Flash Shows The Dark Side Of Being A Justice League Hero's Partner
Spoilers for Justice League Road to Dark Crisis #1 by DC Comics
Being the partner to a Justice League hero makes for a stressful life, and as The Flash's wife, Iris West, proves, there's a dark reality to taking on such a responsibility. In Justice League Road to Dark Crisis #1 by DC Comics, Iris explains that she didn't come to the Justice League after Barry went missing for more than a month as it wasn't abnormal for their life. The revelation confirms that being with a superhero means spending long periods apart — even amidst a crisis — without hearing anything from them is surprisingly common.
Barry Allen's Flash avoided the recent Death of the Justice League, but his current fate isn't much better than the dead heroes. Currently, the speedster is trapped on Earth-Flash.1, a pocket dimension created by the crisis-causing villain, where the Flash believes he's in a paradise when in reality, he's being kept a prisoner. In the world, everything seems perfect for Barry Allen, but Pariah is actually containing him as he unleashes the Great Darkness and causes the upcoming Dark Crisis. However, despite Barry not returning home, his partner, Iris West, believed his absence was normal until she was informed of what was happening.
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In «Life of Purpose» by Jeremy Adams, Rosi Kampe, and Matt Herms in Justice League Road to Dark Crisis #1 by DC Comics, the comic opens with Wally, Linda, and Wallace West meeting with Iris about the disappearance of Barry Allen's Flash. Linda asks why Iris didn't come to them sooner, as she explains that she's so used her partner speeding off to save the universe and returning as if nothing happened, that she didn't bat
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