Newsarama has a preview of Flash #44, available next week.
Professor Zoom’s war against the Flash escalates as Zoom’s team launches an attack that Central City will never forget. With Wally West in the line of fire, The Flash is racing against the clock to save his city—and his friend.
Written by ROBERT VENDITTI and VAN JENSEN
Art and cover by BRETT BOOTH and NORM RAPMUND
GREEN LANTERN 75 Variant cover by WES CRAIG
Ah, they’re now explicitly calling him Roscoe Dillon instead of just Roscoe. Interesting. No codename yet.
Soooo…They gave Eobard the powers of Hunter Zolomon.
I really, really dislike that. One of the bigger barriers to entry into the Flash mythos for people is the differences between the Reverse Flashes and this just muddies the water, ESPECIALLY with Zoom coming to the TV show. Now whenever I explain them I’m going to have to jump through hoops defining which version I’m talking about. Blegh.
I hate this story arc and the direction the book is going. I know I am being a negative Nacy about it, but Im close to being done with it. Naw Im not…ill keep buying it…sigh
It’s tough to quit a series that you used to like, or a series you don’t like about a character you do. But I think in the end it comes down to this: If you’re reading it for entertainment, and it’s not entertaining, you could probably find better things to do with your time (and money). If it gets better, you’ll probably hear about it and you can come back.
If you’re reading it to keep informed, or do critical analysis, or something, that’s another story. There are several times I’ve considered dropping The Flash but didn’t because I was running a fan site and didn’t want to leave gaps. But I’ve dropped quite a few other series that just weren’t working for me anymore.