The Flash has been a beloved comic book character for years, but he is also one of the few characters that know he's in a comic book. But what happens when the Scarlett Speedster learns he's possibly a work of fiction and how exactly is that possible?
Barry Allen, the second Flash, made his debut in Showcase #4 in 1956 and was inspired to take up the Flash mantle after acquiring his powers because of his love for Jay Garrick, the original Flash. However, on Barry's Earth, Earth-1, Garrick was originally only a comic book character, rather than an already existing hero who fought in World War 2. Eventually, Barry traveled to Earth 2, and met Jay Garrick in person, realizing that his childhood hero was indeed real, and living on another earth. Barry theorized that author Gardner Fox (the real author behind Jay Garrick's early adventures) had "tuned into" Earth-2 in his sleep, and wrote Jay's "fictional" adventures based on his visions, giving birth to the idea that comic books are a window into another world. However, Barry Allen would soon discover firsthand how odd being a "fictional character" really is.
In The Flash #179, titled "The Flash-Fact or Fiction," Barry Allen encounters an alien known as "The Nox." This alien, a being that generates strong gusts of wind, seemingly follows Barry Allen around Central City, regardless as to whether or not Barry is in uniform or not. The Nox encounters Barry three times: at his job as a forensic scientist, at home with his wife Iris, and while fighting criminals, the Nox disappears. Shortly after their third encounter, another alien reveals himself and explains that he was transporting the alien via his ship to another world. The ship broke down and the Nox, having overcome the tranquilizer it was affected by, escaped and made its way to Earth, where it encountered the Flash. While the alien managed to teleport the Nox away from the Flash using his technology, he has no method of permanently incapacitating it, and will leave Earth without it in 6 hours. Barry, contemplating how he can stop such a creature, gets forced into higher speeds by the Nox, and after the two collide, Barry ends up in the last place he'd have ever imagined.
When Barry awakens, he finds himself on another Earth, as when speedsters vibrate their molecules at a fast enough speed, they can pass through the barriers between different earth's. However, when Barry tries to return to his Earth, he fails and finds himself in a small town. While exploring, every citizen, including the police, believes him to be on his way to a costume party, confusing Barry. Once a small child identifies Barry by his real name, rather than his superhero identity, Barry is shocked. When the child returns with a "Flash" comic, Barry realizes that he himself is a character of fiction on this earth. Similar to Jay Garrick, Barry realizes that the author of the Flash comic must be tuned into Earth-1, and the comics on "our world," or Earth-Prime, are based on these adventures. Barry, unable to return home, decides to visit DC offices and meets with then-editor Julie Schwartz to ask him for help. Though Julie initially believes Barry to be a lunatic, after a demonstration of his super-speed, he assists the Flash return home. While Julie is out collecting parts for a Cosmic Treadmill (a machine that allows speedsters to accurately travel across time and space), Barry reads back-issues of his own comic, hoping to learn a method of defeating the Nox. When Julie returns with the necessary components, Barry quickly builds the treadmill and uses it to travel back to Earth-1, leaving Julie in shock and awe.
When Barry returns, he is immediately encountered by the Nox. The speedster believes he has found the solution to fighting the creature. While reading Flash back-issues on Earth-Prime, Barry learned of his "invisible body aura," which protects him from the heat of air friction when he runs at super-speed. Barry theorizes that the Nox has been following him, and feeds off of Barry's invisible aura, recounting that when he used his super-speed around the Nox, he would feel bursts of heat. Barry, having analyzed his own aura, manages to create a ray-gun that can replicate the aura perfectly, which would "feed" the Nox, and allow it to become docile. The alien who was transporting the Nox returns, and armed with this special ray-gun, leaves Earth with the Nox in tow. With the immediate threat over, Barry reflects on his adventures on Earth-Prime and contemplates how his whole life, on another earth, is really just a series of fictional adventures. Julie Schwartz, back on Earth-Prime, stares at the Cosmic Treadmill and eagerly anticipates the story seeing publication.
While many modern comic characters like Deadpool are aware that they are in a comic book, and regularly break the fourth wall, such instances did occur first in older comics as well (though far less frequently). At the end of some adventures, heroes like the Flash would smile and wink at the audience and sometimes pose them a question. However, this story was notable as Flash actually traveled to the real world, visited DC headquarters, and even met a version of Julie Schwartz. This story also has an interesting scenario, where The Flash actually reads his own comic book to find the answer to his problem. Barry also seemed shaken at the idea that his whole life, especially his secret identity, was exposed to readers across the world, on another earth. While Barry never followed up on this revelation, Earth-Prime would occasionally make a return in comics and was the birthplace of Superboy-Prime. While it's unlikely that Barry's adventure really happened on our earth, it's not entirely impossible that, somewhere in the world, a Cosmic Treadmill that The Flash used lies dormant, waiting to be discovered.
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