The Flash Quietly Retcons An Arrowverse Hulk Rip-Off
Warning! SPOILERS for The Flash season 8, episode 14, «Funeral For A Friend.»
A new version of the Hulk-like villain Blockbuster was introduced into the Arrowverse by The Flash, presenting both a post-Crisis retcon of the villain from Arrow and a shift away from the character's original concept in the comics. It seems likely this change was made so as not to invite comparisons between Blockbuster and the Incredible Hulk in the minds of viewers. It may also have been done so as not to inspire confusion with a different DC Comics villain who uses the name Blockbuster, who has gone on to greater fame as the archenemy of Dick «Nightwing» Grayson.
The opening scene ofThe Flash season 8, episode 14, «Funeral For A Friend» pits Team Flash against bank robber Mark Desmond, who has stolen an armored exo-suit from Ivo Labs that enhanced the wearer's biochemistry, making them stronger even as they became more emotionally unbalanced. Ordinarily Desmond would have posed little challenge to Team Flash, but the entire team were off their game, due to the recent death of Frost Snow. This failure fueled the central storyline of «Funeral For A Friend,» as each team member tried to find a way to grieve Frost to be ready for their next encounter with Blockbuster.
Related: The Flash Already Set Up Frost's Replacement (Before That Big Twist)
This was the first appearance of Blockbuster following the Crisis of Infinite Earths event that reset the Arrowverse timeline. However, a villain called Blockbuster had been mentioned before in Arrow season 7. In the episode «Star City Slayer,» Black Canary, or Dinah Drake, made reference to her time as an undercover police officer and how she once infiltrated the organization of a crime-boss called
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