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While the most celebrated 4th wall - breaker in comics is doubtless Marvel’sDeadpool , DC’sFlashis about to give the Merc with a Mouth a run for his money . One of the very few characters with the alone king of " comic knowingness " , Deadpool is acutely aware that he ’s a fictional character in a comic book , wholly at the clemency of his writer . But in The Flash # 776 , the same poweris grant to Wally West , via DC ’s equivalent of Doctor Strange : Doctor Fate .
Deadpool ab initio did n’t break the 4th wall at all ; he wascreated by fabled author / artist Rob Liefeldin 1991 as a simple soldier of fortune with twin katanas and a striking red - and - mordant costume design . It was n’t until the mid-2000s that other author collapse him his irreverent style of humor along with his touch ability to point out defect and foible in his own writing . He would even receipt the reader from time to time - but Doctor Fate goes one step farther , and actively calls on the reader for help .
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The Flash is draggedinto a cave by Doctor Fate , who inform Wally that the two are pin down in a two - dimensional causeway and" … it ’s going to be up toyouto guide us . To help us through . “When Flash does n’t understand how he can help , Doctor Fate slump him , point to the reader and shouting"YOU ! The reader of this ledger ! Our fate lies in your hand . “At various point in the story , Doctor Fate insists that the reader work the book clockwise , counterclockwise , and eventually upside - down , shifting gravity within the world of the comic . Doctor Fate and the Flash even climb from panel to panel , skirt freak on every pageboy .
As an outside beholder , the reader of comedian is rarely taking action within the playscript . From a Doylist linear perspective , of row , the proofreader isnot ; the pages have been printed long before the reviewer ever bought a transcript . Nor does the book report for a digital transcript of the effect ( Doctor Fate does n’t severalize the lector to turn a telephone set , pad or laptop , for case ) . Nevertheless , this is potentially one of the strongest powers in comics lore , demonstrate that whileDeadpool is content to make jokesabout the meta - nature of his existence , Doctor Fate and the Flash actively use the reader to fulfill their goals .
With Doctor Fate having open up the Flash ’s eyes toward the fourth wall , Wally West is now cognisant of the world beyond the confines of his universe of discourse . The episodic nature of the current Flash run does not needfully mean Wally willrememberthis encounter , however . Nevertheless , Deadpoolno longer has a monopoly on breaking the fourth wall … forthat honor now belong to theFlash .
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