February 2012
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Adam Strange Meets Green Lightning (Circle of Fire...
The Circle of Fire event at The Indigo Tribe continues, with my guest review of Green Lantern/Adam Strange (2000, Brian K. Vaughn & Cary Nord).
Green Lightning is a speedster from the future, a descendant of both Wally West and Kyle Rayner, who has inherited both super-speed and the Green Lantern ring. The two sides of her family insist that she follow their legacy alone, so that she can use...
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Weekend linkblogging.
Flash Links
DC Comics Reboot Review: The Flash (Three If By Space)
Steampunk Captain Cold, Grodd & Flash (Speed Force Wayback Wednesday)
Wally West and Linda Park in Super-Critique’s series on cute comic couples
That F’ing Monkey interviews John Sazaklis, writer of DC Super-Pets books including Salamander Smackdown (featuring the Flash’s pet turtle,...
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Brian Buccellato's Foster #2 Limited Edition
The second issue of Flash co-writer/artist Brian Buccellato’s creator-owned horror/thriller series, Foster, is available in a limited convention special edition at Image Expo right now. Or, if you’re not in Oakland, you can buy it from his website, where you can also buy the regular edition of Foster #1.
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Green Lantern: Circle of Fire - The Blog Event...
Green Lantern blog The Indigo Tribe has recruited a group of comics bloggers to review the chapters of Green Lantern: Circle of Fire, a fifth-week event from 2000 that featured established heroes teaming up with a group of all-new Green Lanterns to face the threat of Oblivion, a new villain who has some strange connection with Kyle Rayner’s past.
I’ll be reviewing Green Lantern/Adam...
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Media Blitz!: Flash Team Talks Rogues, Annual at...
With issue #6 hitting stands today, the Flash creative team of Francis Manapul and Brian Buccellato are featured in two new interviews, one over at Newsarama and the other at PopMatters.
The Newsarama piece discusses the reintroduction of Captain Cold, the new character Turbine, as well as the vision for Speed Force as it appears New 52 version of Flash. They also discuss the pacing of the...
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Young Justice Video Game In The Works
Earlier this morning, video game publisher, Little Orbit, announced that they have just inked a licensing deal with Warner Bros. to bring Young Justice: Legacy to the Playstation 3, Xbox 360, Wii and DS early next year.
The game takes place in between Seasons 1 and 2 of the show and features an original story written in collaboration with Greg Weisman and Brandon Vietti, the show’s...
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The Flash in Justice League: Doom
David Huang writes in about the soon-to-be-released DC animated feature, Justice League: Doom, based on the “Tower of Babel” storyline in JLA.
I recently attended the premier of Warner Brothers Entertainment’s Justice League: Doom at the Paley Center in NYC and just thought I’d share a few Flash facts about the animated feature… mild spoilers follow:
Michael...
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Flash Team Talks Rogues Plus Issue #6 Preview at...
Flash writers Francis Manapul and Brian Buccellato are featured in a new article and interview over at USAToday.com, which also has an exclusive preview of issue #6, out this Wednesday.
Manapul and Buccellato continue to hint at the mystery surrounding the Rogues’ new power manifestations, as well as their view of the Flash and the world at large, in the New 52. The group will be...
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Sonic's Justice League Tots Promotion Starts...
Hey Speed Readers,
Beginning today, February 20th, 2012, participating Sonic Restaurants nationwide will begin offering Justice League Tots along with their Wacky Pack Kid’s Meals. The website specifically states that the Justice League Tots are only available with the purchase of a kid’s meal, but I went to McDonald’s a few times when they were running the Young Justice...
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Five Goofiest Moments in Flash #127-131 (Comics Should Be Good!)
OK, Im a week late on this, but Bun Toons takes on Before Watchmen (Ty Templeton’s ART LAND)
The DC Trade Paperback Timeline from Collected Editions is now available as an ebook
Character spotlight: The Shade (The Outhousers)
The 10 Strangest Short-Lived Supervillain Makeovers (IO9)
Neal Adams & Carmine Infantino...
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Megacon: The Return of Wally West? (via Bleeding...
