The Flash #15

Feb 2013 · DC · 2.99 USD

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“Gorilla Warfare, Part 3: Flash Forward”

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The Flash (Vol. 4) #15 is the narrative hinge of the 'Gorilla Warfare' arc — the third and thematically richest chapter of Manapul and Buccellato's celebrated New 52 run. It delivers the New 52 debut of Solovar, the benevolent founder of Gorilla City, reimagined with a radically new mythology rooted in the Mayan era and the Speed Force. The issue also contains the pivotal scene in which Patty Spivot discovers that Barry Allen is the Flash, a revelation that reshapes the romantic and emotional core of the series going forward. As part of the wider 'Gorilla Warfare' arc, it exemplifies how Manapul and Buccellato used supervillain spectacle to carry genuine character weight — a quality critics praised as rare in the darker landscape of the New 52.

writer, artist, inker Francis Manapul · writer, colorist Brian Buccellato · artist Marcus To · inker Ryan Winn · colorist Ian Herring · letterer Carlos Mangual · cover Francis Manapul

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History

Francis Manapul — primarily known as an artist — co-wrote this series alongside colorist-turned-writer Brian Buccellato as part of DC's September 2011 New 52 relaunch; their Flash run was widely noted as a breakthrough pairing, with Manapul handling both writing and art duties. The creative team had seeded Grodd and Gorilla City as early as issue #9, laying a new Speed-Force-connected origin for the gorillas, before threading those threads together in the five-part 'Gorilla Warfare' arc that begins in issue #13. The arc was designed, according to Manapul and Buccellato, to serve as a culminating 'homecoming' story that tied off the emotional arcs of all major characters before the team's tenure eventually concluded with the 'In Reverse' storyline.

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Published January 2, 2013; cover-dated February 2013; The Flash Volume 4, #15 (New 52 continuity).
Written by Francis Manapul and Brian Buccellato; art and cover by Francis Manapul; lettered by Carlos M. Mangual; edited by Matt Idelson.
Story title: 'Gorilla Warfare, Part 3: Flash Forward' — the third chapter of a five-part arc running through issues #13–17.
Contains the New 52 first appearance of Solovar, reimagined as a time-displaced founder of Gorilla City whose origins trace to the Mayan era and a Speed Force event, a significant retcon of the character's classic Silver Age backstory.
Key character moment: Patty Spivot discovers that Barry Allen and the Flash are the same person after witnessing him in a wounded state, a revelation with lasting consequences for the series' romantic subplot.
Solovar intervenes to save Barry from being killed by Gorilla Grodd, then dies (apparently) imparting to Patty the instruction to remain by Barry's side regardless of his secret.
The issue was reprinted in the collected edition 'The Flash Vol. 3: Gorilla Warfare' (The New 52), which collects issues #13–19.
A background detail in the issue's Central City geography — 'Broome Hill' — serves as an in-universe tribute to John Broome, the original Silver Age creator of Central City.