Flashpoint #1 Preview (and XS)

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For those who missed the preview in DC’s Free Comic Book Day offering this weekend, you can catch several pages of the 8-page preview online at USA Today and at Comics Nexus.

The pages at USA Today answer another question that has had speedster fans confused since Saturday: a possible new speedster in the Flash Family panel. Fans had been debating whether she was a horribly mis-colored XS or a new character. The USA Today pages have been corrected, making it clear that yes, she’s meant to be XS.

Good to know, though I have to wonder how getting a character’s skin, hair and costume all wrong made it as far as the printed copy of a high-profile promotional book. (Though I suspect DC put far more effort into the Green Lantern part of the book, because, let’s be honest: a big summer movie trumps a big summer comic book every time.)

[Update: DC Women Kicking Ass has the panel in question, with the printed FCBD and corrected online versions. (via Bleeding Cool)]

Along with the preview, USA Today interviews Geoff Johns, Andy Kubert and others about the event.

Speed Reading

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Some weekend linkblogging as we race toward Flashpoint.

Flash Art.

Flash sketch by Mike Bowden, artist of DC RetroActive: The Flash – 90s
Francis Manapul draws Kid Flash, XS and Captain Boomerang, Jr.. I agree: This needs to happen in Flashpoint!
I remember readers talking about the “Flashcredibles” a few years back. I don’t think this Incredibles Flash is what they had in mind.

Flash and Flashpoint.

That F’ing Monkey: Captain Cold, Television Star
Comics Nexus spots a stealth Flashpoint tie-in starring XS in Adventure Comics #526. They also have several pages from the FCBD Flashpoint Preview.
Speed Force contributor Devin “The Flash” Johnson has been posting his top 10 Flash collectibles at Fastest Fan Alive
USA Today: “Flashpoint”: Not the DC heroes you know
Grumpy Old Fan considers the possible long-term implications of Flashpoint, asking, Who’s got room for Professor Zoom?

Other comics stuff.

The Beat: Does anyone care if there are comics at a comic-con?
Young Justice vol.1 is available digitally through DC Comics/Comixology. (via @TheFlashReborn)

Speed Reading: Flash #11 Reviews

Two Flashes in IGN’s Top 100 Heroes

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IGN has put together a list of their Top 100 Comic Book Heroes, and two Flashes make the cut! It’s a very well-rounded list, featuring not just the major Marvel and DC super-heroes, but non-superheroes like Dream of the Endless and Spider Jerusalem, and indie characters like Hellboy, Scott Pilgrim, and even Groo the Wanderer.

The two Flashes on the list are Barry Allen at #49 and Wally West at #8.

Flashpoint: Kid Flash Lost #3 Cover

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Timed with Newsarama’s interview with Sterling Gates, DC has released Francis Manapul and Brian Buccellato’s final cover for Flashpoint: Kid Flash Lost.

This one continues the falling theme, which you can see with the covers for #1 and #2. Continue reading →

Recent Acquisitions 7: Hot Pursuit? Image Intensive

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What if instead of a motorcycle, Hot Pursuit used oh I don’t know, roller blades? Yes, Cosmic Roller Blades. That seems to be the concept behind the very, very hard to find Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Rocket Zoom Flash that I recently procured. Take a look:

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