History TearJerker / TheFlash

* Issue 192 of Volume 1 is about the Flash apparently failing to save 99 crewmen of a sub, but finds that a couple separated by war promised to wait for one another no matter what. When he finds the crew had been capture,d not killed, he manages to save them...but the couple died at the exact same instant they reunited and are together in death.
* The end of issue 306. Mirror Master falls in love with an Atlantean in a mirror-world and plans for the Flash to take her place while she goes free, but Barry, unaware of this, accidentally breaks the mirror. Mirror Master is distraught and gives up quietly, while Barry asks if he's okay.

* Issue 192 of Volume 1 (November 1969). Especially the ending.
* To a lesser degree, the end of issue 306.

* The ending of "Running Scared". [[ComicBook/EobardThawne Eobard Thawne]] kidnaps Iris, reveals Barry's SecretIdentity to her, tries to kill them both, and is killed when Iris manages to [[DisintegratorRay blast him with a Black Hole Gun]] after Barry depowers him. Iris feels betrayed by Barry's secret-keeping, and turns her back on him. Barry is left broken and alone in his apartment, [[KeepingSecretsSucks guilt-ridden]] over all the times he disregarded Iris and his other friends in order to be the Flash. Iris is left feeling stupid and insignificant compared to Barry's life as a superhero. You even [[SympathyForTheDevil feel a little sympathy for Thawne]], since his backstory reveals that Barry's bright legacy was the one light in his lonely life.

* Hunter Zolomon discovers that Professor Zoom once gave a gun to one guy: the suspect who kill his father-in-law. Hunter was right, but Eobard destroys his life just like he always did with Barry, all to create a retroactive successor.

* Hunter Zolomon discovers Professor Zoom gives a gun to one guy: the suspect who kill his father-in-law!!! Hunter was right, he doesn't have a gun but Eobart destroys his life just like he always did with Barry.

* ''Return of Barry Allen'', when Wally is feeling insecure about being the weakest of the three Flashes after Barry's 'return'[[note]]actually, Eobard Thawne, the Reverse-Flash, having tried to steal Barry's identity while suffering a nervous breakdown[[/note]] Wally is briefly trapped under some rubble while they're fighting some tech-savy criminals. 'Barry' begins angrily beating the crap out of the guy, which to everyone seems to be PapaWolf kicking in, except to Wally, who was close enough to hear that he was ''actually'' pissed that the guy was calling ''Wally'' the Flash and not him, crushing Wally's spirit at the apparent dismissal.

* The ending of "Running Scared". [[ComicBook/EobardThawne]] kidnaps Iris, reveals Barry's SecretIdentity to her, tries to kill them both, and is killed when Iris manages to [[DisintegratorRay blast him with a Black Hole Gun]] after Barry depowers him. Iris feels betrayed by Barry's secret-keeping, and turns her back on him. Barry is left broken and alone in his apartment, [[KeepingSecretsSucks guilt-ridden]] over all the times he disregarded Iris and his other friends in order to be the Flash. Iris is left feeling stupid and insignificant compared to Barry's life as a superhero. You even [[SympathyForTheDevil feel a little sympathy for Thawne]], since his backstory reveals that Barry's bright legacy was the one light in his lonely life.

* To a leser degree, the end of issue 306.

* The breaking of Barry and Wally’s bond in Issue 48 of [[ComicBook/FlashWar “Flash War”]], since Wally’s debut in 1959, the pair have been as close as father and son, even going so far to be each other’s [[LivingEmotionalCrutch Living Emotional Crutches]], and it was Barry’s paternal love that brought Wally back from the Speed Force when not even Linda, his own lightning rod, could. Now after just getting Wally back, Barry and Wally are locked in an all out war (for reference, Wally wants to go into the speedforce to save his kids while Barry wants to stop Wally to prevent the possibility of another Flashpoint), with Wally going so far to threaten to make sure Barry never runs again, a FateWorseThanDeath for a speedster.

* The breaking of Barry and Wally’s bond in Issue 48 of [[ComicBook/FlashWar “Flash War”]], since Wally’s debut in 1959, the pair have been as close as father and son, even going so far to be each other’s [[LivingEmotionalCrutch Living Emotional Crutches]]. and it was Barry’s paternal love that brought Wally back from the Speed Force when not even Linda, his own lightning rod, could. Now after just getting Wally back, Barry and Wally are locked in an all out war (for reference, Wally wants to go into the speedforce to save his kids while Barry wants to stop Wallyto prevent the possibility of another Flashpoint), with Wally going so far to threaten to make sure Barry never runs again, a FateWorseThanDeath for a speedster.

* The breaking of Barry and Wally’s bond in Issue 48 of “{{ComicBook/FlashWar}}”, since Wally’s debut in 1959, the pair have been as close as father and son, even going so far to be each other’s [[LivingEmotionalCrutch Living Emotional Crutches]]. and it was Barry’s paternal love that brought Wally back from the Speed Force when not even Linda, his own lightning rod, could. Now after just getting Wally back, Barry and Wally are locked in an all out war (for reference, Wally wants to go into the speedforce to save his kids while Barry wants to stop Wallyto prevent the possibility of another Flashpoint), with Wally going so far to threaten to make sure Barry never runs again, a FateWorseThanDeath for a speedster.

* The breaking of Barry and Wally’s bond in Issue 48 of “Flash War”, since Wally’s debut in 1959, the pair have been as close as father and son, even going so far to be each other’s [[LivingEmotionalCrutch Living Emotional Crutches]]. and it was Barry’s paternal love that brought Wally back from the Speed Force when not even Linda, his own lightning rod, could. Now after just getting Wally back, Barry and Wally are locked in an all out war (for reference, Wally wants to go into the speedforce to save his kids while Barry wants to stop Wallyto prevent the possibility of another Flashpoint), with Wally going so far to threaten to make sure Barry never runs again, a FateWorseThanDeath for a speedster.

* The breaking of Barry and Wally’s bond in Issue 48 of “Flash War”, since Wally’s debut in 1959, the pair have been as close as father and son, even going so far to be each other’s [[LivingEmotionalCrutch Living Emotional Crutches]]. and it was Barry’s paternal love that brought Wally back from the Speed Force when not even Linda, his own lightning rod, could. Now after just getting Wally back, Barry and Wally are locked in an all out war (for reference, Wally wants to go into the speedforce to save his kids while Barry wants to stop Wallyto prevent the possibility of another Flashpoint), with Wally going so far to threaten to make sure Barry never runs again, a FateWorstThanDeath for a speedster.

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[[caption-width-right:350: Until [[DeathIsCheap 23 years later]] when it all becomes undone]]

[[caption-width-right:350: Until 26 years later when it becomes all undone]]