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While defend Eclipso in Gemworld , theFlashgot some middling unexpected aid from the most powerful friend in existence - one who makes evenSupermanlook underpowered . This happens inThe Flash # 779 . The topic was write by Jeremy Adams with prowess from Fernando Pasarin , Matt Ryan and Brent Peeples .
of late , Wally West has take on over for Barry Allen as the main Flash of the DC Universe . After go on a prettycrazy fourth - paries breaking tripwith Doctor Fate , the Flash go in Gemworld and finds the Justice League Dark wait for him . They are there to lay off Eclipso from harnessing the realm ’s power and overspread his judgement - control influence over the entire universe .
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At one point , Eclipso becomes so powerful he takes over everyone in Gemworld , include the entire Justice League Dark . However , the Flash is immune to Eclipso ’s influence , even though he ca n’t figure out why . By the closing of the story , Flash gains some aid from his tyke and Animal Man ’s girl for stop Eclipso using a wizardly glaive , whose sudden appearance on Earth kickstarted this whole adventure . Once Eclipso is defeated , the Spectre arrives to reclaim the glaive and implies that it was thePresence - DC ’s version of God - who was watchingover the Flash and prevented him from being control by Eclipso .
Although the exact word " God " is never used , it is heavily implied by the character ' gestures and the context of the scene - not to mention Spectre ’s role as the godlike tone of vengeance - that the Almighty is who is being talked about . TheFlash even awkwardly points to the sky , indicating who he is concern to when talking with the Spectre . Eclipso is the former spirit of vengeance , having assist and then betrayed the Presence , so it wee sensation that DC ’s God would take a lineal handwriting in taking him down by cede Wally immunity to his vitiate powers . Still , even for a superhero , being forthwith granted young abilities directly by God is noteworthy .
In term of allies , none can be bigger than the theoretic Jehovah of the universe of discourse . DC and Marvel Comics are no strangers to disaffect and God - like beings having huge portion in the cosmic scale leaf of the population . But look up specifically to a monotheistic " God " is a whole other story . When thinking of powerful allies in the DC existence , Superman , with his strength , speed and invulnerability , almost universally fall to thinker , but not even the Man of Steel can help theFlashas effectively as the Presence itself .
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