ciaraldi@rochester.UUCP (06/29/85)
From: Mike Ciaraldi <ciaraldi> I suppose everyone knows that Barry and Iris Allen are reunited in the 30th Century in Flash #350. (if not, that's what the "Spoiler Warning" is for!). One of the potential continuity problems I mentioned many months ago is that it was established a long time ago that in the 30th Century (in the timeline of the Legion of SuperHeroes), there are two speedsters called The Tornado Twins who are descendants of Barry Allen. I remember wondering when I first heard this that it seemed strange that something like chemically-induced super speed could be inheritable over a span of 1000 years. Anyway, a few years ago, when Iris seemed to have died, someone wrote in about this, and the letter-column reply was that Barry would presumably remarry some day. Well, it occurs to me that if Barry and Iris are now living in the 30th Century, they could have children who could turn out to be the Tornado Twins, or possibly B and I could be the grandparents of the Twins. It seems to hang together nicely. The only thing that is still bothering me is that I remember someone else saying that the future that Iris came from and the future of the LSH are not in the same timeline. Does any know if this is established, or why this is supposed to be true? Of course, if CRISIS winds up merging the timelines, that could fix everything up. Mike Ciaraldi seismo!rochester!ciaraldi
boyajian@akov68.DEC (JERRY BOYAJIAN) (07/19/85)
> From: Mike Ciaraldi <ciaraldi> > I suppose everyone knows that Barry and Iris Allen are reunited > in the 30th Century in Flash #350.... > > One of the potential continuity problems I mentioned many months ago is > that it was established a long time ago that in the 30th Century > (in the timeline of the Legion of SuperHeroes), there are two speedsters > called The Tornado Twins who are descendants of Barry Allen. > [...] > Well, it occurs to me that if Barry and Iris are now living > in the 30th Century, they could have children who could turn out to > be the Tornado Twins, or possibly B and I could be the grandparents > of the Twins. It seems to hang together nicely. The answer is simple. One of the impressions I've gotten is that once CRISIS is all done, anything that happened before it is --- in the words of an infamous Presidential Press Secretary --- no longer operative, or rather, no longer *necessarily* operative. So, if anything they do from then on conflicts with something published 15 years ago, tough toenails. So, considering that the Tornado Twins appeared only once (I believe), in the late 60's, DC might just decide that they never existed. --- jayembee (Jerry Boyajian, DEC, Acton-Nagog, MA) UUCP: {decvax|ihnp4|allegra|ucbvax|...}!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-akov68!boyajian ARPA: boyajian%akov68.DEC@DECWRL.ARPA
kalash@ucbingres.ARPA (Joe Kalash) (07/22/85)
In article <3194@decwrl.UUCP> boyajian@akov68.DEC (JERRY BOYAJIAN) writes: >> that it was established a long time ago that in the 30th Century >> (in the timeline of the Legion of SuperHeroes), there are two speedsters >> called The Tornado Twins who are descendants of Barry Allen. > ... >So, considering that the Tornado Twins appeared only once (I believe), in >the late 60's, DC might just decide that they never existed. > Excuse my possibly faulty memory but I seem to recall when they DID appear, at the end of the comic it turned out the chemical (comet?) that they used to give them their powers wore off, leaving them normal humans again (they knew about this, they were just celebrating the 1000th anniversry of Flash's something or other). At least, that is how I remember the story line from lo these many years ago. Also, the two twins who are the Tornado Twins just appeared in the current Legion Annual (although only for about 2 frames). They indicated no powers to speak of. Joe Kalash kalash@berkeley ucbvax!kalash
bobh@pedsgd.UUCP (Bob Halloran) (07/22/85)
In article <3194@decwrl.UUCP> boyajian@akov68.DEC (JERRY BOYAJIAN) writes: > >So, considering that the Tornado Twins appeared only once (I believe), in >the late 60's, DC might just decide that they never existed. Check the current Legion Annual, where the Twins are rescued from their apartment (with a statue of the Flash in it). No mention made, however, of how many generations back the relationship goes. Also, from CRISIS #8, it looks as if ALL those previous Flash appearances were 'our' Barry. So much for the 'some other timeline' ideas (including my own). Bob Halloran Sr MTS, Perkin-Elmer DSG ============================================================================= UUCP: {ihnp4, decvax, ucbvax}!vax135!petsd!pedsgd!bobh USPS: 106 Apple St M/S 305, Tinton Falls NJ 07724 DDD: (201) 758-7000 Disclaimer: My opinions are mine alone. Quote: "No matter where you go, there you are" - B. Banzai
hutch@shark.UUCP (Stephen Hutchison) (07/23/85)
In article <3194@decwrl.UUCP> boyajian@akov68.DEC (JERRY BOYAJIAN) writes: >> From: Mike Ciaraldi <ciaraldi> > >> I suppose everyone knows that Barry and Iris Allen are reunited >> in the 30th Century in Flash #350.... >> >> One of the potential continuity problems I mentioned many months ago is >> that it was established a long time ago that in the 30th Century >> (in the timeline of the Legion of SuperHeroes), there are two speedsters >> called The Tornado Twins who are descendants of Barry Allen. >> [...] > >The answer is simple. One of the impressions I've gotten is that once >CRISIS is all done, anything that happened before it is --- in the words >of an infamous Presidential Press Secretary --- no longer operative, or >rather, no longer *necessarily* operative. So, if anything they do from >then on conflicts with something published 15 years ago, tough toenails. >So, considering that the Tornado Twins appeared only once (I believe), in >the late 60's, DC might just decide that they never existed. > >--- jayembee (Jerry Boyajian, DEC, Acton-Nagog, MA) Sorry. The Tornado Twins have *just* been re-introduced to a potentially adoring public by the Legion Annual. So much for pretending they never happened. Hutch
boyajian@akov68.DEC (JERRY BOYAJIAN) (07/26/85)
> From: shark!hutch > In article <3194@decwrl.UUCP> boyajian@akov68.DEC (JERRY BOYAJIAN) writes: > [...] >>So, considering that the Tornado Twins appeared only once (I believe), in >>the late 60's, DC might just decide that they never existed. > > Sorry. The Tornado Twins have *just* been re-introduced to a potentially > adoring public by the Legion Annual. So much for pretending they never > happened. Yeah, no sooner do I open up my big mouth and say what I quote above than the characters appear in the LEGION ANNUAL. Sigh. --- jayembee (Jerry Boyajian, DEC, Acton-Nagog, MA) UUCP: {decvax|ihnp4|allegra|ucbvax|...}!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-akov68!boyajian ARPA: boyajian%akov68.DEC@DECWRL.ARPA