This week, with the Flash TV show returning for season two, DC’s digital backlist adds one more Flash comic from the 1970s and a pair of collections covering the entire One Year Later run of Flash: The Fastest Man Alive featuring Bart Allen.

Flash #208 (1971): I’ll just quote ComiXology’s description here: “Featuring nuns who go after crooks that are using a church to store pilfered goods, and Barry and Iris attend a church social. Also, when Kid Flash traces a mysterious explosion to another dimension, he finds that it was caused by the K-10 gang.”

Flash: Lightning in a Bottle (2006): Bart Allen takes over as the Flash after Wally West disappears in the Infinite Crisis…but only reluctantly, as his roommate Griffin gains super-powers and becomes a threat to anyone connected to the speed force. (Flash: TFMA #1-6)

Flash: Full Throttle (2006-2007): Bart battles the latest incarnation of Manfred Mota, a nuclear powered villain who has faced each Flash over the years. Then his dark twin Inertia recruits the Rogues to defeat the Flash once and for all. (Flash:TFMA #7-13)

The two Fastest Man Alive collections are currently on major discount, $4.99 each down from $10.99, as part of ComiXology’s Arrow/Flash sale this week.

Now on DC’s digital backlist: Flash #206-207. I’ll just leave these covers here.

Flash #44 is out in stores today, continuing the story of Professor Zoom and his time-spanning team as they prepare to utterly destroy the Flash. Preview at Newsarama.

Season One of the new Flash TV series came out on DVD and Blu-Ray yesterday.

DC Comics’ digital backlist has added two more Flash comics from the 1970s:

Flash #204: Iris Allen finds herself compelled to reveal the Justice League’s secrets.

Flash #205: contains reprints of older stories, including the first appearance of Professor Zoom, the Reverse Flash — a lost Jay Garrick adventure, “Journey into Danger” — Kid Flash in “Race to Thunder Hill” — and Johnny Quick in “Too Many Speed Kings.”

The softcover edition of The Flash: Season Zero is out this week. It collects the complete series, originally released in 24 digital chapters and then in 12 print issues. Actually set during season one, it covers two long stories:

Flash vs. a metahuman circus
King Shark vs. the Suicide Squad

…and several shorter stories, including a look back at how Captain Cold and Heat Wave first met, a nightmare out of Caitlin Snow’s past, a guest spot by Felicity Smoak, and a story in which Caitlin and Cisco deal with fallout from one of her old mentors.

This week’s digital flashbacks from the early 1970s include:

Flash #202 – Iris’ reporting gets her into trouble with a cult.

Flash #203 – Iris returns to her home era in the distant future. Wait, you didn’t think she was from the present, did you?

Two more Flash issues from the 1970s are available digitally this week.

Flash #200: “A foreign spy named Dr. Lu brainwashes Flash into believing hes taking hairspray to his wife when what hes really doing is attempting to assassinate the president.”

Flash #201: “The Flash feels guilty when he believes he’s responsible for paralyzing a young basketball star’s legs.” Also a Jay Garrick story, “Finale for a Fiddler!”

Descriptions quoted from ComiXology. Continue reading →