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Poll Results: Worth the Wait?

Well, of the 261 votes, the overwhelming consensus was that Flash: Rebirth was good…but those responses were split between those who thought it was “absolutely” worth the wait and those who thought three months was too long. Those who thought the delay was excessive edged out the rest with 47% of the total vote to 35% for those who thought it was worth it.

Those who found it disappointing (or worse) or had already given up on the miniseries made up a sizable minority at 16%.

The latest poll: Which will end first, Flash: Rebirth or Blackest Night: The Flash?

Speed Reading: DC 2000, Lo3W, Strips and Zoom

Some weekend linkblogging…

Comics and…Other Imaginary Tales looks back at DC Two Thousand, a two-part story from the turn of the millennium in which the modern Justice League of America goes back in time to 1941 and meets the Justice Society. The Golden Age heroes aren’t entirely sure the JLA’s future is worth saving, though.

Collected Editions reviews Final Crisis: Legion of Three Worlds.

Comic Book Movie fan-casts Flash: Rebirth.

Chris Samnee sketches Kid Flash.

What Were They Thinking? has another example of why they called the Golden-Age Flash a comic “strip.”

Over at Comic Bloc there’s a comedic discussion of What else Zoom did to Barry (spoilers for Flash: Rebirth ).

Batman Ice Cream Truck

Bat Ice Cream Truck

Spotted this last week on my lunch break. Sorry about the image quality: it was backlit, all I had was my phone, and to top it of, my windshield needed to be cleaned. (We’d had one of those rains a few days earlier that drops just enough water to rearrange the dirt, but no more. I got to it after work that day.)

Poll Results: When Will Flash: Rebirth Finish?

Okay, so maybe the question itself is a bit of a cheap shot, but with the number of times issues –6 have been rescheduled, it seems a fair question. At this time, Flash: Rebirth is scheduled for December 23, 2009, just five weeks after issue comes out. But with 3-month gaps between issues , and , it’s certainly not hard to imagine the schedule might slip again.

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Poll Results: Upcoming Flash Series

In the end, 79 people responded to the poll asking which upcoming Flash series had them most excited.

The breakdown is interesting: Nearly half (47%) are looking forward most to the upcoming Flash monthly series, which launches (in theory) sometime next March. Almost a fourth each are most interested in the Blackest Night: Flash miniseries launching in December (22%) and the Kid Flash ongoing that will launch “about a month” after Flash.

That leaves 9% who have actually been turned off of the comics by Flash: Rebirth.

Early on, one reader pointed out to me that while The Flash will have two features — a lead feature starring Barry Allen and a second feature starring Wally West — they’re not separated in the poll options. Well, I guess this poll can’t be used to gauge interest in a particular character….

Next Poll: What’s the farthest you’ve traveled for a fan or comic convention?

Edit: I wrote this up Sunday night, intending to schedule it for Monday morning. I forgot to change the date, and accidentally posted it back-dated to Sunday morning — behind two posts that had already gone up! Oops! I’ve changed the time so that they appear in the right order now.