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Flash #42 Preview: Jailbreak!
Uproxx has a preview of Flash #42. Barry Allen shows up at a crime scene, but this time he’s locked out…because his dad’s the one who’s broken out of jail! And just what is Professor Zoom’s involvement…?
Flash #42 by Robert Venditti, Van Jensen, Brett Booth, Norm Rapmund and Andrew Dalhouse arrives in stores next week.
Michael Ironside Cast as Captain Cold and Golden Glider’s Father
Via THR: Michael Ironside will appear as Lewis Snart, the “estranged, abusive father” of Leonard and Lisa Snart, a.k.a. Captain Cold and Golden Glider.
The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree, as Lewis is described as cold-blooded, ruthless career criminal. Recently released from prison, he returns to Central City with a plan that will endanger both of his children.
Ironside will appear in the third episode of The Flash season two, “Family of Rogues,” along with Cold (Wentworth Miller) and Glider (Peyton List).
Now I’m trying to remember if the Snarts’ father had a canonical first name in the comics. All I remember is a few Flashbacks and the horribly miscalculated hostage-taking attempt in Final Crisis: Rogues Revenge.
Flash by Geoff Johns Collection Coming in Paperback
Among DC’s upcoming collections:
THE FLASH BY GEOFF JOHNS BOOK ONE TP
Written by GEOFF JOHNS
Art by ANGEL UNZUETA, DOUG HAZLEWOOD, SCOTT KOLINS, JOSE MARZAN, JR., and ETHAN VAN SCIVER
Cover by BRIAN BOLLAND
On sale NOVEMBER 25 • 368 pg, FC, $24.99 US
Geoff Johns’s unforgettable run on THE FLASH begins when Wally West finds himself without super speed in a darker, mirror version of Keystone City. Can a powerless Flash defeat Captain Cold and Mirror Master and save the city he loves? Plus, The Flash is shocked to learn that a strange cult is killing all the people he’s ever rescued. Collects THE FLASH #164-176 and THE FLASH: IRON HEIGHTS #1.
Some thoughts: This is almost the same contents as the hardcover Flash by Geoff Johns Omnibus vol.1 that came out in 2011. That book also started with “Wonderland” and “Blood Will Run,” ran through #176 and included “Iron Heights,” but also included “Flash: Our Worlds at War” and the story from “Flash Secret Files #3.” Given the page count, it makes sense to refactor the collections a bit, and this may even be a better place to break it. The Secret Files story works better as build-up to “Crossfire” than as a wrap-up to “Blood Will Run.”
Flash #45 Cover and Details (October)
DC’s October solicitations are up.
THE FLASH #45
Written by ROBERT VENDITTI and VAN JENSEN
Art and cover by BRETT BOOTH and NORM RAPMUND
Monsters Variant cover by GUSTAVO DUARTE
On sale OCTOBER 28 • 32 pg, FC, $3.99 US RATED T
Assault on Central City! Professor Zoom’s attack against The Flash turns personal as Zoom’s team targets the Central City Police Department! Barry Allen’s closest friends are drawn into the battle, and he’ll need the help of some unlikely allies to prevent the destruction of all he holds dear.
Additionally, there’s this:
JUSTICE LEAGUE: GODS AND MEN – THE FLASH #1
Written by ROB WILLIAMS
Art by JESUS MERINO
Cover by FRANCIS MANAPUL
ONE-SHOT • On sale OCTOBER 28 • 32 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED T
The Flash is forced to take on the role of the Black Racer, harbinger of death! But can anyone escape this unlikely grim reaper?
DC hasn’t released a cover, but we now know who’s writing and drawing it. The SDCC announcement only mentioned Geoff Johns and a Francis Manapul cover, leading everyone to conclude that Johns was writing the one-shots along with Darkseid War.
Update: The list includes the print editions of several digital-first books, but no sign of a follow-up to Flash: Season Zero. The comic set in the TV continuity wraps up its digital run later this month, with the final print issue and collected edition TP hitting in September. DC might be letting the series rest for a bit, but I think it’s more likely they’ll launch the next tie-in book digitally in October, when the TV show returns, with the print edition launching in November.
SDCC 2015 Flash News Round-Up
Wow! This was a big Comic-Con for Flash news, with the TV series getting ready to go into its second season and a host of new comics projects on the way.
Here’s a link to all the announcements in one place:
TV and Movies
- Season 2 Sizzle Reel – mostly recaps season one, but teases the new villain and a major new guest star for next year.
- Flash at the DCTV Event – Casting for Jay Garrick and Patty Spivot, hints at the new major villain, and lots of news about where the show is going. (Jay Garrick was confirmed the previous day.)
- Legends of Tomorrow video: Hero Evolution featuring Arrow, Flash, and the comic book origins of the various TV characters.
- Vixen First Look features Flash & Arrow
- New Flash Costume on display on the convention floor.
- Concept Art of Ezra Miller as the Flash was reportedly shown at the Batman v. Superman panel.
Collectibles
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Preview Night Reveals: DC Collectibles Flash & Arrow figures and Mezco New 52 Flash
- Flash exclusives including an unmasked POP! figure, a retro Flash TV show figure, a superhero cage match mug pen holder, and a Flash symbol letter opener. A few may be available online after the con, but chances are you’ll have to scour eBay to find them now.
Comics
- Grant Morrison to write Multiversity Too: The Flash OGN set in an unspecified reality, to be released 2016.
- JMS to write Earth One: The Flash OGN featuring a new take on Barry Allen, to be released 2016.
- Geoff Johns to write Justice League: Gods and Men specials tying into Darkseid War, including a Flash special in which he becomes the Black Racer.
- Ongoing Flash series hints – not really much we didn’t already know.
Flash #45 monster variant cover by Gustavo Duarte for October. (Not SDCC-related, but announced in the middle of it.)