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Flash Comics for February 2014

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DC Comics’ February 2014 solictations reveal what’s in store for the Scarlet Speedster and related characters.

Flash #28

THE FLASH #28
Written by BRIAN BUCCELLATO
Art by PATRICK ZIRCHER
Cover by PASQUAL FERRY
1:25 Steampunk variant cover by HOWARD CHAYKIN
On sale FEBRUARY 26 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T

The Flash and Deadman team up to stop The Miner – by killing him?

This is part two of a three-part arc that Brian Buccellato is writing solo after the end of the Manapul/Buccellato run. He mentions the Miner, a new character, in an interview last week.

Also: Steampunk Flash variant? I’m intrigued. We’ve featured an awesome steampunk Flash cosplay from 2011, as well as a set of custom action figures and a steamunk JLA cosplay group. I guess it depends on whether Chaykin goes for a neo-Victorian aesthetic or just random brass accessories.

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Media Blitz! Manapul and Buccellato Talk Barry & Iris, Gem Cities, Detective

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As their three-year artistic, two years everything, Flash run comes to a close, Francis Manapul and Brian Buccellato have begun the transition into their new Gotham digs over in Detective Comics.  Yesterday, as part of an interview with Newsarama and a post over at DC HQ, details continued to emerge on the team’s final act.

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First, here is a plot summary and preview page (above) from Flash #25 via DC Comics:

In THE FLASH #25, you’ll meet a young Barry Allen before he’s realized his full potential as the Scarlet Speedster. A recent graduate from the Police Academy, Barry finds himself partnered with Harvey Bullock in Gotham City when he volunteers to go help the city deal with the chaos brought on by the events of “Zero Year.” But Harvey is not thrilled with working with someone so young and inexperienced, leaving Barry to team up with Gotham Gazette intern Iris West to help solve the case of a mysterious drug appearing on the streets of the city that is causing people to spontaneously burst into flames. And it’s in this first meeting between Barry and Iris that the “will they or won’t they” tension is introduced to their relationship.
For more on Barry-in-Gotham, the Gem Cities and run reflections from the creative team, follow the jump!

Media Blitz! New Flash Image from JL: War & Gage Talks Flash #26

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Flash News from Two (Media) Worlds!  Friday saw the unveiling of a new image from the upcoming DC Entertainment animated feature Justice League: War, featuring Christopher Gorham as The Flash.  Meanwhile, over at Newsarama, writer Christos Gage spoke about his upcoming standalone story in Flash #26!

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Justice League: War is adapted from the opening arc of the New 52 Justice League series, written by Geoff Johns.  It is currently set for an early 2014 release.

Over on Earth-Print, Gage has the task of helming the first issue due after the Francis Manapul/Brian Buccellato team take their final bows on the title as a duo (Buccellatto will be writing issues 27 – 29 solo).  For more on the roots of Gage’s Flash fandom and what to expect from his “Flash Out of Water” tale, follow the jump!

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Flash Comics for January 2014

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DC Comics has been releasing their January 2014 solictations, including the following Flash books.

Flash #27

THE FLASH #27
Written by BRIAN BUCCELLATO
Art by PATRICK ZIRCHER
Cover by PASQUAL FERRY
1:25 SCRIBBLENAUTS UNMASKED variant cover
On sale JANUARY 29 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T

The Flash faces a mystical serial killer who might be responsible for his mother’s murder!

Note: As revealed a few days ago, Brian Buccelato will be solo-writing three more issues of The Flash after he and Francis Manapul move to Detective Comics, and that he hoped to tie up some loose ends from their run.

Forever Evil: Rogues Rebellion #4

FOREVER EVIL: ROGUES REBELLION #4
Written by BRIAN BUCCELLATO
Art by SCOTT HEPBURN
Cover by DECLAN SHALVEY
1:25 B&W Variant cover by DECLAN SHALVEY
On sale JANUARY 15 • 32 pg, FC, 4 of 6, $2.99 US • RATED T

The Rogues just can’t catch a break! On the run from the Crime Syndicate and the Secret Society, the Rogues are forced into a showdown with an army of escapees from Arkham Asylum!

Update: The full list is up, including…

TEEN TITANS #27
Written by SCOTT LOBDELL
Art by TYLER KIRKHAM
Cover by BRETT BOOTH and NORM RAPMUND
1:25 SCRIBBLENAUTS UNMASKED variant cover
On sale JANUARY 29 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T

The Teen Titans must stop the evil Bart Allen of the future or our timeline is doomed!

Also, in collected editions, a new release date for the softcover edition of the second New 52 Flash collection.

THE FLASH VOL. 2: ROGUES REVOLUTION TP
Written by FRANCIS MANAPUL and BRIAN BUCCELLATO
Art by FRANCIS MANAPUL, MARCUS TO, MARCIO TAKARA, SCOTT KOLINS and others
Cover by FRANCIS MANAPUL
RESOLICIT • On sale FEBRUARY 5 • 176 pg, FC, $16.99 US

The Rogues Gallery is united for the first time in The New 52 in this title collecting issues #0, 9-12 and THE FLASH ANNUAL #1! Who is behind their sudden organization, and why are they after their Captain Cold?