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drsevarius (drsevarius) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-04-01 17:59:00

One panel from Flash: Rebirth, and a question

So who is this? The Pied Piper? And who's he referring to?

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	magus_69 2009-04-01 05:00 pm UTC (link)
	It's Dr. Alchemy, and I have no idea what he's talking about. Which is about par for the course for this issue, which is chock full of FAIL. (Reply to this)

	xlineartx 2009-04-01 05:16 pm UTC (link)
	Dr. Alchemy, give Piper back his rat and blow out those candles before you start a fire. (Reply to this)

	icon_uk 2009-04-01 05:22 pm UTC (link)
	Doctor Alchemy, originally Mr Element (Reply to this)

	ashez2ashes 2009-04-01 05:24 pm UTC (link)
	Question for anyone who got this: Is Bart in it, or is there any indication he will be in it? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	bunnywrites 2009-04-01 06:07 pm UTC (link)
	Bart is in this. He's seen with Cassie and Tim. But he's not happy. Still, it's good art, and it's BART! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	dreamreaver 2009-04-01 06:26 pm UTC (link)
	I'm probably going to sound like some unrepentant fangirl, but doesn't Bart seem...a bit off-character? I thought he always admired his grandfather? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bunnywrites 2009-04-01 06:42 pm UTC (link)
	That's what I always thought. But with everything he's been through, maybe something in his head snapped. I so feel like I'm missing something. Last time I knew anything with Bart, he was in the 31st Century. How is he back in our time? Did I miss his return? Or is all this set before he ever died? x_x I'm so lost... (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	dreamreaver 2009-04-01 06:48 pm UTC (link)
	Lo3W #4 and #5 haven't been released yet (they were supposed to be in November/December respectively, and got pushed back god-knows-how-many times); he'll likely be going to the past at the end of the series. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bunnywrites 2009-04-01 07:17 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah May and June for those. I just hope it does show him coming back. Or else, I'll be even more confused. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	wingsonwater 2009-04-01 08:34 pm UTC (link)
	Re: Bart's reaction in this book. I saw it as 'How come Barry came back, but not Max?' (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bunnywrites 2009-04-01 08:36 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah I saw that too. Bart's always had that view though. But it still doesn't make much sense why he seems to hate his own grandfather. It's not like Barry asked to come back. He actually doesn't think he should be. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	jlbarnett 2009-04-01 09:10 pm UTC (link)
	It jsut occurred to me that if Barry had escaped the Speed Force in IC then it's possible that Bart wouldn't have gone through the upaging and death. Of course it could be possible he feels the celebration for Barry really is belittling Wally. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

jcbaggee
2009-04-01 10:54 pm UTC (link)

The way I see it, Bart does feel its belittling Wally, and he does miss Max, but as Bart said "something feels off". Bart has a bit of a stronger connection to the Speed Force since he returned after IC (where he absorbed the entire Speed Force in order to return to Earth), and its evident from the last page (I won't spoil it) that SOMETHING is wrong with the Speed Force, so I think Bart's picking up on that and knows, much like the fans, that Barry shouldn't be alive.

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	darkknightjrk 2009-04-01 11:20 pm UTC (link)
	I had that feeling too--that Bart is being used as the fanboy's response for Barry coming back. That, and I believe the issue has him saying that him working with Wally and being a Flash at one point himself also gives him his perspective. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	jcbaggee 2009-04-01 11:23 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah, he had mentioned at one point how he only came back so things could be like old times, but with Barry coming back and presumably being Flash again, things wouldn't be like old times. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	Looks like... Hobgoblin jazzypom 2009-04-01 05:35 pm UTC (link)
	Or something... (Reply to this) (Thread)

	Re: Looks like... Hobgoblin icon_uk 2009-04-01 06:00 pm UTC (link)
	Doctor Alchemy predates the Hobgoblins by over two decades. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	gwalla.livejournal.com 2009-04-01 06:17 pm UTC (link)
	It looks like he's sitting on the john. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	blake_reitz 2009-04-01 10:22 pm UTC (link)
	It's all the john when you live in the sewer. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	volksjager 2009-04-01 06:45 pm UTC (link)
	Dr. Alchemy owner of the philosopher's stone. I remember a comic where he fought Mr.Element... (Reply to this)

	ashtoreth 2009-04-01 08:04 pm UTC (link)
	Oh crud, I fail. I thought that was Pied Piper and he was referring to the whole mess at the end of Barry's series. (Reply to this)

	tpsreports 2009-04-01 08:22 pm UTC (link)
	Let me guess Dr. A raped Iris. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	jlbarnett 2009-04-01 09:12 pm UTC (link)
	I bet he killed his mother (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	darkknightjrk 2009-04-01 11:22 pm UTC (link)
	For either of those, though, wouldn't that mean that Alchemist would have to know Barry's identity? Does he? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	jlbarnett 2009-04-02 05:02 am UTC (link)
	I think everyone knows Barry's identity these days. (Reply to this) (Parent)

vspope
2009-04-02 08:26 am UTC (link)

Dr. Alchemy has all sorts of weirdness going on.

Al Desmond (who was both Mr. Element AND Dr. Alchemy) definitely knows Barry Allen; he was a friend of Barry's in his civilian identity.

Al has had some wibbly multiple personality things going on, though. He has a civilian and a criminal personality, and for a while there the Philosopher's Stone separated them into distinct physical entities.

Barry once shocked him from Dr. Alchemy back to Al Desmond by taking his mask on and off at super-speed, so that Desmond saw the Flash and his trusted friend Barry simultaneously. Al went cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs a few times after that, so some melding of memories and association of Barry with the Flash wouldn't surprise me.

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