One of the downsides to attending a convention is that you miss all the announcements at panels you didn’t attend — like an Astro City movie deal! *ahem* Anyway, on to speedster news.
At DC Universe Event Horizon, James Robinson stated that the Justice League would be battling the Crime Syndicate at some point, with Jesse Quick battling Johnny Quick , Batman vs. Owlman, Supergirl vs. Ultraman etc.
At DC Focus: Teams, incoming Teen Titans writer J.T. Krul said that Bart Allen “is past the Impulse stage but he still has that innocent, light-heartedness about him.” (Quote from Newsarama, may be paraphrasing him.)
At the Superman panel they announced that Superboy #3 will feature the first-ever Superboy/Kid Flash race.
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It may be the first Superboy/Kid Flash race, but it won’t be the first Kon/Bart race. When they first met, back when Superboy was hanging with the Ravers, they raced. It was like, the first thing they ever did together. But hey, new Superboy series! I’m stoked! Now if only DC could get a moveon on that Kid Flash series…
“is past the Impulse stage but he still has that innocent, light-heartedness about him.”
Doesn’t look like it from where I’m standing.