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Flash Collections: Full Stop HC, Adult Coloring Book, Geoff Johns Vol.3

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From DC Comics’ September solicitations:

Flash Volume 9THE FLASH VOL. 9: FULL STOP HC
Written by ROBERT VENDITTI and VAN JENSEN
Art by JESUS MERINO, PHILIPPE BRIONNES, PAUL PELLETIER, GUS VAZQUEZ and others
Cover by IVAN REIS and JOE PRADO
In the aftermath of his recent clash with Zoom from issues #48-52, The Flash is on the run from the law! And the task force charged with arresting him is made up of the Rogues! With villains like Captain Cold, Weather Wizard, and Mirror Master nipping at his heels, the Scarlet Speedster must clear his name while a new enemy emerges: the Riddler!
On sale NOVEMBER 16 • 176 pg, FC, $24.99 US

THE FLASH BY GEOFF JOHNS VOL. 3 TP
Written by GEOFF JOHNS
Art by RICK BURCHETT, SCOTT KOLINS, PHIL WINSLADE, DOUG HAZLEWOOD and others
Cover by SCOTT KOLINS
In these stories from THE FLASH #189-200, the Fastest Man Alive races through Iron Heights Prison to take down a rampaging Gorilla Grodd, goes on a fantastic journey with Hawkman to take on fairy-tale horrors of the Brothers Grimm. And, in the epic storyline “Blitz,” learn the secret history of the villainous Professor Zoom!
On sale OCTOBER 26 • 312 pg, FC, $24.99 US

THE FLASH: AN ADULT COLORING BOOK TP
Art by FRANCIS MANAPUL, SCOTT KOLINS, BRIAN BOLLAND, ETHAN VAN SCIVER, MIKE WIERINGO and others
Cover by DEREC DONOVAN
Now you can color the characters featured in the hit CW TV series your way in this new adult coloring book featuring art and covers by artists including Francis Manapul, Brett Booth, Scott Kolins, Brian Bolland, Ethan Van Sciver, Mike Wieringo and more!
On sale OCTOBER 5 • 96 pg, B&W, $15.99 US

dc designer - flash by francis manapulDC DESIGNER SERIES: THE FLASH BY FRANCIS MANAPUL STATUE
Designed by FRANCIS MANAPUL
Sculpted by JONATHAN MATTHEWS
Superstar artist Francis Manapul helped launch The Flash into an amazing run in the New 52—and now, Manapul’s vision of the Scarlet Speedster is captured in this new DC Designer Series 1:6 scale statue! Order yours before they’re out of sight!
Limited Edition of 5,000
Measures Approximately 10.5” Tall with base
$130.00 US • On Sale JANUARY 2017

This Week: Flash Silver Age TP

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DC is re-releasing a bunch of its early Barry Allen stories from the 1950s and 1960 in the first volume of a new series of softcovers, Flash: The Silver Age.Flash Silver Age by Michael Cho

Collecting the earliest adventures of The Flash from SHOWCASE , 8 and 14, and THE FLASH #105-113! Witness the origin of The Flash, the debuts of his Rogues Gallery, including Captain Cold, Gorilla Grodd and Weather Wizard, and the introductions of fellow heroes Kid Flash and the Elongated Man.

Stories by John Broome and Robert Kanigher with art by Carmine Infantino, and a cover by Michael Cho.

Presumably this series replaces the “Flash Chronicles” series that previously reprinted the early Barry Allen Flash stories in softcover trade paperbacks and got up to 1961. I like to think that someday DC will actually keep going with one of these reprint series and we’ll get past the mid-1960s.

Upcoming Collections: Flash by Waid and Manapul/Buccellato

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Flash by Mark Waid Book 1

Also from DC’s August solicitations, the contents and cover for Flash by Mark Waid Book One and Flash by Francis Manapul and Brian Buccellato Omnibus:

THE FLASH BY MARK WAID BOOK ONE TP
Written by MARK WAID
Art by GREG LAROCQUE, JOSE MARZAN, JR., MICHAEL COLLINS, TRAVIS CHAREST, MIKE PAROBECK and others

In 1990, Mark Waid’s legendary writing career began when he scripted his first issue of THE FLASH. Waid would continue to work on Wally West for nearly a decade, building a world that would keep the character running for years. In this first volume of a new series, Young Wally West is quickly in danger—not only from The Flash’s enemies, but from powers that he doesn’t know how to control! Collects THE FLASH #62-68, THE FLASH ANNUAL -5 and THE FLASH SPECIAL .
On sale SEPTEMBER 7 • 368 pg, FC, $29.99 US

Now we know!

Flash Annual is an alternate future in which Wally West is retired, in the witness protection program. He has to come out of hiding when his old enemies find him and kidnap his son.

Flash Annual ties into Eclipso: The Darkness Within. Several of the Flash’s Rogues try to steal the Black Diamond from the same museum, and things go wrong for everyone.

