Decidedly, the world of superheroes is particularly cruel. Between the canceled projects or even those who experience monumental flop, you never know what will happen to our favorite characters. This time, it’s Flash’s turn to pay the price.
From prequel comics to The Flash
Although Marvel crushes the competition when it comes to superheroes thanks to the highly profitable Marvel Cinematic Universe, the DC team has managed to come back (a little) in the race in recent years, despite a somewhat chaotic DCEU development. Despite the difficulties, DC Films has big plans for the sequel, including Aquaman 2 and The Flash. These had, moreover, been postponed, and the second will finally not be released until June 2023.
The fans were fortunately not completely wronged, since DC had announced a few months ago the release ofa three-issue comic book prequel miniseries. Title The Flash: The Fastest Man Alive, it should land with us by the end of the month. But in the end, we learn thatit will be postponed. And we may well know the reason for this last-minute decision.
A last minute decision
On April 26, the first of three issues of The Flash: The Fastest Man Alive, written by Kenny Porter and drawn by Ricardo López Ortiz. But we learn that this one was eventually postponed by DC Comics, who had nevertheless begun to promote it. The goal would simply be to bring the release date closer between the comics and the film. Some rumors are that the project is simply canceled because of the case in which Ezra Miller is involved, the interpreter of Barry Allen / The Flash in the DC Extended Universe, but this information was denied on Twitter by Juan Ferreyra, who worked on the comic.
Anyway, this decision is particularly disappointing and forces fans to take their troubles patiently. As a reminder, The Flash: The Fastest Man Alive must make the connection between the films Justice League and The Flash, and must allow us to find the fastest superhero in the universe alongside Ben Affleck’s Batman. The two superheroes should face Girder, a supervillain with superhuman power and resistance.
If all goes well, the feature film The Flashdirected by Andy Muschietti, will be released on June 21, 2023 in our dark rooms.