Flashpoint: The Canterbury Cricket
DC · 2011 · 1 issue
About the series
In 2011, DC's Flashpoint event reshaped the timeline, and this one-shot from Mike Carlin and Rags Morales spotlights an unexpected hero: the Canterbury Cricket, a forgotten Golden Age character reimagined for a fractured world. A single-issue tale, it explores a grim alternate reality where a costumed cricket player becomes a symbol of resistance against a brutal regime. While brief, the story stands as a quirky, standalone curiosity within the larger Flashpoint saga, showcasing Morales's dynamic art and Carlin's knack for mining DC's deep bench of obscure characters. It's a footnote that reminds readers how even the strangest heroes can find a moment to matter.
