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The One Minute War rages on, but the Flash team are ready to strike back against the forces of The Fraction in a daring plan that could lead to victory, or tragedy.
After the chaos of the two younger male speedsters going off to cause trouble and steal a transport in the last issue things take a moment to slow down as the team learns some information about their adversaries, and plans for what to do next. Thanks to their new speedster friend rescued from The Fraction (hints that he's Wally and Linda's new kid maybe?) they get an idea of what the villains want, and what the stakes are going to be.
Due to Barry till processing the death of Iris, Wally has taken over leadership responsibilities and is leading the planning for what comes next. The team decide that the best way of trying to take down the villains main advantage (using the Speedforce) is the best way to go, and put together a scheme that will have Wally destroy an important part of their equipment. Unfortunately, things don't go as planned, and it looks like Wally may have been killed.
One of the best parts of this issue is the slower moments, the ones where the team get a chance to stop their planning, stop their fighting, and just talk to each other. Irey is nervous about what's happening, she's scared for her brother and the rest of her family, and she gets to have a lovely bonding moment with Jesse because of this. Jessie, like Irey, has heroic parents, and can connect with her in a way other adults might not be able to to. She's able to reassure her because she understands what those kinds of fears are like. Their blossoming friendship, complete with 'Flash girls forever' catchphrase, is a genuinely delightful part of the issue.
Barry and Wally also get a quiet moment in which to reconnect and catch up now that things are a bit calmer; where they both talk about the loss of Iris and what it means for them. This is the first time we get to see how much this is impacting Barry beyond the initial shock moment, and the fact that the night she proposed to him he was also planning to propose to her just makes her death all the more tragic. I'm beginning to lean more towards her death being real now, just because to take it back would kind of lessen this moment. If one person is coming back between her and Wally, I don't think it's going to be her.
This is a pretty exciting and action packed issue, but its the smaller moments that make it as good as it is. The art is that well done that even these smaller moments feel full of life, and the bright costumes help to lighten some of the darker moods. The way every character is drawn here looks fantastic, and the art team are doing great stuff.
With the fight still raging on, things end up looking pretty dire for our heroes come the final moments of the issue; and something big needs to happen soon.
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