Bleeding Cool has just posted a report from this weekend’s Megacon in Orlando, Florida. Within, there appears to be the first acknowledgement of a possible return of Wally West in the New 52 DCU:
That led us to a young man that asked about Wally West…[DC’s Dan Didio and Eddie Berganza] said because there were de-aging Barry, they didnt want him to be the same age as Wally. Plus...
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This Week at Speed Force
We spotlighted Flash toys at Toy Fair 2012. DC released the Flash #9 cover & solicitation, featuring Grodd and Gorilla City, and confirmed that Jay Garrick will return in Earth-2. Collected Editions spotted the third Flash/Geoff Johns Omnibus. For Valentine’s Day, DC unveiled the new Flash #7 cover (since the story originally in #7 has been moved up to #6, out next week). And finally, we...
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Wayback Wednesday: Cataloging a Multiverse
Earth Two has been officially announced. Batman: Earth One has a release date. Action Comics #9 will explore the Supermen of alternate realities. The DC Multiverse is in the spotlight this week, so what better time to look back at the different approaches to cataloging worlds taken by DC Comics, Marvel, and others.
Read on at Cataloging Worlds. What do you think is the best way to identify...
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New Flash #7 Cover Revealed!
The Source has posted the new cover to Flash #7, featuring Captain Cold. The solicit still features the cover to issue #6, which was originally intended to be #7 but was bumped up. A time-hopping CSI story originally intended for #6 was scrapped in favor of moving up the New 52 debut of the Man Who Mastered Absolute Zero.
In honor of Valentine’s Day, the post focuses on the love...
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Toy Fair 2012
Toy Fair 2012 got underway on February 12 with a variety of action figure news and photos from Mattel. For Flash fans, the big point of interest is two new figures from the DC Universe Club: Jay Garrick and Mirror Master. The figures are primarily available to subscribers, but people who don’t subscribe to the club can order them at a slightly higher price from Mattel’s site...
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Flash by Geoff Johns Ombinus 3 Coming This Fall
Collected Editions made a discovery on Amazon.com this morning: The Flash Omnibus by Geoff Johns Vol. 3 is available for pre-order with a September 4 date, meaning it will most likely arrive in comic stores the last week in August. (Amazon gets their new releases on the Tuesday bookstore schedule, not the Wednesday comics schedule.)
What’s surprising about this is that volume 2 isn’t...
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Flash #9 Solicitation and Cover, the Return of Jay...
THE FLASH #9
Written by FRANCIS MANAPUL and BRIAN BUCCELLATO
Art and cover by FRANCIS MANAPUL
Variant cover by TONY S. DANIEL
1:200 B&W Variant cover by FRANCIS MANAPUL
On sale MAY 23 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
• Continuing the debut of GORILLA GRODD in DC Comics – The New 52!
• THE FLASH travels to GORILLA CITY for the first time!
• Who are the “RUNNERS” – and what do...
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That F’ing Monkey looks back at a piece of Super Friends merchandise in I Slept With the Rogues
@BitterWallyWest posted a mini-story on Twitter the other day. Fans of the MIA character should check it out.
News on Brian Buccelato’s creator-owned series, Foster: Foster #2 is on its way later this month, following the same limited, self-distributed run as the first issue. A direct...
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Friday Flashback
The *ahem* top post at Speed Force this week, by the amount of discussion, was Lia’s post on “Why I Like the Top.” But the most-read article was Devin’s write-up on the exclusive Flash figure that will ship with Best Buy’s edition of Justice League: Doom later this month. Also this week: The first part of Greg’s annotations on a hidden Flash/New Gods...
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New 52 Month 5: Flash still in the Top 10
Five months into the New 52, the latest relaunch of The Flash is still a top 10 seller, with Flash #5 taking the #8 stop in Diamond’s sales rankings. ICv2’s estimates put it at 71,611 units sold*.
Comichron points out that January is usually low, but this isn’t bad for a January. (via The Beat) And if January is usually down overall, that means the 7.4% drop for The Flash...
