The Flash #37 Review

 

The Flash #37 Review

Writer: Ryan North

Artist: Gavin Guidry

Colorist: Adriano Lucas

Letterer: Buddy Beaudoin

Cover Artists: Gavin Guidry & Adriano Lucas

Variant Cover Artists: Juni Ba & Ejikure

Editors: Chris Rosa & Paul Kaminski

Publisher: DC Comics

Price: $3.99/$4.99 Card Stock

Release Date: September 23, 2026

 

Wally West has a cool boss. Mr Terrific lets him follow his initiative, even if that means Wally rarely visits his office. And lately, Wally has been using the Speed Force to predict the future. This helps Mr Terrific build reliable weather models. Even better, it helps Wally foil crimes and prevent accidents in Central City and Keystone City.

 

But not everyone is a fan of The Flash's actions. Worse, not everyone trusts Wally with the power he assumes over people's lives. Is Green Arrow right to refuse Wally's offer to protect Star City? And how will the Justice League rule when Green Arrow asks them to weigh in on Wally's actions? Let's leap into The Flash #37 and see what happens!

 

Story

Wally has used his Flashes of Insight to prevent accidents and crimes in Central City. Anxious to build on what he's learned, Wally has gained Jon Kent's permission to prevent anything bad from happening in Metropolis. But lately, he's gotten pushback from his Justice League counterparts. When Wally considers extending his protection to Gotham, Red Tornado orders him to keep away. And when Wally offers to help Star City, Green Arrow also says, "No, thank you."

 

In The Flash #37, Wally is peeved by his friends’ lack of faith in him. So although he respects Red Tornado's explanation that Gotham is a war zone, he refuses to recognize Green Arrow's authority. As he gains experience using the Speed Force, Wally is protecting individuals from injury and death, and families from pain and anguish.

 

Yet in Ryan North's story, Wally is so excited by this new ability that he forgets how it unexpectedly manifested when he needed it. He also forgets that these Flashes of Insight aren't perfect, as one competitor in the "Easy Money in a Flash" contest ended up in the hospital. Wally even forgets how he overlooked a catastrophic threat while racing around a single city to ensure nothing bad happened to anyone.

 

So, Green Arrow is calling for an intervention. He wants someone to get Wally to sit still and think through what he’s doing. Moreover, with all the changes and shifting standards the Justice League is adopting, Green Arrow wants his fellow heroes to recognize that Wally is heading into murky waters. As for Wally, he may ask himself, "What would Batman do?" Yet Wally never recognizes that Batman is a skeptic in The Flash #37. The world's greatest detective would need a lot of convincing before he embraced such new abilities wholeheartedly.

 

Art

As Wally races across three cities, a local in Central City waves to him before a bridge. Like the vertical panels of the front page, three vertical panels show a bridge exploding in each city. Wally observes two people operating blasting machines with joy suffusing their faces. Then he appears multiple times in panels, operating computers while the person at the desk looks away. Later, Wally and his family gather within sight of the Central City Municipal Bridge. Yet Gavin Guidry pairs this scene with a panel of a super family gathering atop Mount Everest.

 

As Adriano Lucas paints The Flash #33 with a vibrant palette, red links Wally with the bridges and the terrorists' blasting machines. As the yellow-and-orange Speed Force blazes in his wake, yellow-and-orange explosions rock cities, while yellow tinges the office scenes. After a red-and-white close-up of Wally's eyes, he glimpses scenes tinged with yellow and orange. Yet as heroes gather on the white, snowy peak, their costumes and the flags fluttering around them celebrate this international monument to Human achievement.

 

Buddy Beaudoin fills white dialogue balloons with black uppercase letters, while Wally's small white lowercase thoughts fill red narrative boxes. Words grow bold with intonation and shrink for lowered voices, while building signs underline Wally's reverence for libraries. Sound effects accompany Wally's attempts to emulate Batman, rapid departures, and the air he displaces when he vanishes in the blink of an eye. Thanks to DC Comics for sharing this story with us.

 

Final Thoughts

Green Arrow may belong to the swelling ranks of the Justice League. Yet he's one of the few who lack superpowers. Suspicious of Wally's new abilities, Green Arrow wants help restraining Wally's exuberance. Yet the people he looks to for help invade people's privacy, advocate working with villains, and build interstellar empires while wielding unchecked, godlike abilities in The Flash #37.

 

Rating 9.2/10

 

To look inside see The Flash #37 Preview. 

For Wally's team-up with Jon Kent, see The Flash #36 Preview. 

For Wally's battle with Heat Wave, see my preview of The Flash #35. 

For Wally's confrontation with Gorilla Grodd, see my preview of The Flash #34. 

For a villain who doesn't stroke a white cat but likes James Bond, see my review of The Flash #33. 

For Wally's team-up with Captain Cold, see my preview of The Flash #32. 

 

For how Wally's Flashes of Insight began, see my preview of The Flash #31.