Variety profiles series producer Greg Berlanti with a cover featuring two signature DC Comics heroes. This may be the closest we’ll see the two characters for a while, though, as CBS currently plans to keep Supergirl separate for now.
THE FLASH VOL. 5: HISTORY LESSONS TP
Written by BRIAN BUCCELLATO and CHRISTOS N. GAGEOn sale SEPTEMBER 2 • 144 pg, FC, $14.99 US
In these stories from issues #26-29 and FLASH ANNUAL #2, find out how Barry Allen adjusts after his battle with Reverse-Flash! Plus, witness the first meeting of The Flash and Green Lantern.Art by BRETT BOOTH, NORM RAPMUND, PATRICK ZIRCHER, AGUSTIN PADILLA, NEIL GOOGE and others
Cover by PASCAL FERRY
This wraps up the softcover collections (it’s available in hardcover already) of the original New 52 Flash run by Francis Manapul and Brian Buccellato. Manapul had already left to start on Detective Comics, but Buccellato stayed on for a few more issues to wrap up remaining plot threads from their run, including key questions about Barry’s parents and his mother’s murder. Deadman and Green Lantern guest star.
THE FLASH SEASON ZERO TP
Written by ANDREW KREISBERG, BROOKE ELKMEIER and KAI WU
Art by PHIL HESTER, ERIC GAPSTUR and MARCUS TO
Photo cover
On sale SEPTEMBER 2 • 264 pg, FC, $19.99 USFollow the adventures of Barry Allen from issues #1-12 of this new series as he struggles to balance his job as a police crime scene investigator, his unrequited crush on Iris West, and his new life as Central City’s guardian angel!
A few things of note:
Tomorrow 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.
Here’s the one-minute trailer for The Flash‘s season finale. The episode will air next week, and is titled “Fast Enough”. The promo’s obviously full of spoilers, so be warned.
https://youtu.be/488MnaUt1mU
Looks like it’ll be pretty intense (and more than a bit sad). What do you think?
DC is launching a second round of DC Bombshells variant covers featuring retro pinup versions of its characters — and a digital-first series — this summer. The Nerdist has several covers including The Flash #43 by Ant Lucia, featuring Killer Frost.
Newsarama has a round-up of all the covers released so far. One notable difference from the first round is that while the first round was all women, some of the covers feature men this time, including Sinestro, Dick Grayson, and Aquaman (and probably more, but I haven’t looked through the whole list yet).
Update: Apparently the the Bombshells series features “retro-bombshell versions of Batwoman, Wonder Woman and Supergirl in an alternate reality where super-powered female heroes are on the front lines in WWII” as well as “Monsters, magic, mayhem, & Marguerites” (the last item being a reference to the writer and artist on the series, Marguerite Bennett and Marguerite Sauvage).
Today we got our first trailer for the upcoming Legends of Tomorrow series, which will have 13 episodes and air in 2016. The promo does a pretty good job of introducing the characters and the premise, but it includes Captain Cold (Wentworth Miller) and Heat Wave (Dominic Purcell) among its cast, and will have at least a cameo from the Flash (Grant Gustin) and other Flashverse characters. One’s a surprise and you’ll see him in the trailer, but he’s still an obvious choice to appear. And we finally learn who the main villain will be.
https://youtu.be/4MubNoWQiSc
Flashfans.org also has a behind-the-scenes featurette for the series, showing some of the stunts and including commentary from the showrunners. It’s made by the same creative team as The Flash and Arrow.
What do you think of the videos and premise? Are you thinking of checking out the show when it debuts?