Speed Reading

Some weekend linkblogging…

Flash and Flashpoint

Digital comics and the DC Relaunch

Other Stuff

The Flash’s New Transformation Sequence

iFanboy asked Francis Manapul how super-speed would make his life better. He answered, and DC sent them the finished artwork from the page showing how the Flash’s costume comes together in the relaunched DCU.

Click through to the interview for a larger image….or head over to the artist’s new Tumblr blog and check out the original inks for the page!

Annotations: Flash #282, “Mishmash!!”

We’re back with our series of notes and commentary on Cary Bates‘ “Death of Iris Allen” story from 1979-1980!  We’re leading up to the release of Showcase Presents: The Trial of the Flash, due in stores August 9th.  Links to artwork and research are included throughout this post.  For previous issues, click here!

UP TO SPEED: Iris Allen’s killer remains at large.  Professor Zoom has returned.  As he dispatches Flash, Zoom reveals that he knows the killer’s identity…

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Now on Tumblr!

In response to last week’s survey, we’re adding a Tumblr blog to Speed Force. Like the Facebook Page and Twitter stream, it’ll automatically pick up updates from the main site, plus there’ll be link & photo sharing and occasional short commentary that fits better on Tumblr.

We’re still settling in — and still working out the kinks in the cross-posting — but feel free to stop by, check it out, and if you see something isn’t working quite right, please let us know.

» SpeedForceOrg.tumblr.com

Reviews: Flashpoint – Reverse Flash

Speed Force contributors Devin “Flash” Johnson and Greg Elias take a look at last week’s Flashpoint: Reverse Flash one-shot, written by longtime Flash artist Scott Kolins and illustrated by Joel Gomez, with colors by Brian Buccellato.


Check out the comments after the jump…

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Journeys Exclusive Converse Flash Chucks Have Arrived!

Salutations Speed Readers,

About a month ago popular shoe retailer, Journeys announced that Converse and DC Comics would be teaming up again to release another round of DC Comics inspired Chuck Taylor’s (or just Chucks) with five of them being Journeys store exclusives. Out of the five exclusives we finally got a pair of official Flash Chucks. I preordered my own pair a month ago and they finally arrived yesterday.

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