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Hypertime has enough problems with Thomas Wayne still around. Bonnie Baxter
Flashpoint Beyond #3 is an issue of the series Flashpoint Beyond (Volume 1) with a cover date of September, 2022. It was published on July 5, 2022.
Synopsis for The Clockwork Killer, Part Three: "The Secret of the Super-Man"
Appearing in The Clockwork Killer, Part Three: "The Secret of the Super-Man"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Dexter Dent (Flashpoint Timeline)
- Oswald Cobblepot (Flashpoint Timeline)
- Parliament of Trees (Flashpoint Timeline) (First appearance)
- Poison Ivy (First full appearance)
- Swamp Thing/Jason Woodrue (Flashpoint Timeline) (First appearance)
- The Super-Man/Kal-El (Flashpoint Timeline) (Flashback and main story) (Origin)
Antagonists:
- The "Clockwork Killer" (Flashpoint Timeline) (Behind the scenes)
- George Harkness (Flashpoint Timeline) (Unnamed)
- Kryptonians (Flashpoint Timeline) (First full appearance) (Flashback only)
- Jor-El (First appearance; unnamed) (Flashback and main story) (Also as a construct)
- Pariah/Kell Mossa (Pre-Crisis) (In a vision) (Cameo)
- The Great Darkness (Corrupted) (In a vision) (Behind the scenes)
- Time Masters (Post-Flashpoint) (First full appearance)
- Bonnie Baxter (First full appearance)
- Dr. Jeff Smith (Full name revealed) (First full appearance)
Other Characters:
- Aquaman (Flashpoint Timeline) (In a vision) (Cameo)
- Atlanteans (In a vision) (Cameo)
- Blue Beetle/Jaime Reyes (Post-Flashpoint) (In a vision) (Cameo)
- Blue Devil (Pre-Flashpoint) (In a vision) (Cameo)
- Booster Gold (Pre-Flashpoint) (In a vision) (Cameo)
- Cat Grant (Flashpoint Timeline) (First appearance) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Cleopatra (Earth-One) (In a vision) (Cameo)
- Creature Commandos (Earth-One) (In a vision) (Cameo)
- Lt. Matthew Shrieve (In a vision) (Cameo)
- Patchwork (In a vision) (Cameo)
- Vincent Velcro (In a vision) (Cameo)
- Doctor Manhattan (Watchmen Universe) (In a vision) (Cameo)
- Firestorm (Pre-Flashpoint) (In a vision) (Cameo)
- The Flash/Barry Allen (Earth-One) (Dies in a vision) (Cameo)
- The Flash/Barry Allen (Pre-Flashpoint) (In a vision) (Cameo)
- The Flash/Barry Allen (Prime Earth) (In a vision) (Cameo)
- The Flash/Wally West (Pre-Flashpoint) (In a vision) (Cameo)
- Gotham City Police Department (Flashpoint Timeline)
- Commissioner Sofia Gigante (Full name revealed)
- Gilda Dent (Flashpoint Timeline) (Cameo)
- Green Lantern/Guy Gardner (Pre-Flashpoint) (In a vision) (Cameo)
- Green Lantern/Hal Jordan (Pre-Flashpoint) (In a vision) (Cameo)
- Green Lantern/Hal Jordan (Earth 0) (In a vision) (Cameo)
- Gunfire/Andrew Van Horn (Pre-Flashpoint) (In a vision) (Cameo)
- Hawkman (Pre-Flashpoint) (In a vision) (Cameo)
- Dr. John Dee (Flashpoint Timeline) (Behind the scenes)
- Arkham Asylum guards (Flashpoint Timeline)
- Arthur (First appearance) (Cameo)
- Arthur's colleague (Single appearance) (Unnamed)
- Arkham Asylum guards (Flashpoint Timeline)
- Jonathan Kent (Flashpoint Timeline) (First appearance) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Justice Society of America (Earth-Two) (In a vision) (Cameo)
- Doctor Fate (Kent Nelson) (In a vision) (Cameo)
- The Flash (Jay Garrick) (In a vision) (Cameo)
- Green Lantern (Alan Scott) (In a vision) (Cameo)
- Hawkman (Carter Hall) (In a vision) (Cameo)
- The Sandman (Wesley Dodds) (In a vision) (Cameo)
- Justice Society of America (Pre-Flashpoint) (In a vision) (Cameo)
- Abigail "Ma" Hunkel (In a vision) (Cameo)
- Damage (Grant Emerson) (In a vision) (Cameo)
- Doctor Mid-Nite (Pieter Cross) (In a vision) (Cameo)
- Hourman (Rick Tyler) (In a vision) (Cameo)
- Jesse Quick (In a vision) (Cameo)
- Maxine Hunkel (In a vision) (Cameo)
- Mister Terrific (Michael Holt) (In a vision) (Cameo)
- Power Girl/Kara Zor-L (Earth-Two) (In a vision) (Cameo)
- Stargirl (In a vision) (Cameo)
- Starman/Thom Kallor (Pre-Zero Hour) (In a vision) (Cameo)
- Kid Flash/Wally West (Earth 0) (In a vision) (Cameo)
- Legion of Super-Heroes (Pre-Zero Hour) (In a vision) (Cameo)
