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monition : contains spoilers for " Phantom Rodeo , " appearing inDC Pride 2024 !
TheFlashand other speedsters bank on the Speed Force , and now its very nature is being questioned in a scene that even hard-core fans may have missed . Recent issues ofThe Flashhave revealed even more about the enigmatic Speed Force . In the story “ Phantom Rodeo , ” appearing inDC Pride 2024 , DC teasesa connection between the Speed Forceand another cosmic power in the DC Universe .
“ Phantom Rodeo , ” written by Calvin Kasulke and draw by Len Gogou , is one of the many tarradiddle comprisingDC Pride 2024.Circuit Breaker , who taps into the Still Force , is experience bug in their powers . Jay Garrick , the Golden Age Flash , give a call on them , asking for their help . Garrick mentions that speedsters ’ powers are going haywire too .
As the story unfolds , Kasulke and Gogou reveal that the Still Force is extremely strong in the Phantom Zone .
lastly , at its conclusion , Garrick and Circuit Breaker speculate on a connective between the Speed and Still force .
The Speed Force Is Integral Not Only to the Flash, But the DC Universe as a Whole
The Still Force Is As Equally Powerful, and Far More Mysterious
The Speed Force is a key element of Flash lore , innovate during Mark Waid ’s germinal 1990s feed on the character . It is one of the fundamental forces in the DC Universe , important to keep the flow of time going . It is a deep force , and even speedsters as experience as Max Mercury still admit they do not roll in the hay much about it . Even more mysterious is the Still Force , stick in decades afterward during Scott Snyder’sJustice League of Americarun . bill as the antonym of the Speed Force , the Still Force represent last and doldrums .
Yet , as seen in “ Phantom Rodeo , ” there may be a deeper link between the two , and may indeed even be opposite sides of the same coin . Both the Speed and Still Forces are currently in flux . It would be a huge coincidence that both would be going haywire at the same sentence . However , if there was a verbatim connectedness between the two , bass than fans first conceive of , it would explain why both are on the fritz . This is not necessarily a forged matter , as Circuit Breaker seems to see the possibilities constitutional in break this binary .
Does the Speed Force Connect to the Phantom Zone?
Circuit Breaker Could Rule the Phantom Zone If They Wished
Yet even more exciting is the joining “ Phantom Rodeo ” pull between the Speed / Still Forces andSuperman ’s the Phantom Zone . Jay Garrick explains to Circuit Breaker that in the Phantom Zone : “ stillness is render as a physical space , ” so obtuse even clock time can not penetrate it . The Still Force was especially substantial in the Phantom Zone , and Garrick ’s account sheds light on why this might be . Flashcontinues to learn fresh thing about the Speed Force , and now it may have an even deeper connection to the rest of the DC Universe than first mentation .
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" Phantom Rodeo , " appearing inDC Pride 2024(2024 )
