History YMMV / FlashpointDCComics

* CartharsisFactor: [[spoiler:Enchantress']] demise was pretty graphic, but how satisfying it was.

** With the sudden cancellation of the ongoing ''[[ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica JSA All-Stars]]'', ''Comicbook/{{Freedom Fighters|DCComics}}'', ''R.E.B.E.L.S.'', ''[[ComicBook/BatmanAndTheOutsiders The Outsiders]]'', ''Batman Confidential'', & ''Comicbook/DoomPatrol'' monthlies, a number of disillusioned fans blamed Flashpoint and its '''MANY''' miniseries as being responsible. (That or that Dan Didio cancelled them for no reason). The real answer was that while they got good buzz, the numbers for each book weren't enough to keep them in production. It was sort of like the ''ComicBook/BlueBeetle'' all over again.
** The ending to ''Comicbook/DoomPatrol'' can't have helped: ComicBook/AmbushBug convinced the villain to end his scheme by [[BreakingTheFourthWall telling him the book was getting canceled]] and that he wouldn't have time to see it through. We don't know ''exactly'' what he said, but "Flashpoint" and "Didio" came up.

** ''ComicBook/{{Legion of Doom}}'': [[{{Pyromaniac}} Heatwave]] is [[AdaptationalVillainy far darker]] in this universe than in the prime DC universe. A psychopathic pyromaniac,, Heatwave confronts the duo that makes up Firestorm and [[HeroKiller sets Jason Rusch on fire]], and tries to force Ronnie Raymond to merge with him. Cyborg defeats Heatwave, who holds a grudge against Cyborg after this point. Heatwave is sent to Queen's Row prison, a flying fortress. Heatwave escapes and sets everyone who opposes him, prisoners and guards alike, [[ManOnFire on fire]]. Heatwave gets to the control room and intends to [[ColonyDrop crash Queen's Row prison into Detroit]], Cyborg's hometown, in order to get revenge on him.

* CryForTheDevil: This universe's Joker seems to be even crueler than the normal universe's Joker, reaching ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' levels of ColdBloodedTorture, including turning Selina Kyle into a quadriplegic and tricking Jim Gordon into murdering Harvey Dent's daughter. And then you find out the Joker's identity: [[spoiler:Martha Wayne!]] As well as the reasons '''[[OutlivingOnesoffspring why]]''' they came to be.

** The Batman of the Flashpoint universe is ''Thomas'' Wayne, not Bruce, [[OutlivingOnesOffspring who was killed by Joe Chill instead of his parents.]] Originally a twist at the end of the first issue, this has gone on to become one of the most well-known parts of the story.

** With the sudden cancellation of the ongoing ''[[ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica JSA All-Stars]]'', ''Comicbook/{{Freedom Fighters|DC}}'', ''R.E.B.E.L.S.'', ''The Outsiders'', ''Batman Confidential'', & ''Comicbook/DoomPatrol'' monthlies, a number of disillusioned fans blamed Flashpoint and its '''MANY''' miniseries as being responsible. (That or that Dan Didio cancelled them for no reason). The real answer was that while they got good buzz, the numbers for each book weren't enough to keep them in production. It was sort of like the ''ComicBook/BlueBeetle'' all over again.

** ''ComicBook/{{Legion of Doom}}'': [[{{Pyromaniac}} Heatwave]] is [[AdaptationalVillainy far darker]] in this universe than in the prime DC universe. A psychopathic pyromaniac,, Heatwave confronts the duo that makes up Firestorm and [[HeroKiller sets Jason Rusch on fire]], and tries to force Ronnie Raymond to merge with him. Cyborg defears Heatwave, who holds a grudge against Cyborg after this point. Heatwave is sent to Queen's Row prison, a flying fortress. Heatwave escapes and sets everyone who opposes him, prisoners and guards alike, [[ManOnFire on fire]]. Heatwave gets to the control room and intends to [[ColonyDrop crash Queen's Row prison into Detroit]], Cyborg's hometown, in order to get revenge on him.

** Not to mention the Outsider himself, a super powered and stylish MagnificentBastard who would make for an equality interesting protagonist or antagonist in the post-Flashpoint DCU, but it seems we've seen the last of him.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: ''Frankenstein and the Creatures of the Unknown'' received a lot of praise as well.

* JustHereForGodzilla: Thomas Wayne as Batman is for some the most remembered and well-known character of the event, [[BreakoutCharacter reappearing in]] ''ComicBook/{{Convergence}} and Creator/TomKing's ''[[ComicBook/BatmanTomKing Batman]]''-run and for those some fans just read the event for that character.

* JustHereForGodzilla: Thomas Wayne as Batman is for some the most remembered and well-known character of the event, [[BreakoutCharacter reappearing in]] ''ComicBook/{{Convergence}} and Creator/TomKing's ''[[{{Batman (Tom King)}} Batman]]''-run and for those some fans just read the event for that character.

* JustHereForGodzilla: Thomas Wayne as Batman is for some the most remembered and well-known character of the event, [[BreakoutCharacter reappearing in]] ''ComicBook/{{Convergence}} and Creator/TomKing's ''[[BatmanTomKing {{Batman}}]]''-run and for those some fans just read the event for that character.

* JustHereForGodzilla: Thomas Wayne as Batman is for some the most remembered and well-known character of the event, [[BreakoutCharacter reappearing in]] ''ComicBook/{{Convergence}} and Creator/TomKing's ''[[BatmanTomKing Batman]]''-run and for those some fans just read the event for that character.

