#knight terrors: the flash

[ufonaut]

"My heart stopped, but my will... it just wouldn't quit. Pretty sure that's why the League posted me up here. Who'd want this moldering old kisser plastered all over kids' lunch boxes, hmm?"

"Hal, I'm so sorry."

"Ah, don't be. Carol always said I could never let anything go."

Hal Jordan in Knight Terrors: The Flash (2023) #1

(Alex Paknadel, Daniel Bayliss)

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Out this week: Various Knight Terrors miniseries (DC, $3.99/4.99 each):

This week five more Knight Terror miniseries wrap up, bringing the Flash, Green Lantern, Sinestro, Mary Marvel, and two Robins — Tim Drake and Jason Todd — face to face with their worst nightmares. Plus, an awake Zatanna must contend with a Robotman who has been drafted to the dark side and been transformed into one of the Sleepless Knights.

See what else is arriving at your local comic shop this week.

[evilhorse]

Who’d want this moldering old kisser plastered all over kids’ lunchboxes, hmmm?

(Knight Terrors: The Flash #1)

[tacagen]

WHY IS NOBODY TALKING ABOUT HOW THIS SUCKER NOT ONLY GOT A NEW DESIGN BUT FUCKING DIED AGAIN EXACTLY 3 PAGES LATERRR

[chocolateteapotsvis]

Let's talk about Knight Terrors! But only the Flash (and a little of the Green Lantern) one shot, because we're here for the Halbarry content.

Spoilers for Knight Terrors: The Flash #1, and some discussion of the event in general. And also warnings for some minor gore (Hal's not looking so hot, as you know if you saw the pages) and spoilers from Final Night (from 1996, so you probably know them already)

Also, from the snippet about the Hal/Barry team up in Green Lantern #4 announcement, I don't think this is meant to tie in with that, but I guess we'll see when the issue comes out!

So! Context! The basic idea of the event is that a villain has trapped everyone in their own personal nightmares, tailor made from their deepest fears. Barry's story focuses around him trying to help an injured Kid Flash Wally, while slowly realizing that there's something very wrong with the world he's in. He goes to the Watchtower to use the Cosmic Treadmill to go back to the moment Wally was injured, and instead is met with this:

So, I kind of love this. It's Barry's dream, and his lack of reaction to Hal's appearance makes sense in that context. The entire scene feels less nightmarish and more melancholic, and reads to me as Barry's own regret about not being there through Parallax and Final Night (or just in general). But despite just traveling through a nightmare world that made him question his own actions and acknowledging their mortality, Barry trusts that they'll have more time to address his regrets without blame or resentment.

And then, immediately after Hal comments how he doesn't know when to let things go, he helps Barry go back in time. Hal trusts Barry's judgement, and Barry knows he can count on that, even when everything else in the world is wrong.

And then there's all the little details, like Hal's Boomer vocab calling back to their Silver Age adventures, Barry recognizing Hal by his signature boring constructs, how Barry doesn't think twice about asking for Hal's help despite his condition and Hal being able to make something as incredibly complex as a working Cosmic Treadmill no problem, how Barry only asks everyone else for information until he finds Hal...

Also, I can't help but wondering if Hal's "Didn't anyone tell you what happened?" is a callback to the League not bothering to tell Hal when Barry died. Between that and Hal's comment about no one coming to visit him, I wonder how Barry feels about how the rest of the League treats Hal.

(Though it's pretty funny, that, from a straight reading of the scene, you could come away thinking Barry's sorry that Hal's face no longer features on League merch)

Honestly, I'd forgotten about the "attacked by your fears" part until writing this up, but it works for Barry on that level too: failing the people closest to him in a world that doesn't make sense. The introduction of the story was how Barry grounds himself in facts and the people around him, and Barry's continued struggle even as those things are ripped away (sometimes by his own doing) was really heartening, despite the nightmare and the cliffhanger.

Even outside the Halbarry moments, Knight Terrors: The Flash is a solid stand alone. I loved Barry's introspection about how he sees the world and the Speed Force, and his relationship with Iris. The introduction of the dream stuff works well even if you're not familiar with the larger event with the trippy visuals and the little things out of place, things Barry himself starts noticing throughout the story. Definitely recommend it, though with a warning for the level of gore that you'd probably expect from these pages and knowing that it's a nightmare world.

But it's a dream sequence, which means it's really open to interpretation! If you've got another read, I'd love to hear it!

The Green Lantern one is decent too, though probably better if you go in knowing that about half the issue is about Sinestro. The overall approach addresses Lanterns having a different relationship with fear than the average superhero. I really appreciated it, especially when so many comics forget that.

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Knight Terrors: The Flash #2 preview. Barry continues to run free of the terror, but something's gaining on him... #theflash #comics #comicbooks

[xysidhequeen]

Take your time of answering this. No rush 😊

I’m curious after Jason been knighted as a Red Knight and first dealing with the Flash Fam screwing up the flow of time… Again…

A Flash: messes up the timestream

Jason:

Now, keep in mind Jason had been fucking with the Flash Fam prior to being formally knighted. Being knighted as Fright Knight(or Red Knight in this case) just gives him a bit of a power up and also gives him a good deal of authority in the 'Realms.

Now what was really scary was the first time Jason went after a Flash fucking with the timestream while in his Red Knight armor.

Just. This hulking suit of armor and ghostly flames running at them like the Terminator and. They're the FLASH fam. They're supposed to be the fastest people around. Yet they can't outrun this full on armored tank of a being.

When he catches up to whichever Flash is responsible he just scruffs them like misbehaving kittens and shakes them.

"Stop. Fucking. With. Time. You. Little. Shit." And a few more shakes for good measure. And whichever Flash it is just nods meekly. Because what else are you gonna do when this man who is more built than Superman, faster than you, who is coated in black and red armor literally radiating flames picks you up like you weigh nothing more than a wet paper bag and scolds you like a puppy who piddled on the carpet?

You agree and then offer to buy him chilidogs. (All of the Flash Fams know the big tank dude likes chilidogs, the skinny eldritch nightmare likes burgers)

Danny and Jason are the Flash Fam's version of those scary sea stories sailors tell each other. They're what goes bump in the night.

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monstrous league Knight Terrors #1 art by Caspar Wijngaard

[ufonaut]

But he didn't get mad. He just gave me this look... either sad for me or for himself, I couldn't tell. "Barry," he said, "I hope this is something you'll never have to understand, but trust me on this... love is the opposite of choice."

Highlights of Hal Jordan in Knight Terrors: The Flash (2023) #2

(Alex Paknadel, Daniel Bayliss)

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Knight Terrors: The Flash #1 (DC, July 2023) main cover by Werther Dell’Edera

[evilhorse]

Oh, Barry…

(Knight Terrors: The Flash #2)

[peppergh0st]

Part 2 because there are so many covers that I just love so much!

[sukiekagamine-art]

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  Knight Terrors: The Flash #2 Preview: As Barry Allen plunges deeper into the Nightmare Realm, he’s confronted with his biggest fears and experiences some of the most shocking events that took place before his return! Barry continues to run free of the terror, but something’s gaining on him… Written by ALEK PAKNADEL Art by DANIEL BAYLISS Cover by WERTHER DELL’EDERA Variant covers by TAURIN…