Category Archives: Out This Week

This Week’s Digital Backissues: Flash Annual #10 & Flash #159-160

DC has added one more Wally West annual and two more Barry Allen issues to their digital backlist this week.

Flash Annual #10 (1997): Part of the “Pulp Heroes” theme, in this case focusing on romance. Wally West is consulting on a movie being made about the Flash, and the actress playing “Lindy” Park has a more than healthy interest in him. And then there’s Rainbow Raider… Plus a backup story, “Sound and Fury” starring Pied Piper.

Flash #159 (1966)- “The Flash’s Final Fling” – has the scarlet speedster hung up his boots for good?

Flash #160 (1966) 80-Page giant featuring reprints of classic Silver Age stories, plus the Golden-Age “Duet of Danger” featurng the first appearance of the Fiddler.

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This Week: Flash Season Zero, Digital Silver Age & Legends of the Dead Earth

Flash Annual 9The print edition of Flash Season Zero #9 is out today, featuring the conclusion of the King Shark/Suicide Squad story.

A new digital chapter of Flash Season Zero went up on Monday, featuring a one-shot in which Barry and Joe try to take a day off…but a superhero’s work is never done. (Ben Sokolowski/Marcus To/Nick Filardi)

DC continues to add more of the 1987-2009 Flash Annuals to the digital backlist:

Flash Annual 9 (1996), part of the Legends of the Dead Earth theme. In the distant future, humanity is spread throughout the universe and Earth is only a legend. On one world, inspired by the Book of Iris and the power of the speed force, two brothers fight to protect — or control — their people. (Peter J. Tomasi/J.H. Williams III/Mick Gray)

Flash #157And they’ve finally picked up the 1960s silver age Flash comics again, right where they left off:

Flash #157 (1965): “Who Stole the Flash’s Super Speed?” and the Top in “The Day the Flash Aged 100 Years!” (Fox/Infantino/Giella)

Flash #158 (1966): “Battle Against the Break-Away Bandit” and “The One-Man Justice League!” (Fox/Infantino/Giella)

This Week: Digital Flash Elseworlds and Year One Annuals

Season One of the Flash TV show is done, but the comics continue through the summer, and so does DC’s progress through their backlist as they add more digital editions.

This week, DC adds two Flash Annuals starring Wally West.

Flash Annual #7 (1994) is an Elseworlds tale. A battle with Captain Cold left Barry Allen dead and Wally West in a wheelchair. Now Wally wants to make a movie about Barry Allen’s life and sacrifice, but Captain Cold wants the world to remember a different take on what happened. Written by Mark Wheatley; Pencils by Ed Benes; Inks by Rene Micheletti and Eddie Wagner.

Flash Annual #8 (1995) is a “Year One” tale about when Wally West first took up the Flash identity. Green Lantern and Jay Garrick intervene when a battle with Dr. Alchemy goes badly. Mark Waid, David Brewer, Mark Stegbauer. In a backup story, “Kid Flash Day Two” features the young Wally West vs. Mr. Element. Tom Peyer, Humberto Ramos, Wayne Faucher, Ken Branch.

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Preview is up for Convergence: The Flash #2

Convergence Flash 2ComicBook.com has the preview for Convergence: The Flash #2, out in stores tomorrow. Barry Allen of Earth-One (1980s, pre-Crisis on Infinite Earths) meets the Superman of the Tangent Universe, and in these preview pages, they discuss the contrived nature of the combat set before them. (I’m pleasantly surprised to see that acknowledged in the text.)

Written by Dan Abnett, art by Federico Dallocchio, cover by Jonboy Meyers.

Flash Comics This Week: Convergence, Season Zero, Bloodlines and Eclipso

Convergence: The Flash #2Tomorrow night is the Flash TV show season finale! But there’s also plenty of Flash comics action as well.

A new digital Flash: Season Zero story, in which a figure from Dr. Caitlin Snow’s past returns to Earth with potentially deadly results. Correction: Written & drawn by Phil Hester, inks by Eric Gapstur, colors by Nick Filardi, letters by Deron Bennett.

Convergence: The Flash #2 (of 2) concludes the story of pre-Crisis Barry Allen vs. the Tangent Universe Superman. Dan Abnett, Federico Dallocchio, Jonboy Meyers.

On Wednesday, DC is also adding two more Flash Annuals from the 1987-2009 series to their digital backlist:

Flash Annual #5 (1992), part of the “Eclipso: The Darkness Within” event, has Golden Glider, Weather Wizard, Trickster and Captain Boomerang all trying to steal the same black diamond, only to become possessed by Eclipso as a result. Mark Waid, Craig Boldman, Travis Charest, Dan Davis.

Flash Annual #6 (1993), part of “Bloodlines,” introduces Argus, an undercover FBI agent who gains night-based powers when he’s caught in the middle of Keystone City’s mob war and a stealth alien invasion. Mark Waid, Phil Hester, Aaron McClellan.

Digital Flash Annuals from 1989 and 1991, including Armageddon 2001

Flash Annual 3 1989

This week, DC adds digital backissues of two more Flash annuals from the 1987 series.

Flash Annual #3 (1989): Jade & Obsidian guest star as Wally West tries to determine just what happened to Jay Garrick when he and the rest of the JSA disappeared. Meanwhile, his mother sets up his new JLI transport tube and starts exploring its uses. In a comedic backup story, Wally and Chunk visit the JLI and get caught between Guy Gardner and a reporter. Also, updated Who’s Who pages for the Flash and related characters.

Flash Annual 4 1991Flash Annual #4 (1991): Ten years in the future, the Flash is retired, and Wally West and his family have put together new lives in the witness protection program. But his son has inherited his super-speed without the aura that protects him from its side effects. An accident puts him in the hospital…and exposes the Flash’s identity to a ruthless villain who’s waited years to take care of unfinished business. To save his son’s life, he’ll have to don the scarlet suit and face his old enemies one last time.

The Flash skipped 1990’s Annual season, instead releasing the Flash 50th Anniversary Special. No sign of that one on ComiXology yet.