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Warning: Spoilers for Knight Terrors: Shazam #2

Mary Marvel's fear of being forgotten in Billy Batson's shadow as the Captain is addressed in Knight Terrors: Shazam #2. Mary worried about being overshadowed when Billy regained his powers, but she has remained a prominent character. Mary Marvel's new goddess powers and her own story in Knight Terrors highlight her importance and show she won't be pushed aside.

Mary Marvel — the sister of the current champion of Shazam, Billy Batson — faces off against her worst nightmare: being forgotten in Billy's shadow as the Captain. Just like her fans, she's worried about her status in the current Shazam era, but she's actually more prominent than she (and her fans) may think.

Mary Marvel addresses these fears in Knight Terrors: Shazam #2 by Mark Waid, Roger Cruz, Wellington Dias, Arif Prianto, and Troy Peteri. Just like the rest of the DC Universe, Mary and her family have...

Warning: Contains Spoilers for Knight Terrors: Shazam! #2

Mary Marvel emerges as a powerful adversary to Insomnia, using her ability to manipulate dreams to save her family from nightmares. Mary's dream powers give her a significant advantage over Insomnia, and it is a skill that runs in the Shazam Family. While Mary's dream powers are useless in the real world, she still poses a threat to Insomnia and proves that she is more than capable of defeating him.

DC Comics' take on the iconic slasher villain Freddy Krueger has been completely demolished by an unexpected hero. Insomnia is DC's latest line-wide antagonist. Over the course of the Knight Terrors event, he's plunged the entire world and most of its characters into a never-ending nightmare realm in order to find the Nightmare Stone. However, an unexpected hero has stepped out of the shadows and shown how disruptive she is against Insomnia: Mary Marvel.

Warning: Spoilers for Knight Terrors: Shazam #2! DC's current Knight Terrors event has engulfed the Shazam family, as Mary Marvel joins the rest of DC's characters in being plagued by nightmares initiated by the entity known as Insomnia, in which she is antagonized by a shadowy, sinister version of Billy Batson, referred to as the Nightmare Captain.

Knight Terrors: Shazam #2 – written by Mark Waid, with art by Roger Cruz, ink by Wellington Dias, color by Arif Prianto, and lettering by Troy Peteri – features Mary Marvel fending off the Nightmare Captain, during which she subconsciously extends the powers of Shazam to her siblings, who help her fight the evil version of Billy until he makes his way into the real world.

The Shazam Family Come Together Again

While most readers will recall The Captain sharing his powers frequently in the Shazam movies, this is actually the first time in years that the...

Warning: Spoilers for The Flash #796Dc just revealed the out-of-this-world reason why the Flash will always triumph over death. The Flash's connection to the Speed Force has saved him from the brink yet again, but this time the mystical Force went above and beyond—literally.

The Flash finds himself, alive and well, on Planet Flash in The Flash #796 by Jeremy Adams, Fernando Pasarin, Roger Cruz, George Kambadais, Oclair Albert, Wellington Dias, Pete Pantazis, Matt Herms, Luis Guerrero, and Rob Leigh. The previous issue of the "One-Minute War" event saw Wally West seemingly die by explosive car crash—which he also assumes to be the case when he wakes to see a group of probably-dead heroes looking over him.

But his ally Gold Beetle sets him straight, telling Wally he was "dematerialized so that [he] could be spit out of the Speed Force." According to her, the Speed Force can save speedsters...

Warning: Spoilers for The Flash #796It's official: the newest member of the Flash Family has arrived earlier than expected, and he's named after the legendary Flash writer Mark Waid. Wally West and Linda Park have been expecting a new baby, and the usual time travel shenanigans mean fans have met the newest speedster, Wade, way out of order.

The Flash's son confirms that his name is Wade in The Flash #796 by Jeremy Adams, Fernando Pasarin, Roger Cruz, George Kambadais, Oclair Albert, Wellington Dias, Pete Pantazis, Matt Herms, Luis Guerrero, and Rob Leigh. When Wally West's wife Linda asks the young boy they've been working with what his name is, he responds: "Wade. My parents named me Wade after a cool relative or something." Linda beams and reveals that Wally has an uncle with the same name. Meanwhile, on Twitter, Flash writer Jeremy Adams revealed the true origins of the name Wade.

