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There is no denying thatSuperman , during hisInjusticetyranny , turn into pure evilness , but it ’s hard not to at least understand where he is fall from when reader watched the murder of Lois Lane andSuperman ’s tragic villain origin storyfirsthand . What becomes harder to empathize is how he ’s accumulate a devoted allegiance of following and comrades while still being clearly out of his intellect . peculiarly when one of his most devoted follower is the typically reasonable Barry Allen , a.k.a . The Flash .
Chapter 27 : Barry , featured inInjustice : Year Five # 14by Brian Buccellato and Tom Derenick , opens with a flashback of The Flash talking to Iris five years in the first place , in brief after Superman first killed the Joker following Lois Lane ’s execution . They both recognize Superman go too far in the moment , but Flash think that he still demand to"be there for him and help keep him in hinderance . “He promises Iris that he ’ll stand up to him if Superman ever goes down the wrong way and will never actually excuse his actions . Fast forward five old age afterwards , and Barry haswatched Superman go too farfor one-half of a decade now . He actually has the chance to fix everything by get back in time to give up the Man of Steel , per Batman ’s postulation , but Barry Allen turn down . His alibi ? He thinks this tyrannical world is what the citizens merit and they should just accept it .
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In five days , The Flash has fail to keep Superman in check like he promised he would . He ’s omit to hold the Man of Steel accountable for his many confutative , villainous actions . The Flash may not be thesame degree of evil that Superman stage , but being compliant in the face of villainy is a build of evil in itself .
It ’s not like Barry does n’t recognize what Superman has turn the world into is improper . Chapter 27 also featured an argument between Flash and Superman , after which the latter watched the former save Batman ’s life , knowing Batman and Superman are in the middle of a war with each other . That argument nearly went strong-arm when Supes almost adopt Flash ’s mind off , had the Fastest Man Alive not dodged it . In the middle of it all , Flash openly criticizes Superman for acting like an emperor with a growing torso reckoning . Flash makes it clear here he knows thatSuperman has become a problem , yet , despite his own ego - cognizance , continues to be a part of his team , and thus , part of the trouble .
There ’s no deny that Clark Kent has fallen far off the recondite end inInjustice , but at least readers can line what went wrong with Superman . He ’ll always have the alibi that he inadvertently caused the deaths of his wife and baby , which , toSuperman ’s credit , is n’t the worst excuse in the world to turn to villainy . The Flash fails to have such an excuse . The Flash ’s worst crime is his compliance against Superman and that may be even worse .
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