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WARNING: The following contains spoilers for The Flash #761 by Joshua Williamson, Howard Porter, and Hi-Fi, on sale now.

The mantle of The Flash is one of the most enduring legacies in all of DC Comics. From Jay Garrick to Avery Ho and every speedster in between, the Flash Family runs a never-ending race against threats big and small. But in recent years, the Flashes have, more often than not, been running on their own.

The latest issue of The Flash gives fans an electrifying Flash Family reunion—one that rivals a certain fan-favorite moment in Avengers: Endgame. Now, we’re taking a look at how this moment came to pass and how it stacks up to one of the most enjoyable scenes in the entire MCU.

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The Flash #761 by Joshua Williamson, Howard Porter, and Hi-Fi picks up right where the last issue left off. Eobard Thawne, the Reverse Flash has brought together his own Flash Family—his Legion of Zoom—from across the timeline, collecting some of the Flash’s greatest foes to make Barry Allen suffer and finally put an end to the Scarlet Speedster’s extended family. As the battle rages, the Flashes, including Jay Garrick, Impulse, Avery Ho, Jessie Quick and Max Mercury soon realize that they don’t have the numbers to go the distance against the Legion of Zoom. Eventually, they’ll be overrun by the Rogues and Central City will suffer for it.

In a moment of inspiration, Max tells Bart to cover him as he begins meditating, focusing on the Speed Force and the connection that all speedsters share in the hopes of calling upon them for reinforcements. Just as things seem hopeless, the extended Flash Family races onto the scene. Having heard Max’s call, the West siblings, Meena Dhawan, the Renegades, Fuerza, Steadfast, and other Flashes from across time and the Multiverse all arrive to put and end to Thawne’s schemes.

While each hero fights with everything they have, it’s the youngest generation of Flashes that really turn the tide. Realizing that each of the villains vibrates on different frequencies thanks to their different origin points form across the timeline, Kid Flash, Impulse, Avery, Irey and Jai come up with a plan to send the villains home, running around them to generate a shock wave on the correct frequency to send them all back where they came from. Their plan succeeds, sending almost every villain back to their point of origin, along with a few of the Flashes, but Thawne manages to escape with Barry racing close behind him through the Speed Force in what John Fox, the Flash of the 753^rd century, says will be their final race.

While it was the Kid Flashes who figured out how to send the villains home, it was Max Mercury who realized how he could bring in the other Flashes for help. Max’s powers have always been slightly different than that of his fellow speedsters. Known as the Zen Guru of Speed, his connection is more mystical in nature, and Max’s teachings are partially responsible for why Wally West has a more spiritual connection to the Speed Force than his mentor, Barry. Gifted his powers by a dying Native American shaman in the early 19^th century, Max originally used the name Windrunner as he protected the local natives and settlers.

Eventually, he wound up traveling forward through the timestream in an attempt to enter the Speed Force, jumping through time on more than one occasion and protecting the innocent in different eras with identities like Blue Streak or Quicksilver before finally settling on Max Mercury upon his arrival in the 1940s. While his top speed may not match those of his fellow Flash Family members, his spiritual study of the Speed Force gives him a singular connection to other speedsters. Using the Speed Force, Max can reach out and locate other speedsters across time and space, and, in turn, call out to them, just as he did in this issue using a sort of Speed Force empathy.

With an issue that includes the triumphant return of an army of long-lost heroes in the nick of time, fans can’t help but be reminded of a similar scene from last year’s Avengers: Endgame. The climaxes of years’ worth of storytelling, both sequences had the odds firmly stacked against the heroes with the villains on the cusp of victory, and they both included the return of more than a few fan-favorite characters. The Flash Family even returns with a heartwarming joke that mirrors Sam Wilson’s classic “On your left” line. While the climactic scene of Avengers: Endgame may have carried the emotional weight of an entire cinematic universe, to hardcore Flash fans, this latest issue of The Flash will give definitely Endgame a run for its money.

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