The Flash #32 [Howard Porter Variant Cover]

(Early December 2017)

Welcome to Iron Heights (Table of Contents: 1)

The Flash / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script

Joshua Williamson

Pencils

Christian Duce

Inks

Christian Duce

Colors

Ivan Plascencia

Letters

Steve Wands

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Flash [Barry Allen]; Kid Flash [Wally West] (second Wally West); unnamed Central City police officers; Black Spider (with two metal arms on his back); unnamed masked gunmen; unnamed jewelry store manager; Kristen Kramer; Warden Gregory Wolfe; The Pipeline (Iron Heights armored guards); Godspeed [August Heart]; Heat Wave [Mick Rory]; Double Down [Jeremy Tell]; Turbine [Roscoe Hynes]; Golden Glider [Lisa Snart]; Murmur; Papercut; Shrapnel; Captain Cold [Leonard Snart]; Trickster [Axel Walker]; Tar Pit [Joey Monteleone]; Mirror Master [Sam Scudder]; other unidentified villain; Copperhead (female assassin); unidentified gang member (killed by Copperhead); Dr. Meena Dhawan [Fast Track]

Synopsis

Flash and Kid Flash stop Black Spider and his gang from robbing a jewelry store, with Wally helping Barry to control his negative speed force powers. Barry and Kristen report to their new assignment at Iron Heights, where they witness how Warden Wolfe keeps prisoners in line. Copperhead tries to find out who is the new mysterious crime lord who threatens her operation.

Reprints

• in The Flash (DC, 2017 series) #5 - Negative ([May] 2018)
• in Flash (Panini Brasil, 2017 series) #5 (Outubro de 2018)
• in The Flash Rebirth Deluxe Edition (DC, 2017 series) #3 ([November] 2018)

Keywords

Iron Heights Penitentiary

Indexer Notes

The Black Spider appearing here is the DC Rebirth version with two mechanical arms mounted on his back. He previously appeared in All Star Batman (DC, 2016 series) #1.

The Copperhead shown here is also the DC Rebirth version, a female assassin who poisons her victims. She previously appeared in All Star Batman (DC, 2016 series) #2.