- Semi-jossed, semi-confirmed. Convergence confirmed that New Earth Gotham City was removed from Earth by Brainiac just before Flashpoint happened, and therefore it continued to exist independently of the Flashpoint timeline and the New 52. However, DC Rebirth reiterated that New Earth became the New 52 Earth as a result of the events of Flashpoint.
Thomas Wayne - Batman - will ultimately become The Flash. And as the Flash, the responsibility will fall to him to stop Reverse Flash and set things right, which will be pulled off in a heroic sacrifice that echoes what Barry Allen did to stop the Anti-Monitor in the original Crisis on Infinite Earths. Ultimately, though, his efforts won't fix things entirely, since he's not actually supposed to be The Flash, which is what will result in the DC reboot.
This also explains why we got narration from Wayne instead of Flash at the beginning of the first issue - it's a case of bait and switch hero. While the comic is called Flashpoint, Barry Allen Flash isn't meant to be the true main character, and was killed off trying to replicate the experiment that gave him his powers.
With Barry dead, and Thomas driven by his claim that Bruce is supposed to be alive instead of him, will turn into The Flash in his effort to make things right.
- Jossed. Barry managed to re-enact his Super Hero Origin - on the second attempt - to become that world's Flash, which never was. And while it's indeed Thomas who offs the Reverse-Flash in the end, he stayed as the Batman until the end. And the reboot of the proper timeline is actually DC, Wildstorm and Vertigo joining together to fight a bigger threat - as yet unrevealed.
If the timeline has been altered so drastically, then how has this effected the New Gods, and the seven Endless? Both have had many interactions with the people of Earth over the years, the Endless specifically. If events were altered so, does that mean the New Gods are still alive? Is Dream still Morpheus? Was he ever captured in the 20th Century? Did Desire ever rape Unity Kinkaid? And is Destiny aware of how vast reality has been changed, and for that matter, how does he feel about it?
- I am not versed enough in the New Gods to speculate on them. As for for the Endless this is likely just Tuesday. In the Sandman series we see two parallel universes indirectly: the story about Prez and the cats' dream. In Action Comics Death meets Lex Luthor while he is trying to study Black Lantern energy. Her response to to the whole Black Lantern event? Eh, some overtime. People always are dying. It is a little strange undead are killing extra people, but several times more than that would have died naturally on Earth alone even without the Black Lanterns. People came back from the dead? Eh, they'll die again :). Eternal Bliss given to the universe with the halting of all death? Ahh, so this is what a vacation feels like. Oops, death is happening again, back to work. I think some of the Endless might get worked up a bit, but in the grand scheme it is just an annoyance.
- There's a likelihood that either New Genesis and Apokolips managed to keep clear from the Blackest Night, or it may have got one of them or even both. And now with Abin Sur becoming the White Entity's champion after being discharged from the Green Lantern Corps essentially for trying to help Earth, he might have started working to take Nekron down - though, in comparison to the main universe's Blackest Night, that's some work he got ahead of him.
- That might be a possibility, but another likely theory is...
What I'm trying to say is that the Hot Pursuit in Kid Flash Lost won't be Barry... but Wally, the nephew of Hot Pursuit who has taken up the role after the death of his uncle. Now, as for post-Flashpoint? There will be a Flash in the Justice League and there will be a Flash in the Flash monthly. AFAIK, the J.L. Flash & the one in the Flash monthly wear different, even if so slightly, uniforms. So my theory is that Barry will be the Justice League Flash and Wally the titular speedster in Flash or vise-versa.
- Well, part of my theory is Jossed: Hot Pursuit is really Patty Spivot, who stole the equipment of the murdered Alternate Barry.
- With the reboot, Barry returning to being the primary Flash, Bart Allen now being a part of the Speed Force and all, one might even assume that Wally will return to being Kid Flash - though he'd have to be de-aged for that...
- Confirmed: A race-lifted teenage Wally has been introduced.
- And the original Wally is back soon after.
- With the reboot, Barry returning to being the primary Flash, Bart Allen now being a part of the Speed Force and all, one might even assume that Wally will return to being Kid Flash - though he'd have to be de-aged for that...
- Jossed: It's not Bruce. It's Martha.
- O.P. Here. THAT completely surprised the hell out of me. That was actually... a better twist than my idea. Props to Brian & Geoff, they actually got me.
- Death won't do anything-the DC Universe sees death as an inconvenience, and the Reverse Flash came back from the dead. He'll end up causing his own undoing, and wipe himself from history.
- Confirmed-Zoom gets stabbed by Flashpoint!Batman.