DC Comics Universe and The Flash War Spoilers follow.
The Flash #46, #47, #48, #49 and #50 Final Covers and Solicitations Revealed! While DC had released the solicitation copy, with the final cover reveal for The Flash #49, we now have the full picture of the “Road to Flash War” issue with The Flash #46 (and #51) to the Flash War finale in The Flash #50.
All solicitations and main covers below in chronological order. They are written by Joshua Williamson and interiors drawn by Howard Porter with the exception of #46 which is drawn by Scott Kolins.
The Flash #46 – In stores on May 9, 2018
- “THE ROAD TO FLASH WAR!” Wally West is overwhelmed by fragments from his past! With his protégé’s psyche falling apart, Barry Allen races around the DCU calling in every favor possible to save his shattered family. Meanwhile, Hunter Zolomon’s sinister machinations tip over the first domino in what might prove to be the end of everything for The Flash!
However, the final cover text reveals that it all may not be as it seems in terms of the past that the adult Wally West remembers (full spoilers from the Flash #45 here); the cover notes “pasts” instead of “past”.
The Flash #47 – In stores on May 23, 2018
- “FLASH WAR” part one! Barry Allen and Wally West…at war?! The long-rising tension between mentor and former sidekick is brought to a head when the Renegades of the 25th century come to claim Iris West for the murder of Eobard Thawne…but that’s only the beginning of a plot that will change the future of The Flash forever! By the end, it will be Flash versus Flash in a mythology-shaking event!
The Flash #48 – In stores on June 13, 2018
- “FLASH WAR” part two! Barry Allen and Wally West are brought to the future to stand trial for the murder of Eobard Thawne, but a terrible truth is uncovered when they reach the court—and Wally West is confronted with something he never even realized he lost.
The Flash #49 – In stores on June 27, 2018
- “FLASH WAR” part three! There’s only one thing that can put Wally West’s life back together. As he races back to the present, he has one goal: break the Speed Force! Can The Flash stop his former sidekick before it’s too late?
The Flash #50 – In stores on July 11, 2018
- The lightning-fueled finale of “Flash War”! Zoom adapts two new Speed Force powers into his arsenal against both Barry Allen and Wally West. What are these strange new powers? What can they do? And how will this haunt the Scarlet Speedster long after “Flash War” is over? It’s the power of two Flashes pitted against the seemingly unstoppable Hunter Zolomon!
BONUS: The Flash #51 – In stores on July 25, 2018 (no cover released yet)
- As the dust settles in the wake of “Flash War,” the Flash and his family of speedsters try to pick up the pieces of what’s left. But bad blood can run deep. This is the one race the Flash Family can’t win!
