Official Comic Reading Order

The Flash: Speed Force Legacy & Flashpoint

Universe: DC | Length: Approx. 50 Issues | Difficulty: Beginner Friendly

Unlock the mysteries of the Speed Force: Wally West's emotional prime, Barry Allen's resurrection, and the timeline fracture of Flashpoint.

Chronological Reading Pathway (3 Steps)

STEP 1 • Wally West's Prime 1993

The Return of Barry Allen

Writer/Artist: Mark Waid & Greg LaRocque | Key Antagonist: Eobard Thawne (Professor Zoom)

Barry Allen seemingly returns from the dead after Crisis, but his erratic, violent behavior forces Wally West to step out of his mentor's shadow.

STEP 2 • The True Return 2009

The Flash: Rebirth

Writer/Artist: Geoff Johns & Ethan Van Sciver | Key Antagonist: Reverse-Flash (Negative Speed Force)

Barry Allen escapes the Speed Force into the modern era, discovering that Reverse-Flash has altered his past to murder his mother Nora Allen.

STEP 3 • Reality Shattered 2011

Flashpoint

Writer/Artist: Geoff Johns & Andy Kubert | Key Antagonist: Temporal Paradox & Eobard Thawne

Barry saves his mother, awakening in a dystopian world where Thomas Wayne is a gun-toting Batman and Earth is collapsing into an apocalyptic World War III.