Category Archives: Out This Week

This Week: Trinity War 5/6, Impulse vs. White Lightning

Flash comics out this week:

JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK #23

TRINITY WAR CHAPTER 5! The Justice Leagues continues to fracture as the murder of a hero is solved—and the line between justice and vengeance blurs as they head off to find those responsible!

Written by Jeff Lemire, art by Mikel Janin, cover by Doug Mahnke, variant cover by Mikel Janin and Doug Mahnke

And in digital backissues at ComiXology:

IMPULSE #76

Bart’s back from the future with a new super-power, but before he can adjust to life without his best friend, he’ll have to stop the schemes of White Lightning.

Written by Todd Dezago, art by Ethan Van Sciver and Prentis Rollins

This Week: Two Collections & Dark Flash

Flash comics out this week:

Update: I must remember not to rush these posts. I somehow got the wrong pair of collections listed.

Gorilla Warfare (hardcover)

When Grodd and his gorilla army descend on Central City, The Flash will have to contend with a threat unlike any he’s faced before: murderous, ruthless and without principle. With mammoth strength and mind-control powers, Grodd will not stop until he conquers the city with its heroes blood on his hands. Knowing he cannot defeat this new foe alone, The Flash will need the help of his former enemies, the Rogues, if he wants to keep himself and Central City alive. This new hardcover collects THE FLASH #13-19.

Written by Francis Manapul & Brian Buccellato, art by Francis Manapul, Marcus To, Ryan Winn, Marcio Takara

Rogues Revolution (paperback hardcover)

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?

Written by Francis Manapul & Brian Buccellato, art by Francis Manapul, Scott Kolins, Marcus To, Marcio Takara

Move Forward (paperback)

Barry Allen fights an enemy who can be everywhere at once, then battles the newly self-powered Captain Cold.

Francis Manapul and Brian Buccellato.

In current comics…

Trinity War continues in Justice League of America #7.

And in digital backissues….

Flash #152 beginning the Dark Flash Saga.

A new logo, a new costume, and a new Flash begin a startling new era for the Fastest Man Alive! There’s a super-fast stranger in town, and he’s calling himself the Flash. But who is this world-weary, battle-scarred hero in a fearsome, nearly all-black costume?

Written by Mark Waid & Brian Augustyn, art by Paul Pelletier, cover by Steve Lightle.

This Week: Earth 2 #15, Impulse #75, Captain Cold

This week in Flash comics:

Earth 2 #15
Dr. Fate, Red Arrow, The Flash, Green Lantern and The Atom all fall victim to the Hunger Dogs of Apokolips as the war against the forces of Steppenwolf continues.

In ComiXology’s digital back-issues:

Impulse #75
Conclusion of Dark Tomorrow. Bart and Carol work with their future selves to prevent President Thawne’s disastrous plan from going forward…but is there a way to prevent this future from happening in the first place? Plus: Impulse gets a new super-power.

Update: Also out this week is the New 52 Captain Cold action figure from DC Collectibles.

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This Week: Flash Annual 2, Flashpoint Paradox, Flash 151

Flash Annual #2 (via Comic Vine)Flash Annual #2 arrives in stores today. Main story by Brian Buccellato and Sami Basri, backup by Nicole Dubuc and Cully Hamner, cover by Francis Manapul. Preview at Comic Vine.

Find out how The Flash and Green Lantern first met when a case they teamed up together to solve years ago rears its head again in the present! It involves a foe neither of them can defeat on their own, and they might not have much luck together either! The outcome of this will affect The Flash for years to come… Plus, a backup story by Nicole Dubuc (the Young Justice cartoon)!

Justice League: The Flashpoint ParadoxJustice League: The Flashpoint Paradox hit stores yesterday. The animated film is based on the 2011 miniseries Flashpoint by Geoff Johns and Andy Kubert, and tells the story of what happens after the Flash wakes up, powerless, in a nightmarish alternate reality. The Justice League is gone, and the world sits on the brink of destruction as the Amazons and Atlantis prepare for war.

Flash #151 joins ComiXology’s digital back-issues: “A flashback tale from the early days of Wally West’s career when he and a pal from his neighborhood head off an attempted Gorilla City invasion of America. Guest-starring Robin and Aqualad!”

Speaking of Comixology and Flashpoint, the digital storefront is holding a Flashpoint sale this week, with all issues of the 2011 event (including tie-in miniseries, Booster Gold and the four “Road to Flashpoint” issues of Flash) available for 99 cents each.

This Week: Flash #22 w/Preview, Trinity War, Dark Tomorrow

Flash-22Flash #22 races into stores this week, and MTV has a preview of the issue.

Flash #22: History is made when The Flash comes face to face with Reverse Flash for the first time!

Written by: Francis Manapul and Brian Buccellato
Art by: Francis Manapul
Cover art by: Francis Manapul
Variant cover art by: Francis Manapul

Also out this week:

Justice Legaue Dark #22: TRINITY WAR CHAPTER 3! A member of the Justice League defects to Justice League Dark. But what does Constantine know about this murder that he isn’t telling? And what dark secret does one of our Leaguers hold that could turn the tide of this Justice League War?

Written by: Jeff Lemire, Ray Fawkes
Art by: Mikel Janin
Cover by: Ivan Reis, Joe Prado

Teen Titans #22: Trigon triumphs over the Teen Titans as he begins to turn Manhattan into a staging ground for a demonic takeover of the planet.

Written by: Scott Lobdell
Art by: Eddy Barrows, Eber Ferreira
Cover by: Howard Porter

And in digital back-issues at ComiXology

Impulse #74: Part 2 of “Dark Tomorrow.” Bart, Carol, and their future selves try to stop Preseident Thawne’s plan that could spell worldwide disaster. Back in the past, Max Mercury faces time-lost madman Lucius Keller.

This Week: Trinity War & Chain Lightning

Flash comics out this week:

JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #6: TRINITY WAR CHAPTER 2! The War of the Justice Leagues continues as one hero is arrested and another goes rogue. Who is responsible for the evil that has infected the League? And who is the true killer? Only the Question knows the answer…

Written by: Geoff Johns, Jeff Lemire; Art by: Doug Mahnke, Christian Alamy; Cover by: Ivan Reis, Joe Prado

And in digital backissues at ComiXology…

THE FLASH #150: “Chain Lightning” part 6 of 6. The unthinkable has happened: Cobalt Blue has killed Barry Allen, rolling back the entire timeline so far back that the Anti-Monitor has won the Crisis on Infinite Earths! Wally West is ready to make the ultimate sacrifice and restore the universe…but will it be enough?

Written by Mark Waid & Brian Augustyn; Art by Paul Pelletier & Vince Russell; Cover by Steve Lightle.

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