Flash Theory Makes Green Lantern's Strongest Enemy The Next Crossover Villain
The new theory revolves around the story of The Flash's Deathstorm, which turns Green Lantern's most powerful enemy into another villain in the Arrowvers crossover. The series makes a huge connection with Green Lantern by featuring a character related to the DC Blackest Night event. Blackest Night is a comic book crossover that illuminates the Green Lantern DC Universe corner.
Just a few episodes after defeating Desper and stopping Reverse-Flash from causing Armageddon, Flash launches a new arc with several episodes with a character called Black Flame, who acts as the central antagonist. At the end of the 8th series of The Flash, episode 11, called "Resurrection" confirms the birth of a mysterious villain. The character is revealed as Deathstorm, a twisted version of Robbie Amel's Firestorm, who gave his life to save Central City from a singularity in the premiere of Flash Season 2. By getting Caitlin (Danielle Panabaker) to give her a physical look, Deathstorm is proving to be another big threat to Central City and Team Flash.
Deathstorm's Flash debut gave rise to theories that he used Arrowvers to create another big crossover. Arrowverse took a break from the usual crossover format after the "Crisis of Infinite Lands", but will always return to it for the period 2022-2023. If so, there's a chance the Flash's latest enemy is part of the standard for another villain who threatens Flash, Superman, and everyone else. Here's how Deathstorm can lead Green Lantern's most powerful enemy to fight the Arrowvers heroes.
Deathstorm, introduced in 2010, is a servant of Nekron and a member of the Black Lanterns. Both are antagonists in the Blackest Night crossover. In the story, the Green Lantern Corps and the Justice League are forced to attack Nekron together. As Lord of the Inanimate, the Necron is a powerful, cosmic entity that embodies death itself. Thanks to its ability to resurrect the dead, Nekron brings dead heroes and villains from all over the DC universe and gathers them into the army known as the Black Lantern Corps. Resurrected DC Comics in Nekron's services include Martian Manhunter, Elongated Man, Batman and Firestorm, who died in Infinite Crisis.
As one of Nekron's undead servants, Ronnie's corpse is used in Deathstorm, an incredibly powerful black lantern and one of Nekron's many weapons. In an effort to kill the Entity (personification of life), Nekron deployed its Black Lanterns throughout the universe, forcing the heroes of Earth and seven different Lantern organizations to work together to prevent this. By creating the White Lanterns, Hal Jordan's Green Lantern found a way to finally end Necron's crusade. And interestingly, his biggest ally on Blackest Night is Barry Allen, who plays a key role in the fight against Nekron and his Black Lantern army.
Flash Season 8, Episode 11 officially features Deathstorm, albeit of a different origin than Blackest Night. Deathstorm tells Caitlin that she was born from Ronnie's victim. When he died to stop the singularity, he "gave his life to his power" and inadvertently created Deathstorm. This means that Deathstorm is an independent entity, rather than an undead missing Nekron. And while Arrowverse's Deathstorm has a well-designed comic, all the obvious connections to the Black Lantern Corps seem to have taken hold, which has allowed him to excel as a major villain in The Flash season.
By transforming Deathstorm Flash Deathstorm separates Black Lantern in a way that works, but it's unbelievable that there is a connection between them. It is important to note that Deathstorm's conversation with Caitlin never ruled out the possibility that Nekron was behind his original Arrowvers. The Necron may have held Ronnie's body. Or he used the incident of singularity and the energy released by Ronnie's victims to create Deathstorm. Its origin was presented as a coincidence due to the premiere of the 2nd season, but this is not entirely true. This may be the secret work of the Arrowverse Necron, who now uses Deathstorm as his weapon against Earth. Many Black Lanterns visit Earth in comics, but Nekron probably thinks that only one of his minions is enough to advance his goals.
The theory of the Necron in the episode is supported by the Easter egg Green Lantern. Before the big Deathstorm show was unveiled, Allegra uttered the phrase "the darkest night" when she spoke of death. Of course, this can be a mock show that is supposed to overshadow Deathstorm's spectacular entry into the final scene, but it can also be a sign of Nekron's involvement.
Because Nekron is one of the most powerful creatures in the entire DC Universe, wasting his potential to appear as a villain in every Arrowverse series is a waste for him. That's why it's hard to imagine a Deathstorm fight that will lead to Nekron as the last villain in season 8 of The Flash. So what happens in Deathstorm could serve as a setting for the upcoming crossover Arrowverse, where Nekron will be the first villain. Without the Green Lantern Corps, Blackest Night may not be a completely honest adaptation, but it can still retain some key story concepts.
For example, it could remain a central starting point for the Necron to save dead heroes and villains and use them to carry out its orders. The crossover event, where Nekron is the main antagonist, would seem incomplete without Green Lantern, but a recording of at least one could be on the table. Arrowvers built a Green Lantern modification for John Diggle for a while, but so far he was reluctant to wear the ring.
With a pilot for the Arrowverse television series Diggle called Justice U in the Sky, it is possible that Arrowverse films will eventually pay for their Green Lantern setup. A potential place to do this is a crossover targeting Nekron, where Diggle can fight a villain's army alongside Team Flash and other Arrowvers heroes.