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Nah, the new edict is "Old guys are the only ones buying comic books", hence the current nostalgia kick and pandering to the fans. Not that I'm complaining about JSA or the "classic" LSH...

Rich Johnston yellow-lighted this in this week's LitG column:

<span class="spoiler_containter"><span class="spoiler_wording">Click Here For A Spoiler</span><span class="spoiler_text"> I'm told Mark Waid is only writing four issues of the Flash series. Possibly before taking over some nice big fat exec role at DC.</span></span>

Can't use the Quote with the Spoiler tag Bri.

Thanks, Scott. I meant to check for that, but the page timed out while it was loading. That's my cue to call it a night.

ALL-FLASH #1 is out. There were some nice moments between Wally and Iris-- ending in a glimpse into Iris' eye when Wally asks what she knows about his family's future. We then see Wally and the twins in costumes, with Jai (the boy) showing massive arms and shoulders and a still youthful face. His sister, Iris, is shown running and possibly flying.

There's a sort of a neat bit of name-appropriate punishment for one of the Rogues, the one most responsible for Bart's death.

One page shows members of what looks like a new Suicide Squad (but might not be) fighting and defeating all the remaining members of The Rogues, save Trickster and Piper.

I have to say I find this *very* disappointing. Aside from their part in Bart's murder (which I find somewhat hard to believe they'd actually do), The Rogues are all found and fought in one page?

Like the escape of the Seven Deadly Sins a year or so ago, what could have been a nice set-up for a 'floating' crossover throughout many titles, without disrupting anything, the Rogues' capture is handled in a throw-away page.

It's possible that these battles will be presented in future issues of some series or other. Probably two months from now. When a Rogue or other has escaped and is involved in some other scheme. That'd fit DC's somewhat messy use of 'event' developments.

Disappointing.

I guess DC thought Trickster and Piper as stars of COUNTDOWN was enough focus for The Rogues. I can understand that, I suppose.

I'm not convinced it's "throw away". I have a suspicion about some of the captures... they seem like they might lead to Suicide Squad/Checkmate. And I, for one, am curious to see if the Rogues will start to have more of a presence around the DCU. I mean, if the Joker can do it... why not Mirror Master? Geoff really helped round most of them into whole characters and... yeah. I'm hopeful.

Did that look like a Batman costume springing out of the Flash ring to anyone on the final splash page? It's shown in conjunction with the twins, Jai & Iris, in their future Flash costumes.

It sure did. Pointy ears and a bat emblam on the chest. Who knows what that could mean?

I really enjoyed the All Flash issue. Fantastic Flash Family is what I'm going to call them! This issue rocked.

did XS show up or get mentioned in All Flash issue?

Right move, wrong company, Rich.

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Mark Waid New EIC For BOOM! Studios

Rich wasn't the only one saying it, IIRC. I'm surprised at the move but maybe he's got another idea like Empire that he doesn't want DC to own.

Apparently, Mark gets to have his cake and eat it-- his EiC position for BOOM! allows him to continue writing Flash and Brave and the Bold.

Mark's Newsarama interview .

And...?

Well I must say I was a bit disappointed. I didn't really care for the artwork or the story. Certainly not what I would have expected for the first issue of a new run.

In particular, I was really annoyed at the omission of Bart from the recap of the Flash legacy. This sequence made it seem as if he had never even existed.

I'll give this one or two more issues but it will have to get much better quickly or I will drop this title.

The story point I found REALLY interesting was, the theory that when Wally returned he drew the speed force back into himself - thereby leaving Bart powerless - and inadvertantly being responsible for his death.

It was kind of glossed over at the end of the issue by Iris saying, something along the lines of "There, there baby, it wasn't your fault.", but I hope it gets picked up on in the new series.

Okay so I was underwhelmed. Granted, I was expecting a much different story than the Flash Family Fun-venture.

Linda's new role feels forced. The Tornado Twins suffer fromthe advanced aging- big no shock there. While it will be interesting to see a hero family, this one doesn't strike me as an intersting one. But it may take some time.

The art was a let down. It was great to look at, but didn't convey any motion or energy- something required in the FLASH. Acuna and Ross and Bianchi and other painters out there do fine work, but it rarely provides the action needed in a super-hero book.

DC dropped the ball again on this character.

TALKING FLASH WITH MARK WAID on today's NEWSARAMA links...

I only just picked up the first issue of the new run and I have to say I wasn't impressed.
The art really didn't suit the book. I always think that the art on Flash should be bright and clean and this was very dark and muddy looking. There was no feeling of speed and no sense of wonder. That's one of the things I remember in my favourite Flash stories, the sense of "WOW! Look how fast he is! He just caught that tray of food in mid air!!" For me the catching the tray was more impressive than catching bullets; it grounded it more in my own experience. I just don't get that feeling of speed and sheer joy in being the fastest man alive.

I'm also not too keen on the kids. Are we going to have to put up with, not one but, TWO 'cute comedy sidekicks' with their own 'hilarious' baby talk..."Funny hat?"
Yes Wally and Linda are parents and that is an important part of the characters and the children are their family but, there was no need to age the kids. They did that with Bart and look how a series of writers messed up that idea.
I agree with CJ, Lindas' role DOES seem forced. It's like "What will we do with Linda? I know let's make her the tech support gal. She can work the computers and do lots of impressive, technical looking things. Cool."

Ah, I'm just having a moan. The Flash has always been my VERY favourite comic and I'm just getting PO'd by the way DC keep messing with it.

It's early days yet and I'm sure DC will surprise me and make both The Flash AND The Legion, comics that I look forward to reading again; instead of comics I read through a sense of loyalty.

Mark Waid back OFF Flash: http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=12652

Replaced with Tom Peyer.

I'm going to drop the Flash even faster than he can run. Peyer is not the right writer for that book at all.

What the hell happened with Waid?!?!?! That was what, 6 months maybe???

I was not enjoying the Waid run at all.

We have Wally back and he's straddled with the kids. Oh, "don't write the kids off until you read the stories"? Read the stories. Sucks.

Peyer will get a try too.

Man, how can Flash have been so dissapointing these last few years? (rhetorical).

Did you mean to include those two words?

Well, you start with a Johns run. He then, when off the book, aged an already-barely-recognisable-Bart capriciously....

yeah, I edited my post. That's what happens when Pow-web screws up and you have to rewrite your posts real quick.

I've been severely disappointed with this book. I'm giving it until I have to renew my subscription. If it doesn't get any better, I'm dropping it.

I don't understand why they had to age the kids. There was no reason to. And wasn't it said somewhere that one's ten and the other's eight years old? They're twins, I don't see how that's possible. (Don't quote me on this, I'm not entirely sure if this is right.)

I'm not going to even start on what I think about their names.

(Sorry, didn't mean to go off like that. )