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Race into action in this all-new original adventure based on the hit CW TV series, The Flash! In a timeline where Flashpoint never happened, The Flash (aka Barry Allen) must face a mysterious villain who can control the minds and actions of citizens. But when Hocus Pocus, as he calls himself, takes control of Barry, it's up to Team Flash to help the Scarlet Speedster before he's forced to do the unthinkable. Written by New York Times bestselling author Barry Lyga, this is one adventure fans of the TV series won't want to miss! THE FLASH and all related characters and elements are trademarks of and (c) DC Comics. (s17)

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Publié par	ABRAMS BOOKS
Date de parution	03 octobre 2017
Nombre de lectures	14
EAN13	9781683351986
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	8 Mo

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My name is Barry Allen, and I m the fastest man alive. A particle accelerator explosion sent a bolt of lightning into my lab one night, shattering a shelf of containers and dousing me in electricity and chemicals. When I woke up from a coma nine months later, I found I was gifted with superspeed.
Since then, I ve worked to keep Central City and its people safe from those with evil intent. With the help of my friends Caitlin and Cisco at STAR Labs; my girlfriend, Iris; her brother, Wally; and my adoptive father, Joe, I ve battled time travelers, mutated freaks, and metahumans of every stripe.
I ve tried to reconcile my past, learned some tough lessons, and-most important of all-never, ever stopped moving forward.
I am . . .

