Flash Podcast 27 introduces a new co-host, as Justin Cavender joins Andy Behbakht.

CSBG’s Comic Legends Revealed: Contrary to popular belief, DC did not cancel the Flash because the Trial was going on too long. Quite the opposite, actually.

Mike Schmidt’s Flash opera has a new song, “Never Forget.”

The Mark Millar/Duncan Fegredo speedster series M.P.H. is off to a running start at Image.

Archie Comics is relaunching a speedster, with a new Sonic the Hedgehog series, Sonic Boom.

4thLetter offers a piece to think about before you dismiss criticism as “outrage” — or worse, “faux outrage.”

I’ve gotten way behind on these link round-ups.

ComicsAlliance’s Chris Sims on Why Mark Waid’s Flash run is so great, and how it ties the entire post-Crisis on Infinite Earths DC Universe together. (video)

The Flash Podcast has covered Iris West, Weather Wizard and Professor Zoom since we last checked in.

Flash TV Talk has covered Young Justice & Reverse Flashes and interviewed Greg Weisman.

Back in a Flash podcast talks about Merge, the villain in the latest issue of the book.

CBR’s Pipeline looks back at The Flash by Waid and Wieringo.

Not Flash-specific, but worth a read: Radioactive Blackness And Anglo-Saxon Aliens: Achieving Superhero Diversity Through Race-Changing (ComicsAlliance)

Tons of stuff as always at The Rogues Kick Ass.

• Rumor: Flash pilot screening at Comic-Con International. If it happens, and it’s on one of the days I’m there, I’ll at least try to see it and report back. Also, Geoff Johns hints at a possible Captain Cold appearance.
• Modern Mythologies: Obsession and the Zoom Lineage – A great analysis of Eobard Thawne and Hunter Zolomon.
• The Flash Podcast 023 – DC Cinematic Universe (Part III)
• Back in a Flash Episode 4: Interview with Brett Booth
• Flash-Back Podcast discusses Flash #31

A few quick Flash and other-speedster links from this week.

• Flash for the Uninitiated – great article by Benito Cereno (Tales from the Bully Pulpit) for anyone new to the Flash who wants to get started.
• Flash #31 at Comic Book and Movie Reviews
• “Central City” is a new song from Mike Schmidt’s Flash rock opera
• The Flash Podcast Episode 22: Wally West Pt. 2
• Sons of the Devil (Brian Buccellato) preview at Comic Vine. The Kickstarter closes on Wednesday
• MPH #2 preview at CBR

The Flash

• Jose Luis Molestina picks up Wally West’s final adventure in the pre-Flashpoint reality with a fan comic.
• In Defense Of DC Comics New 52′s Wally West – Inside Pulse
• Changes to Our Heroes: The Wally West Effect – Atomic Geekdom
• “Slow Burn/Please Don’t Die” song by Mike Schmidt.
• Super-hero Weaknesses – That time someone asked me what the Flash’s “weakness” was.
• Comic Book Legends Revealed tackles the question of what would have happened to Barry Allen if he hadn’t died in Crisis on Infinite Earths — and refers back to an interview with Cary Bates here at Speed Force!
• CBR: 5 Rogues we want on the Flash TV Show
• 15 Things to Note in the First Trailer for The Flash TV Series
• 6 Great Things About THE FLASH Trailer – The Flash TV

Flash Podcasts

• Back In A Flash episode 3 focuses on the Rogues.
• The Flash Podcast Episode 21: Gorilla Grodd
• Flash TV Talk continues its Young Justice retrospective and discusses current TV rumors.

Flash reviews

• The Flash #31 Review – IGN
• Review of The Flash #31 | Nothing But Comics!
• Speed Reading! – The Flash #31 | The Culture Cast with Zack and Nick
• Weird Science: The Flash #31 Review

More Comics

• Don’t fear the silly – Robot 6 suggests that comics should embrace some of the inherent silliness. After all, without 75 years’ worth of stories to give them weight, the idea of a man who dresses up as a giant bat and calls himself “Bat Man” is pretty silly.
• Ask Chris considers the mass media influence on comics canon. You know, elements like Harley Quinn and Rene Montoya, or the Daily Planet, or Kryptonite.
• It’s weird how often these Peter David articles from more than a decade ago turn out to still be relevant. For example, this one about redefining comics for adults, or changes to movie/TV versions of characters.