Warning! Spoilers for The Flash #12 ahead!It may be a while until theFlash’snext cinematic outing, but there’s a perfect new set of villains just waiting for their big screen debut. Wally West has spent months being manipulated by the cosmic beingsknown as the Arc Angles. The Flash Family faces off with them in a final battle that demands a film adaptation.
InThe Flash #12by Simon Spurrier, Ramón Pérez, and Vasco Georgiev, Flash is trapped in the Speed Force after being used todeliver the Crown of Thawnes, adrift in an endless void. Sensing his presence, the Flash Family uses Max Mercury to transcend to the highest frequency possible to rescue the beloved speedster.
Unfortunately, waiting for the speedster crew is the logic-defying Arc Angles, who start to attack the heroes.The Flash Family can barely comprehend the Arc Angles forms(with Avery Ho calling them “migraine monsters”) as the speedsters push themselves to defeat the advanced beings.
The Flash Family Faces Off Against the Incomprehensible Arc Angles
Described as “conscious hypergeometries” by Wade West, the Arc Angles are advanced beings who believe time is the source of all suffering. They conspired to kill time as a way of sparing the world from suffering and began to manipulate reality to see their goals through. They twisted things up so badly that cosmic catastrophes started occurring and were pinned on speedsters. But to truly achieve their goal of stopping time, they developed the Crown of Thawnes, a parasitic entity to poison and kill the Speed Force,and manipulated the Flash to use him as a means of delivering their weapon.
The Arc Angles are hard to comprehend, much less visually perceive. But given the amazing things that are being done in big-budget movies these days, one can only imagine how this fight would look in a full-length Flash film. Just imagine the techniques that could bring the Arc Angles to life and how unsettling they’d look in motion. Not to mention how amazing it would be to see Flash and an entire army of speedsters fighting these ethereal beings. It’s a long shot, butthe Arc Angles would make for the perfect antagonists in a new Flash movie.
The Flash #12is a Fantastic Basis for a New Last Act Fight
Of course, Flash has a lot of villains that also deserve their moment in a movie (especially Captain Cold). That being said, the Arc Angles have the size and gravitas of an epic adventure and they’d no doubt be done real justice on the silver screen. Maybe it’s a pipe dream, but in a few years, who knows? Maybe someone will look at this fight and be intrigued by how innovative these high-concept villains are. Hopefully, one day fans will get a chance to see theFlashand his loved ones taking on the Arc Angles in a big-budget movie.
The Flash
The Flash is the superhero name given to the DC Comics character who utilizes unparalleled speed tied to a dimensional power known as the “speed force” to overwhelm their opposition. Premiering in 1939, the original Flash arrived as Jay Garrick. Still, it would be superseded by Barry Allen in popularity and featured status, but the Flash is one character that has met many of their alternate selves. The character is typically seen as a part of the Justice League in nearly all incarnations.