- Lois Lane (Flashpoint Timeline) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Marionette (Watchmen Universe) (In a vision) (Cameo)
- Martha Kent (Flashpoint Timeline) (First appearance) (Voice) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Martian Manhunter (Pre-Flashpoint) (In a vision) (Cameo)
- Mime (Watchmen Universe) (In a vision) (Cameo)
- Perry White (Flashpoint Timeline) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Reverse-Flash/Eobard Thawne (Post-Flashpoint) (Dies) (Cameo)
- Starman/Will Payton (Pre-Flashpoint) (In a vision) (Cameo)
- Steve Lombard (Flashpoint Timeline) (First appearance; unnamed) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Superboy-Prime (Earth-Prime) (In a vision) (Cameo)
- Superman/Clark Kent (Earth-Two) (In a vision) (Cameo)
- Superman/Clark Kent (Pre-Flashpoint) (In a vision) (Cameo)
- The Swamp Thing (Pre-Flashpoint) (In a vision) (Cameo)
- Time Masters (Pre-Crisis) (In a vision) (Cameo)
- Rip Hunter (Pre-Crisis) (In a vision) (Cameo)
- Wonder Woman (Flashpoint Timeline) (In a vision) (Cameo)
- Amazons of Themyscira (In a vision) (Cameo)
- Yvette DuBois (Pre-Flashpoint) (In a vision) (Cameo)
- Bloodline (Flashpoint Timeline) (Mentioned only)
- Corky Baxter (Earth 0) (Mentioned only)
- Cyborg (Flashpoint Timeline) (Mentioned only)
- Debbie Dent (Flashpoint Timeline) (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
- Eclipsa/Mona Bennett (Flashpoint Timeline) (Mentioned only)
- Element Woman (Flashpoint Timeline) (Mentioned only)
- God (Mentioned only)
- Harvey Dent (Flashpoint Timeline) (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
- Iris West (Flashpoint Timeline) (Mentioned only)
- John (Iris West's husband) (Flashpoint Timeline) (Mentioned only)
- Justice League (Earth 0) (Mentioned only)
- Dr. Rip Hunter (Post-Flashpoint) (Mentioned only)
- Snapper Carr (Flashpoint Timeline) (Mentioned only)
- Starman/David Knight (Flashpoint Timeline) (Mentioned only)
- U.S. Government (Flashpoint Timeline) (Mentioned only)
- Sarge Steel (Mentioned only)
Locations:
- Hypertime
- Infinite Frontier/"Omniverse" (Behind the scenes)
- Multiverse-1
- Earth 0/Prime Earth
- United States of America
- Missouri (In a vision) (Cameo)
- Time Masters' Time Vault (In a vision) (Cameo)
- United States of America
- Flashpoint Timeline (Displaced)
- Rao System
- Krypton (Flashback and main story) (Also as a construct)
- Solar System (Also as a construct)
- Earth (Also as a construct)
- Europe
- North America
- United States of America
- Kansas
- Smallville (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Kent Farm (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Smallville (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- New Jersey
- Gotham City
- Arkham Asylum
- Iris West's Apartment (First appearance)
- Wayne Casino
- Wayne Manor
- Gotham City
- New York
- Metropolis (Flashback and main story) (Destroyed)
- Daily Planet (Flashback only) (Destroyed)
- Metropolis (Flashback and main story) (Destroyed)
- Florida (Mentioned only)
- Solar City (Mentioned only)
- New Mexico (Mentioned only)
- Santa Fe (Mentioned only)
- Rhode Island
- Happy Harbor (Mentioned only)
- Kansas
- United States of America
- The Oasis (First appearance)
- Earth (Also as a construct)
- Rao System
- Negative Speed Force (Behind the scenes)
- Watchmen Universe (In a vision) (Cameo)
- Earth 0/Prime Earth
- Multiverse-2 (In a vision) (Cameo)
- Antimatter Universe (In a vision) (Cameo)
- Earth-AD (Unnamed) (In a vision) (Cameo)
- Earth-One (In a vision) (Cameo)
- 1st Century BCE
- Egypt (In a vision) (Cameo)
- 20th Century
- United States of America (In a vision) (Cameo)
- 1st Century BCE
- Earth-Two (In a vision) (Cameo)
- United States of America
- Civic City (In a vision) (Cameo)
- JSA Headquarters (In a vision) (Cameo)
- Metropolis (In a vision) (Cameo)
- Civic City (In a vision) (Cameo)
- United States of America
- Pre-Flashpoint Multiverse (Unnamed) (In a vision) (Cameo)
- New Earth (In a vision) (Cameo)
- United States of America
- Metropolis (In a vision) (Cameo)
- New York City
- JSA Headquarters (In a vision) (Cameo)
- United States of America
- New Earth (In a vision) (Cameo)