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Why I Like The Top
Since the Top is not an especially popular character, occasionally I get asked why I like him or people seem to be incredulous that anyone could. I figured it was finally time to write a short essay about it. This isn’t necessarily intended to change other people’s minds about him; of course he has a ton of flaws and I’m well aware he’s not particularly appealing to most people. It’s just an...
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Annotations: Super-Team Family #15, "The Gulliver...
Welcome to the latest installment in our series of annotations of classic DC Comics stories starring the Flash!
We’re taking a break from The Trial of the Flash to look at Super-Team Family #15 (December 1977), written by Gerry Conway and featuring a team-up between Flash and The New Gods! This book contains major unheralded moments in the history of both Flash and The New Gods, as well...
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Justice League: Doom Blu-Ray Release To Feature...
Retailer, Best Buy will be adding a little something extra to the Blu-Ray release of Justice League: Doom; an exclusive miniature Flash figurine. The figurine will be similar to past DC Animated release exclusives and will be the eighth statue released thus far:
Justice League: Doom is the latest direct to video film to be released through DC Animated. Slated for release February 28th, the...
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What would you accept to have Wally West back? That F’ing Monkey asks the question.
That F’ing Monkey finds Flash merchandise on Zazzle
The Flash 4 Stone Coaster Set by PopCycled on Etsy
Top 5 Superhero Rogues’ Galleries at Mindhut. Read on to see where they placed the Flash’s enemies.
Anniversary covers that will never be, in the latest installment of CSBG’s The...
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Flashpoint Digital Discount
It must be a week for sales. ComiXology is holding a 3-day Flashpoint sale this weekend, offering each issue of Flashpoint, its related miniseries and one-shots, and the Booster Gold tie-in issues for just 99 cents. That’s the whole thing for around $30, the cost of two trade paperbacks.
For the most part, I’ve already read what I wanted of Flashpoint. (Well, technically,...
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The Flash Companion is on Sale. Here's Why You...
TwoMorrows Publishing is running a sale on their Companion books through Valentine’s Day…for 40% off list price! That means you can pick up The Flash Companion for only $16.17!
So what is The Flash Companion?
It’s a book published in 2008 detailing the behind-the-scenes history of The Flash from Jay Garrick’s first appearance in 1940 through the death of Bart Allen and...
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Flash Costumes: Speedster Style
Today’s guest post is by Ryan Heuer of BuySuperheroCostumes.com.
The fastest superhero to ever grace the pages of comics wears one of the most recognizable costumes, but as the role of the Flash has changed hands from Barry Allen to Wally West, the costumes over the years have incorporated some subtle changes. Of course, no one would be talking about DC Comics’ Flash at all without the...
January 2012
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Road to Flashpoint TPB in September
DC has released more on their fall collections, including this September item:
THE FLASH: THE ROAD TO FLASHPOINT TP
Writer: Geoff Johns
Artists: Francis Manapul and Scott Kolins
Collects: THE FLASH #8-12
$14.99 US, 120 pg
The hardcover came out last November. There was a bit of confusion when the Dastardly Death of the Rogues TP was released, and DC identified it was only collecting...
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The Law of Traffic Congestion, according to “The Flash!” (Planetizen)
On the Hunt: Finding Back Issues, Then and Now (this week’s Wayback Wednesday here at Speed Force)
Our Valued Customers: While his friend was about to buy a Flash shirt…
Our Valued Customers: As his dad picked him up and carried him out of the store…
This Flash vs. Superman race is so fast,...
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Here Come the Rogues!
I had a great chat with Flash co-writer Brian Buccellato at his signing at The Comic Bug this Wednesday. He dropped a few hints and spoilers, most of which I can’t pass along (alas!), but I can shed some light on the somewhat confusing upcoming schedule:
The Captain Cold story originally solicited to start in issue #7 is now a two-parter running through #6 and #7.
After the Turbine story...
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Title & New Contents Announced for New 52 Flash...
When DC first announced the collection, they planned on including issues #1-7 in the hardcover. Today, they released an updated look at the New 52 collections, including a title, “Move Forward.” It also will contain issues #1-8, which brings the series up to April’s introduction of Turbine.
THE FLASH VOLUME 1: MOVE FORWARD HC
Writers: Francis Manapul and Brian Buccellato...