Synopsis: Wally and Linda find themselves trapped within a twisted dimension made of mirrors. Confronted with their past and hunted by a mysterious assailant, the Flash will need to run faster than he ever has to escape this haunting realm!
The Story
Picking up from where the last issue left off, Wally and Linda return to Fort Fox in an effort to find a way into Still Point and rescue Wally’s father. But on arrival, things immediately go sideways. They’re pursued by strange, relentless murder bots that drive them into a warped mirror dimension—one that reflects not just their surroundings, but fragments of other worlds and moments across their own.
Within this fractured space, Wally catches sight of his father trapped in Still Point, while Linda is confronted with something far more personal: a glimpse of the brother she was separated from when she entered foster care.
Eventually, they’re pulled out of the mirror dimension and into a strange, static reality where they encounter Sam Scudder, who has been trapped there since the experiment that gave Wally his powers. Sam reveals that every attempt he makes to return home via the mirror dimension results in the creation of a new murder bot—each one bearing his image.
Despite this, Sam offers to help Wally rescue his father—but on one condition: Wally must first track down Elenore Thawne, who Sam believes holds the key to his escape. With little choice, Wally agrees, and he and Linda set out to find Ray Palmer, hoping he can lead them to Thawne.
Artwork
Haining does a solid job with the artwork here, and things get appropriately trippy. In some sequences, you actually have to turn the comic upside down or shift your reading direction just to fully take in both the imagery and the dialogue—which neatly mirrors the disorienting nature of the world Wally and Linda have stumbled into.
The panels where they peer through mirrors into different places and moments are particularly striking, giving the issue a real sense of scale and emotional reach. There’s also a standout sequence where Sam Scudder, aka Mirror Master, pulls them out of the mirror dimension, which is handled with a real sense of motion and visual flair.
Overall
This issue does a solid job of continuing the story set up last month. However, it’s very much one that needs to be experienced and interacted with to fully appreciate what it’s doing. It’s difficult to convey just how effective some of these choices are without actually having the comic in your hands.
- Covers9.0
- Story9.5
- Artwork10
- Lettering9.4
- Colours10
