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TheFlashhas a troubling power , one that makes him DC ’s deadliest world live . The Flash speed - based powers give up him to do far more than just run fast . His learning ability work faster than a normal soul , and he can also tickle his molecule fast enough to phase through solid walls . This power isone of the Flash ’s best trick , and it was used to gruesome effectinCountdown : Arena#3 .
Countdown : Arena#3 was first published in 2007 and was written by Keith Champagne and draw by Scott McDaniel . Monarch has brought together various hero from across the multiverse , including several speedsters , and forces them to struggle to the expiry . A rogue translation of Johnny Quick from Earth-3 phases his manus through the Flash of Earth-9 ’s centre , killing her .
Johnny is knocked down and asJay Garrick goes to helphim up , Johnny does the phasing trick on him as well , cutting off the circulation to his brain , killing Jay instantly .
The Flash’s Powers Work in Mysterious Ways
Yet The Flash Never Uses Them to Kill Someone
Although well known for super speed , Flash ’s powers are many , thanks to his mastery of the Speed Force . In addition to the aforementioned ability to vibrate through solid cloth , the Flash can locomote through space and meter , and his speeding - establish powers also give him a cure factor . Generations of creators have found novel and originative ways for Flash to practice his powers . Recent issues of Si Spurrier and Mike Deodato’sThe Flashhave intemperately implied there is even more to the Flash ’s power than he first thought , mean new abilities could be hiding under the airfoil .
The Flash , disregardless of who is wearing the mask , is a morally upright hero who abhors killing , but he is not above using beastly power to overwhelm his opponent . For instance , in 1993’sFlash Annual#6 , the Scarlet Speedster used his tycoon to move his hired man extremely tight , building up detrition until they heated up , which he then used to dim an opponent . In this slip , the situation was utmost : Linda , the Flash ’s lover , was endanger , leading Wally to “ fight dirty . ”The Flash ’s mean stripe is small , but it is there .
The Flash Should Be Wary of Others Using This Ability
Professor Zoom Could Use It To Disturbing Effect
The Earth-3 Johnny Quick deal the Flash ’s ability to phase through satisfying objects to its distressing extremum , using it for cold - blooded murder . While Flash would never use it in such a way , Johnny Quick has prove that less painstaking speedsters can effectively weaponize it . It would not be a stint to see deadlier speedsters , such as Professor Zoom , using such a trick against the Flash . Johnny Quick showed just how dark theFlash’spowers can get , as they make him the deadly man active in the DC Universe .
