Flash's Insulting New Nickname Has a Hilarious Real-Life Origin
Warning! Spoilers for The Flash #781 by DC Comics
The Flash has one of the most iconic superhero names in comics, but when his DC Comics adventures were brought to Argentina, he was given a hilarious new nickname as Flush Man. In The Flash #781, Wally West even references his history with the insulting name, as a young fan refers to him as Flush Man. Despite confusing Wallace West, the Flush Man name is actually an accurate moniker to call the hero.
The Scarlet Speedster might be known as The Flash in North America and other regions, but when DC Comics brought the hero overseas, a dispute surrounding his name led to the character getting a new nickname. In Argentina, The Flash was renamed Flush Man, with the moniker being printed in big, bold letters just as it would in English translations of hero's adventures. Now, The Flash's Flush Man nickname is becoming canon in his own universe, as a young fan just referred to him as Flush Man, which Wally West fully embraces.
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In The Flash #781 by Jeremy Adams, Fernando Pasarin, Matt Ryan, Jeremy Cox, Peter Pantazis, and Rob Leigh, Wally West tries to bond with Wallace West and tell his fellow speedster he needs his help. The pair end up at an ice cream shop to lighten the mood, where a young fan wearing an Argentina soccer jersey approaches them and calls The Flash «Flush Man.» Wallace is confused by the nickname, as Wally tells him «it's a whole thing,» that he'll explain later, with text at the bottom of the page telling readers to «Internet search 'Flush Man Argentina.»
A quick Google search reveals in the country, The Flash was given the nickname Flush Man. It seems (but not officially confirmed) a
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