Barry's research of past records of newspaper clippings leads him to conclude that Thawne deliberately changed the timeline to prevent the formation of the Justice League. A second lightning strike grants Barry Allen his powers, healing his injuries, allowing him to recreate his costume. Meanwhile in New Themyscira, Lois Lane encounters the Resistance. Cyborg is relieved of duty as Element Woman sneaks into the headquarters. The US President informs Cyborg that Steve Trevor sent a signal to the resistance but was intercepted because of a traitor among the heroes that Cyborg tried to recruit. He explains that he was hired to extract Lois Lane from New Themyscira because she was sent to gather information on the Amazons for Cyborg. Wonder Woman catches him by the neck with her Lasso of Truth and begins interrogating him. In London, Steve Trevor is waiting at a rendezvous point for Lois Lane but is attacked by Wonder Woman and the Amazons. Barry decides to recreate the accident that gave him his powers, in a bid to undo the damage caused by Thawne, but the initial attempt causes him to be badly burnt.

Barry's ring ejects Professor Zoom's costume and cause Barry to believe that Eobard Thawne is responsible for changing history. Barry's memory begins to spontaneously realign itself to the altered timeline and Barry learns that the world of Flashpoint is not an alternate dimension, but his own.

Back at Wayne Manor, Barry tries to explain to Thomas about his secret identity as the Flash and his relationship to Bruce Wayne. Sonar is able to remove a piece of the trident from Deathstroke's chest and heal him. He, along with his crew ( Sonar, Icicle, and Clayface) are attacked by Emperor Aquaman, who stabs Deathstroke in the chest. In the flooded remains of Paris, Deathstroke the Terminator captains a pirate ship in search of his daughter. Barry Allen drives to the Batcave where he is attacked by Batman, who is revealed to be Thomas Wayne, who took the mantle after the death of his son. The heroes cannot work together to find a solution, and the meeting is disbanded. Cyborg and Batman have a conference with a group of superheroes, to discuss how the battle between Aquaman's Atlanteans and Wonder Woman's Amazons has caused massive death and destruction in Western Europe, with the prospect of America being similarly endangered. In Gotham City, Batman throws Yo-Yo off a building before being confronted by Cyborg. Barry Allen wakes up to discover he is in an altered timeline in which Citizen Cold is Central City's greatest hero, his mother Nora (deceased in his own timeline) is alive, his father Henry, died of a heart attack three years ago (instead of in prison), and that the Flash, the Justice League and Superman do not exist.

Flashpoint by Geoff Johns