The Flash Drink Recipe

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Way back in 2009, when Speed Force hit 500 posts, my wife invented a Flash drink to celebrate. With the Flash TV Show premiering tonight, and Flash TV Talk posting their drink ideas, it seemed like a good time to repost our recipe:

Flash drink

Recipe: Flash Drink

  • 4 oz Izze Pomegranate soda (or other red soda that goes well with cranberry)
  • 2 oz cranberry juice cocktail
  • 2 oz vodka (for non-alcoholic version, replace this with more cranberry juice)
  • 1 Lemon
  1. Peel zest from entire lemon in one long spiral with vegetable peeler.
  2. Cut jagged bits into lemon peel to give it a zig-zag or lightning bolt look.
  3. Cut lemon peel strip in half crosswise (use one half for each of two drinks).
  4. Mix all liquid ingredients cold and pour into glass.
  5. Place lemon peel decoratively in glass.

Ideally, you should have something else you can use the rest of the lemon for.

Enjoy!

Digital Flash Sale on ComiXology: 99-cent issues & completing the set

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As anticipated, ComiXology has launched a digital Flash sale timed with today’s launch of the Flash TV Show.

Collections from Flash: Rebirth onward are discounted, plus the following series are being offered at only 99 cents an issue (typical back issue price at ComiXology is $1.99):

  • Flash (Barry Allen New 52/2011-present) #1-30 (excluding annuals)
  • Flash (Barry Allen 2010-2011) full series
  • Flash: Rebirth
  • Flashpoint
  • Flash (Wally West 1987-2009) #1-225 (excluding annuals, #0, #1/2 and #1,000,000)

Regarding that last item: DC has been slowly adding every issue of the series to their online library after pushing key issues in earlier sales. This summer they stopped at the end of the Geoff Johns/Scott Kolins run at #200 and jumped completely over the Johns/Howard Porter run to fill in the last 10 issues by Tom Peyer/Freddie Williams and Alan Burnett/art committee — then stopped adding anything else. At the time I’d hoped that DC was merely waiting for the Flash TV show launch for a major event, and it turns out that was the case!

The Wally West Flash series is now almost complete digitally! None of the annuals are up yet, and they’re still missing five issues from #226-230, between the end of Geoff Johns’ run and the One Year Later relaunch with Bart Allen as the Flash. To be honest I can see why they’d be missed — there’s a one-issue fill-in story (that literally had been written and drawn years before and kept on file in case an issue ran late, back when DC still did that) and a four-part editorial wrap-up story that tried to bring things full circle with Vandal Savage’s return. Also missing: the Wizard #1/2 issue that featured the Trickster and led into Rogue War. I can imagine the reprint rights might be complicated with that one.

Not included in the sale, but also available online:

  • Flash: Season Zero (TV tie-in, already 99 cents per issue)
  • Flash (New 52) newer issues and annuals
  • Flash (Wally West, 1987-2009) #231-247
  • Flash (Barry Allen, 1959-1986) handful of issues scattered around, plus the Trial from #340-350.
  • Blackest Night: The Flash
  • Forever Evil: Rogues Rebellion
  • Impulse (complete excluding annuals)

Now if we can just get them to fill in those last few issues and the annuals for Wally West, then get serious about the pre-Crisis on Infinite Earths Barry Allen series.

The 1990 Flash 50th Anniversary special would also be great to see…and the 1991 Flash TV Special! Now that would be kind of trippy!

Head over to the digital Flash sale on ComiXology.

Flash TV snippets

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Another Flash trailer! Like most of the others so far, it’s made up of scenes from the pilot episode.

http://youtu.be/BhVO651V5t4

See actor Candice Patton’s (Iris West) photoblog at the DC site, with behind-the-scenes images of the Flash set and actors.

Two recent interviews with Rick Cosnett (Eddie Thawne): at the DC blog and at CBR. Both pieces dance around the possibilities of where his character may or may not be heading, thanks to his infamous surname, and he’s apparently aware of the Thawne history in the comics.

Flashfans.org has a brief video interview with Grant Gustin and John Wesley Shipp. They talk a bit about the differences between their two portrayals of Barry Allen, as well as the relationship between Barry and Henry Allen.

Geoff Johns discusses some of the Rogues. It isn’t clear to me whether he’s talking about their TV selves or comics incarnations (maybe a mixture of both), but perhaps it’ll give us some insights into what will be done with the television Rogues.

The Flash Season Zero Chapter 3 (Review)

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flash season zero digital chapter 3 coverRecently we reviewed the print version of THE FLASH SEASON ZERO, which contains the first two chapters of this digital-first series.  Now, we pick back up with the digital chapters as each one is released.  When we last left everyone, there was a zoo full of animals on the march in Central City! What could be behind this…and how can Barry save everyone without giving himself away as The Flash?

LIGHT SPOILERS ONLY

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