Catching up on some linkblogging from the past two weeks.
Crimson Lightning posts the results of the leading lady poll, and starts the next one: what’s your favorite arc from Wally West’s run as the Flash?
At Fraggmented, John Seavey describes a personal favorite: Flash vol.2 #50, the conclusion of William Messner-Loebs’ arc with Vandal Savage.
Comic Coverage looks into the Flash’s worst retcon, the Silver Age “real origin of the Flash” that introduced the much-reviled Mopee — including contemporary fan response from the letters column! For a character whom readers and writers alike wanted to forget, he’s certainly getting a lot of attention lately.
The latest Random Dive into the Deep End of the Long Box features Flash vol.2 #220, the opening chapter of “Rogue War.”
Robot 6’s Grumpy Old Fan ponders the emphasis on “important” events instead of just telling stories.
More Flash in last week’s 20 Questions with Dan Didio. Nothing really new, though, just the same old statements.
Newsarama interviews Mark Waid on his upcoming miniseries, The Unknown.
Jesse Blaze Snider (Dead Romeo) tells Fangoria that he’d love to write the Flash (among other super-heroes).