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I haven't read Tower of Babel. But the storyline's cropped up numerous times over the last 25 years. For animation, Justice League TAS, Beware The Batman, The Batman, and even Batman: The Brave and the Bold had storylines using the concept of villains steal Batman's plans to defeat the JLA (or is actually an evil Batman), and use said plans on the Justice League. It's cropped up multiple times in the comics too. Tower of Babel is just one example, but Maxwell Lord also did something similar. Interestingly, the plans on how to defeat each Justice League member remain pretty much the same. Animated shows may or may not change the plan for Martian Manhunter to something less immediately fatal, of course. The plans for Flash and Superman though are laughable. Remember, the plan for Superman isn't to make him unable to act because his senses are too strong, but because He is too strong to control his strength. But if Superman has turned evil, would he really care about controlling his strength enough to not kill? And so you keep Flash from slowing down. That will defeat Flash, eventually. But it'll take days to do so, and if Flash literally can't slow down, he's going to defeat you quite soundly anyway.
There was a Flash storyline in the mid 2000's where a woman sues Flash (Wally West, not Barry Allan) for injuries suffered during one of Flash's battles with his rogues. Initially, Wally is dismissive, till he sees how badly she's scarred from the battle. At which point Wally isn't seen for a week or so, but all crime in Central City just stops. Why? Because Flash is figuritively running himself into the ground by moving at his top speed (at the time mach 3 or 4) and not slowing down, stopping any and all crimes the second they start. And he keeps doing this until he quite literally collapses in exhaustion, as I understand it. That's just one of several storylines which made me realize that while the character is fun, his stories get boring because he's just too fast to be legitimately challenged. The final straw to me was when in one issue he literally runs across the street, grabs Mirror Master, and returns to his starting position in time for Mirror Master to be hit by the laser he had just fired at Flash. Flash ran across the street and back moving faster then the speed of light. If he can do that, how do you actually challenge him?
There was a Flash storyline in the mid 2000's where a woman sues Flash (Wally West, not Barry Allan) for injuries suffered during one of Flash's battles with his rogues. Initially, Wally is dismissive, till he sees how badly she's scarred from the battle. At which point Wally isn't seen for a week or so, but all crime in Central City just stops. Why? Because Flash is figuritively running himself into the ground by moving at his top speed (at the time mach 3 or 4) and not slowing down, stopping any and all crimes the second they start. And he keeps doing this until he quite literally collapses in exhaustion, as I understand it. That's just one of several storylines which made me realize that while the character is fun, his stories get boring because he's just too fast to be legitimately challenged. The final straw to me was when in one issue he literally runs across the street, grabs Mirror Master, and returns to his starting position in time for Mirror Master to be hit by the laser he had just fired at Flash. Flash ran across the street and back moving faster then the speed of light. If he can do that, how do you actually challenge him?
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