Flash (Comics)

• Agent of S.T.Y.L.E.’s survey of the Flash costumes continues with Part 2: Post-Crisis (Wally West and Bart Allen) and Part 3: Flash costumes in the New 52
• Who’s Who: The Definitive Podcast of the DC Universe, Volume XVIII is up to the volume featuring Pied Piper
• Fact-checking Crankshaft – regarding Flash #115. Apparently that’s a thing.
• Flash (sort of) in Supergirl #12 – I love the wings on the beanie for the Jay Garrick outfit. (Firestorm Fan)
• The Flash Podcast has a new website, and a new episode focusing on Bart Allen
• Francis Manapul unused Flash ideas – Bleeding Cool
• That F’ing Monkey: Flash Friday: itty bitty Flash – That F’ing Monkey: itty bitty Flash
• The Rogues Kick Ass – tons of stuff as usual.

Flash Reviews

• Forever Evil: Rogues Rebellion #6 – Comic Vine
• Why Impulse #3 is the best single issue ever – ComicsAlliance
• Weird Science: Forever Evil: Rogues Rebellion #6 Review
• Weird Science: The Flash #29 Review

Flash (TV)

• The Flash: 10 Ways To Ensure The Series Will Be Awesome – WhatCulture
• Motley Fool looks at the factors contributing to a likely success for the Flash TV pilot
• 10 Genius Ways To Link All The DC Universe Shows – WhatCulture
• PROJECT: FLASH – ARROW – raising funds for The Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society and The Trussell Trust.

Other Comics

• The back issue problem – What do you do with a zillion back-issues of comics? – Zombie Cat Bacon from Norway
• DETECTIVE COMICS #30 Preview – Manapul & Buccellato’s first issue

The hot topic of the week was the Flash’s new TV costume (covered here).

• Fastest Fan Alive initial reaction, follow-up thoughts,and reaction to the action shots.
• The Flash’s TV Costume Looks Built For Mobility – ComicsAlliance reacts to the reveal and to the set pics & videos
• New Flash Costume – Flash TV Talk
  
• Barry Allen is more than just the costume – Flashfans.org on the suit.
• Return of the Speed Suit – All About the Flash
• Poll: How Do You Rate The CW’s “Flash” Costume? – CBR
• UPDATE: The Flash Podcast Episode 6 features costume reactions and a character spotlight on Pied Piper.

Other Flash and DC Comics articles:

• The Flash Costume History – Agents of S.T.Y.L.E. is back with an updated history of the Flash costume.
• FLASH #28 at Comic Book and Movie Reviews – “A hauntingly good Flash comic”
• Checking up on Earth-August – Grumpy Old Fan (Robot 6) looks back at the state of the DC Universe just before Flashpoint and the New 52
• Analyzing DC’s Clues About New 52 Wally West – Newsarama wonders: Is he young? Iris’ nephew? Black?
• Should There Be One Shared DC Universe on TV? – IGN considers whether Arrow and the Flash should be set in the same world as Gotham and Constantine

• Obscure Flash Villains For the NEW Series – Mania proposes – and fan-casts – some of the lesser-known villains (and some who aren’t really that obscure).
• TV’s Best and Worst Superhero Outfits – Digital Spy rates TV’s best and worst superhero outfits.
• The Flash: Fans and Industry React to Our First Look – DC rounds up tweets and photos
• Top 10 Ways to Do Everything Faster – RT @van_jensen: Looks like Lifehacker is on board with #Flash
• 10 Of Comic Book History’s Most Dubious Dopplegangers – list at ComicsAlliance. The Rival gets a nod.
• The Flash #28 review by The Culture Cast with Zack and Nick
• John Wesley Shippp interview by the Kid in the Front Row

• The Flash and Quicksilver in “Fast Track to Hollywood!” – a great cover mashup at Super-Team Family: The Lost Issues
• Mattel’s Speed Strike Flash and DC Collectibles Injustice Flash Double Review and Pics at Fastest Fan Alive!
• The Flash Podcast Episode 5: Jay Garrick Spotlight
• Best Shots Rapid Reviews: HAWKEYE #15, THE FLASH #28 and more at Newsarama
• Weird Science: The Flash #28 Review
• Tons of Rogues-related stuff at The Rogues Kick Ass.

