Monthly Archives: May 2009

Speed Reading: Bow Ties, Variant Covers, and Top Villains

I’m working on a round-up of reviews of Flash: Rebirth #2, but that’s taking a while. For now, here’s some general Flash linkblogging.

Current Events

The webcomic Comic Critics takes on Wardrobe Origins. (If you’ve read Flash: Rebirth #2, you can probably guess where this is going.)

Major Spoilers’ Stephen is impressed to see DC unveil a variant cover he actually wants.

Star Clipper looks at Flash: Rebirth in the context of reviving a failing franchise.

CBR talks to Mark Waid about the “24/7” arc in Spider-Man.

Edit: Just after I posted this, I saw this scan of Tiny Titans‘ Battle for the COW joke.

The Tops

The Judge declares Flash Comics #1 to have the Best.Cover.Ever.

POP puts Professor Zoom on its list of 25 coolest comic book villains.

IGN’s Top 100 Comic Book Villains of All Time includes Shade at #89, Mirror Master at #79, Zoom at #37, Gorilla Grodd at #35, Professor Zoom at #31 [Update:] Captain Cold at #27. (At this time, the top 30 20 is not up yet.)

Flash: Rebirth Extended to 6 Issues

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Over at the Source, DC has confirmed what Ethan Van Sciver indicated a few months ago: Flash: Rebirth will run 6 issues.

Almost from the moment it was announced, there was confusion among fans as to whether it was a 6-issue or 5-issue miniseries, until the first issue was solicited as #1 of 5. Then there were EVS’s cryptic remarks about how the book might not be done in September, and eventually he stated that DC was “probably” going to add a sixth issue.

Geoff Johns on the Future of Kid Flash

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Kid Flash Newsarama’s Vaneta Rogers has interviewed Geoff Johns about Final Crisis: Legion of Three Worlds, character returns, and what’s next. (Note: Major spoilers for Legion of Three Worlds #4.)

Most of the article focuses on the Legion and the upcoming Adventure Comics, but there is a little bit about Bart Allen:

What role does Bart Allen play in the DCU now that he’s back as Kid Flash?

GJ: Well, you’ll see that in Flash: Rebirth and beyond that. Kid Flash and Superboy both play pretty big roles in the DCU coming up. They’re both in Blackest Night. They’re going to be front and center in the DCU over the next year. As will the Legion.

That makes sense: Aside from indications that Blackest Night will involve the entire contents of the DC Encyclopedia, the story is about the dead rising from their graves — and here are two characters who have just returned from death, though admittedly they’re a bit more lively than the Black Lanterns appear to be. Though given the way Conner returned, there’s still a body lying around in the present day. I can imagine it being animated as a Black Lantern and the heroes having to put it back where it was so that he can be resurrected in the 31st Century.

But I’m beginning to wonder, between this and other interviews, just how many characters can be “front and center” of the DCU! 😀

Flash on Smallville This Week

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Well, Impulse, anyway. Be sure to tune in to Smallville this week as Bart Allen (Kyle Gallner) returns for the season finale, “Doomsday.”

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Black Canary and Impulse. Image c/o KryptonSite.

Bart previously appeared in the fourth-season episode, “Run,” for which he was billed as the Flash, and the sixth-season “Justice” (alongside Green Arrow, Cyborg, and Aquaman), where he was given the name Impulse. This time, Justice League members include Black Canary and Green Arrow.

Read up on Bart’s past Smallville Appearances at Flash: Those Who Ride the Lightning.

Quick Thoughts: Twitter Through 2009-05-10

Interesting: next week’s comics include 1st issues of Unwritten, Unknown, and Unthinkable.
Grumpy Old Fan of @robot6 wonders: was it really necessary to kill Bart Allen and X just to bring them back in LO3W?
Utter horror: just realized I actually remember bits of the Star Wars: Droids cartoon theme song from the 1980s.
Amazon’s new Kindle DX: at 9.7″ it could handle B&W comics just fine (but the $490 price is a bit steep)
This week’s haul: Flash:Rebirth, Buffy, Astro City & 2 Farscape issues
Yeah, the Secret Origin of Barry Allen’s Bow Tie was unnecessary.
Major speedster color schemes: Red&Gold (Flash, Kid Flash, Johnny Quick) or Blue&White (Quicksilver, XS, Max Mercury, Savitar).
WTF? They’re remaking Clash of the Titans?
*sigh* why do new comics have to come out the same day as LOST?
RT @weeklycrisis: Discussing Grant Morrison’s Multiversity with new details from yesterday’s @CBR interview
Funny RT @jordachewee: Will Jay Garrick, Wally West or Barry Allen be able to help me with Adobe Flash?
Impulse/Bart Allen returns to Smallville for next week’s season finale. Photo w/ Black Canary
Some #comics blogger types for #followfriday – @weeklycrisis, @collectededitions, @comicbooklegacy, @johannadc, @comixace
Linda Park-West is #8 on Newsarama’s Top 10 Best Moms in Comics for #MothersDay (they have a Top 10 Worst Moms too)
Saw Wolverine. Was OK. Felt more like an episode of Heroes than any of the X-Men movies.
Every time I hear an ad for “Keeping Up With the Kardashians,” It sounds like “Keeping Up With the Cardassians” #startrek
Comic fan dislikes movies b/c art created mainly for money is corrupt. What do they think motivated comics to start with?
Things to consider when running a “save our show” campaign & what NOT to do: (via @johannadc and @mikesterling)

Flash: Rebirth #3 Variant Cover Revealed

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On Friday, Ethan Van Sciver posted two covers to the Jinxworld Forums. One was the cover to Flash: Rebirth #5 which was also released through The Source. The other? Check it out:

Flash: Rebirth #3? Variant

EVS doesn’t say which issue the cover is for, but judging by the end of issue #2, it’s almost certainly the variant for Flash: Rebirth #3.

(via Speedster Site)

Update (May 11): DC has posted a slightly larger image at The Source, and confirmed that it’s the variant cover to Flash: Rebirth #3.

Speed Force

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