Flash #62-65: “Born to Run” looks back at Wally West’s early days as Kid Flash.

Flash #66 guest-stars Aquaman.

Flash #67-68 bring a surprising new twist in Abra Kadabra’s future history.

THE FLASH BY FRANCIS MANAPUL AND BRIAN BUCCELLATO OMNIBUS HC
Written by FRANCIS MANAPUL and BRIAN BUCCELLATO
Art by FRANCIS MANAPUL, MARCUS TO, MARCIO TAKARA and others
Cover by FRANCIS MANAPUL

A mysterious and powerful Speed-Force killer has left a trail of bodies in his wake and only Barry Allen has the power to stop him in these stories from THE FLASH -25, plus issue #23.2 (starring Reverse-Flash)! But when the killer stays one step ahead of him, Barry finds himself face to face with the Teen Titans and Kid Flash for the first time. All this will lead to a confrontation with The Flash’s most deadly foe, the Reverse-Flash!
On sale NOVEMBER 16 • 704 pg, FC, $99.99 US

Wow…this really does cover the entire Manapul/Buccellato run! “Move Forward,” “Rogues Rebellion,” “Gorilla Warfare” and “Reverse!”

Lots of Upcoming Flash Collections: Waid, Manapul, Johns, Silver Age & New 52

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The Beat has a list of upcoming DC collections for Fall 2016 — including some surprising Flash collections!

As expected, Flash Vol.9 comes out in hardcover, and Flash vol.8 in softcover. Also as expected is the third volume of The Flash by Geoff Johns. But there’s also an art book of Flash by Francis Manapul featuring the entire Manapul/Buccellato run that started the New 52…and there’s a 400-page Flash by Mark Waid!

Details:

Flash Vol.8: Zoom (softcover)

November 22, 2016
$16.99 USD, $19.99 CAD
Venditti, Jensen, Booth, Rapmund
Flash Sneak Peek & Flash #41-47

Just when Barry’s life had returned to something that resembled normal, one of the most powerful and dangerous foes emerges. Professor Zoom and his team of acolytes have broken Barry’s father out of prison for some unknown reason and Barry must stop them before his life, reputation, and family are torn apart.

Flash Vol.9 (hardcover)

November 22, 2016
$24.99 USD, $29.99 CAD
Venditti, Jensen, Merino
Flash #48-52. (That sounds short, but #50 is going to be oversized.)

In the aftermath his recent clash with Zoom, The Flash finds himself on the run…from the law! And the task force charged with arresting him is made up of his enemies, The Rogues! Including villains like Captain Cold, Weather Wizard and Mirror Master, the Scarlet Speedster must clear his name all while a new enemy emerges: the Riddler!

The Flash by Mark Waid Book One

September 13, 2016. 400 pages, softcover.
$24.99 USD, $29.99 CAD

Superstar writer Mark Waid’s run on THE FLASH is now re-collected in a new series of graphic novels, beginning with THE FLASH BY MARK WAID BOOK ONE!

When Wally West, the adolescent nephew of the Flash’s fiancée, accidentally gained powers of superspeed, he became the Scarlet Speedster’s sidekick. Growing up as his hero’s protégé, Kid Flash had a childhood of amazing action and adventure. But on the day that The Flash died, Wally’s carefree adolescence abruptly ended and his life as an adult began.

THE FLASH BY MARK WAID BOOK ONE looks back at Wally’s earliest days as the Kid Flash and explores the gamut of his emotions and experiences from his first day as a child hero to his succession of Barry Allen as the new Flash. A journey full of humor and drama, this story shows just how much Wally West loves being the fastest man alive.

I’ve got to say, I wasn’t expecting to see this for a long time!

The Flash by Francis Manapul Unwrapped

November 1, 2016, hardcover
The Flash -25 (2011 series)
$34.99 USD, $41.99 CAD

For the first time ever, experience Francis Manapul’s acclaimed run on THE FLASH through beautifully reprinted original line drawings that showcase the artist’s masterful skill and creative vision without any inks or colors laid over them.

THE FLASH BY FRANCIS MANAPUL UNWRAPPED collects the artist’s entire body of work on the revered reintroduction of the Fastest Man Alive that he spearheaded with best-selling writer Brian Buccellato (BATMAN: DETECTIVE COMICS). Not only will this collection inspire with its gorgeously reproduced pencil work, but it also acts as the perfect entry point into the world of the Scarlet Speedster.

The Flash By Geoff Johns Book Three

November 1, 2016, softcover
$24.99 USD, $29.99 CAD
The Flash #189-200 (1987 series)

In this third volume of his best-selling take on THE FLASH, critically acclaimed writer and Chief Creative Officer of DC Entertainment, Geoff Johns takes the Fastest Man Alive on the most thrilling run of his life!