First: The Flashy Links

• The Flash Podcast episode 4: Casting – the latest episode talks about the casting news that’s been coming out for the Flash TV show pilot.
• The Flash and Property Rights – Remember when the Flash rebuilt an entire apartment building? Law and the Multiverse tackles the legal implications.
• The Flash and the Furious – MAD TV – apparently only viewable in the US
• Retcon Punch reviews Forever Evil: Rogues Rebellion #5
  
• Comics-inspired typographic prints at Robot6, including one of the Flash
• Lego DC Super-Heroes at Fastest Fan Alive
• As usual, tons of Rogues-related stuff at The Rogues Kick Ass.

More comics-related links

• “Johnny Come Lately” Has Another Name She Has No Head! explains why you shouldn’t look down on people who haven’t been into your chosen fandom as long as you and therefore don’t know as much: They’re NEW READERS.
• Related: xkcd: Ten Thousand – If you belittle people for discovering something later than you, you miss out on the fun of helping them discover more.
• Two sure-to-be-controversial pieces that I stumbled on the same day: Ch-Ch-Changes – Peter David writes (back in 2000) about the nature of change in comics, and fan reaction to it, particularly long-term fans (something that basically didn’t exist back in the Golden and Silver Age of comics). And then View from the Gutters writes I Think Every Superhero You Love Should Be Dead (or, On the Nature of Time) and reinventing new heroes for new generations of readers. They both make interesting points, but I think they veer into “you’re wrong for liking what you like” territory.
• Jill Pantozzi (aka the Nerdy Bird) is doing the New Jersey Muscle Walk and needs help to raise funds for the Muscular Dystrophy Association

It’s time for another link round-up post!

Flash commentary and reviews

• The Culture Cast reviews The Flash #27
• Weird Science: The Flash #27 Review
• FLASH #27 « Comic Book and Movie Reviews 
• What Culture: 10 Characters Who Should Recur On The Flash TV Series
• Total Heroes Series 1 New 52 The Flash Action at Fastest Fan Alive
• DC Collectibles’ Suicide Squad Captain Boomerang Action Figure review and pictures at Fastest Fan Alive
• Can The CW’s The Flash Capture Arrow’s Magic? (CBS) – A more business-oriented look at The Flash’s prospects via @FlashCWFans
• SHOWCASE PRESENTS: The Flash Doesn’t Run Really Fast – an alternative interpretation of the Flash’s powers

Flash art and Cosplay

• John Byrne Rogues commission
• Flash #139 cover homage
• Golden Age Flash Movie Poster Mashup – Imagine Fred Astaire as Jay Garrick, The Scarlet Speedster
• Speed Force photo pool on Flickr: Recent additions include a Green Arrow/Flash cosplay team-up

More Comics Reviews

• Justice League: War at DVDs Worth Watching
• Forever Evil #5 – at TMStash
• Earth 2 Vol. 2: The Tower of Fate – Collected Editions
• What Would You Do With 30 Minutes to Live? – Powerful concept behind this webcomic, reviewed at Comics Worth Reading

More Comics Stuff

• IO9: Real-Life Locations That Would Make Badass Supervillain Lairs (via TMStash)
• It Was Years Ago But We’re Still Angry With You – Interesting opinion piece on Alan Moore, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and authors’ relationship to their audience at CSBG
• Keeping the Titans from Growing Old – Grumpy Old Fan looks at team dynamics and various approaches DC has taken toward keeping the concept fresh.
• Two thought-provoking articles at Multiversity Comics on artists in comic books: The Diminishing Role of Artists in a Visual Medium and the follow-up, What To Look For When You’re Talking About Comic Art.
• Committed: The Wrong Kind of Nerd (?) – Fandom: There’s more than one way to do it (CSBG)
• Solar Eclipse of November 3, 2013, Observed from Space – AWESOME Time-lapse video of the moon’s shadow crossing the earth during a solar eclipse, as seen from orbit. Notice how it covers a relatively small area and moves as the moon orbits and the earth rotates.
• Marvel vs. DC: Crossover Craziness blog launches dedicated to those rare inter-company crossovers.
• Five Ways to Use a Smart Watch at Comic-Con – So I was reading about smart watches the day before the Comic-Con presale, and couldn’t help but think about combining them.

Follow Along!

You can follow the Speed Force team members for additional Flash and comics material at The Rogues Kick Ass (Lia), Fastest Fan Alive (Devin), and TMStash (Ed).

Some other active Flash sites to keep an eye on include The Flash Podcast, Flash TV News, The Fastest Forum Alive, The New 52 Flash, and FlashFans.org.