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DC Comics ’ Fastest Man Alive , Flash , ca n’t afford to slow down when he ’s fighting crime , with hisSpeed Force powersallowing him to quickly and expeditiously spare the day as needed . But in a three - event miniseries from over two decade ago that saw The Scarlet Speedster ’s might take aside from him , Flash is forced to reinvent himself as a expansive member of the Bat - Family with absolutely no super speed to speak of .
A hero who canrun faster than Superman , vibrate into parallel realities , and utilize his speed - base ability in a variety of unique and effective ways , Flash is defined by his ready motion , as without it , he ’s scantily faster than an medium human , to say nothing about his immensely glower survival .
After Wally West ’s version of the Flash is deprive of his speed thanks to a mysterious “ black light phenomenon ” that affects the total tops community , his calling seems to be over , until that is , Wally assume a new set of spandex and becomes the powerless hoagy name Red Devil .
Batman may have one of the darkest origin stories in comic books , but his forged potential daylight was really foreclose by an iconic Flash scoundrel .
Flash Becomes Red Devil After He Loses His Speed Force Powers
JLA: Act of God(Doug Moench and Dave Ross)
Becoming the Red Devil in 2000’sJLA : Act of God , by Doug Moench and Dave Ross , this story sees Wally haunted by his inability to save a police policeman from a bullet that , under any other circumstances , he would have been able to stop . Losing his great power just as the dead reckoning is can , Flash , alongside the Phoenix Squad that consists of other de - powered character , like Aquaman ’s The Hand andMartian Manhunter ’s Green Man , take it upon themselves to groom with Batman , Robin , and Nightwing to become something more than the sum of their superpowered parts .
Equipped with “ martial arts , fearless abandon , trident - staff , and even hurrying . Such as it is , ” Wally at first quits the squad think he ’s useless without his powers , only to eventually get back around with a completely unexampled design . Dressed in a half - grimace helmet with flank - similar accents at the front of it that almost look like horns , Flash hold his red and chicken color scheme yet ends up visually come across as nothing close to what fans have rise to recognize him as , giving Wally a costume that would meet correctly at dwelling protect the citizens of Gotham City and beyond .
Red Devil Is Flash’s Non-Powered Persona and An Honorary Bat-Family Member
Devoid of his A-one speed , it ’s easy to see howFlash would fit in alongside the Bat - Familyas they do n’t have any special powers to speak of themselves ( save for Duke Thomas ' The Signal ) , with Flash ’s intense chiropteran - preparation turning him into an effective crime combatant once again . While it ’s wild to see whoFlashwould be if he trained under The Dark Knight , Wally ’s Red Devil persona was a singular practice in being a street - level sub , making the return of this honorary member of the Bat - Family extremely unconvincing , specially considering this story was a self - curb and out - of - persistence narrative .
JLA : Act of Godis useable from DC Comics .
