Influence Films debuted last year with the fan film Flash: Crossover. For their eighth project, they’re returned to the scarlet speedster with Flash: The Brave and the Bold
When the father of Wally West’s friend is found dead, The Flash races into action. He soon discovers that to solve the case he might need some help and guidance from his friends: Green Lantern, Wonder Woman and Hawkgirl.
You can watch the eight-minute video on YouTube.
Comics Alliance has posted a Periodic Table of Super-Powers, detailing not just powers but origins as well.
Click through to the original article, where they link to a full-sized table that you can actually read.
Let’s see if we can come up with the “chemical” formula for the Flashes:
Jay Garrick:
SpInTScCh
Speed, Intangibility, Time Travel; Scientist struck by Chemicals
Barry Allen:
SpInTDcScCh
Speed, Intangibility, Time Travel, Detective; Scientist struck by Chemicals
Wally West:
SpInTChSkLg
Speed, Intangibility (sometimes), Time Travel; Chemicals, former Sidekick, Legacy hero
Bart Allen:
SpInTXTlLg
Speed, Intangibility, Time Travel; Mutant (closest I could come up with to inherited powers), Time-lost, Legacy hero.
Arguably you could include H=healing (super-metabolism) & Is=invisibility (they can move too fast to be seen), or Sn=super-senses (seeing things more quickly, or moving so fast that radiation is red– or blue-shifted into the visible spectrum), etc.
Who wants to try the Rogues?
Some linkblogging from the past couple of weeks:
Newsarama interviews Francis Manapul on his work on The Flash.
Comics Bulletin presents the Top 10 Flash Deaths in order of how long they lasted.
A reader at Silver Age Comics discovers that Flash Comics #13 is different on Earth-One.
You’ve probably read about the thief who took Free Comic Book Day a bit too literally and tried to steal a $150 X-Men Omnibus…and was foiled by Spider-Man, two Jedi, and the Flash.
Speaking of FCBD, Chris Samnee has posted a FCBD sketch gallery featuring both Flash and Quicksilver.
Comics Worth Reading’s Johanna Draper Carlson has some ideas for how to make super-hero comics interesting again
4thLetter’s David Brothers encourages you to focus on the stories, not the canon. Don’t buy something you don’t like just because it’s “important,” and don’t pass up other good stuff because it’s not.
Comics Alliance has a thought-provoking article on the racial implications of running legacies backward.
Grumpy Old Fan ponders the role of secret identities in DC comics from the Silver Age through the present.
Once Upon a Geek also reviews the DC Fandex guide (my review went up on Monday).
Westfield Comics’ KC Carlson explains how to meet artists without being talked about afterward, and offers suggestions for convention behavior.
LIFE has a photo gallery of people reading classic comic books from the Golden Age through the 1980s, including a boy reading Flash Comics in 1949. Nitpick: By 1949, the feature wasn’t about a “college student” with super-speed. Jay Garrick graduated during his origin story. (Link via Xian)
Collected Editions considers an increasingly common problem: the trade you want is out of print.
Multiversity Comics analyzes the impact of the shift from $2.99 comics to $3.99.
Flash Trio, originally uploaded by Kelson.
I spent most of Saturday at Wizard World’s Anaheim Comic-Con. I’m still working on my write-up, but you can see my photos of the con on Flickr.
Teen Titans, originally uploaded by Dharma Initiate.
While looking for photos of Flash costumes at more recent conventions, I stumbled on this incredible meet-up from last year’s Dragon*Con, with Teen Titans cosplayers covering every era of the team from Kid Flash to Raven to Jericho, Superboy, and Static.
Be sure to check out the rest of Dharma Initiate’s Dragon*Con 2009 set, including pictures of two Kid Flashes goofing off, Titans battling Deathstroke, and group shots with at least two Superboys and three different Wonder Girls.
While catching up at the SpeedsterSite forums, I found a thread announcing the first episode of the SpeedsterShow Podcast. It actually launched a week ago, but I missed it because I haven’t been keeping up with forums much lately.
Listen to Kuhan, West, Prime, and Ben as they discuss the highs, but mostly lows, of Flash Rebirth and Blackest Night: Flash and how they feel about the future of the Flash ongoing! Also, old news…
In addition to the podcast website, it’s also on iTunes.
Now I know what the soundtrack for my commute is going to be for the next day or two.
Well, the last Flash is out of the running in Comics Should Be Good’s DC/Marvel March Madness. Hal Jordan knocked out Wally West in the sweet sixteen round. We’re getting down to the wire, and you can vote in the elite eight round.
The Flash beat the Hulk in round two of Comics Should Be Good’s March Madness, and now Wally West moves on to round three, where he’ll go up against Green Lantern Hal Jordan. During the week leading up to the conclusion of Blackest Night. Hmm, this doesn’t look too promising for Wally. (But then, what does, these days?)
CSBG has posted an updated chart featuring the sweet sixteen.
Oddly enough, ESPN is also running a superhero/supervillain tournament. That poll is already on the “Incredible 8.” I’ll give you two guesses as to what they call the next round.
Well, we won’t be getting that Barry Allen vs. Wally West battle after all. While Wally outraced Sinestro 57% to 43% in Silver Age Round 1, the Hulk smashed Barry Allen 52% to 48%. Meanwhile, over in the modern age region, Bart Allen was knocked out of the running by Starman at 55% to 45%.
Flash Wally West moves on to battle the Hulk. Can he avenge his former mentor? Vote in round 2 of the CSBG DC/Marvel character tournament!
Comics Should Be Good is running a DC/Marvel Character Tournament. Round 1 of voting is open now for the following regions based on characters’ first appearances:
We could theoretically see Barry against Wally in round 2, depending on how well Barry does against the Hulk and Wally does against Sinestro. Though I suspect due to Blackest Night, Sinestro’s popularity is probably at an all-time high right now.
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