<Li> Barry Allen returns as a playable character in Injustice 2, now with Taliesin Jaffe reprising his role from MK vs DC . In the story, Flash has been pardoned from prison in recognition of his aid in deposing Superman's regime, and now seeks to make amends for his time as a regime member . In his playable chapter, Flash single - handedly defends Metropolis from Brainiac's initial attack and briefly comes to blows with Hal Jordan, who is trying to atone for his misdeeds as a Regime partisan, much like Flash himself . The two put their differences aside and join Batman's Insurgency . After Brainiac is defeated, he sides with Batman on allowing Brainiac to live so the captured and lost cities could be restored . Flash attempts to stop an enraged Superman but is easily defeated . In his arcade mode ending, Flash throws Brainiac into the end of time and enters the Speed Force, where he is reunited with other speedsters . Together, they set out to stop a crisis that threatens multiple universes . </Li> <P> "Ballad of Barry Allen"--A song by the band Jim's Big Ego on their album, They're Everywhere . The song portrays Barry as a tragic character, whose perception of the world is so accelerated that all of reality appears to proceed at a snail's pace, causing him to gradually slip into depression . The band's frontman, Jim Infantino, is the nephew of Flash (Barry Allen) co-creator Carmine Infantino, who provided the cover art for the same album . </P> <P> IGN ranked this version of the Flash as the 49th greatest hero of all time stating that even in his 20 - year absence, Barry's legacy as the greatest Flash of them all lived on . </P> <P> In 2013, Barry Allen placed 8th on IGN's Top 25 Heroes of DC Comics . </P>

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