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WWWW: Contest Winner, Week One

Thanks to everyone who participated in the first “Where Was Wally West?” contest here at Speed Force!

We posted a panel from a classic Flash comic, featuring Wally West in an alternate reality, the past or a “possible future”. Correct answers were put into a raffle, and a winner was drawn at random. To refresh your memory, here was this week’s subject:

Now, cast your eyes upon the mysterious Box of Speed, as we reveal this week’s champion and winner of an original copy of Flash: Iron Heights…

…and the winner is…

Congrats to Binyamin! This week’s answer was Flash, vol.2, #113: “Wallyworld,” panel by Oscar Jimenez, story by Mark Waid. In that story, Wally travels to the 64th Century, where his previous victories have led to a society sculpted in his image…for better or worse.

Check back here on Wednesday for the next installment in WWWW!

Contest: “Where Was Wally West?”

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It is convention season, and Flash fans across the country have been asking the same question: “Where is Wally West?”

While we do not know where Wally is now, where he will be, or how long it will be until he is anywhere, we certainly know where he was! With that knowledge, we introduce our new ongoing contest feature, “Where Was Wally West?”

UPDATE: This week’s contest is closed as of 9 AM EST Saturday. Thanks to everyone who entered an answer! The raffle winner will be announced with the next contest on Wednesday.

On Wednesdays, we will post a panel or sequence from a classic comic featuring Wally West visiting an alternate reality, the past or a “possible future”. Every fan who can tell us the issue, writer, artist(s) and a reasonable description of the locale/era, by Friday, will be entered into a raffle for a cool Flash prize! Just send your responses to this email address, and we’ll announce the winner when we post the next contest!

So check out the image below and ask yourself, WWWW?

This week’s prize is a copy of the original version of Flash: Iron Heights by Geoff Johns and Ethan Van Sciver!

Remember That Twitter Contest?

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Way back in April, DC ran a Flash trivia contest on Twitter for a signed copy of The Flash #1. A new question each day for a week, with winners chosen from the first few correct responses. I won one of the days with the answer to a question about “Flash of Two Worlds,” and immediately sent in my mailing address.

And waited.

After about a month, one of the other winners contacted me through Comic Bloc trying to get us all together to write to DC and ask what was going on. DC wrote back, assuring us that the signed books would be out within a few weeks.

Eventually, September rolled around, along with a second or third round of, “Hey, what happened?” This time, they assured us all that the books would be sent out by the end of the month.

Guess what?

Last Friday (October 8), I came home and found an envelope from DC Comics! In it was not only a copy of The Flash #1, but a copy of the Blackest Night hardcover to make up for the long wait time!

When I checked in on Comic Bloc, it turned out that they’d sent Blackest Night to some of us, and Flash Rebirth to others.

I remember last year telling someone that I wasn’t planning to read Blackest Night because I had no interest in it, but I’d read it if someone else bought it for me. It’s weird that not only did someone end up buying it for me, but it was DC themselves! I guess they really want me to read this book! 😀

Another funny thing: Back in July, I got Francis Manapul to sign my copy of The Flash #1 at Comic-Con International. So now I have two signed copies: one signed by the writer, and one signed by the artist!

Speedforce.org and Arrobasilver’s Design and Win Your Own Flash Ring Update!

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Alright everyone, we just received an update on what you have all been waiting for. Mark your calendars folks, the winner of the Design and Win Your Own Flash Ring Contest will be announced on Wednesday, May 26, 2010. The winner wins a replica of their Flash Ring Design as well as a limited run as a Flash Ring sold on Arrobasilver.com. ArrobaSilver’s rings and jewelry are officially licensed by DC Comics and produces a high-quality product as a result.

ArrobaSilver has been kind enough to keep Speedforce.org’s exclusive discount code active past the contest end date. Entering GA001 at checkout still gets you 10% off your entire order excluding shipping and handling.

Our sincere thanks goes out to all of the fans who sent in their own designs; You guys have made our first contest a success and we really cannot thank you all enough. Keep an eye out for more fun contests in the very near future.

Needless to say we are counting down the minutes until the big announcement. As we mentioned earlier this is our first contest and to have it go so well with relatively few stumbles is a great feeling. Thank you once again for all the support.

Keep it Flashy!

–Devin “The Flash” Johnson

Design and Win Your Own Flash Ring Contest to End at Midnight Tonight!

Design And Win Your Own Flash Ring Spotlight!

With only two weeks left in the contest, I’d like to take some time to highlight some of the entries we’ve received so far and will all be passed on to Arrobasilver for consideration:

Ryan cleverly combined elements of the Blue Lantern and The Flash:

While Adam Komar from Conroe, TX had the interests of those conflicted between light and dark in mind with his concept:

Cape Sandlin incorporated a variation of The Flash logo itself into a modest but visually stunning piece of work:

And Aaron Rivin Rivin took a more traditional approach to his concept: [Edit: Images removed because they were plagiarized (see comments).]

Kevin Allen from Rochester, MI described his concept as: “This is a ring he would wear when giving an interview, or at the opening of a new wing of the Flash Museum. It is a ring he would only take out for super important events. As such, it takes some of the elements of his normal ring, but also adds a few style choices to make it look more regal and important.”

And Joey Forlini delivers with a simple yet engaging piece framed with elements of The Fastest Man Alive.

And that’s only a few of the great submissions we have so far. Thanks for all the entries. I look forward to seeing even more of all your great work, so get those submissions in while you still can. You can visit the Official Contest Page HERE for details on submissions and such.

–Devin “The Flash” Johnson