As Devin reported last week, the Flash, Captain Cold and Gorilla Grodd will appear in Lego Batman 2. Today, CBR published new video and still images from the game, including a brief look at the Scarlet Speedster in action!

New LEGO Batman 2 Video Features Flash & More is a post from Speed Force.

What the heck – I figured I’d post a second video for the Animated Anthems event. This one’s a fan video by tehbasil set to “The Ballad of Barry Allen,” by Jim’s Big Ego, from the album, They’re Everywhere!. If anyone in he music industry knows Barry Allen, it’s singer/songwriter Jim Infantino. He’s the nephew of classic Flash artist Carmine Infantino!

Check back at our first video of the day, the Filmation Flash intro from 1967, or check out the rest of the Animated Anthems being celebrated today!

• Aquaman @ The Aquaman Shrine
• The Atom @ Power of the Atom
• Booster Gold @ BOO$TERRIFIC
• Doctor Fate @ Tower of Fate
• Firestorm @ Firestorm Fan
• Green Lantern @ The Indigo Tribe
• Hawkman @ Being Carter Hall
• Martian Manhunter @ The Idol-Head of Diabolu
• Swamp Thing @ The BLOG from the BOG
• Supergirl @ Supergirl Comic Box Commentary
• Superman @ Fortress of Baileytude
• The Vixen @ Justice League Detroit
• Wonder Woman @ Diana Prince
• Plastic Man & Shazam @ DC Bloodlines

Animated Anthem: Seems So Slow is a post from Speed Force.

This is the intro for the Flash segments that ran during the Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure (1967-1968). Filmation produced three Flash cartoons in which the Flash and Kid Flash battled original evildoers including a giant mutated bug (The Chemo Creature, seen here), a mad scientist in a robot suit (Professor Crag), and an alien speedster (The Blue Bolt). Sadly, he didn’t actually “conquer the barriers of time and space” in any of the segments they produced.

Warner Bros. released all the non-Superman/Aquaman sequences on DVD a few years back, and I reviewed the set a couple of months after this blog went online.

Even setting aside the image quality, you can see that it’s a very different style from modern shows like Justice League Unlimited and Young Justice, or even Super-Friends.

Incidentally, one of the Green Lantern shorts is the one where Hal Jordan gets hit in the head by an angry bird.

Update: I couldn’t help it: I posted a second video.

If you’re interested in super-hero cartoon intros, you’re in for a treat. Fifteen blogs are getting together for Animated Anthem Day. Check out the rest of these superhero title sequences!

• Aquaman @ The Aquaman Shrine
• The Atom @ Power of the Atom
• Booster Gold @ BOO$TERRIFIC
• Doctor Fate @ Tower of Fate
• Firestorm @ Firestorm Fan
• Green Lantern @ The Indigo Tribe
• Hawkman @ Being Carter Hall
• Martian Manhunter @ The Idol-Head of Diabolu
• Swamp Thing @ The BLOG from the BOG
• Supergirl @ Supergirl Comic Box Commentary
• Superman @ Fortress of Baileytude
• The Vixen @ Justice League Detroit
• Wonder Woman @ Diana Prince
• Plastic Man & Shazam @ DC Bloodlines

Thanks to Diabolu Frank for organizing the event and The Irredeemable Shag of Firestorm Fan for inviting Speed Force to participate.

Flash(back): Animated Anthem is a post from Speed Force.

CBR has some additional screenshots. Update: Newsarama has a liveblog of the panel.

New DCU Online Trailer from NYCC is a post from Speed Force.

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.

Fan Film: The Flash – The Brave and the Bold is a post from Speed Force.

The look, at least for the cut-scenes, is fantastic…though I’m not too big on the image of the Flash in armor.

Update: Devin has some pictures of the Flash in armor and further commentary.

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DC Universe Online Trailer is a post from Speed Force.

The video highlights not just running fast, but running up buildings, running upside-down on the ceiling, and special combat moves like whirlwinds.

If it doesn’t work here, or you want to watch it at a different size, you can watch it at YouTube. (Found via ComicBook Movie, though I couldn’t get the video to play there.)

Judging by the comments on yesterday’s Flash #3 variant cover, I should probably mention that this game has been in the works for quite a while. I wouldn’t be surprised if the Flash shown above was designed at a time when Wally West was still the main version of the character.

DCUO Super-Speed Video – Featuring the Flash! is a post from Speed Force.

Long Beach Comic-Con announces the full guest list for their first convention, and Geoff Johns is on it.

Comic Book Resources has some video from the Earth-2 Comics grand opening a few weeks ago with Geoff Johns, Mark Waid, and others.

Ethan Van Sciver will be signing at Comic Book Etc. in Woodstock, Georgia on July 18.

Newsarama interviews Mark Waid on Irredeemable.

Speaking of Mark Waid, he and Gail Simone got into a “Twitter War” yesterday, slinging silly accusations at each other and insisting that others choose sides. It’s a funny read, and you can catch up at @GailSimone and @MarkWaid.

Update: And one more Mark Waid story that I somehow missed: in Wednesday’s Cup o’ Joe column, he tells the story of a time when he was invited out to a signing at a comic store in a Vermont town, only to arrive and discover that there was no store…just “two comics fans who had pooled their lawnmowing money to pay for a LaGuardia-to-Vermont plane ticket for their very-soon-not-to-be-favorite writer so they could meet him and own him for a day.” It’s a really surreal story, and worth the read.

Creator Catch-Up: Video, Appearances, and a Twitter War is a post from Speed Force.

My Name is Wally West (Music Video) is a post from Speed Force.

“The story of Rebirth is the story of the rebirth of [Barry Allen's] humanity.”

Update: CBR has a write-up of the event.

Geoff Johns Video Interview at iFanboy is a post from Speed Force.