Cosmic Treadmill
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In the 25th century, a rebuild Cosmic Treadmill resided in the Flash Museum with its existence being debated upon by scientific historians with some believing it allowed Barry Allen to test the limit of his powers whilst others believed it conferred the super-speed abilities to him. Professor Drake was the person who had managed to rediscover the existence of the mythical Speed Force until he was removed from the timeline by an older Reverse-Flash leading to Eobard Thawne becoming the new head of the Flash Museum. (Flash v3 #8) | In the 25th century, a rebuild Cosmic Treadmill resided in the Flash Museum with its existence being debated upon by scientific historians with some believing it allowed Barry Allen to test the limit of his powers whilst others believed it conferred the super-speed abilities to him. Professor Drake was the person who had managed to rediscover the existence of the mythical Speed Force until he was removed from the timeline by an older Reverse-Flash leading to Eobard Thawne becoming the new head of the Flash Museum. (Flash v3 #8) | ||
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| + | After the mysterious death of Eobard Thawne, the Flash sought to travel through time to find who was responsible for his foes demise. Despite promising never to use it, he went to the Watchtower to make use of the Cosmic Treadmill. Batman accompanied him and during travel they hit a turbulence that caused them to fall back in time onto the Flashpoint Earth in the Batcave but the travel caused the Treadmill to be damaged. (The Flash v5 #21) | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
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| + | As travelling through the timestream was volatile, detaching from the Cosmic Treadmill during any attempted time travel was dangerous as one could be lost forever.(The Flash v5 #21) | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
Revision as of 14:57, 7 May 2017
The Cosmic Treadmill is a device that features in DC Comics.
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History
Origin
Pre-Crisis
Post-Crisis
In the 25th century, a rebuild Cosmic Treadmill resided in the Flash Museum with its existence being debated upon by scientific historians with some believing it allowed Barry Allen to test the limit of his powers whilst others believed it conferred the super-speed abilities to him. Professor Drake was the person who had managed to rediscover the existence of the mythical Speed Force until he was removed from the timeline by an older Reverse-Flash leading to Eobard Thawne becoming the new head of the Flash Museum. (Flash v3 #8)
The New 52
After the mysterious death of Eobard Thawne, the Flash sought to travel through time to find who was responsible for his foes demise. Despite promising never to use it, he went to the Watchtower to make use of the Cosmic Treadmill. Batman accompanied him and during travel they hit a turbulence that caused them to fall back in time onto the Flashpoint Earth in the Batcave but the travel caused the Treadmill to be damaged. (The Flash v5 #21)
Overview
As travelling through the timestream was volatile, detaching from the Cosmic Treadmill during any attempted time travel was dangerous as one could be lost forever.(The Flash v5 #21)
Notes
- The Cosmic Treadmill was created by John Broome where it made its first appearance in The Flash v1 #125 (December 1961).
In other media
Television
- In Batman: The Brave and the Bold, the Cosmic Treadmill appeared in the episode "Requiem for a Scarlet Speedster!". It was present within the Flash Museum and remained there after the seeming death of the second Flash Barry Allen. Batman witnessed the perceived ghost of Flash and he took Jay Garrick along with Kid Flash to use the Treadmill to track down Barry Allen lost in time.
- In 2014's The Flash, the Cosmic Treadmill did not feature though an ordinary treadmill was used at S.T.A.R. Labs to test Barry Allen's newly acquired super-speed.
Videogames
- In Injustice: Gods Among Us, the Cosmic Treadmill featured in the video game where it was used as part of the storyline. It was brought to the Watchtower where Flash, Superman and Cyborg attempted to use it to retrieve their comrades Green Arrow, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Green Lantern, Joker and Batman who had been sent to a parallel universe where Superman ruled the world. To recover them, the Flash made use of the treadmill in order to match their vibrational signature to pull them back to their Earth. However, this attempt leads to Cyborg being sent into the parallel Earth.
Appearances
- Flash:
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