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Pre-FLASHPOINT Wally West in SPEED FORCE #1 (Review)

speedforce-convergence-1CONVERGENCE is finally here, with all the timelines ever published by DC appearing once again – and the tie-ins bring us some of our favorites from the years prior to the New 52. For a generation of comics fans, The Flash was Wally West…and in SPEED FORCE #1, Wally West is once again The Fastest Man Alive! Wally, Jai and Iris are trapped under the dome in Pre-FLASHPOINT Gotham City – and that’s where we pick up in this tie-in to CONVERGENCE!

MILD SPOILERS AFTER THE JUMP

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“Tricksters” – Review of Episode 117 of THE FLASH

In tonight’s episode, what happened 15 years ago takes center stage even as we are treated to a wonderful performance by Mark Hamill in the present day timeline…and if you thought you knew everything about that night, do we have surprises for you! All this and more, in an outstanding episode of THE FLASH!

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“The End of the Road”…and a New Beginning! Review of THE FLASH #40

This issue is titled, “The End of the Road”…but while the Future Flash story line IS wrapped up here we get some major developments that begin a whole new chapter in the life of Barry Allen. This is an issue you WILL want to read more than once, one of the best issues in the Venditti-Jensen-Booth era of our favorite speedster!

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The Law of Unintended Consequences – Review of “Rogue Time”, Episode 116 of THE FLASH

In an episode that has echoes of “Groundhog Day”, Barry Allen finds out the hard way that messing with the past can have serious results. If you didn’t see last week’s episode, you may want to catch that one first, as this episode makes SO much more sense that way. It would be very hard to match the intensity level of last week’s show…and unfortunately there are parts of last week’s episode that no longer apply (spoilers ahead)…but still this is an important chapter of the story, and if nothing else a little…Golden…intervention makes this another very interesting episode of our favorite super-hero show.

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“Out of Time” – Review of Episode 115 of THE FLASH

“Out of Time” is easily the most powerful and impressive episode of THE FLASH so far, with HUGE reveals and shocking twists almost minute-by-minute throughout the show. If you haven’t seen this week’s episode of THE FLASH, DO NOT go past the jump. There is no way to describe even a little bit of this episode without being terribly spoilerish…and trust me, you do NOT want to be spoiled before seeing this episode!

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“Power Loss” – Review of THE FLASH #39

The future-Flash finds Overload…and the kind of trouble from which he can’t run away, while present Barry finds a surprising source of danger while trapped in the Speed Force. The twin storylines are moving forward in significant ways in one of the stronger issues in the Venditti-Jensen-Booth era of THE FLASH.

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