Category Archives: Flash News

Early Preview is up for Flash #30

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Flash #30The first issue of The Flash by the new creative team won’t hit shelves until the end of the month, but DC has released a preview already (Newsarama). The issue opens five years into the future, with the Flash making a horrifying discovery, before the story jumps back to the present day.

THE FLASH #30
Written by ROBERT VENDITTI and VAN JENSEN
Art and cover by BRETT BOOTH and NORM RAPMUND
1:25 MAD Variant cover
On sale APRIIL 23 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T

An all-new creative team makes its debut to show the deadly consequences of The Flash’s speed powers. During the traumatic events of FOREVER EVIL, Central City suffered the worst that the Crime Syndicate could dish out. Now The Flash has returned to make things right, but there are limits to what even the Fastest Man Alive can do!

Media Blitz! New Flash Writers on Police Stories, Future Flash and Wally West (via Newsarama)

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Incoming Flash writers Robert Venditti and Van Jensen are featured today over at Newsarama in a thorough interview on their approach to and plans for their run, which begins in April with issue #30.

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The two touch on their plans for the reintroduction of Wally West, as well as their focus on Barry Allen’s law-enforcement methods and the unique identity of Central City. Follow the jump for the latest!

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Preview is up for Forever Evil: Rogues Rebellion #6

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Forever Evil: Rogues Rebellion #6

DC Comics has a preview of Forever Evil: Rogues Rebellion #6, the conclusion of the miniseries.

The Rogues battle Gorilla Grodd, Parasite and a slew of the Crime Syndicate’s co-opted thugs in the ruins of the Gem Cities. The outcome doesn’t look good for the Rogues, but these blue-collar opportunists never back away from a fight! Look for FOREVER EVIL: ROGUES REBELLION #6, written by Brian Buccellato and illustrated by Scott Hepburn, this Wednesday.

The issue arrives in stores on Wednesday, along with Flash #29. A preview of Flash was released last Friday.

Flash #29 preview is up – with new cover art!

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Flash #29

Hero Complex has a preview of Flash #29 by Brian Buccellato, with Agustin Padilla taking over for Patrick Zircher, due in stores next week. In the conclusion of this three-part murder mystery, Flash and Deadman team up to find the supernatural Keystone Killer before he strikes again. It’s a mystery that may — or may not — answer the question of who really killed Barry Allen’s mother in the post-Flashpoint timeline.

This story and Forever Evil: Rogues Rebellion (also finishing next week) have been kind of a bonus round for the Francis Manapul/Brian Buccellato run on the character, as Manapul left after #25 to gear up for the duo to take over Detective Comics

Oh yeah, and there’s that Robot Chicken variant cover. They went with the Flashdance reference. Continue reading →

Flash #32 in June: Future Flash, Rogues, and Wally West

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Flash #32

DC Comics’ May 2014 solicitations are up, including…

THE FLASH #32
Written by ROBERT VENDITTI and VAN JENSEN
Art and cover by BRETT BOOTH and NORM RAPMUND
DC Collectibles Bombshells variant cover by ANT LUCIA
On sale JUNE 25 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T

Flash Facts for this issue:

  1. The Flash confronts the serial killer stalking Central City!
  2. Barry tries to repair his fractured relationship with Wally West!
  3. Future Flash continues to move toward the present for a final confrontation with one of the Rogues! Who will he kill next?

Another Flash fact I’d like to add: All-Flash starring Jay Garrick lasted for 32 issues during the 1940s, starting out quarterly and going bimonthly after a year or two.

Also relevant:

JUSTICE LEAGUE 3000 #7
Written by KEITH GIFFEN and J.M. DeMATTEIS
Art and cover by HOWARD PORTER
On sale JUNE 4 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T

They’ve been plotting for months, and now Cadmus’ plans come to fruition! The FIVE’s true leader is revealed at last! And The Flash dies – again! It’s just another a day in the life of the future Justice League.

EARTH 2 #24
Written by TOM TAYLOR
Art by EDDY BARROWS and EBER FERREIRA
Cover by PHILIP TAN and NORM RAPMUND
DC Collectibles Bombshells variant cover by ANT LUCIA
On sale JUNE 4 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T

Aquawoman leads Green Lantern, Hawkgirl, and The Flash to battle Beguiler in the middle of the ocean! And Superman makes an unprecedented move that could change the future of Earth 2!

Quick Flash TV Update: Two Supporting Cast Members to Appear on Arrow

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The CW originally planned to make Arrow episode 2.20 into a back-door pilot for The Flash, bringing back Barry Allen from his two-episode guest spot and showing him after he gains super-speed. The network liked the character so much that they ordered the stand-alone pilot that’s currently in production.

But they’re still establishing background for the Flash spin-off, as two members of the supporting cast are confirmed for Arrow episode 2.19: Danielle Panabaker and Carlos Valdes will appear as Caitlin Snow and Cisco Ramon, scientists based on Killer Frost and Vibe from the comic books. (via FlashFans.org)

Update: THR has more information. Guggenheim explains that bringing in the S.T.A.R. Labs scientists keeps the Flash elements present in Arrow in a much more interesting way than showing Grant Gustin lying in a hospital bed with his eyes closed.