Young Justice Cancelled?!?!

Hey Speed Readers,

So yesterday afternoon Cartoon Network released their 2013-2014 Fall schedule with two very noticeable omissions: Green Lantern: The Animated Series and Young Justice, currently the only place where Flash Family fans can get even a semblance of satisfaction. The series appear to have been replaced by a revived version of the old Teen Titans cartoon entitled Teen Titans Go! (after the comic adaptation) and the latest Batman animated venture, Beware The Batman.
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This Week: Flash #16 vs. Grodd, Plus Double Digital Flashbacks

Flash #16 Final Cover This week sees the release of Flash #16 by Francis Manapul and Brian Buccellato, part 4 of “Gorilla Warfare.” IGN has a preview. Meanwhile, we get two digital backissues each of Flash and Impulse from the 1990s.

The Flash takes Grodd into the Speed Force in a last-ditch effort to defeat the mad gorilla! And…he loses?! Plus: The Rogues, the introduction of a major villain and a look at the one and only date between Barry Allen and Iris West in The New 52!

Digital Flashbacks: ComiXology is adding Flash #102-103 (Wally West) and Impulse #49-50 to the digital back catalog.

Flash #102: Wally West vs. Mongul, the alien warlord who destroyed Coast City. Update: Check out Devin’s action figure recreation of the cover at The Fastest Fan Alive.

Flash #103: Linda has run off, the only clue being a photo of her with her ex– an ex whom Wally didn’t know about! But relationship troubles are the least of their problems, as the couple have to work together to stop a cult from raising a demon.

Impulse #49: Evil Eye is sent to a behavior modification camp run by Wally’s ne’r-do-well father, but Bart suspects the camp is going too far. It’s up to Impulse to find out what’s going on, and shut it down if he has to. This is the last issue of William Messner-Loebs’ run on the series.

Impulse #50: Todd Dezago takes over as writer. Impulse teams up with Batman, and we get our first hints of Bart’s “dark twin,” Inertia.

Do We Really Need A Race? Nah, the Fastest Man Alive Goes Toe-to-Toe with Supergirl! (Review of Supergirl #16)

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The Flash makes a rather significant guest appearance in Supergirl #16, which continues the “H’El on Earth” storyline that is being carried throughout the Superman line of books. For those who aren’t following this arc (you should), a mysterious Kryptonian named H’El has appeared with an amped-up power set that seems to eclipse even all our combined Supers. He has put a major wedge between Superman and Kara, rearranged Superboy’s DNA to the point that he has to wear Superman’s armor just to stay alive, and now plans to go back in time and “save” Krypton…at the cost of all life in our solar system! At this point in the story arc, H’El has taken over the Fortress of Solitude and attempted to block everyone other than Kara from entry. The Justice League has been helping Superman break in – including The Flash, who in the last issue of Superboy briefly appeared while trying to vibrate into the Fortress itself.

SOME MINOR SPOILERS AHEAD – PLEASE READ THE ISSUE BEFORE CONTINUING HERE!

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Flash #16 Preview at IGN

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The Wests in…Crisis on Castoff Earth (Fan Art)

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Crisis on Castoff Earth by Xum Yukinori, from this week’s The Line It Is Drawn feature at Comics Should Be Good. You may recall his Flash of Two Worlds homage from a previous installment featuring the Earth-1 and New 52 versions of Barry Allen.

This week’s topic: post-apocalyptic versions of comic book characters. rodtownsend suggested: “Wally West, Donna Troy, Stephanie Brown (and anyone similarly deNUded) hanging out at the end of the world.”

Click through to see a larger version of the image, plus some other great ones including: Optimus Prime, Road Warrior…Scott Pilgrim vs. the End of the World…Squirrel/Tank Girl and more.