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The Flashhas forcedWally Westto revisit theHeroes in Crisisstoryline . This is notoriously one of the blue minute in his story , but the full account about the events at Sanctuary was n’t know until now . With time being rewrite inInfinite Frontier , there ’s no good time for a semi - retcon and unexpected heroism , which comes in the form ofThe Flash 2021 Annual # 1 .
Heroes in Crisisis a nine - issue miniseries from 2018 that has stir up contention regarding Wally West ’s character and treatment . Several major DC characters were at Sanctuary , a renewal readiness , when a carnage occurred . What was first believe to be a murder was in reality the result of anaccident at the custody of Wally Westdue to the Speed Force . This story has since been lightly retconned to make it so the Flash was manipulated . However , the story now has a all different world thanks to the latestAnnualissue ofThe Flash .
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The Flash 2021 Annual # 1has the creative team of Jeremy Adams , Fernando Pasarin , Brandon Peterson , Hi - Fi , Michael Atiyeh , and Steve Wands . For the last few issues , Wally has been move through time thanks to lineal pulls from the Speed Force . He has endure from one speedster body to another all through time to fix an unknown problem - which is divulge this issue . Wally West is dropped into his own organic structure , during the events ofHeroes in Crisis , having to face the black instant of his past all over again . However , this meter things are dissimilar and it is discover that what happened at Sanctuary is n’t really Wally ’s fault in any manner .
The beginning of the Speed Force ’s problems is villainous speedster , Savitar . When Wally is institutionalize back into this moment , Barry and the other hero are able to insulate the heroes in Sanctuary who were massacred in theHeroes in Crisisseries and place them in a time house of cards . This bubble pause time , give up Wally to value the place . Roy Harper , however , is alfresco of the clip bubbleand learn about his fate at Sanctuary . The death of Roy has been one of the most tragic and long - go loss from the series . Seeing the two reunite is exciting , especially since the two team - up , just like in their good old days - however , time can only change so much . for get back to his own metre , Wally has to protrude the time house of cards , leave the plosion to occur once more since it will propel himself and Savitar to where Barry . Green Arrow , and Mister Miracle are wait . Even though Wally does n’t require this to happen , it does - thoughnot in the direction thatHeroes in Crisisor the first retconned story showed it .
finally , Roy is the one who pops the house of cards , sacrifice himself and everyone else to economise the daylight . Despite knowing what his fate will be , he takes the determination out of Wally ’s hands and place it into his own . The first semi - retcon ofHeroes in Crisisoccurred inThe fanfare # 761 . In that issue from 2020 , it was divulge that Reverse Flash was the one who orchestrated the events at Sanctuary . While this furnish a villainous shift to the case , it does n’t have the graveness this latest version does . Even ifWally Westwas manipulatedby a villain , he would ’ve still been largely creditworthy for the outcome . Here , however , he really has no hand in it . He ’s in this stance to stop Savitar and Roy makes a heroic sacrifice , wiping his friend ’s hand of the guilt trip fromHeroes in Crisis- at least until DC determine to tormentthe Flashagain .
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