DC has quietly rescheduled Flash: Rebirth #4 from July 22 to August 5 — a two-week delay for a book that was already scheduled at six weeks after the previous issue. No indication why, but DC did change the book from a 5-issue miniseries to a 6-issue miniseries. Even if Johns and Van Sciver were aiming for 6 issues from the start, it wouldn’t surprise me if they had some restructuring to do on #4.
So far, the schedules for issues #5 and #6 haven’t changed, so we could still see the series wrap by the end of September.
On a personal note, there’s a bit of a silver lining for me, since the original date was the zeroth day of Comic-Con International. I’d been trying to figure out the best way to buy the book, read it twice, and write up a full review on the same day that I’d be driving down to San Diego and attending Preview Night.
Update July 15: DC’s website now shows Flash: Rebirth #4 with a release date of August 12. That’s a full 3 weeks after the original release date, and a full 2 months after the previous issue. At this point it seems likely that issues 5 and 6 will be pushed back as well.
Update August 24: It’s coming out this week.
Well, if it is for the good, I think we can wait.
Maybe they want to take us in the slowpoke Barry mood!
Arrgghh! Let me guess, you twisted the arms of the DC editors to delay this book. Just so you could enjoy your little Comic-Con experience. Geez. Have some pity on the rest of us.
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