There are some crises even a superhero can’t get past and union strikes are high at the top of that list. At a presser promoting the upcoming Dark Knight movie you may have heard about, producer Charles Roven said Warner Bros. has not given up on The Flash.
But Roven admits the writers’ strike and the looming actors’ strike haven’t helped the process out. While The Flash can move at light speed, travel through time on a treadmill and perform other such feats, lengthy contract negotiation is not among his skills.
Until then, I guess we’ll have to be satisfied with …read more

That was one long run – but in the end, it cheated death. In a move certain to be controversial, DC Comics has revived The Flash, Barry Allen. Allen died during the acclaimed Crisis On Infinite Earths storyline, sacrificing himself to save the multiverse.
The act saw Allen come to be referred to as “DC’s first official saint.” In a genre of writing where death is about as permanent as the common cold, Allen’s 23-year demise seemed destined to stick. DC had teased his return in storylines throughout that period but they were usually either temporary or a trick.
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