The Flash Iceberg Explained

Flash Fact! Keep babies and microwaves away from the Flash

Background footage

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0:00 - Intro
1:19 - Tier I: Central City
32:36 - Commercial Break I
33:15 - Tier II: Keystone City
1:11:51 - Commercial Break II
1:12:31 - Tier III: Gorilla City
1:43:38 - Commercial Break III
1:44:19 - Tier IV: S.T.A.R. Labs
2:11:35 - Commercial Break IV
2:12:01 - Tier V: The Speed Force
2:34:00 - Outro

Music (in order then loops)

[Pigpen_YT]

Please ignore the weird editing mistake at 1:29:50. I have no idea how this happened

[generalstorm]

Flash dunking on some children is amazing. Truly the best moment in any comic.

[pajamapantsjack]

The flash is so interesting this he really actually cares about his villains. One of the few heroes who will just talk with you

[NdieCity]

I love the implication that flash isn't allowed to use his own name in Argentina due to a copyright issue in-universe

[jamesesterline]

I'd love to eventually see a Daredevil iceberg

[ytrkhgfd]

Ok, so I finally got to listen to this while I was working, and when the audio cut out at 1:12:00 I had to check if it was my headphones were acting up. It was genuinely haunting seeing all the articles about Ezra while no music was playing during the commercial, and for a second, I thought the audio cut was intentional.

[rosiearchfield]

i know that the song was removed in commercial break 2 but the silence being interrupted with popups of everything miller has done is so darkly hillarious

[ericj]

Great video! But I’m surprised you didn’t mention when Barry was a refugee in the Marvel universe after he died in Crisis. He couldn’t even completely remember his name (Marvel didn’t want to get sued) so he went by Buried Alien

[skyking]

this iceberg came at the time since i'm back in a DC mood. thank you pigpen for another amazing iceberg! can't wait for the wonder woman iceberg

[ShinySephiroth]

1:11:35 This is incorrect - they appeared in an alternate future in the CW books surrounding the "Barryverse", itself an alt timeline of the Arrowverse. In the Arrowverse proper, Nora is the child Barry got after Eobard changed the timeline in S1. In S5, when Eobard meets Nora, he calls her Dawn because he'd heard Barry bad a kid named Dawn (context shows they'd never met). When Barry reveals her name is Nora, Eobard quickly deduces how Nora came to be instead of Dawn before chuckling and saying, "Well... at least you still have *one*." The one meaning one kid (Nora instead of Dawn) instead of the two he originally had (Don now being erased). Combining the fact that the alt timeline of the Arrowverse (the "Barryverse") insinuates the Don and Dawn are Barry's kids pre-S1, it shows Barry lost Don and Dawn in the Arrowverse and got Bart & Nora instead.

[megaman]

An interesting thing you could have put on here is talking about the Golden Age Star Sapphire. She originally only appeared in 2 comics back then, and only one more in the Dark Age (I think), she was a Jay Garrick villain. You can probably still put her on the Green Lantern iceberg, if you think she’s an interesting enough topic.

[MikeVonwolkenstein]

One thing I like about these icebergs you make is the inclusion of weird unknown comic storylines throughout the decades. Showing the weird asf side of comics. That make me wonder wtf were the writers on.

Another great iceberg like always, can’t wait for the next one.

[Baconlovesreddead]

I giggle and kick my feet when PigPen makes another iceberg

[agustinleal]

9:53 I remember an old Cartoon Network prompt in which Speedy González, the Road Runner and The Flash from the DCAU compete in a race. The race didn't finish but they were in a tie the entire time.

[society]

10:00 reminds me that in the English dub for the headmasters show, Blurr is actually called “Wally”. which would mean he would share a name with Wally West, which is rather funny to think about.

Makes me wish we could see a Blurr voiced by Michael Rosenbaum

[sashamurashi]

"And then, to assert his dominance, he dunks on them."


- PigPen, July 30, 2023

[LowellLucasJr.]

As someone who knows next to nothing about the Flash, nor had much interest in it, I found your video extremely informative and very intriguing! You actually make me want to read some of The Flash's stories and see what I've been missing all these years!

[SuperiorGothBun]

That second commerical break segment hit me like a truck

[davidtheboy]

Few things:
1.) I love your iceberg videos very much since they make for great background noise for activities and I get to learn more about my favorite properties.
2.) Commercial Break II got a real big laugh out of me. I also love the dedication to the changing names for the GameOver Squad.
Keep up the good work man

[notsosmartguy]

That 2003 flash show sounds like America wanted to make a doctor who knock off