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Wally West Costume Comparison (spoilers)
Here’s your chance to do a side-by-side (well, vertical-by-vertical) comparison of Barry Allen’s and Wally West’s Flash costumes — including several variations. Spoilers for Flash: Rebirth #5. Okay, let’s start with th...
Wally West’s New Costume Revealed! (SPOILERS!)
Yes, Wally West’s new costume, which we’ve known was coming since last summer, has finally been revealed in Flash: Rebirth #5! If you don’t want to be spoiled, stop now! SPOILER WARNING! . . . . . WE MEAN IT! SPOILERS! . . . . Ok...
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...
Answering Questions from Searchers
Every once in a while I see something in the search terms that people have used to reach this site that makes me wish I could contact them and answer their questions. So I figured I’d try something new: The following are questions (or implied ...
Geoff Johns talks Speed Force, XS, Wally’s Costume and More
CBR has posted their latest Geoff Johns Prime question and answer column. in it the Flash: Rebirth author talks about Blackest Night, Flash, Superman and a lot more. Some Flash items that stood out: Wally’s Costume Back in June, Ethan Van Scive...
Wally West Gets Co-Feature – Flash News from Long Beach
I just got out of the DC nation panel at Long Beach Comic-Con. At the start, Geoff Johns announced that the new Barry Allen Flash series will be a 30-page book with a Wally West Flash co-feature (backup story) by Geoff Johns & Scott Kolins! YES!...
Dead Flash Covers
Looking back at the cover for Flash: The Fastest Man Alive #13, it wasn’t promising for Bart Allen, especially with the Flashes’ history of death. We know now that it ended badly for him (though he got better). Of course, there’s ...
All Flash: Barry & Wally to Share the Spotlight? UPDATED
And one more item to round out the afternoon of catching up. I’d prefer something a little more solid, but this is clearly going to get people talking whether I post it or not, so here goes…. Update (Sep 13): Geoff Johns has confirmed o...
Cosplay Photos: Flashes & Rogues at Dragon*Con
Just from what I’ve seen on Flickr, there were a ton of Flash-related costumes at Dragon*Con this year. Looking through these photos, be sure to notice: The Flash’s secret revealed: Red Bull! The Grail Knight (Indiana ...
High-Speed Déjà vu: Race Noble & the Flash
A repost from 2005. I’ve never really considered Noble Causes’ Race Noble to be a reference to the Flash beyond sharing the speedster archetype—especially since the Nobles owe a lot to the hero family concept pioneered by the Fantas...
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...
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...
Flash News from Fan Expo: Rebirth, Series Launch & More
Between Ethan Van Sciver’s presence and the fact that Flash: Rebirth #4 had just been released two days earlier, there was a lot of Flash talk at Friday’s DC Nation panel at Fan Expo. Newsarama’s article has a lot of Flash coverag...
New Speedster Names (Humor)
Last night I logged into Twitter and found myself in the middle of a storm in which people were posting joke names for speedsters. It all started when Geoff Johns posted the following: @GeoffJohns0: RT @Brainiacphive Hello. I have a name for you fo...
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...
Speed Reading: Middle Generation, Sonic, Dark Flash, and More
Some end-of-the-week linkblogging Collected Editions considers DC’s middle generation and the Nightwing problem — Dick Grayson, Wally West, Donna Troy, Kyle Rayner, etc. — and what DC’s future might have in store for them afte...
Flash Hints from Chicago: Bart and Wally
There’s not a whole lot of Flash-related news coming out of Chicago Comic-Con, partly because we’re still in the middle of Flash: Rebirth and partly because they dropped the big news two weeks ago in San Diego. But there were a few items...
Weekend Speed Reading: Wally, Flashforward, Hostess Ads and More
Geoff Johns reassures fans of Wally West that “Wally’s not only going to be fine, he’s going to kick ass.” The third installment of Views from the Speed Force is up. The spinoff from the Views from the Longbox podcast has been...
