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Flash Foreshadowing
To this day it’s not really clear how far ahead the 2007 death of Bart Allen and return of Wally West (not to mention the subsequent return of Barry Allen in 2008) were planned. Interviews with Mark Waid and Marc Guggenheim at the time made it ...
Speed Reading: Dezago, Manapul, Reviews and More (UPDATED)
It’s been a busy week, and while I’ve got a couple of posts I’m working on, nothing’s quite close to ready. So what to do? Of course! Some mid-week linkblogging! Interviews Here are a couple of interviews with upcoming Flash...
Speed Reading: B&B, JLA Monopoly, and More
Some linkblogging for the weekend… Fortress of Baileytude starts JSA Week by declaring that Jay Garrick is the Man. Once Upon a Geek looks back at a Justice League Monopoly board game from 1999. For the ladies: A Comic Blog starts off their Top...
Speed Reading: Joan, Posters, Kerschl Tour & More
Some linkblogging for the week… Flashy What Were They Thinking?! approves of Joan Garrick, even in her original Golden Age appearances. High Five! Comics looks at Flash #206: 24 Hours of Immortality and Nurse Barry. The Idol-Head of Diabolu has...
On the Comics Code
The Comics Code Authority is little more than a rubber stamp these days, but in the 1950s, it was a last-ditch attempt to save the industry from a popular backlash against perceived immorality, primarily (but not exclusively) in crime and romance com...
Speed Reading: “Science,” Homages, and an Atomic Banana Peel
CBR Live found themselves “Flashed” by Warner Bros. — or rather, by an advertisement for The Big Bang Theory at their studios in Burbank, California. What Were They Thinking? uncovers the amazing science behind Jay Garrick’s o...
An Earlier Identity Crisis
A brief exchange from The Flash 80-Page Giant #1 (1998). The setup: The DCU version of comic book writer Mark Millar is interviewing the Flash to get ideas for his next script. Apparently DC Comics exists in the DCU, but they publish stories about &...
Speed Reading: JLA, Drinks, Ridiculous Villains & More
Some weekend linkblogging… News Incoming Justice League writer James Robinson will include a speedster on the roster. Yes. I’m talking to Geoff [Johns] about which one it will be. I just have to make sure that everyone at DC is happy with the...
Flash Smash Crash!
Hmm, I wonder how many newsstands displayed these books next to each other: An explanation: A while back, I stumbled across a mention of Smash Comics, a series from Quality Comics that ran more or less concurrently with the more familiar Flash Com...
Is There Demand for More Flash Archives?
Note: The discussion is from 2007, and while the Silver Age material has gotten a fifth archive volume, three Showcase books and the start of a Chronicles line, the situation for the Golden Age Flash books has not changed. Newsarama reports that duri...
Extinguishing a Speedster’s Smokes
Comic Coverage posted a humorous look at the role smoking had in the Golden-Age Flash’s origin. Jay Garrick was working late, took a cigarette break, and knocked over a beaker of “hard water.” Interestingly, later retellings of hi...
The Dimwits and the Thinker
After almost 1½ years, my Golden-Age back-issue hunt finally netted a relatively cheap copy of All-Flash #12, the first appearance of the Flash villain, the Thinker. It’s an odd read, because the origin of the Thinker (a mob boss who plans hi...
One-Man Team
Something I’ve noticed as I read through various Golden-Age Flash Comics is a repeated subgenre in which the Flash plays an entire team. “Nine Empty Uniforms” (Flash Comics #90, 1947) is the first one I read, since it was reprinted...
Flash and the Happy Pills
One of the characters I encountered early in my exploration of Golden Age Flash stories was Ebenezer Jones, the Worry Wart. In fact, All-Flash #24 (1946) was one of those first two GA Flash books I bid on just to see if I could win. The story ...
Super-Hero Weddings
Originally posted way back in 2003, long before the infamous Green Arrow/Black Canary wedding! Over the past few weeks I’ve been going through the Silver Age Flash series, cataloging character appearances. I’m almost done – only 25...
