- For other uses of The Flash, see The Flash (Disambiguation).
The Flash: Johnny Quick is a novel written by Barry Lyga. This is the second book of the trilogy that explore an alternate continuity where Flashpoint never occurred.
Synopsis[edit source]
Based on the hit CW TV show, this second title in The Flash middle-grade series follows Barry Allen as he continues his mission to protect Central City from the sinister Hocus Pocus—but this time, a new evil lurks beneath the city streets...[1]
Appearances[edit source]
Characters[edit source]
Protagonists[edit source]
Antagonists[edit source]
- Crime Syndicate of America (first appearance; mentioned)
- Johnny Quick (Eddie Thawne)
- Owlman (Bruce Wayne) (first appearance; mentioned)
- Power Ring (first appearance; mentioned)
- Superwoman (first appearance; mentioned)
- Ultraman (first appearance; mentioned)
- Hocus Pocus (mentioned)
- Earthworm (Herbert Hynde)
- Reverse-Flash (Eobard Thawne) (mentioned)
Other Characters[edit source]
- Barry Allen (mentioned)
- Barry Allen (mentioned)
- Caitlin Snow (mentioned)
- Cisco Ramon
- Cisco Ramon (mentioned)
- Clyde Mardon
- Clyde Mardon's brother (mentioned)
- Darrel Frye
- Hartley Rathaway
- Harrison Wells (mentioned)
- Henry Allen (mentioned)
- Iris West (mentioned)
- Jesse Wells (mentioned)
- Joe West (mentioned)
- Len Snart
- Lisa Snart (mentioned)
- "Madame Xanadu"
- Nora Allen (mentioned)
- Ralph Dibny
Objects and Concepts[edit source]
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Events[edit source]
- Flashpoint (mentioned)
Locations[edit source]
Notes[edit source]
- This book is the second of a trilogy written by Barry Lyga.
- This book introduces Earth-27 / Earth-27A, a universe exactly opposite of Earth-1 / Earth-1A.
- Johnny Quick is the main antagonist of this novel.
- This is the first appearance of Johnny Quick in a novel.
- Compared to the comic, this version of Johnny Quick is Eddie Thawne.
- Johnny Quick's hand can be seen on the cover.
- When Barry was running through the multiverse, he briefly sees a man with "a glowing green ring on his hand" and a "rabbit with a cape". These are references to Green Lantern and Captain Carrot, respectively.
- A mysterious character is referred to as "Stranger", which is an allusion to Phantom Stranger.
- When Barry meets Ralph Dibny from Earth-27 for the first time, Ralph says, "I like to stretch myself", which is an allusion to the Elongated Man.
- The Ralph Dibny from Earth-1, who was introduced during the fourth season of the Flash, also becomes the Elongated Man.
- When Barry travels back to Earth-1, he sees a "boy screaming down lightning from the sky", which is an allusion to Captain Marvel / Shazam.
- Barry joked about an Earth called "Earth-666". This Earth designation would be used years later as the official Earth designation for Lucifer in Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Three.
Gallery[edit source]
The Flash: Johnny Quick