Warning: Spoilers for The Flash #793Wally West's daughter, Irey, has the perfect new mentor—and it's certainly not the Flash. Though she'll always think her dad is the world's greatest hero, Irey West has a new role model in fellow speedster Jesse Quick.

After Irey West got a new costume and nickname, her relationship with Jesse Quick gets the spotlight in The Flash #793 by Jeremy Adams, Roger Cruz, Wellington Dias, Luis Guerrero, and Rob Leigh. Jesse approaches Irey, who's clearly worried about her twin brother Jai. Jesse tries to soothe Irey—and gives her some great insight into being a hero at the same time.

"Heroes are heroes because they don't back down from a fight," says Jesse. She tells Irey she knows this because, like her, Jesse's parents were also superheroes. Irey takes this to heart, and the two team up later in the issue as they battle the...

Warning: Spoilers for The Flash #793Throughout the history of DC Comics, the Flash has proven over and over again that he's faster than Superman, but now the whole Flash Family has hilarious new proof. Superman may be faster than the typical human, but he'll never be as fast as those connected to the Speed Force.

This proof comes in the midst of the One-Minute War during The Flash #793 by Jeremy Adams, Roger Cruz, Wellington Dias, Luis Guerrero, and Rob Leigh. The issue opens on a splash page featuring three speedsters—Bart Allen, Barry Allen, and Wally West—and Superman himself.

While the Flashes are all clearly speaking and moving at a pace that seems "normal" to the reader—at least for the parameters of this super-speed event—Superman seems to be much slower than the rest. He's standing with one foot forward and trying to communicate with the other speedsters,...

Warning: Spoilers for The Flash #794 ahead!The Flash's powers have allowed him to perform incredible feats - from phasing through walls to generating tornadoes, from absorbing libraries of information in seconds to traveling through time - but his latest super-speed move is as simple as it is brutal. Furthermore, it comes from an oft-overlooked member of the Flash Family, cementing Jay Garrick (the original Flash) as the toughest person to wear the scarlet lightning.

Things are not going well for the Flash Family in Jeremy Adams, Roger Cruz, Wellington Dias and Luis Guerrero's The Flash #794: their assault on the Fracture's fortress has failed, Wally West is the second major Flash character to die, and Jay Garrick has been captured and taken by the Fracture. When it appears that Jay is about to be vivisected by a Fracture scientist, however, he promptly spits one of his broken teeth at super-speed through his captor's chestplate,...

Warning: Spoilers for The Flash #794 ahead!It's been proven by now that Superman can't outrun the Flash, but it turns out he's still fast enough to keep up with Flash's top speed - albeit barely. Even when all the world's heroes are frozen in the wake of the Fraction's super-speed invasion of Earth, Superman is still fast enough to help during the One-Minute War.

The Flash #794 by Jeremy Adams, Roger Cruz, Wellington Dias and Luis Guerrero picks up in the wake of the Flash Family's failed attack on the Fracture compound. With the rest of the family gone to assault the Fracture's fortress, Irey is left behind to guard their allies who, unable to move at max Speed Force speed, are effectively frozen in the moment - including Superman. However, when Fracture assassin Miss Murder arrives with her hounds to capture Irey, Superman is still able to move fast enough to hold her hounds back,...

Warning: Spoilers for The Flash #791There's a new alien enemy invading Earth, and they have the perfect weapon against the Flash and other speedsters: a giant wall. One Minute War is putting the entire Flash Family to the test, and this anti-speedster wall is one of their toughest problems.

All speedsters, including the Flash, have standard superspeed powers, but the DC Universe's speedster characters are unique in their connection to the quasi-mystical Speed Force, which imbues their bodies and mind with incredible speed and other abilities. The new One Minute War event plans to make ample use of this connection as the Flash Family confronts their new enemy: the Fraction, an invading alien force. Though readers don't yet know everything about the Fraction, it appears as though they, too, have a connection to the Speed Force. This new enemy has crash landed on Earth, and now the Earth's speedsters,...

Warning: Spoilers for The Flash #791With the Flash Family's latest event, DC is finally giving their first Flash, Jay Garrick, a place to shine: the battlefield. Jay is the Flash of World War II, and that experience is an essential part of understanding his role in One Minute War.

