wayne Flashpoint
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No, the Caped Crusader didn’t shed a tear because of the New 52 (although some of us were driven to the verge of tears by some of the bumbled attempts at reimagining some of our favourite heroes and villains), but we actually got to see the Dark Knight display an emotional level of which we’d never previously seen.

By now, of course, this was a Batman that was indeed Bruce Wayne. Barry had reset the timeline (ish) and had a gift for Bruce – a letter from his dear old dad, Thomas Wayne.

This was an emotionally striking and poignant moment to witness as a reader, and it got even more dusty in the room when we got to see the notoriously unemotional Bruce Wayne shed a tear. And with that, there was not a dry eye in the house.

Throughout history, Bruce is someone who simply never truly lets anyone see his emotions, even the very few people who he actually lets get anywhere near close to him. To see this moment play out on the page, though, was one of the most memorable moments of the entire Flashpoint arc.

Could a TV Flashpoint arc in The Flash maybe have something similar happen to, say, Oliver Queen? Given how both of his parents are dead and that The CW's DC realm has no Batman, crazier things have happened.

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