This Week: Earth 2 #15, Impulse #75, Captain Cold

This week in Flash comics:

Earth 2 #15
Dr. Fate, Red Arrow, The Flash, Green Lantern and The Atom all fall victim to the Hunger Dogs of Apokolips as the war against the forces of Steppenwolf continues.

In ComiXology’s digital back-issues:

Impulse #75
Conclusion of Dark Tomorrow. Bart and Carol work with their future selves to prevent President Thawne’s disastrous plan from going forward…but is there a way to prevent this future from happening in the first place? Plus: Impulse gets a new super-power.

Update: Also out this week is the New 52 Captain Cold action figure from DC Collectibles.

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Barry and Hal’s First Meeting in the New 52 – On the Road to…Arena World? (Review of Flash Annual #2)

Flash Annual #2 (via Comic Vine)This is a book Flash and Green Lantern (at least Hal) fans have been waiting for since the start of the New 52 – just how did these two meet?  What kind of adventure would bring these two together?  How in the world would a very by-the-book Barry and a fly-by-the-seat-of-his-pants Hal get along?  We find all that and more in The Flash Annual #2!

SOME SPOILERS AHEAD!

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Geoff Johns, Andrew Kreisberg Talk CW’s Upcoming Flash Series (via Collider)

Following yesterday’s announcement that a new TV series starring The Flash will spin out of The CW’s popular (Green) Arrow‘s upcoming second season, producer/writers Geoff Johns (no intro necessary) and Andrew Kreisberg spoke to numerous media outlets via conference call to discuss some of the details.  While most of the major bits have appeared elsewhere, including Speed Force, Collider has a very detailed transcript of the call.

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For more on why Flash was chosen, the timeline for his introduction and more, follow the jump!

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This Week: Flash Annual 2, Flashpoint Paradox, Flash 151

Flash Annual #2 (via Comic Vine)Flash Annual #2 arrives in stores today. Main story by Brian Buccellato and Sami Basri, backup by Nicole Dubuc and Cully Hamner, cover by Francis Manapul. Preview at Comic Vine.

Find out how The Flash and Green Lantern first met when a case they teamed up together to solve years ago rears its head again in the present! It involves a foe neither of them can defeat on their own, and they might not have much luck together either! The outcome of this will affect The Flash for years to come… Plus, a backup story by Nicole Dubuc (the Young Justice cartoon)!

Justice League: The Flashpoint ParadoxJustice League: The Flashpoint Paradox hit stores yesterday. The animated film is based on the 2011 miniseries Flashpoint by Geoff Johns and Andy Kubert, and tells the story of what happens after the Flash wakes up, powerless, in a nightmarish alternate reality. The Justice League is gone, and the world sits on the brink of destruction as the Amazons and Atlantis prepare for war.

Flash #151 joins ComiXology’s digital back-issues: “A flashback tale from the early days of Wally West’s career when he and a pal from his neighborhood head off an attempted Gorilla City invasion of America. Guest-starring Robin and Aqualad!”

Speaking of Comixology and Flashpoint, the digital storefront is holding a Flashpoint sale this week, with all issues of the 2011 event (including tie-in miniseries, Booster Gold and the four “Road to Flashpoint” issues of Flash) available for 99 cents each.

Justice League – The Flashpoint Paradox Blu-ray To Feature Exclusive Reverse Flash Figurine ***UPDATED****

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Hey Speed Readers,

So last year retailer, Best Buy teamed with DC Entertainment to bring us an exclusive Flash Figurine based on the DC Animated straight to video release,  Justice League: Doom. The figurine was the eighth statue released up to that point.

This time around The Flash and his arch-nemesis, Professor Zoom, The Reverse Flash are front and center in the latest DC Animated straight to video release, Justice League – The Flashpoint Paradox. As a result we will be getting an exclusive Reverse Flash figurine that will only be available at Best Buy stores and Bestbuy.com:

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