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Last spring, DC Comics started over again.
Under theRebirthbanner, the company relaunched its main books and reinvented its famous characters.
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But whereThe New 52had experimented with radical new directions for its characters (Superman dating Wonder Woman!
No sidekicks for The Flash!)
Its been a huge success so far, both commercially and critically.
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The Flash is often at the center of DCs biggest events.
In short, The Flash has long been one of the most important characters in the DC Universe.
And he started by giving The Flashs superpowers to everyone.
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What it does is make Barry question what makes him special.
The bottom line is powers dont make Barry Allen the hero.
But he needs to learn that again.
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Thats where the motivation came from.
You build out of the origin, you build out of who the character is.
Barrys a character whos very obsessed with justice, but August is obsessed with revenge.
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I enjoy writing jerk characters, characters on the antagonistic side who poke and prod.
Barrys the nicest guy youll ever meet, hes polite and not snarky.
So August allowed me an avenue to see the story through his eyes.
One of my favorite things about the DC Universe is the sidekicks.
I really thought that was missing.
I started looking at Wally and seeing him as a student and sidekick.
I wanted to explore those ideas of Barry being a teacher.
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