The results of the division championships in Comics Should Be Good’s DC/Marvel favorite character tournament are in. Flash (Wally West) was up against Spider-Man to win the Westchester division. Spider-Man won by one vote. He’ll move on to face Captain America, Batman and Thor.
Flash defeated Magneto in Round 2 of Comics Should Be Good’s favorite character poll, and moves on to the next round. Vote in round 3: Wonder Woman vs. Spider-Man and Flash vs. Power Girl.
Interesting note: Power Girl narrowly defeated Wolverine in round 2!
User Vitouliss on Youtube uploaded this short Super Friends/Justice League segment from MAD, which includes several generations of Flashes. Check it out!
Comics Should Be Good is running a Comic Book March Madness tournament, starting with 64 characters in four divisions. Two Flashes appear on the list: Barry Allen in the Smallville division and Wally West in the Westchester division.
Voting is open in Smallville Round 1, pitting Barry Allen against the Martian Manhunter.
A local coffee place has set up this pair of tip jars labeled with the Flash and Green Lantern. They said that Green Lantern had been winning all week, so I put some extra in the Flash jar.
While I was there, the baristas were discussing who to put up next: Wonder Woman vs. Catwoman, or Batwoman vs. Supergirl.
The webcomic Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal presents the Flash with a challenge: Can he run 3,000 miles in order to catch someone tossed from the top of a building? Read on to find out…and to learn at what cost! (Keep in mind the comic’s twisted sense of nerd/geek humor.)
SMBC has joked about Superman & Batman a number of times before, but this is the first I can recall seeing him take on the Flash, And hey…bonus points for using the original!
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 promotion and just purchased them straight up without buying the kid’s meal. So that may be a possibility.
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