The Flash
word of advice : contains spoilers forFlash # 775 !
The Fastest Man Alive is about to face DC ’s greatest detective , asThe Flash # 778sees Wally West go up against Bobo T. Chimpanzee , akaDetective Chimp . The two will meet as Wally attempts to act with the Justice League Dark and Amethyst to defeat theterrifying villain Eclipso , but it seems that before Flash can take on the villain , he ’s going to have to fight his friends .
First appearing in 1952’sAdventures of Rex the Wonder Dog # 4 , Detective Chimp is a tiptop - intelligent primate more often than not held to be even Batman ’s ranking as an tec , partly because his strange position allows him to fully consider possibility the more ordered Dark Knight ca n’t live with . This alone outlook led Bobo to join Wonder Woman ’s Justice League Dark , facilitate the squad to battle the Upside - Down Man and the Batman Who Laughs , and ultimately inheriting the Sword of Night and the duty to protect the mystical land of Myrra .
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It ’s no surprise that Flash will be team up with a brainiac of Bobo ’s stature , as Eclipso is a vast terror . late issues have examine a magical glaive fall to Earth , attracting DC ’s most despicable villains and awakening hatred in the populace of Central City . InFlash # 775 , it turned out that Eclipso had been lag within the weapon system , possessing the energy vampire Starbreaker as part of a novel plan to confiscate power ( one which seems to fit into Darkseid ’s larger plans , as Eclipso and the Upside - Down serviceman were both among thevillainsInfinite Frontier # 6set up as major playersin DC ’s newfangled era . ) Now , DC ’s January solicitations unwrap thatFlash # 778(from Jeremy Adams , Fernando Pasarin , and Matt Ryan ) will see Flash hie to thwart Eclipso , with Brandon Peterson ’s masking showing he ’ll have to avoid being savaged by Detective Chimp to do it .
It seems that with reference of the second property and Gemworld , Eclipso has large plans , and Flash may be the key to stopping them . The most late proceeds ended with a beat-up and bruise Doctor Fate dragging Flash through a portal , asking for Wally ’s assistance and differentiate him the fate of the universe is in his hands . It ’s possible this is because of Flash ’s immunity to Eclipso ’s corruption , as theglaive that drove everyone elseto their darkest ego failed to affect Wally , since he has no desire to larn more power .
Recent tale would intimate Detective Chimp would feel the same - he did n’t even want the Sword of Night - but Bobo ’s reason is both a blessing and a condemnation , and it ’s easy to see how his hunger for noesis might produce a sense of ambition that Eclipso can exploit . How Wally will survive a potentially spoil Justice League Dark - each more powerful , if not more immediately terrific , thanDetective Chimp- is n’t clear , and buff will have to wait until January 18 whenThe flashing # 778hits physical and digital retailers to see out .
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