A number of DC characters have held the Flash title over the decades, including the extremely well known Barry Allen and Wally West. But Allen and West aren't the first to be called the fastest men alive: Jay Garrick, who debuted in 1940, has that particular honor. Jay's origins and place in the Dcu have shifted over the decades as continuity was updated to fit the times. He is often associated not only with Barry and Wally's extended Flash Family in a quasi-grandfatherly role, but also with the Justice Society of America, who have become DC's World War II-era team. Currently, he's...

Warning: Spoilers for The Flash #791Despite the universe-shattering consequences of the Flashpoint event, the Flash Barry Allen nearly repeated the same mistake that caused Flashpoint in the first place. Barry once again wants to go back in time to stop a loved one's death, and the only thing that's stopping him is the Speed Force itself.

Speedsters being able to go back in time is far from a new concept; the Flash has been time- and dimension-traveling since the Silver Age of comic books, when Barry Allen truly was the Fastest Man Alive. But Barry took time-traveling—and its devastating consequences—to new heights in the 2011 Flashpoint event, which reset the DC Universe so drastically, it was the launching point for DC's controversial New 52 era. Flashpoint follows Barry Allen as the Flash after he manages to run back in time to save his mother from being murdered when he was a child.

Spoilers for The Flash #791 by DC ComicsThe Flash is getting his own version of The Batman Who Laughs, as a new villain, Miss Murder, is being unleashed against the speedster. In The Flash #791 by DC Comics, The Fraction, who is causing the "60 Second War" on Earth, reveals one of the greatest weapons in their fight to take over the planet as the terrifying new villain makes her debut.

In The Flash #791 by Jeremy Adams, Roger Cruz, Wellington Dias, Luis Guerrero, and Rob Leigh from DC Comics, the Earth's speedsters deal with the fallout of The Fraction's arrival, as the Earth is frozen for everybody except the speedsters. The alien villains are trying to conquer Earth and mine its resources, just as they've destroyed other planets using their incredible speed in minutes. While The Flash family deals with the potential death of Iris West and the fallout from The Fraction's arrival,...

Warning: Spoilers for The Flash #790Even though Kid Flash is an essential part of the Flash's legacy, one speedster freely admits that he hated his time as Kid Flash: Bart Allen. Bart spent his first years as a hero working under the codename Impulse, so it's no wonder he never felt fully connected with the Kid Flash name.

Bart Allen crashed into the Flash's world in the 1990s: the grandson of the original Flash, Barry Allen, and Iris West-Allen, Bart is a native of the 31st century and only returned to the "present" in order to get the current Flash, Wally West, to help slow down his hyperactive metabolism. Though it would seem like, by introducing a young speedster during Wally's early years as the Flash, Bart Allen was meant to be the next Kid Flash, he proved to be too much for Wally to handle. Instead, Bart took...

Spoilers for The Flash #790 by DC ComicsThe Flash comics are teasing a major death to the Flash-Family, as the latest issue of the current DC series seemingly shows Iris West being killed. In The Flash #790 by DC Comics, after an attack from mysterious aliens cause the world to freeze for everyone but speedsters, Iris West is badly injured in an explosion that leaves Barry Allen absolutely devastated.

In The Flash #790 by Jeremy Adams, Roger Cruz, Matt Benning, Wellington Dias, Luis Guerrero, and Rob Leigh from DC Comics, the different Flash's currently in the main DC Universe continue their day-to-day life, with Barry Allen having dinner with Iris West. However, after Iris proposes to Barry, the speedsters are stunned to see that everyone besides them has somehow been frozen. The cause is revealed to be aliens identifying themselves as The Fraction, who set up a giant tower into the Earth, with...

Warning: Potential Spoilers for The Flash #794West family fans can rejoice: the Flash's daughter, Irey West, is finally getting a new codename and costume of her own. Wally West's daughter is a speedster just like him, and she's been helping him save the world. In an upcoming issue of The Flash, Irey will debut a full-fledged costume and hero name of her own.

DC revealed that Irey would be getting a new codename in the solicitation information for March's The Flash #794. Along with that teaser, the main cover for the issue—which is part of the Flash family's latest event, "One Minute War"—shows a side profile of Irey preparing to run alongside her father, Wally West. With her red hair free, she's wearing a brand new costume featuring the Flash's classic red and gold color scheme. The full solicit reads as follows:

The Flash #794 Written by Jeremy Adams...