A Justice Leaguer dies for a second time in a week in Flashpoint Beyond #1
The world of Flashpoint is back, despite the best efforts of one of its citizens. Now, Thomas Wayne's Batman must get to the bottom of his world's sudden reappearance into reality, without the help of the man that set the universe right in the original Flashpoint storyline. On May 3rd, DC released the first issue of Flashpoint Beyond #1, following Thomas as he dives into the mystery that spans his world and leaks into the "correct" universe his son still occupies. And right off the bat, we learn that the answers Thomas seek come with a heavy cost.
Flashpoint Beyond #1 is drawn by Xermánico and Mikel Janin, written by Geoff Johns, Jeremy Adams, and Tim Sheridan, colored by Romulo Fajardo Jr. and Jordie Bellaire, and lettered by Rob Leigh. The issue begins where the prologue left off - with Barry Allen and Harvey Dent dead, killed after a mysterious Atlantean assassin tracked them down.
Thomas was able to catch up with the harpoon-wielding killer and get him to confess who sent him but not why. Furious, Thomas beats the Atlantean soldier to death, swearing vengeance on the person who sent him. That is, the emperor of Atlantis himself, King Arthur. Batman vows to take the fight to the tyrant, however, his next stop isn't Atlantis. It's London.
At the end of the original Flashpoint storyline, the heroes of that universe worked to stop an apocalyptic battle between Arthur of Atlantis and Diana of Themyscira. And though they succeeded in that story, the events of Flashpoint Beyond did not go as well. Atlantis won the fight and took over Great Britain, threatening to drown the island country unless the surface world meets their demands.
It's into this tense geo-political situation that Thomas goes, invading a
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