After trying to save Wally West from the demonic Famine in The Flash: Future State, Barry Allen just changed in a shocking way.

Spoilers forFuture State: The Flash #2 below.

In DC's dark future, The Flash continues to be built around hope. Following the deaths of members of his Flash-Family, Allen still believes he can save Wally West. Yet, the villainous Famine gains his powers from feeding on those aspirations and once Barry Allen tries to stop him once and for all, he's changed in a way that alters his future forever.

In Future State: The Flash, part of DC's two-month, line-wide event set in the dark future of their comic book universe, Barry is reeling after a possessed Wally West killed multiple members of his speedster family. Famine's control of Wally has led to the deaths of Wallace West, Jay Garrick, Impulse, and possibly Iris West, who went missing. Without his speed, Allen relies on science and the old, reworked gadgets of his enemies in a last-ditch effort to save Wally. But, his fight against Famine doesn't go as planned.

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Future State: The Flash #2 by Brandon Vietti, Brandon Peterson, Will Conrad, Mike Atiyeh, and Steve Wands, has Allen build his new suit out of upgraded versions of the weapons of his rogue's gallery villains. He actually has some early success against Wally/Famine, using Captain Boomerang's boomerangs and Rainbow Raider's Prisma-goggles to seemingly knock his opponent down. However, after it's revealed the Wally he's taken down is actually a Speed Force duplicate, Barry uses a modified cold gun to inject Wally's genetically altered DNA into his body, which destroys his skeletal muscles. Famine leaves his body and reveals he actually feeds on hope. Taking over Wally's body again, Famine pushes Barry a moment outside of time, turning him into an immortal ghost.

Ultimately, Famine isn't defeated and tells Barry that he will feed on him "forever" since he never runs out of hope. Barry's Flash ring falls off his hand onto the ground but is picked up by Cybeast of the Teen Titans. The ring contains the data and final experiments Barry did and the intel he gathered - including information on the Four Horsemen Rider's. He communicates to his team that Barry's ring will give them a fighting chance for a better tomorrow.

In the end, Barry might have lost his battle with Famine and turned into an immortal ghost, but he inspired the surviving heroes to keep fighting on with the new information that's sure to be vital in building a better future. As DC's new Infinite Frontier approaches, it appears Barry and Wally will get their powers back and return to their heroic duties - however, in DC's dark future, The Flash was just changed forever... but at least he's still giving hope to his fellow heroes.

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Liam McGuire is a comics editor for Screen Rant. He has worked for numerous publications including Cineplex Canada, MLB.com, Vice, CBR.com, and more. You can reach out to him directly at liam.m@screenrant.com

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