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Anyone reading the adventures of Wally West?
I thought the most recent issue (#216, I believe) was one of, if not *the*, best tie-ins to a 'big event' storyline I've ever read.
Does anyone have other favorites... stories in a related title that appear in support of a 'mega' series? Most of them have been mediocre, if even that.
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The revelations about the Top fit seamlessly with what's going on in IDENTITY CRISIS. The ramifications of the Top's apparent mucking about with the minds of the Rogues (inspired by Barry Allen's messing about with the Top's mind-- with Zatanna's help) have me eagerly awaiting ROGUE WAR.
I've loved Piper as a hero... and the Trickster as a shades-of-gray mostly on the side of the 'angels'. Who knows what the status of Piper, James Jesse, Magenta and the rest of the Rogues will be?!
The only quibble I had with this issue-- and with the mind control facet of IDENTITY CRISIS-- is Zatanna's role in it. She just seems to be going along with it with no real feeling about her machinations one way or another. I'd like to 'hear' her thoughts about the whole thing... from the time she first touched Dr. Light to Wally's whisking her off to 'fix' The Top.
THE FLASH really is one of the most dependably entertaining titles out there. I'd say it's my favorite current solo hero book.
Flash is *the* best comic book on the market right now IMO, from all companies. Excellent month in and month out--by far the most enjoyable. I highly reccomend it to all!
From: If you don't want my peaches, honey... | Registered: Sep 2003
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I've enjoyed it over the years, but never seemed to stick with it. Yet when I -do- pick up an issue, I haven't felt it was money ill-spent. I've heard so much about Johns' work on the title, even tried picking it up during the Zoom storyline, but never stuck with it.
But the last four issues, since the Mirror Master spotlight in 212, have been consistantly good. I was hesitant to pick up the run when Howard Porter came aboard, but he's not half-bad. Certainly better than the work he did early in the current JLA title.
We'll see if Geoff can keep me into it post-IC. But isn't this leading into a "Rogues-War" storyline??? Hmmm... Might be another addition to the preorders, at least for a bit.
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From: Up a Gumtree | Registered: Jul 2003
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Although, I'm wondering if maybe it will wind up being a Rogues-Civil-War.
And, personally, I miss Piper as a good guy. He worked so hard to change his image, only to apparently throw it away a short while ago.
Maybe the impending Rogues War will straighten him out ... so to speak. (Pardon the pun!!)
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From: Aggieland | Registered: Jul 2003
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Geoff's run on THE FLASH has been consistently excellent with the sole exception of his first arc, WONDERLAND, which very nearly drove me to drop the title. I'm glad I didn't. Must have been "opening night jitters" for him, because every issue since has been a big winner for me.
LOVE his take on the Rogues most of all. LOVE that this comic has become everybit theirs as it is Wally's.
Also am hoping the explanation of The Top's mind-games are used to explain Magenta's instability following the TRIGON SEED storyline in TITANS.
Todd, I thought Geoff delved into Zee's thoughts on the matter quite well in one sad, sweet panel in issue # 216... Zee to Wally: "I never meant to hurt any of them."
Love the supporting cast and the Rogues. That's what is bringing me in each month, in addition to good Flash stories/battles too.
Beagz, I have a feeling Piper will stay strait (you know what I mean ). There seems to be some ambiguity here...I have a feeling Heat Wave will go bad again, and the Trickser is up in the air.
The Top is suddenly really cool again, just like Captain Cold, Mirror Master, Grodd and the rest. I am loving this title.
BTW, I thought the weakest storyline was after the Zoom saga, with Wally's memory lost, and that might have turned people off. I know John's was purposely writing it differently though.
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#217's come and gone... with Linda's return as a reporter... with some Flash/Batman interaction... and the intro to *this* title of the new Boomerang, with a bit of mystery surrounding the *old* one.
I wonder if Mr. Bones will figure in the Rogues War? I know he's not a Flash villain, but he *is* involved in the government intelligence bureaucracy.
The funeral scene was a good one... even though I couldn't ID everyone. I found it odd that new Rainbow Raiders are trotted out without much description (they *are* new, aren't they?).
I'm looking forward to this month's spotlight on Heat Wave... and then the Rogue War?
I wish Piper'd get another spotlight... the earlier one wasn't really *about* him, as I remember it.
From: Knoxville, TN | Registered: Jul 2003
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I'm an occasional Flash fan, and recently dove back in with 197 for the new Zoom storyline, and have stuck around since. Most every issue since has been really good, and I've enjoyed the run.
And Identity Crisis may have been a bit of a let-down in some ways, but the stuff it's caused in the Flash make it all worth it, IMO.
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From: Everywhere, nowhere... | Registered: Dec 2004
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Creepy, creepy exploration of Mick Rory, aka HEAT WAVE this month.
I never knew a whole heck of a lot about this character... I always found his costume and m.o. a bit boring, to tell the truth. But not anymore.
It's pretty rare to show me a character who at once arouses sympathy and horror. Usually, it's pretty tellingly weighted one way or the other. Heat Wave now is 'my' exemplar of balancing the two. He'll be totally believable whichever 'side' of the fence he lands on.
Magneto was once in this category, and shows faint signs of resuming that position.
In any case, the scene that shows young Mick immediately after he... lights something is one I'll never forget.
I wish there'd been a bit more about Cap'n Boomerang here... and a little more focus on Wally and co. (it *is* his book, after all), but I'm even *more* eager to read ROGUE WAR than I was before... and I've been looking forward to that more than COUNTDOWN and whatever mysterious event(s) follows (though mentions of Donna Troy are really starting to cloud up my radar) and House of M over at Marvel (Polaris is going to be involved! A rumored mass 'clearing out' of X-characters! Ick!) is making a few blips, too.
2005 is shaping up to be pretty interesting, big story wise. I hope the 'little' stories that *really* make a chunk of comics time successful get as much attention.
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About the only thing good I can say about IDENTITY CRISIS is that it got me buying FLASH.
Unfortunately, alot of people are saying the same thing... even Wonderland has been running low on recent issues. I missed the Top issue (216? ) and I think I missed the most recent one also.
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From: Up a Gumtree | Registered: Jul 2003
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I just can't get into Johns' Flash myself. I think it's perfectly well-written, but I find it way too dark. There are plenty of dark books I like, mind you, but I don't find the tone appropriate when the main character is practically a god. There's just too many ways he could Fix Everything if there was a necessity to do so.
That, and I preferred the Rogues under Waid/Morrison/Millar, when most of them were simply very odd people, rather than crippled by drugs and angst and mental illness.
But again, this is all subjective stuff. I think the quality of the writing is great, but it's not a story that grabs me.
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Mllash, I think you may have missed the point. I think the entire point is that they're "rebooting" the Rogues all as bad guys. Heatwave is just one of the first.
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