Analysis Notes
| Dates |
The listed dates are the actual release dates,
rather than the traditional cover dating of two or three months
ahead for magazine-form comics. |
| General |
The final chapter of this book, “Carrying
the Torch,” ends up making little sense. This is positioned
as being Iris’ memoirs about Barry’s life and legacy,
revealing information about him which is of only historical value
in the 30th century, but which contains details about the future
of Wally West and others. The book was supposedly written
prior to Iris’ departure from the 30th century, which occurred
when Bart and Jenni were infants. As a result, any information
about Jenni’s future with the Legion was unknowable and
should not be present.
The answer to this dilemma, then,
is that this book is a distillation of Iris’ 30th
century work for a 20th or 21st century audience. It strips
out most details of Wally and Bart’s futures, and add information
about Jenni which Iris gleaned from meting her granddaughter
during the “Dead Heat” storyline. As of three
years (real time) following the initial publication of this book,
all of the future items listed in the epilogue were either on
the brink of occurring, or were known future details. |
| 91 |
XS and the Tornado Twins are mentioned and appear
on this page, but in non-continuity cameos. |
| 94 |
This is presumably an image from the Cobalt
Blue storyline, “Chain Lightning” (The Flash
#147-150), although it doesn’t include all the speedsters
involved in that, and John Fox is in the wrong costume.
Notable speedsters seen here include XS, Flash III, Impulse,
Max Mercury, Jesse Quick, Kid Flash II, and John Fox. |