- Multiverse-1
Items:
- Aquaman's Trident (In a vision) (Cameo)
- Batsuit
- Blue Beetle Scarab (In a vision) (Cameo)
- Cosmic Staff (In a vision) (Cameo)
- Doctor Mid-Nite's Goggles (In a vision) (Cameo)
- H-Dial (Mentioned only)
- Helmet of Fate (In a vision) (Cameo)
- Hermes' Helmet (In a vision) (Cameo)
- Pariah's Armor (In a vision) (Cameo)
- Sunstones
- Superman's Cape (Also in a vision)
- T-Spheres (In a vision) (Cameo)
- Wayne Casino chip
- Wonder Woman's Helmet (In a vision) (Cameo)
- Wonder Woman's Sword (In a vision) (Cameo)
Vehicles:
- Kryptonian Rockets (Flashback and main story) (Also as constructs)
- Rip Hunter's Time Sphere
- Supermobile (In a vision) (Cameo)
Events:
- Crisis on Infinite Earths (In a vision)
- Dark Crisis (In a vision)
- Death of Superman (In a vision)
- Final Crisis (In a vision)
- The Flashpoint (Also in a vision)
- Destruction of Metropolis (Flashback only)
- Infinite Crisis (In a vision)
- The Rebirth (In a vision)
Concepts:
- The Divine Continuum
- The Green
- The Eternal Return (Unnamed)
- Metahumans
- Time Travel
Notes
- Similar to the Psycho-Pirate,[1] the Time Masters fled (some time before the events of Dark Crisis #1 into Hypertime in order to escape the Dark Crisis and the risk of having their histories rewritten again.
- Bonnie Baxter mentions that she and Jeff Smith are waiting for the return of the Justice League from Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths #6-7.
- She also mentions believing that the Dark Crisis will change the "Omniverse" which came to be true as Pariah's restored Pre-Crisis realities are merged into Multiverse-1 in Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths #7.
- This story reveals that, in the reborn Flashpoint Timeline, the Kryptonians survived Krypton's destruction and are preparing full-scale invasion of Earth.
- This could be probably a change due to the rebirth of this timeline, like the appearance of Barry Allen, as nothing suggested that this was part of the original continuity.
Trivia
- Many past and recent events are shown or referenced in this issue, including:
- Flashpoint Metropolis being destroyed by Kal-El's arrival in Flashpoint: Project Superman #1;
- The U.S. Government capturing baby Kal-El in Flashpoint: Project Superman #2;
- The Flashpoint heroes gathering to face Aquaman and Wonder Woman's forces in Flashpoint (Volume 2) #4;
- Batman killing Poison Ivy which was mentioned in Flashpoint Beyond #1;
- The deaths of Debbie and Harvey Dent from Flashpoint Beyond #1;
- The "death" of the Justice League from Justice League (Volume 4) #75;
- Pariah and his Great Darkness-corrupted Dark Army besieging Multiverse-1 in Dark Crisis event;
- The return of the Justice League in Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths #6;
- The retreat of the Great Darkness in Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths #7.
- The Hypertime visions feature many scenes throughout the history of the DC Universe, including:
- Superman's first appearance in Action Comics #1;
- The first gathering of the JSA from All-Star Comics #3;
- Rip Hunter meeting Cleopatra in Rip Hunter #21;
- The "death" of Barry Allen in Crisis on Infinite Earths #8;
- A gathering of superheroes from Invasion! #2;
- Superman's destroyed cape after his death at the hands of Doomsday from Superman (Volume 2) #75;
- Gunfire and Yvette DuBois from the cover of Gunfire #1;
- The return of Hal Jordan from Green Lantern: Rebirth;
- Ma Hunkel welcoming Maxine Hunkel into the JSA in Justice Society of America (Volume 3) #1;
- The Pre-Zero Hour Legion from Final Crisis: Legion of 3 Worlds;
- The return of Barry Allen from The Flash: Rebirth;
- Flashpoint Aquaman and Wonder Woman fighting in Flashpoint (Volume 2) #4;
- Doctor Manhattan appearing before Mime and Marionette in the flashback of Doomsday Clock #2;
- Wally West hugging Barry Allen after being freed from the Speed Force in DCU: Rebirth #1;
- Pariah monitoring the Justice League's Paradise Worlds in Dark Crisis #1;
- Mime and Marionette leaving the Time Masters' Time Vault in Flashpoint Beyond #0.
- The cover is a homage to Batman #612.
See Also