This Week: Earth 2, Forever Evil, Impulse

Flash comics out this week:

EARTH 2 #17 seems to really be focusing on Superman and Batman these days.

Forever Evil #3 may or may not involve the Flash, but is likely to feature Johnny Quick.

Digital backissues have been focusing on Impulse lately. It’s been a month since the last Flash issue was added. I’m hoping that DC will actually finish reissuing the Dark Flash Saga. There’s some room for doubt, since they actually skipped the last few parts of Race Against Time. Maybe they’re pushing to wrap Impulse completely (it ends with #89), then go back to the Flash each week?

Anyway, Impulse #82 hits, with Bart’s school becoming infested with monsters projected by a troubled classmate.

Celebrating the Flash Covers of Nick Cardy (1920 – 2013)

The comic book world is remembering one of the greats today: the legendary Nick Cardy passed away last night at the age of 93.  He leaves a legacy of timeless work at DC Comics and beyond.

Known mainly for his eye-popping, dynamic and even psychedelic cover art on the original Teen Titans series, the Superman family of titles and Aquaman, Cardy was also an incredible interior artist.  He amassed over 330 story credits between DC and Quality Comics, including a plotting credit on three issues of Bat Lash.  From romance titles to westerns to superheroes, Cardy captured the wild imagination and design perfection embodied by the greatest of DC Comics’ concepts and characters.

Cardy’s work graced the cover of Flash 17 times.  Here, we present all 17 covers in order of publication, as well as some select sketches and Teen Titans covers.  Thank you, Mr. Cardy, for these eternal classics!

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The Future Looks Bleak – Review of Teen TItans Annual #2

teen titans annual 2 coverThanks to Johnny Quick of Earth 3’s Crime Syndicate, the Teen Titans have been lost in time.  The good news is that they are (mostly) together again…the bad news is where, or rather, when they are just now.  Bart fans will need to wait for the regular issue #25 to see more of Kid Flash, but there is a LOT here that impacts the team for some time to come…meaning TT fans need to check this out!

LIGHT SPOILERS ONLY

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Debut of the Justice League: War Trailer

IGN has posted the trailer for the next upcoming DC Animation film, Justice League: War. Based on Geoff Johns’ and Jim Lee’s first Justice League storyline in the New 52, the film is the first animation feature to be set in the New 52 universe. The Flash appears in the trailer, but takes something of a back seat to some of the other Justice League members.

Watch the trailer here:

 

What do you think? Are you interested in watching the film?

This Week: Teen Titans Annual, Impulse meets…Captain Saturn?

Teen Titans Annual 2
Leading into next month’s landmark issue #25, the Teen Titans continue their trip through time as the team must confront Jon Lane Kent, the Superboy of the future, who could one day wipe out the most powerful heroes on Earth. Can the Titan’s Superboy defeat the man he was cloned from by Harvest?
Scott Lobdell, Angel Unzueta, Art Thibert; Cover by Eddy Barrows, Eber Ferreira

And in digital backissues (ComiXology etc):

Impulse #81
“Dan Coyote:The Man of La Jolla”
In this stand-alone issue from the “Full Coverage” event, Impulse meets the delusional Dan Coyote, an ordinary man convinced that he is the superhero Captain Saturn, and that Impulse is his sidekick Snacky.
Todd Dezago, Carlo Barberi, Juan Vlasco

Impulse #81