Monthly Archives: June 2014

Speed Reading

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The Flash

Flash Podcasts

Flash reviews

More Comics

  • Don’t fear the silly – Robot 6 suggests that comics should embrace some of the inherent silliness. After all, without 75 years’ worth of stories to give them weight, the idea of a man who dresses up as a giant bat and calls himself “Bat Man” is pretty silly.
  • Ask Chris considers the mass media influence on comics canon. You know, elements like Harley Quinn and Rene Montoya, or the Daily Planet, or Kryptonite.
  • It’s weird how often these Peter David articles from more than a decade ago turn out to still be relevant. For example, this one about redefining comics for adults, or changes to movie/TV versions of characters.

Annotations: The Trial of The Flash, #s 337, 338 & 339 – The “Lost” Issues

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Welcome to the latest installment in our annotations of the collected edition of The Trial of the Flash!  A while back, we analyzed related stories leading up to the release of Showcase Presents: The Trial of the Flash.  In addition, we interviewed author Cary Bates about the buildup and the Trial itself, plus showed you what wasn’t included in the collection (important to this post).

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IN THESE ISSUES:  “The Monitor Doesn’t Editorialize!”

Links to original artwork, scans and research are included throughout this post.  For definitive legal analysis of the story by Bob Ingersoll, go here.  Tom vs. Flash Podcast links here, including these issues.  As always, huge thanks to the DC Indexes. See you after the jump!

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The Race to Save Jay Garrick! Review of Earth 2 #24

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earth 2 24In case you’ve been wondering what happened to Jay Garrick, look no further than EARTH 2 #24 – Jay is in the not-so-tender hands of the Beguiler!  Can his fellow Wonders find him in time?  And, just what happened in Gotham?  There’s a lot going on here, in another action-packed issue of EARTH 2!

LIGHT SPOILERS ONLY

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Interview Round-Up: Venditti & Jensen, Waid, Gustin & More

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Lots of interviews over the last few weeks, both on The Flash and on some of the creator-owned projects by current and past Flash writers.

Current Flash Creative Team & TV Show

Brian Buccellato and Sons of the Devil

Sons of the Devil is psychological thriller about the survivors of a cult massacre coming together years later, told across a short film and a comic book series.

The Kickstarter for Sons of the Devil runs through June 18.

Van Jensen and The Leg

The Leg is a graphic novel about the disembodied leg of Santa Anna going on a quest to save Mexico. If it sounds weird, remember that Van Jensen also did Pinocchio: Vampire Slayer.

The Leg has been funded at the initial target level, and they’re trying to raise additional funds for a Spanish translation. The Kickstarter wraps on June 4.

Mark Waid, Empire and Thrillbent

Empire tells the story of what happens after a villain succeeds in taking over the world. Holding onto it isn’t quite the same as conquering…

Empire vol.2 launched this week on Thrillbent and is available as part of the $3.99/month subscription for the whole site. Subscribers also get a PDF of the long-out-of-print Empire Vol.1.