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admonition ! Spoilers forwards forJay Garrick : The Flash # 2!Stand asideCaptain America , because the Golden AgeFlashhas put an incredible spin on the Avenger ’s iconic move . Steve Rogers might be able-bodied to take down villains with his iconic shell throw , but the original Fastest Man Alive earn a slight allowance to make Cap ’s favored tactic far more good .
In a preview forJay Garrick : The Flash # 2by Jeremy Adamsand Diego Olortegui , the Justice Society of America isin a hidden base in Germany fighting a horde of terrifying creatures . The team is overwhelmed by the regular army and asks Doctor Fate to call for assistance from the Flash .
Jay Garrick is over there in an instant to lend his friend a hand . As Flash approaches the horde at super - speed , he throws his helmet whichricochets back and forth as it decapitatesthe numerous drones . With the itinerary cleared , Jay delivers a crushing shock to the strange supervillain , Ro - Bear .
The Flash Can Use His Helmet to Knock Out an Army
Jay Garrick ’s innovative means of taking out this monumental collection of villains is quite similar to how Captain America criticize around bad guy rope . Since Steve Rogers ' earlier days as the Marvel Universe ’s prime hero , he ’s been using his iconic star - spangle shield as a discus - comparable weapon . Thanks to the peculiar alloy the shield is composed of , anytime Captain America throws it , it bounce from position to place until it ’s back in Rogers ' possession . Steve has spend much of his professional vocation mastering his shield throwing and it ’s usually his go - to move when clearing out more low - level villain .
While Captain America fox his shield is a with child move , the Golden Age Flash has given quite an interesting spin on it . Sure , Jay does n’t have top-notch - posture , but he does have advanced speed . Speedsters can augment their strength byrunning at incredibly fast speeds , lest anyone forget about Wally West ’s definitive Infinite Mass Punch . Jay is n’t going virtually as tight as Wally , but the older Flash does travel fast enough to give his stroke the force it needs . Like Cap ’s shield , Jay ’s helmet ricochets from villain to baddie , but Jay ’s move handle to be even more annihilative as his helmet is seen behead the pilotless aircraft . Flash ’s advance on Captain America ’s move is n’t just more effectual , it ’s deadlier .
Captain America’s Can’t Match the Flash’s Powerful Throw
Granted , superheroes like Captain America and the Flash do their best not to take lives and decapitation is n’t a standard struggle tactic . But when facing a horde of mindless drones , zombies , or robots , sometimes extreme quantity are needed . While Cap could belike rap someone ’s top dog off if he really want to , it ’d be hard given that Steve is , at best , just an enhanced human . Jay ’s metahuman swiftness allow him topull off effort that Rogers never could . WhileCaptain America’smove might be more well - known , the Golden AgeFlashhas rarify it to be far more damaging than the Marvel hero could dream .
Jay Garrick : The Flash # 2is on sale November 21st from DC Comics .
