

The character certainly fits the admittedly generic description of the team’s new nemesis, and with the number of duplicates he presumably has at his disposal, taking him down for good will be no easy task. The Flash has teased out the Godspeed plot thread long enough, and it’ll start to get boring if it goes on much longer. Yes, the character was already seen as a regular human in his initial appearance as a lab tech in 2049 who was defeated by Nora, but after “ Crisis On Infinite Earths” rebooted the timeline, any changes to the established continuity are now viable.

The synopsis for season 7 states that Team Flash’s battle against Mirror Mistress will end up unleashing “an even more powerful and devastating threat.” The notion of creating an artificial Speed Force to return Barry to full strength has been a periodic narrative point, and with August’s comic book origin, it’s possible the team’s endeavors will inadvertently birth the villain. August gains speedster powers himself after being struck by lightning from a Speed Force storm, and having lost faith in the justice system, decides to use his abilities to kill criminals instead.

August Heart was a CCPD detective whose brother was murdered, with the killer being subsequently freed after evidence against him was lost in the lightning strike that destroyed Barry’s lab and gave him his powers. The opening story arc of the current Flash comic series introduced Godspeed as a new villain who appeared shortly after a Speed Force storm began giving random Central City citizens super-speed, and began killing the new speedsters and stealing their power to boot his own abilities. Godspeed is a very recent comic book creation, debuting in 2016 in the first issue of The Flash: Rebirth. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features Press Copyright Contact us Creators.