Try to keep up with the Flash as he races through Iron Heights Prison as he tries to take down a rampaging Gorilla Grodd. Go on a fantastical journey featuring the Flash and Hawkman taking on the fairy tale horrors of the Brothers Grimm. And, in the epic storyline BLITZ, find out the secret history of the villainous Professor Zoom!

The Flash By Francis Manapul and Brian Buccellato Omnibus

December 13, 2016. Hardcover, 480 pages
$75.00 USD, $85.00 CAD
Flash -25 (2011 series)

A mysterious and powerful Speed-Force killer has left a trail of bodies in his wake and only Barry has the power to stop him. But when the killer stays one step ahead of him, Barry finds himself face-to-face with the Teen Titans and Kid Flash for the first time. All this will lead to a confrontation with the Flash’s most deadly foe, the Reverse Flash!

The Flash: The Silver Age Omnibus Vol. 2

December 13, 2016, Hardcover
$75.00 USD, $85.00 CAD
Collects THE FLASH #133-161.

This new graphic novel series collects the early stories of the Flash from the start of the 1960s, including the Flash’s battles with some of his best-known foes: Captain Cold, Mirror Master, Pied Piper, Reverse-Flash, Heat Wave, Trickster, Weather Wizard and more. This collection also guest-stars Kid Flash, the Golden Age Flash, the Elongated Man (super-sleuth Ralph Dibny), and Green Lantern.

Flash by Mark Waid Collection Finally in the Works

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Flash #62: Born to Run Part 1DC Comics has been releasing collections of the Geoff Johns and Morrison/Millar runs on the Wally West Flash series, but the classic stories by Mark Waid have been out of print for years. (They are available digitally, though.) That will FINALLY change toward the end of the year. Lee Hiley spotted an Amazon listing for a paperback collection of Flash by Mark Waid Book One, scheduled for September 13, 2016.

It’s clearly just a placeholder — there’s no cover, description, or page count, so we can only speculate as to what might be included. The recent Flash By Geoff Johns Book One covered 13 regular issues plus three longer specials, so let’s figure on around 15-16 issues’ worth.

Flash #62-65: “Born to Run,” the four-part retelling of Wally West’s origin and his first summer as Kid Flash, is a safe bet.

Flash #66 is an Aquaman quest spot.

Flash #67-68 feature a new take on Abra Kadabra’s origin, as the Flash follows him to his home era.

Flash #69-70 and Green Lantern -31 have Wally West and Hal Jordan teaming up against Hector Hammond and Gorilla Grodd for “Gorilla Warfare.”

Flash #71-72 are a Dr. Alchemy story, looking at what happens when a new villain gets his hands on the Philosopher’s Stone.

Flash #73 features Jay Garrick’s return to the recurring cast, after the Justice Society was brought back from an editorially-imposed limbo. There’s also a Christmas get-together with a surprising guest at the very end of the issue as a cliffhanger.

That’s twelve issues (not counting the Green Lantern half of “Gorilla Warfare”), and #74 starts off the epic “Return of Barry Allen” (Flash #74-79). They might add six more issues, but I think it’s more likely that they’ll stop at #72 or #73 and fit in two annuals:

Flash Annual 4 (1991) is a tie-in to “Armageddon 2001” and looks at a possible future in which Wally West has spent years retired in the Witness Protection Program. When one of his old enemies finds him, they kidnap his son, forcing him out into the open.

Flash Annual 5 (1992) ties into “Eclipso: The Darkness Within.” Golden Glider recruits three other Rogues to rob a museum and they all double-cross each other. The gem she wants to steal drags them into the larger story running through that summer’s annuals.

Morrison/Millar Flash Complete, but not Hardcover

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There’s been some concern as to whether the upcoming collection features the entire Grant Morrison/Mark Millar run including “The Black Flash,” which only credits Mark Millar as writer, or only those issues that were co-written by both. DC’s March 2016 solicitations at Newsarama clear it up:

THE FLASH BY GRANT MORRISON AND MARK MILLAR TP
Written by GRANT MORRISON and MARK MILLAR
Art by PAUL RYAN, JOHN NYBERG and RON WAGNER
Cover by STEVE LIGHTLE
On sale APRIL 13 • 336 pg, FC, $19.99 US

Writers Grant Morrison and Mark Millar put their distinctive mark on the Scarlet Speedster in this run on THE FLASH from issues #130-141, plus the crossover issues GREEN ARROW #130 and GREEN LANTERN #96! Confined to a wheelchair after a run-in with the mystery villain known only as The Suit, how can The Flash protect Keystone City from evil run amok? Plus, The Flash is forced to represent Earth in an cosmos-spanning race against an alien being called Krakkl!

On the plus side: It’s not only the full run, but also the two crossover issues of “Three of a Kind,” which were left out of the previous collection a few years back. Nice!

Then again, it’s being released as a paperback now, rather than a hardcover as originally announced.

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