Dead Flash Theory

Flash died in 1985's Crisis. In spite of his death, he has over 10 appearances between his death and resurrection. Several of those, are in Marvel Comics somehow? We may have uncovered a long hidden multiversal narrative that challenges everything we know about canon and DC/Marvel lore. This was supposed to be a video about how Flash visited the Marvel universe, and how Mantis was a DC character for a few years, but by the end I'm discussing religious theology and French literary theory. And somehow this all ties back to the 2003 JLA/Avengers crossover. This is a wild one. The Hyper Crisis begins. Also I should say, I didn't mean to diss Watchtower Database with the "Don't let the pedantic will it canon or not" line, I just meant that as a vague generalization. It's fun to make theories and try to squeeze canon into a box, which is what I'm doing here. I wouldn't have been able to make this video without being inspired by so many of theirs. They're fantastic, fr, if you haven't already you should go check them out Credit where credit is due, You should also check out the folks I sampled clips from Mantis: A Comic Book Disaster - Comic Drake    • Mantis: A Comic Book Disaster   Death of the Author - Lindsay Ellis    • Death of the Author   Assorted Beefs: The Itabag Controversy - aerithgirl    • Assorted Beefs: The Itabag Controversy   Intent- Timothy Cain    • Intent   a quick rant about the Fallout TV show...    • A Rant About The Fallout TV Show   That's How She Works - mamelia    • Video   also shout out @D4hz4hn on twitter for the New 52 Superman Writer tweet #theflash #crisisoninfiniteearths #dccomics Table of Contents/Timestamps: 00:00 Death as a revolving door in comicbooks 00:30 The Legacy of the Flash 01:16 Barry came back how many times? 01:37 Flash visits the Marvel Universe (Quasar 17 1990, Quasar 58 1994) 03:16 Barry's trip back to the DC Universe 03:48 Undead Oliver Queen meets Dead Barry Allen (Green Arrow Quiver, Kevin Smith) 04:36 Hal Jordan did what as the Spectre? (Foreshadowing) 04:52 Hypercrisis Territory for future videos 05:23 Flash and the Deadman post Crisis pre Final Crisis 06:48 Sorting Flash's Postmortem Timeline 07:20 JLA/Avengers: the DC and Marvel Universes have an Incursion 08:06 Sorting out Barry's Postmortem Timeline (Again) 09:07 Cameo in Infinite Crisis and Return in Final Crisis 09:20 Did the Flash really "die" or just "fade into the speedforce" ? 10:04 Hal Jordan's Time as the Spectre Revisited (Green Lantern connection) 11:46 The Speedforce's Afterlife Realm VS Heaven in DC Comics Lore 12:06 Fan Theory Diatribe 12:22 The Strange Origin of Mantis (from Guardians of the Galaxy) 13:47 Sampling Comic Drake (ty ComicDrake) 14:21 Splitting the difference between Authorial Intent and Death of the Author 15:14 The Killing Joke and Batman's Canonical Dissonance 16:00 Sampling Lindsay Ellis, John Green, and Grant Morrison 17:22 Too Many Cooks in an Unending Narrative 17:55 What is Death of the Author? (Lindsay Ellis) 18:34 Word of God as a 'Comic Trope' 19:38 Intent and Interpretation (Tim Cain) 20:31 Fans are Picky 22:20 Who Shot First 23:20 just an other new comic day 23:49 Hardcore fans and gatekeeping (aerithgirl) 25:40 Creating My Own Canon 25:57 Hypercrisis Theory Explained (sorta?) Join this channel to get access to perks:    / @superswimteam7   Check out /r/ComicTube here!:   / comictube   Friendly reminder, you can follow me across social media here! Discord:   / discord   Twitter:   / superswimteam7   TikTok:   / swimteamcaptain7   Twitch:   / superswimstream7   Instagram:   / superswimteam7   Facebook:   / superswimteam7   Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/superswimteam7 Second Channel:    / @superswimteam7-two511   =======Support the Channel======= Streamlabs Donation: https://streamlabs.com/superswimteam7 Patreon:   / superswimteam7   =======C R E D I T S============= Some art work for Swim Team Captain 7 was provided by Lucidies, check him out here   / lucidies1404   Some additional artwork has been provided by Wigs,   / wigsisdead   Big thank to Anganoff for the SFM Trash can floating through space in my intro/outro/transitions Vtuber Model by StarkCrafts Music used in intro is taken from the PS2 Bios sounds