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Flash #22 Cover by Jason Fabok!

Artists: Jason Fabok (All) , Joshua Williamson (Writer)

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Title:	Flash #22 Cover by Jason Fabok!
Artist:	Jason Fabok (All)
Artist:	Joshua Williamson (Writer)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Cover
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	656
Likes on CAF:	10 11
Favorited on CAF:	1
Comments:	5
Added to Site:	12/31/2022
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Way overdue to post my Jason Fabok art, and why not start with this BEAUTIFUL Flash cover featuring the original Golden Age Flash! And GREAT story by Joshua Williamson!

Jay Garrick, the Golden Age Flash, makes his triumphant return to the DC Universe on this Jason Fabok cover to Flash #22. It's designed to be a lenticular cover and is executed on two boards. The printed cover shifts between two different images. First we see Fabok's homage to the cover of Flash Comics #1, the 1940 release that introduced the first Flash. The second image is a Modern take on Jay. It's an outstanding piece for a fan of DC's classic original Flash.

" ...Hello. You don't have to be shy now. I can feel your presence. Like a wave of static electricity. It's powerful, I'll admit. In fact, I've never encountered anything quite like it. You've done such strange things to the timeline. Things I won't begin to question. and you've remained hidden. From all of them...but I am not like them. My existence is the only constant in a sea of possibilities. I cannot be erased. By you. By anyone. Show Yourself--...I...my God. Wait! Wait, I didn't know! Please! I don't want to d-- "

— Reverse-Flash

Synopsis for "The Button, Part Four"

Following the destruction of the Flashpoint Timeline, an unknown person watches Reverse-Flash race through time to the source of the button's power with Batman and the Flash tailing him. As they race, this unheard person is shouting, trying desperately to get Barry's attention, hoping he can do for him what he did when he saved Wally West. All he needs is for Barry to listen to him. As he calls Barry from afar, Barry is trying to warn Thawne that whatever is at the end of the path will kill him. Because he is a living paradox, Thawne is undeterred by threat of death, citing other times that he has died to prove his point. He claims that there is no future or past save the one he chooses to establish. At that moment, a lightning bolt from the surrounding timestorm cuts Barry and Bruce off and allows Thawne to outrun them. Eobard brings up killing Nora Allen to change Barry's past, and stated that he will do even more when he harnesses the button's power source.

As he monologues, the unheard voice calls out to Barry again. He doesn't listen to it, but Bruce does and mentions it. Barry says that the voice he heard and the ones he is hearing are only possibilities that never came to be, and to ignore them lest he get lost in a stray moment in time. The voice calls again, and Bruce tries to convince Barry to listen, using Flashpoint as an example. While they debate, Thawne says he plans to return to the night Nora dies, pose as a friend, take Barry in, and raise him as his acolyte. At that moment, the Cosmic Treadmill begins breaking up. Bruce suggests they land whenever they can, but, Barry wants to stop Thawne from reaching his destination. However, they have already reached the end of the path. With a snap of his fingers, Thawne creates a temporal shockwave to throw Barry and Bruce off the broken treadmill, allowing him to reach he place where the button's power source resides.

Once there, Thawne senses the power of the being responsible for everything, describing its presence as static electricity all around him, and claims he has never felt power like it before. He expresses respect for this being's able to alter the timeline and remain hidden. He then claims that he is different from everyone else, and because he is a constant in a multitude of possibilities, no one, not even this entity, can erase him. Lastly, he demands that this entity reveal itself, and it complies. Thawne is shocked by what he sees, and as a wave of blue energy begins to wash over him, he begs for his life. The entity shows him no mercy, and Thawne is disintegrated.

As Thawne's scream is heard across the timestream, a stranded Barry and Bruce realize that he is gone, and without the treadmill, the two are stranded. However, the unknown voice has still been trying to call Barry. As a vortex tries opens up to suck the two in, the voice call out much louder, loud enough for both of them to hear. Barry is worried about where the voice will take them, but Bruce encourages him to grab hold of the voice, as they're out of options. The voice urges Barry to say his name: Jay. Barry complies, and Jay appears at their side in a flash of lightning, silently rejoicing at being set free. Grabbing Barry and Bruce, Jay uses all the power he can muster to return them to the Batcave in their part of time.

Once they get their bearings, Barry demands answers from Jay, believing him to be responsible for everything. Jay explains that he is his friend, and a fellow Flash, and urges Barry to remember him like he did Wally. Barry remembers that Wally mentioned him forgetting people, and asks Jay if he knows who's behind all of this. Jay responds that they took everything from him, but he doesn't know how or why. He tries to

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Marcus Wai
Member Since 2005

Posted on 12/31/2022

Great to see this piece as we move from 2022 to 2023. The lenticular cover moves us from the past to future and back again to reflect on the lore that has been built up over the years.

Gal Schwartz
Member Since 2005

Posted on 1/4/2023

Fantastic cover !

ComicArt Talk
Member Since 2015

Posted on 1/21/2023

Terrific cover! Congrats!

Rodney M
Member Since 2024

Posted on 3/10/2025

Wow! An amazing two for one cover here. Flash and Fabok, two of my favorites as well

Jared Simmons
Member Since 2004

Posted on 7/17/2025

I am sorry I missed this fantastic piece until now. What a great homage and that back cover is bad ass. Love the shadow and lightning effect. Fabok is a such a talent. Huge congrats!

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