#john fox

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The Flash (Volume 6) #13 (Nicola Scott variant cover)

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speedster art dump

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One Million

Ryan Sook

[onlylonelylatino]

Plastic Man and the Justice League by Val Semeiks

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DC characters - The Flash (John Fox)

[givemewallywestorgivemedeath]

John Fox is such an interesting character because he and Wally are direct parallels to Eobard and Barry. Yet the fact that John never became a Reverse Flash, and instead carried on the Flash legacy, speaks to Wally’s compassionate and begrudgingly forgiving nature.

So first the parallels.

John Fox was born in the far off future where he grew up idolizing the Flash. The Flash was his hero, his savior. When Fox's city was being threatened Fox decided that only the Flash could save them and time travelled to get help from a Flash. John wasn't able to get help but he did acquire superspeed himself after time traveling. John donned the name ‘The Flash’ and created a Flash suit out of Flash suits he stole from the Flash museum. John Fox managed to save the future version of Central City and he got his first taste of being a hero.

Already the parallels to Eobard are obvious. The Flash obsession, the time travel, trying to be the Flash, ect. The only notable difference thus far is that Eobard had to invent crime to ‘fight’ when he was attempting to be the Flash and John had a legit crisis to combat. This legitimate need for a Flash combined with John’s willingness to step up would make him more of a Wally parallel than an Eobard parallel but unfortunately for him it didn’t last long. Due to future technology Fox became redundant. There was no need for a Flash and he was restricted to permanent guard duty at the Flash museum.

Taking away the need for a Flash made him desperate to go back in time and be a hero again. When an amnesic Wally West arrived in his century Fox saw his chance. He, following in Eobard’s footsteps, replaced Wally as the Flash. John went so far as to fall in love with Linda and strain her lightning rod connection with Wally, which trapped him in the speedforce. This was known information to John Fox. He was aware that Linda’s hope and love was Wally’s only chance at returning. What John did was akin to attempted murder. John wanted Wally's life. He lived in his house, donned his name and uniform, did his job and stole his girlfriend. He killed Wally for it. It’s really not hard to connect this behavior to Eobard who has tried to replace Barry multiple times in the past.

Fox is also not a great Flash. He’s skittish. Unsure and nervous. He’s playing the part of a hero rather than actually being one. Whereas Eobard was too aggressive as the Flash, John was too timid. Both, ultimately, were poor imitations of the originals.

This is where the similarities stop. While Barry reacted to Eobard with righteous fury, Wally reacted with anger, some sarcasm and then basically said ‘goddammit John you are helping me fix this mess or we are going to die trying’. When faced with a man who attempted to kill him and take over his life, Wally could only punch the man and be mildly snippy with him. Wally didn't want Fox to be an enemy. Wally saw potential in him. Wally saw the good man and hero Fox could be.

So Wally walked John through being a hero. He made Fox fix his mistakes, taught Fox how to save the day and by the end of it Wally ended up forgiving him. He gave John his stamp of approval, called him a Flash and sent him on his way.

This was a play by play on how to create a Reverse Flash. This was the recipe. John, by all means, should have been a villain. But Wally isn’t Barry. They are different people and they react in different ways. Wally is driven by the need to see the inherent good in people. He will always give people a second chance and, because of that, against all odds, Wally walked out of there with John Fox as a trusted friend and a Flash in his own right.

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art that I did for the obscure comic book character bingo event that im taking part in! My prompt was future, so I drew the future flash!

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John Fox - The Homeward Trail

Plays in:

42b. "My Pretty Seahorse"

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can you rank your favorite flashes? (curious about the position of jay garrick)

1. Wally West

2. Jay Garrick

3. Avery Ho

4. Barry Allen

5. Bart Allen (if we're counting just the time when they had the mantle)

6. John Fox

[peacerisendove]

They're running in teams because there are still too many of them for one poll and I was OTL. I'll just make them duke it out individually later.

Also no I'm not including Barry, Wally, or Bart because of my last poll. I should have expected the Bart sweep, so now we're giving our love to the less appreciated speedsters.

Owen still counts as a speedster in my heart (He's Meloni's son and has a connection to a long line of speedsters. He counts.) You can't convince me otherwise.

[momachan]

The DC Book Of List: A Multiverse Of Legacies, Histories, And Hierarchies (2022).

[the-antiapocalyptic-man]

John Fox as The Flash and John Stewart (huh weird I did two Johns back to back) as The Emerald Knight (the cool one, the evil space paladin from Earth-3)

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JLA - 853rd Century

Dusty Abell

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John Fox

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THE CREEPIEST VOCALS IN AMERICAN HARDCORE ARE ON THIS RECORD -- THE YEAR HARDCORE PEAKED.

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on a first pressing of the "Fugitive Family" 7 inch EP by Arlington, Virginia-based hardcore punk band UNITED MUTATION, jointly released by DSI/Dischord Records in 1983. Only 1000 pressed.

"A truly amazing record. UNITED MUTATION have combined the speed and intensity of basic thrash with some highly distinctive structural changes, a couple of nasty guitar leads, and the scariest vocals I’ve heard in a long time. Today’s trendy horror rockers will crap their pants and go into convulsions when they hear the singer’s raspy growl, which bears a striking resemblance to that of the demon in "The Exorcist.""

-- MAXIMUM ROCKNROLL, c. winter 1984

REVIEWER: Jeff Bale

LABEL: Dischord/DSI [Dark Self Image]

ISSUE: MRR #11 • January/February 1984

Sources: www.maximumrocknroll.com/band/united-mutation & www.picuki.com/media/3117060201286345825.