** [[spoiler: Superman. He crash-landed in Metropolis as a baby, accidentally killing thousands. Then he spent his entire life locked in a lab where he was no doubt experimented on for decades. Rockets for Krypto & Kara eventually arrived, but from the looks of it, they've fared worse than Kal-El (KRYPTO IS DEAD & A FREAKING SKELETON WHEN BARRY FINDS HIM!!). He hasn't known any human kindness nor contact for decades. The only person to threat him like a person was General Lane who treated him as a son and more than an experiment, but he got pulled into the Phantom Zone when Clark was a child, while Krypto was put down for mauling a young Lex Luthor.]]

* CryForTheDevil: This universe's Joker seems to be even crueler than the normal universe's Joker, reaching ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' levels of ColdBloodedTorture, including turning Selina Kyle into a quadriplegic and tricking Jim Gordon into murdering Harvey Dent's daughter. And then you find out the Joker's identity: [[spoiler:Martha Wayne!]] As well as the reasons '''why''' they came to be.

* TooBleakStoppedCaring: Between the massive bodycount, the relentlessly CrapsackWorld, and the whole thing taking place in an alternate universe [[ExpendableAlternateUniverse so it doesn't matter anyway]], most readers find ''Flashpoint'' very hard to sit through.[[spoiler: And that of course not taking into account the massive anguish of Flash through the story due to what he accidentally did.]] Even in the backstory, it's abundantly clear that the [[IdiotPlot plot]] only works if the vast majority of characters are extremely out of character or [[ConflictBall needlessly aggressive.]] Which really just makes the event feel ingenuine in addition to depressing.

* TooBleakStoppedCaring: Between the massive bodycount, the relentlessly CrapsackWorld, and the whole thing taking place in an alternate universe [[ExpendableAlternateUniverse so it doesn't matter anyway]], most readers find ''Flashpoint'' very hard to sit through.[[spoiler: And that of course not taking into account the massive anguish of Flash through the story due to what he accidentally did.]] Even in the backstory, it's abundantly clear that the [[IdiotPlot plot]] only works if the vast majority of characters are extremly OOC or [[ConflictBall needlessly aggressive.]] Which really just makes the event feel ingenuine in addition to depressing.

* {{Narm}}: The ending of Batman Knight of Vengeance #2 [[spoiler: "MARTHA!"]] It comes across in almost "Goddammit [[spoiler: Martha]], not this shit again.'' sort of way. Anyone who's seen ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' and its own infamous [[spoiler:"Save Martha!"]] moment is probably also laughing here.

* ItWasHisSled: The Batman of the Flashpoint universe is ''Thomas'' Wayne, not Bruce, [[OutlivingOnesOffspring who was killed by Joe Chill instead of his parents.]] Originally a twist at the end of the first issue, this has gone on to become one of the most well-known parts of the story.

* {{Narm}}: The ending of Batman Knight of Vengeance #2 [[spoiler: "MARTHA!"]] It comes across in almost "Goddammit [[spoiler: Martha]], not this shit again.'' sort of way.

* UnfortunateImplications: Several things related to the series have caused controversy.
** [[http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2011/05/flashpoint-world-map-sparks-controversy/ Much]] [[http://geeksofdoom.com/2011/05/20/dcs-flashpoint-world-map-sparks-controversy/ head-slapping]] [[http://www.comicvine.com/forums/flashpoint/4735/flashpoint-map-ape-controled-africa-castrating-amazons/613792/ ensued]] when the [[http://comicsalliance.com/flashpoint-map/ Flashpoint world map]] was released and people saw that most of Africa is listed simply as "Ape-controlled." Apparently no one at DC thought this might be taken badly when applied to a continent overwhelmingly populated by black people, given the historical tendency for black people to be likened to monkeys and apes in racist propaganda. For the record, "ape" in context refers to Gorilla Grodd, a previously established Flash villain who is ''literally'' a gorilla, but the fact that this is the ''only'' information we had on the ''entire continent'' (besides the fact that a large part of Northern Africa is missing due to the same war that destroyed most of Europe) was the real unfortunate part, and the fact that ''Batman: Incorporated'' had done something similar with the "Batman of Africa" (falling into an unfortunate tendency to treat the entire continent like it's one country) a few weeks earlier did nothing to help.
** Additionally, a variant cover that was released that showed Wonder Woman [[http://thanley.wordpress.com/2011/06/01/flashpoint-2-variant-cover-is-pretty-messed-up/ holding Mera's decapitated head]] drew controversy due to its blunt visual (ironically said cover is speculated to be a homage to a similar cover of ''Crime Suspenstories'' that was used as an example of bad taste that eventually lead to the creation of UsefulNotes/TheComicsCode).
** There was also an accidental RaceLift in a promotional comic released on Free Comic Book Day where [[https://comicvine1.cbsistatic.com/uploads/original/11111/111111568/4268536-8933435242-11094.jpg Jenni Ognats]], aka XS, the biracial granddaughter of Barry Allen, was colored [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lkxlb7FsEH1qbujox.jpg as Caucasian with blond hair]]. This was clearly a coloring error or a case of mistaken identity (for one thing, the incorrect version colored what should be skin on her legs the same as the fabric of her costume) and was corrected for later version, but it left a bad taste in some fans' mouths and [[https://www.newsarama.com/7597-fcbd-flashpoint-coloring-error-sparks-diversity-debate.html caused some controversy regarding diversity in the industry]].