- Sorry, Flash. But we tried this your way. The only way we're gonna stop the Strength Force now... is by killing you both.
- — Commander Cold
The Flash (Volume 5) #53 is an issue of the series The Flash (Volume 5) with a cover date of October, 2018. It was published on August 22, 2018.
Synopsis for "Grips of Strength, Part 2"
Appearing in "Grips of Strength, Part 2"
Featured Characters:
- Commander Cold (Eobard Thawne's Future) (Flashback and main story) (Origin)
- The Flash (Barry Allen) (Merges with the Strength Force)
Supporting Characters:
- Central City Police Department
- Gregory Wolfe
- The Pipeline
- Iris West
- Science Police (Eobard Thawne's Future) (Flashback only)
Antagonists:
- Elongated Maniac (Eobard Thawne's Future) (Single appearance) (Dies in flashback)
- Trickster (Axel Walker)
Other Characters:
- The Judge (Hunter Zolomon) (Flashback only)
- Elongated Man (Pre-Flashpoint) (Mentioned only)
- The Flash/Barry Allen (Pre-Flashpoint) (Mentioned only)
- Flashes of the Multiverse (Mentioned only)
- Ghosts (Mentioned only)
- Godspeed (Mentioned only)
- Gorilla Ghost (Eobard Thawne's Future) (Mentioned only)
- Iris Allen (Pre-Flashpoint) (Mentioned only)
- Kid Flash (Wallace West) (Mentioned only)
- Manfred Mota (Mentioned only)
- Niles Caulder (Mentioned only)
- Renegades (Eobard Thawne's Future) (Mentioned only)
- Richard Amity (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
- Rogues (Mentioned only)
- Captain Cold (Leonard Snart) (Mentioned only)
- Rogues (Pre-Flashpoint) (Mentioned only)
- Trickster (Axel Walker) (Mentioned only)
- Dr. Silas Stone (Mentioned only)
- T.O. Morrow (Mentioned only)
- The Turtle (Mentioned only)
- Vandal Savage (Mentioned only)
- Wally West (Mentioned only)
- William Magnus (Mentioned only)
Locations:
- Hypertime (Behind the scenes)
- Eobard Thawne's Future (Unnamed)
- 25th Century (Flashback only)
- United States of America
- Central City
- CCPD Headquarters
- S.T.A.R. Labs
- Temporal Courts (Mentioned only)
- Central City
- House of Secrets (Mentioned only)
- United States of America
- 25th Century (Flashback only)
- Eobard Thawne's Future (Unnamed)
- Multiverse (Behind the scenes)
- Earth 0
- 21st Century
- United States of America
- Central City
- Central City Library
- Central City Park (Cameo)
- Central City Mercy General (Mentioned only)
- S.T.A.R. Labs (Mentioned only)
- Keystone City
- Central City
- Badhnisia (Mentioned only)
- United States of America
- 21st Century
- Speed Force
- Strength Force
- Sage Force (Mentioned only)
- Still Force (Mentioned only)
- Earth 0
Items:
- Commander Cold's Cold Guns (Flashback and main story) (Origin)
Vehicles:
- Commander Cold's Hover Bike
Concepts
- Force Barrier
- Time Travel (Mentioned only)
See Also
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