With the pre-New 52 reality restored, the DC Universe has what some may consider a problem: too many Flashes. Not only are Barry and Wally and Jay Garrick running around as The Flash, but there’s a new Kid Flash (Wallace West, to make things more confusing), a Chinese Flash called Avery Ho, Barry’s grandson from the future Impulse, and related speedster Jessie Quick. Rather than thin the herd, current Flash writer Jeremy Adams says “the more, the merrier” and puts them all to work in the storyline, “One Minute War.” When a group of super-speed aliens arrive to cultivate Earth, it’s up to all the world’s Flashes to stop them, resulting in an epic battle that takes only sixty seconds.
With art from Roger Cruz, Wellington Diaz, Luis Guerrero, and Taurin Clarke, “One Minute War” is Flash storytelling at its best. It takes full advantage of not only the central conceit of Flash stories—this guy can run really, really fast—but also of the seemingly crowded roster of heroes. Leaning into the over-the-top fun of super-speedy good guys and bad guys, “One Minute War” proves you can never have too many Flashes.
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