The original Flash's new series brings back '60s comic-book charm — along with an homage to the greatest villain of that era, Marvel's Doctor Doom.
SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Summary Fresh from the pages of Stargirl: The Lost Children, Judy Garrick, lost daughter of the original Flash, brings a dose of classic comic charm to the modern age in both her style and her villains. Doctor Elemental, Jay and Judy's heretofore "forgotten" arch-nemesis, is a clear call-out to '60s icon and major Marvel villain Doctor Doom, whose presence juxtaposes classic and modern elements in the new miniseries.
Jay Garrick: The Flash #1 by Jeremy Adams, Diego Olortegui, Luis Guerrero, and Steve Wands follows Judy Garrick as she struggles to integrate into an unfamiliar present, having only recently returned after vanishing from existence in 1963.
A flashback shows Judy about to apprehend the villain, seen as a cloaked figure in an iron mask, before vanishing from reality. With Judy gone, it is implied that Doctor Elemental used the opportunity to go underground, his exploits going unnoticed into the present.Doctor Elemental is a clear homage to Marvel's Doctor Doom: they're both cloaked menaces with metal gauntlets and ominous masks who seemingly cannot bear to have their faces revealed.
The homage to Silver-Age villainy seems deliberate, as Judy Garrick's tale is all about the past coming up against the present. Judy brings a much-needed dose of optimism to the sometimes bleak DC world: Jay even cites the Dark Crisis as an example of the kind of villainy Judy may not be ready to face.
The Flash Family Will Have to Face DC's Doctor Doom The Flash Family have always been some of DC's more upbeat, positive heroes — especially Jay Garrick — and so this touch of a lighter tone with Judy and her nemesis feels both appropriate and a welcome callback to Silver Age shenanigans . If the Flash's daughter is meant to bring some of the '60s charm into the present with her, then there's no better nemesis for her than DC's own version of Doctor Doom.
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