This 21st issue of The Flash is easily the fastest paced story of Barry in the New 52 – in more ways than one! This is one of the top meetings we’ve been looking forward to in the New 52, and the payoff is exceptional here. Barry meets Bart…and there’s a lot more to THIS story, so let’s get straight to the review of this excellent installment of The Flash.
SOME SPOILERS AHEAD – BE SURE TO READ THE ISSUE BEFORE MOVING FORWARD! Continue reading
Today features the release of the following new comics featuring the Flash and/or Kid Flash:
The Flash #21
While on his path to finding the Speed Force Killer, Barry must contend with The Teen Titans! Plus, The Flash meets Kid Flash for the first time!
Written by: Francis Manapul, Brian Buccellato; Art and cover by: Francis Manapul.
A preview is available.
Justice League Dark #21
Want to know how each team member is going to die? Dr. Destiny has all the gruesome answers. Guest-starring The Flash and Swamp Thing!
Written by: Jeff Lemire, Ray Fawkes; Art by: Mikel Janin; Cover by: Mikel Janin
Note: This is the conclusion of a three-part story guest-starring the Flash and Swamp Thing.
Teen Titans #21
Something is very wrong with Red Robin…and he’s about to prove it! Can the rest of the Titans stop this tragedy? Or is it already too late?
Written by: Scott Lobdell; Art by: Eddy Barrows; Eber Ferreira; Cover by: Eddy Barrows, Eber Ferreira.
DC has stalled in releasing digital back issues of the flash and Impulse. It’s been a few weeks since the last update, which is unfortunate since both series left off in the middle of a story – Flash in “Chain Lightning,” and Impulse in the beginning of “Dark Tomorrow.” I think they’ve stepped up the Superman releases to tie in with “Man of Steel.”
Quick reminder: Today’s the last day of our fifth anniversary contest! Write in to year5@speedforce.org and tell us why you like the Flash for a chance to win prizes.
The contest ends tonight at 11:50 PM Pacific Daylight Time.
DC Comics has released a preview of Flash #21 through Uproxx. Part 2 of “Reversed” features the first meeting of Flash (Barry Allen) and Kid Flash (Bart Allen) in the New 52 continuity. The Flash knows someone’s been killing people touched by the Speed Force, but doesn’t know who…so he starts with the only other speedster he knows about.
Unfortunately, the splash pages are shrunken down to a fairly narrow column, so it’s virtually impossible to read any of the narration boxes, but you can get a good sense of the art.
The Flash #21 by Francis Manapul and Brian Buccellato comes out next week.
Hey Speed Readers,
As part of our Fifth Anniversary celebration, today we will be flashing back to 2009 to take a look at the state of the Flash action figure universe five (ish) years ago. Honestly 2008 only had one semi-decent Flash release so we will be skipping ahead slightly to a year or so before I came on board. DC Direct/DC Collectibles released five different versions (how apt) of The Flash back in 2009 beginning with Wally West from the Justice League of America series. Wally was released alongside Hal Jordan, Wonder Woman, and Geo-Force in January as part of the third series of releases and was the last original sculpt that we would see of Wally West released by DC Direct:
Our #speedforce5th photo challenge has some great entries so far! It’s open until Friday: Just follow @speedforceorg on Instagram, then post a photo of your favorite Flash item tagged #speedforce5th.
We’re also getting some great entries in our fifth anniversary contest! Write in to year5@speedforce.org and tell us why you like the Flash for a chance to win prizes. The contest is open through Monday.