50 Years of the Flash at Comic-Con 2006
Flashback Post from 3 years ago. Some of the stuff is old news about the launch of Flash: The Fastest Man Alive, but a lot of it is also a look at Flash history with a number of writers and artists who have worked on the character: Geoff Johns, Carm...
Classic Flash: Cool Moments, Lame Bits, and…Octopus Fighting?
Some more linkblogging… CSBG’s Cool Comic Book Moments #245 features the death of Barry Allen from Crisis on Infinite Earths. Crimson Lightning finishes up the Super-Powers retrospective with the original mini-comic that came with the act...
Speed Reading: Dezago on Casper, Undead Allies, Marvel vs. DC, and More
Some Friday linkblogging: Former Impulse writer Todd Dezago is working on a Casper the Friendly Ghost miniseries. Again with the Comics considers other times that DC’s heroes have had to face undead former allies. Being Carter Hall posts a sket...
Super Powers 25th: The Flash!
25 years ago, Kenner launched a line of DC super-hero action figures under the name Super Powers. Today, Crisis on Earth-Blog unites fourteen sites in celebrating this landmark toy line. In particular, check out Crimson Lightning’s week-long c...
Can the Flash Survive Another 6-Part Epic Relaunch?
The writers and artists have changed. The face under the Flash’s mask has changed. But there’s one thing that the three Flash relaunches we’ve seen since Infinite Crisis all share: pacing. For some reason, every time DC has relaunc...
2009 DC Archives Survey is Up
The Comics Archives has posted their annual DC Archives Survey in which readers are asked to state what future collections they’d like to see. It’s not an official DC survey, but the surveyor does send the compiled information to DC. If ...
Speed Reading
A whole bunch of linkblogging for the week! Reviews and Commentary The Comic Treadmill is doing summer reruns with a look back at Flash v.2 #206-219 from 2005. Blog@Newsarama looks at a panel from Blackest Night #1 and concludes that Barry died somet...
Long-Running Speedster Series
After reading more about the breakdown of the Velocity ongoing series that would have launched this year, I realized it would have been something very rare: An ongoing solo book about a speedster who wasn’t the Flash. Off the top of my head, th...
Quick Thoughts: Reprints, Tropes and Cons
Some links and observations for the day. Links Comics Should Be Good looks at DC Super-Stars reprints from the 1970s — including a Flash book which re-drew a Golden Age story. Hmm, I have a new blog post idea: comparing the original and redraw...
Speed Reading: Interviews and Flashbacks
Some Friday morning linkblogging… Creator Interviews Remember that interview with Carmine Infantino last week? The legendary artist was unhappy about how he was portrayed in the article, and has fired back a complaint at the interviewer. The ...
Wait…What? (Golden-Age Hijinks)
I’ve got a saved search set up at eBay that lets me know when Golden-Age Flash comics show up in my price range. It’s been a while since I actually bought one, though. Most of them are either too expensive or contain stories I’ve a...
Speed Reading: What If? Cool Moments, and Death
More linkblogging! This rounds out a week’s worth of Flash-related pages I’ve stumbled across. Kid Flash has a cameo up in this Adventure Comics #1 preview over at The Source. Robot 6’s Grumpy Old Fan considers several major creativ...
Speed Reading: Mystery Villain, Anticipation, iPhone Comics, and More
Some quick linkblogging for the night before Flash: Rebirth #3 hits the stands. Flash: Rebirth… First, I’ve got a guest post up at The Weekly Crisis detailing 5 Possible Candidates for The Flash: Rebirth’s Mystery Villain. ‘Tw...
Speed Reading: Lightning Blades, Bronze Age, Variant Covers and More
RikDad identifies a precedent for those lightning-bolt blades seen in Flash: Rebirth…way back in the Golden Age. Comic Bronze Age tries to identify…What IS the Bronze Age of Comics? Considering that many fans today are of the opinion that...
Silver Age Milestone Sells for $180K
Heritage Auctions reported today that a copy of Showcase #4 graded at CGC NM+ 9.6 sold for almost $180,000 at auction, making it “the single most-expensive Silver Age book in history.” In an earlier post, Heritage Auctions stated that th...
