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Second Barry Allen ARROW Episode Description is Up

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FlashTVNews has the description for “Three Ghosts”, the second part of Barry Allen’s two-part guest spot on Arrow.

OLIVER IS VISITED BY GHOSTS FROM THE PAST — After a fight with Cyrus Gold AKA the Acolyte (guest star Graham Shiels), Oliver (Stephen Amell) is drugged and left for dead. Determined to cure him, Felicity (Emily Bett Rickards) makes a risky decision. The cure causes Oliver to hallucinate, and what he sees forces him to confront his past. Meanwhile, Barry (guest star Grant Gustin) continues to help Felicity, and their connection grows stronger. The Arrow asks Lance (Paul Blackthorne) to look into Gold, but when the stakeout on Gold goes bad, someone is killed. Roy (Colton Haynes) is captured and tortured by Brother Blood (guest star Kevin Alejandro). John Behring directed the episode with story by Greg Berlanti & Andrew Kresiberg and teleplay by Geoff Johns & Ben Sokolowski (#209).

Arrow Episode Description: The Scientist

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FlashTVNews is reporting that CW has released the description and airdate for the December 4 episode of Arrow that brings Barry Allen back to TV.

Arrow #2.8 “The Scientist” Description – Grant Gustin Guest Stars As Barry Allen (The Flash)

BARRY ALLEN COMES TO STARLING CITY — A seemingly impossible robbery at Queen Consolidated’s Applied Sciences Division brings Central City police scientist Barry Allen (guest star Grant Gustin) to town.  Citing a similar case back home, Barry offers to help Oliver (Stephen Amell) and team with the investigation.  Oliver senses there is more to Barry than meets the eye, but he’s distracted by the similarities between this current case and something that happened on the island.  Meanwhile, Felicity (Emily Bett Rickards) takes a liking to Barry, which doesn’t go unnoticed by Oliver.  Sin (guest star Bex Taylor-Klaus) asks Roy (Colton Haynes) for help when a friend of hers goes missing.  Roy is surprised when Thea (Willa Holland) not only encourages him to help, but joins the search.  Unfortunately, Sin’s friend is connected to Brother Blood (guest star Kevin Alejandro), and their search ultimately gets one of them seriously injured.  Michael Schultz directed the episode with story by Greg Berlanti & Andrew Kresiberg and teleplay by Andrew Kreisberg & Geoff Johns (#208).

Flash Comics for February 2014

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DC Comics’ February 2014 solictations reveal what’s in store for the Scarlet Speedster and related characters.

Flash #28

THE FLASH #28
Written by BRIAN BUCCELLATO
Art by PATRICK ZIRCHER
Cover by PASQUAL FERRY
1:25 Steampunk variant cover by HOWARD CHAYKIN
On sale FEBRUARY 26 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T

The Flash and Deadman team up to stop The Miner – by killing him?

This is part two of a three-part arc that Brian Buccellato is writing solo after the end of the Manapul/Buccellato run. He mentions the Miner, a new character, in an interview last week.

Also: Steampunk Flash variant? I’m intrigued. We’ve featured an awesome steampunk Flash cosplay from 2011, as well as a set of custom action figures and a steamunk JLA cosplay group. I guess it depends on whether Chaykin goes for a neo-Victorian aesthetic or just random brass accessories.

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Flash Comics for January 2014

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DC Comics has been releasing their January 2014 solictations, including the following Flash books.

Flash #27

THE FLASH #27
Written by BRIAN BUCCELLATO
Art by PATRICK ZIRCHER
Cover by PASQUAL FERRY
1:25 SCRIBBLENAUTS UNMASKED variant cover
On sale JANUARY 29 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T

The Flash faces a mystical serial killer who might be responsible for his mother’s murder!

Note: As revealed a few days ago, Brian Buccelato will be solo-writing three more issues of The Flash after he and Francis Manapul move to Detective Comics, and that he hoped to tie up some loose ends from their run.

Forever Evil: Rogues Rebellion #4

FOREVER EVIL: ROGUES REBELLION #4
Written by BRIAN BUCCELLATO
Art by SCOTT HEPBURN
Cover by DECLAN SHALVEY
1:25 B&W Variant cover by DECLAN SHALVEY
On sale JANUARY 15 • 32 pg, FC, 4 of 6, $2.99 US • RATED T

The Rogues just can’t catch a break! On the run from the Crime Syndicate and the Secret Society, the Rogues are forced into a showdown with an army of escapees from Arkham Asylum!

Update: The full list is up, including…

TEEN TITANS #27
Written by SCOTT LOBDELL
Art by TYLER KIRKHAM
Cover by BRETT BOOTH and NORM RAPMUND
1:25 SCRIBBLENAUTS UNMASKED variant cover
On sale JANUARY 29 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T

The Teen Titans must stop the evil Bart Allen of the future or our timeline is doomed!

Also, in collected editions, a new release date for the softcover edition of the second New 52 Flash collection.

THE FLASH VOL. 2: ROGUES REVOLUTION TP
Written by FRANCIS MANAPUL and BRIAN BUCCELLATO
Art by FRANCIS MANAPUL, MARCUS TO, MARCIO TAKARA, SCOTT KOLINS and others
Cover by FRANCIS MANAPUL
RESOLICIT • On sale FEBRUARY 5 • 176 pg, FC, $16.99 US

The Rogues Gallery is united for the first time in The New 52 in this title collecting issues #0, 9-12 and THE FLASH ANNUAL #1! Who is behind their sudden organization, and why are they after their Captain Cold?

Flash Comics Coming in December

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DC’s November 2013 solicitations are up (
part 1, part 2, and Part 3). Flash-related books:

Flash #26

THE FLASH #26
Written by CHRISTOS N. GAGE
Art by NEIL GOOGE
Cover by BRETT BOOTH and NORM RAPMUND
1:25 B&W Variant cover by BRETT BOOTH and NORM RAPMUND
On sale DECEMBER 31 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T

In this special standalone story, The Flash loses someone important to him. To catch the villain responsible, The Flash must figure out how to use his powers in the one place where they do him little good: the sky!

Yeah, that’s right: Francis Manapul and Brian Buccellato are off The Flash.

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Flash Collections for 2014: Gorilla Warfare and Reverse

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Flash #23DC Comics has released their June-August 2014 book list, with two Flash collections hitting stores in August 2014.

The Flash Vol. 3: Gorilla Warfare TP
Collects The Flash #13-19
176 pg, $16.99 US

The Flash Vol. 4: Reverse HC
Collects The Flash #20-24, The Flash #23.1: Grodd and The Flash #23.2: Reverse Flash
176 pg, $24.99 US

I guess that eliminates the speculation about moving the Grodd special from vol.4 to vol.3, which leaves open the question of just what DC is doing with the Gorilla Warfare hardcover (currently scheduled for December 2013).

It’s got to be tough to be a wait-for-trade Flash reader these days. With hardcovers shipping roughly a year after the final chapter of each story, and paperbacks hitting 8-9 months after that, you can easily end up two years behind. I still can’t believe the Move Forward paperback just shipped this month.