• That F’ing Monkey looks back at a piece of Super Friends merchandise in I Slept With the Rogues
• @BitterWallyWest posted a mini-story on Twitter the other day. Fans of the MIA character should check it out.
• News on Brian Buccelato’s creator-owned series, Foster: Foster #2 is on its way later this month, following the same limited, self-distributed run as the first issue. A direct market edition of #1 is on its way as well, and he talks to IGN about the series.
• The creator of Ghost Rider, Gary Friedrich, not only lost a suit to reclaim ownership of the character, but has been ordered to pay Marvel $17,000 for money he’s made using the character over the years (think convention sketches). Steve Niles has set up a donation page to help him. Update: Mark Evanier weighs in on the situation.
• This week’s Wayback Wednesday is a classic Young Justice moment featuring Impulse, Superboy and the Ray. Remember when you comic was canceled?
• Added: 5 goofiest moments in Flash #127-131 at CSBG

• What would you accept to have Wally West back? That F’ing Monkey asks the question.
• That F’ing Monkey finds Flash merchandise on Zazzle
• The Flash 4 Stone Coaster Set by PopCycled on Etsy
• Top 5 Superhero Rogues’ Galleries at Mindhut. Read on to see where they placed the Flash’s enemies.
• Anniversary covers that will never be, in the latest installment of CSBG’s The Line It Is Drawn. You might want to check out their Young Justice #200 cover.
• Five Things the New 52 Did Wrong (and which books are doing it right) at Comicbook.com
• How do you want DC to collect Before Watchmen? Collected Editions considers the possibilities.
• December DC Sales Analysis at The Beat
• Plans to build an NFL stadium in Los Angeles include tearing down half the convention center to make room for the stadium, then building a new wing to make up for it. Keep that in mind in July, when the annual “Let’s move Comic-Con out of San Diego!” conversation starts up again. If this plan gets approved, it’ll take LA out of the running for a few years, but will make it a better option once it’s finished.
• Speaking of LA, you’ve got to love this headline: “Jack Sparrow” pepper-sprayed in Hollywood action figure brawl (LATimes.com)

• The Law of Traffic Congestion, according to “The Flash!” (Planetizen)
• On the Hunt: Finding Back Issues, Then and Now (this week’s Wayback Wednesday here at Speed Force)
• Our Valued Customers: While his friend was about to buy a Flash shirt…
• Our Valued Customers: As his dad picked him up and carried him out of the store…
• This Flash vs. Superman race is so fast, it’s over between two panels. (Single Synapse Theory on JLA #59)
• DC December Sales Analysis at The Beat
• K is for Kid Flash by Mista M (via FFA)
• White Lantern Flash will never defeat the ultimate source of the colour spectrum. (The Rogues Kick Ass)
• Actually, there’s a ton of new stuff at Lia’s The Rogues Kick Ass and at Devin’s Fastest Fan Alive this week.

Some weekend linkblogging…

• The Adventures of Flash and Treebeard at Titanzer. Now, Flash, don’t be hasty.
• The DC Universe Calendar listed Wally West’s birthday as January 16. Update As Lia points out below, today is the Top’s birthday, and Grodd’s birthday was on the 13th.
• HEROES!: FLASHFACTS! #4
• The Flash Noir – 1940s airman-style Flash costume by ChrisBrand (via Geek Tyrant)
• Who is Speed Gordon? (CSBG/Comic Legends Revealed)
• Fusion of physics, comics gives speaker great power, responsibility (appropriately enough, at Cary Bates’ alma mater)
• Celtic Supergirl, Puritan Green Lantern, Cavegirl Squirrel Girl and more (CSBG/The Line, It Is Drawn)
• Update: That F’ing Monkey has started up Flash Friday again, featuring a 70s Flash station wagon and Impulse in Takes from the Brain Jar (Humberto Ramos convention sketch.) Update: Fixed the broken HTML

Weekend linkblogging. First the Flashy stuff…

• How I would plot a Flash movie trilogy arc thing (Mightygodking)
• All Flash has to do is act naturally (Robot6 / Grumpy Old Fan)
• Two more Wally West redesigns by Brett Booth from a rejected series proposal. Update: his blog post about the pitch and the designs.

More comics stuff…

• Why DC’s New 52 cancellations might be a bit early at CSBG
• This article is on selecting a WorldCon bid, but the section on how people rank bids seems to apply to how people choose conventions.
• I don’t know what’s weirder: that Hostess is filing for bankruptcy
• More animated classic covers by Kerry Callen (via Robot6
• Geoff Johns on re-thinking comics for tablets (Variety)
• New DC Comics flash drives from Mimobot…and yes still no Flash flash drive.
• Inside Pulse’s Skitch asks: Was DC Comics Wrong to Relaunch?
• Be Careful What You Wish For – ComicBook.com on bringing comic books back from the dead.

Now that the site’s up and I have a little time to collect these, here’s your regularly-scheduled weekend linkblogging!

Flash-specific

• Tyranny of the Ochlocracy: Francis Manapul and Brian Buccellato’s ‘Flash’ (Comics Alliance)
• Name That Flash Artist! (CSBG)
• The M0vie Blog reviews Geoff Johns’ Run on The Flash – The Dastardly Death of the Rogues & The Road to Flashpoint

Fred Hembeck redoes the Flash/Robin deathtrap cover (TRKA)

• A look behind the scenes at Flash #4 – art by Francis Manapul

More DC

• The Greatest Super-Villian Weapon Ever? Hal Jordan vs. an angry-looking bird (Kerry Callen)
• Agent of S.T.Y.L.E. – Simplifying the DC NEW 52 (Newsarama)
• Starman Week at That F’ing Monkey
• Cliff Chiang’s classic-anime-style Justice League of Japan designs are spotlighted at at Project Rooftop. (Previously covered here.)
• Collected Editions reviews Chase, the long-awaited (and complete) collection of one of my favorite comics from the late 1990s

More Comics

• DC Fifty-TOO! has relaunched as…RELAUNCHED!
• A real martial artist who is also a contortionist tackles the most common female superhero pose, and posts a follow-up. (via The Beat)
• Convention photos from the 1980s at The Mary Sue
• Who Killed the Newsstand Market? (The Beat). Be sure to read the comments or more info.
• The 50 Best Covers of 2011 (Robot 6)
• Comic Book Fans, Where’s the Intelligent Discussion? (League of Comic Geeks)