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 questions) pulled from this week’s site statistics.
Interestingly enough, they settled into three broad categories.
Costumes
What does Wally West’s new costume look like? (There are lots of variations on this one!)
Short answer: We haven’t seen it yet. But according to Geoff Johns, Ethan Van Sciver’s design is “Very clean, very familiar, yet unique!”
What is the difference in the Flash costumes?
- Barry Allen: belt is straight across, boots always have wings, eyes are always visible (well, except in this week’s Brave and the Bold issue).
- Wally West: 1986-1991: same. 1991-2009: belt is V-shaped, boots sometimes have wings, eyes sometimes covered, costume is sometimes shiny.
Jay Garrick, of course, has a completely different costume with blue pants, red boots, no mask and a silver helmet.
How to make a Golden Age Flash costume. (Several variations on this, also.)
Here’s a two-part series describing exactly how to do it:
Future of the Flash
Will Flash Rebirth ever finish? (Yes, that’s exactly how it was phrased.)
Yes. The next issue is scheduled for November 11, and the whole thing should wrap up on December 23, 2009. The schedule could still slip, of course.
Why is Flash Rebirth being delayed?
Artist Ethan Van Sciver has accepted at least some of the blame for being a slow artist. He intended Flash: Rebirth as a project that would help him learn to draw faster.
Will Wally West be back in 2010?
Yes. Wally West will star in a second feature in the new Flash comic book, written by Geoff Johns and drawn by Scott Kolins.
More immediately, he will appear in both Blackest Night: Flash and Blackest Night itself, alongside Barry Allen.
Powers
Who is the fastest Flash?
Whoever’s currently starring in the main book.
How Flash got super speed.
Lab accidents, mainly. Jay Garrick inhaled chemical fumes (originally identified as “hard water,” but later sometimes identified as “heavy water,” which still doesn’t make sense, but radioactivity makes a little more sense than high mineral content). Barry Allen was struck by lightning and simultaneously splashed with chemicals. Wally West was struck by a repetition of Barry’s accident.
What force is involved in lightning flashes?
Electromagnetism.
Is it possible to run as fast as a speed force?
I’m not entirely sure what this question is asking.
Ha, great questions (and answers)!
Thanks to our cussing, we get an inordinate amount of ___ f*cks ____ hits.
*sigh*
.-= Margaret’s latest blog post: Detective Chimp: Well, He Certainly Lives Up to His Name =-.
Over at my other blog, because of this post of Flash covers, I get all kinds of hits for “wonder woman tied up,” “wonder woman hentai,” etc.
On my Freedom Force site, I occasionally get people looking up keywords like ‘”Lia Brown” address’ and unsettling things like that.