Wally’sBack Is Up Against The Wall in Absolute Flash #4

By Chad Burdette

 on May 16, 2025

Without The Mentor… Without The Family… Without The Speed Force, the DC Absolute Universe grows with the first of three new series.

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Comic Watch Reviews:

• Absolute Flash #1: Run Like Hell
• Absolute Flash #2: And I Ran, I Ran So Far Away, Gotta Get Away
• Absolute Green Lantern #1: Supermassive Black Hole
• Absolute Green Lantern #2 – Enter Abin Sur
• Absolute Martian Manhunter #1: Written In Full Color
• Absolute Martian Manhunter #2: Streams of Colorful Consciousness
• Absolute Batman #7: The Doom That Freezes in Gotham
• Absolute Batman #8: Not Ice to Meet You [Mr. Freeze]
• Absolute Superman #6: Welcome to Smallville
• Absolute Superman #7: Absolute Brainiac
• Absolute Wonder Woman #6: Journey Through Hell
• Absolute Wonder Woman #7: Godly Deception

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Clayton Crain Variant Cover:

Travis Moore 1:25 Incentive Variant Cover:

Haining 1:50 Incentive Virgin Variant Cover:

Absolute Flash #3

Wally’s back is up against the wall as the Rogues bear down on him. Can he evade capture and harness some of his newfound speed, or is he already at the finish line?

Creative Team 

• Writer:  Jeff Lemire
• Artist: Nick Robles
• Colorist: Adriano Lucas
• Letterer: Tom Napolitano
• Cover Artist: Nick Robles
• Variant Cover Artists: Clayton Crain; Haining; Travis Moore
• Editor: Andrew Marino
• Associate Editor: Marquis Draper
• Cover Price/Page Count: $4.99/32 Pages

Wally’s back is up against the wall in Absolute Flash #4, on shelves & digital platforms on May 21, 2025, from DC Comics