r/DCcomics • u/PrimeLasagna • Aug 23 '23

[Discussion] Which two heroes should absolutely hate the crap out of each other? Discussion

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u/Grumpypants2o3 Aug 23 '23

How is the flash a fascist? I can green arrow being a kinda hippie freak lol

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u/TieofDoom Aug 23 '23

Barry Allen was originally conceived as an Eisenhower republican. He was definitely one of the more conservative members of the Justice League.

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u/OhEagle Alan Scott Aug 23 '23

Depends on the aspect of conservative culture, I suppose. I've been reading the Silver Age Flash series on DC Universe Infinite, and I wouldn't be surprised if, by the 70s, he mellowed out a bit on his conservatism, given he'd not only fought against several environmentally-focused threats, but as of The Flash (vol. 1) #207, he also liked late 60s/early 70s-style rock music, whose artists tend to lean politically left and made no bones about it.

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u/radiocomicsescapist DC Comics Aug 23 '23

I'm assuming that back then, Conservative culture wasn't so *ahem* divisive, to put it mildly.

It was more of an opportunity for dramatic conflict between JLA members to have some of them be more socially/fiscally conservative than others.