For my father, who bought me my first comic book. And my second. And my third. And . . .
PUBLISHER S NOTE: This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either the product of the author s imagination or used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
Cataloging-in-Publication Data has been applied for and may be obtained from the Library of Congress.
ISBN 978-1-4197-2815-0 eISBN: 978-1-68335-198-6
Copyright 2017 DC Comics. THE FLASH, SUPERGIRL and all related characters and elements and TM DC Comics. WB SHIELD: TM Warner Bros. Entertainment. (s17)
Cover illustration by C sar Moreno Book design by Chad W. Beckerman
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ZOOM WAS DEFEATED . . .
They d watched the Time Wraiths wither his body and carry him, screaming and terrified, into the Speed Force, to suffer whatever torments were reserved for those who would attempt to destroy the Multiverse.
Now they had gathered at Joe West s house-Joe, Cisco, Wally, Caitlin, Iris, and Barry-to celebrate their victory. Their teamwork. Their lives.
But Barry didn t feel like celebrating. Yes, he had outwitted and outrun Zoom. He d saved not just his friends but also the untold quintillions of lives across the Multiverse. He should have been ecstatic.
Instead, Barry could think only of his father, murdered before his very eyes by Zoom. The Reverse-Flash had killed Barry s mother, and now Zoom had taken Henry Allen. Two evil speedsters. Two parents gone.
He stepped outside, to be alone. To think. But Iris knew him so well. She noticed and she joined him, sitting on the stoop. He d loved her his whole life, and now she finally reciprocated. And yet . . .
We just won, he told her. We just beat Zoom. Why does it feel like I just lost?
Because you ve lost a lot in your life, Barry. More than most. She leaned toward him. But maybe you and me, seeing where this thing goes . . . Maybe that can give you something for a change.
That s all I ve ever wanted to hear you say, he told her, struggling for the words. I wish I was in a place where I could try that with you. But I feel so hollowed out inside right now. I feel more broken than I ve ever felt in my life. If I m ever going to be worth anything to you, I need to fix what s wrong with me. I need to find some . . . some peace.
Iris swallowed hard, then gazed directly into his eyes. Barry, listen to me. You waited for me for years. You let me get to a place where this was possible. So I am telling you: I am going to do the same thing for you. Wherever you need to go, whatever you need to do: Do it. And when you get back, I ll be here.
Choking back tears, he said only, OK.
I love you, Barry, Iris said.
With almost infinite slowness, they leaned in to each other and kissed. It was the kiss Barry had spent his life waiting for, and in the warm moment of that kiss, he decided: He was going to go back in time. He was going to change history, the way he had when he made Pied Piper a good guy, the way he had when they fought Vandal Savage, the way he had when he saved the city from a tidal wave.
He would rescue his mother, preventing her death at the hands of the Reverse-Flash.
One small change to the universe. One thread tugged in the vast tapestry of reality. The universe wouldn t even notice, but for Barry . . . for Barry the change would be monumental. If his mother never died, his father wouldn t go to jail. The Reverse-Flash wouldn t sabotage the particle accelerator. No Reverse-Flash, no singularity. No breach to Earth 2. No Zoom. His father would live. Caitlin s fianc would live. It was all upside. Everyone would win; no one would lose.
I love you, too, he told her. And I always will.
Iris touched his hand, then went back into the house. Barry watched through the window as she rejoined their friends.
Now. He would go right now. To the past. He would fix everything and paper over the hole in his heart.
As he turned to go, though, he heard the door open behind him. It was Iris, standing there, framed by the light of the house behind her.
You re in pain, she said slowly. I get that. So if you re not ready, you don t have to be with me. But you can t be alone. Not now. Not tonight.
So he went inside with her, into the embrace of the family he d cobbled together out of friends and coworkers and people he loved. And in the morning, things seemed different and not so bleak, as things in the morning so often do.
He did not go back in time.
Instead, he went forward. One healing step at a time.
1
Cisco Ramon and Caitlin Snow figured they deserved some time off. When your regular day-to-day job involved crazy murder gods, time-traveling superspeedsters, and other meta humans who could warp the fabric of reality, taking a little time off was crucial.
After a blistering hot summer, it was unseasonably and blessedly cool for September in Central City. So cool, in fact, that Cisco had fired up the metahuman tracker at STAR Labs to make sure that Mark Mardon-the Weather Wizard-wasn t somehow back in town causing trouble. But no. It was just one of those weirdly cool days at the tail end of summer, the sort of day that reminds you autumn is on its way.
Since it was so nice out, they decided to take a little break and head to the Central City Pier. Central City was land-locked, but the nearby Gardner River gave it the illusion of being a beach town. The pier was a boardwalk stretching close to a mile along the coast of the river, with jetties extending out over the water so that fishermen could cast their lines and waste the day away.
I could totally be the world s greatest fisherman, Cisco pointed out as they walked past an older man slumped in a beach chair, his hat over his eyes. He was napping as his fishing line dangled lifelessly in the water. Fish are tuned to sound, right? I could channel my Vibe powers into the water along a fiber-optic cable that looks like a normal fishing line. And then-
Can we just enjoy the day? Caitlin teased. The sun s in the sky, the temperature is actually below the boiling point, we have the world s most amazing kettle corn, and there hasn t been a meta attack in three whole days. Central City tended to get attacked by someone with superpowers-a metahuman-at least once a week. Usually on Tuesdays, for some reason.
Cisco grinned and lowered his sunglasses. I can t help it, Caitlin. I see the world as it should be, not as it is. Cisco himself was a metahuman, with the ability to vibe. He could see possible futures, peer into alternate realities, and even open breaches into the Multiverse if he tried hard enough. He was even learning how to produce and project his own vibrations, though that was coming along a little more slowly.
Such a burden, I m sure. She stuffed a handful of kettle corn into his mouth. That should shut you up.
Cisco tried to talk around the kettle corn, but all that came out was muffled nonsense. With a happy shrug, he chowed down instead.
They strolled past an old Ferris wheel, then past the entrance to the House of Mirrors. The rides and attractions had already closed down for the season, but some of the food stalls were still open, and the fine weather had enticed a multitude of Central Citizens to come out. They gathered here and there in clusters of families and friends, enjoying a rare day without killer man-sharks or giant sentient gorillas.
Maybe we should head back, Caitlin said, gazing at a group of people lounging along the balustrade of the pier.
But we just got here! Cisco whined.
It s just . . . Seeing all these people, so happy and safe . . . It reminds me that this is why we do what we do. We should be back at STAR Labs.
Not enough danger around here for you? he joked.
It s not that . . .
Then what would we do back at the lab?
She shrugged. Get ready for the next time the city needs to be saved? She didn t sound entirely convinced, and Cisco knew it.
Twenty more minutes, he told her. I want to get funnel cakes at the Broome Street kiosk, OK?
Caitlin pretended to consider it, then nodded enthusiastically. Funnel cakes. You know I can t resist.
My true superpower, he said modestly, and then tossed a kernel of kettle corn into his mouth.
They walked farther up the pier, chatting, when Caitlin broke off and pointed. She tugged Cisco s arm, stopping him in his tracks. Look! A magician!
I almost dropped the kettle corn! he complained. And aren t you