Contrary to previous reports, it turns out that “The Black Flash” isn’t getting the collected edition treatment just yet. Now that DC’s December solicitations are out, they’ve officially solicited the January 21 release of The Flash: Emergency Stop. It’s confirmed at a $12.95 trade paperback covering Flash vol.2 #130-135 — only half of the Grant Morrison/Mark Millar run.
So what does that include?
- “Emergency Stop” — Flash vs. the Suit, with a time travel mystery.
- A one-shot fighting the Mirror Master.
- A one-shot focusing on Jay Garrick.
- The third part of the “Three of a Kind” crossover with Green Arrow and Green Lantern.
See also my overview of the whole run.
The surprise here isn’t that it’s only half the run. 6 issues is typical for a collection these days, and since the whole run is 12 issues, that makes it easy to cover the whole thing in two books.
The surprise is that with “Three of a Kind,” they included 1/3 of a 3-part story. At least it should flow reasonably well, since it was told with its own framing sequence, but it’s still an odd choice.
Update: “The Black Flash” will appear in Flash: The Human Race, shipping in June 2009.
obviously they’re gonna release “Black Flash” a few months after this one to complete Morrison’s run.
BUT.
where’s “Chain Lightning”? “Dark Flash”? the rest of Mark Waid’s reality-warping run? or any issue from 1-61? hmmm? those are classics, man!
(took me a few days to get around to posting this…)