Comments on: The Flash: Fastest Man Alive #2 Review http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2003/07/19/the-flash-fastest-man-alive-2-review/ Comic Book Resources Presents... Comics Should Be Good! Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:44:45 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: timeends http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2003/07/19/the-flash-fastest-man-alive-2-review/comment-page-1/#comment-8482 timeends Tue, 26 Sep 2006 00:33:20 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2003/07/19/the-flash-fastest-man-alive-2-review/#comment-8482 I say, we stop buying the Flash comics. Make the sales drop in other word, boycott. Send some mails to DC so that they will bring Wally back. I say, we stop buying the Flash comics. Make the sales drop in other word, boycott. Send some mails to DC so that they will bring Wally back.

]]> By: FunkyGreenJerusalem http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2003/07/19/the-flash-fastest-man-alive-2-review/comment-page-1/#comment-4850 FunkyGreenJerusalem Thu, 03 Aug 2006 12:22:07 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2003/07/19/the-flash-fastest-man-alive-2-review/#comment-4850 Jason Said "At least Johns tried to evolve the character…" I'd disagree actually. Johns didn't evolve the character at all, he just turned him into the Flash he wanted - a cross between Barry and Wally. Impulse into Kid Flash was one of the worst bits of nostalgia writing I've ever seen. It was supposed to be a "whoa" moment, but was just sad. Jason Said "At least Johns tried to evolve the character…"

I'd disagree actually. Johns didn't evolve the character at all, he just turned him into the Flash he wanted - a cross between Barry and Wally.
Impulse into Kid Flash was one of the worst bits of nostalgia writing I've ever seen.
It was supposed to be a "whoa" moment, but was just sad.

]]> By: John Seavey http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2003/07/19/the-flash-fastest-man-alive-2-review/comment-page-1/#comment-3862 John Seavey Tue, 25 Jul 2006 12:20:23 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2003/07/19/the-flash-fastest-man-alive-2-review/#comment-3862 And to use the "Comic Book Dictionary" you guys created, the replacement of Wally with Bart is a real Cousin Larry move if I ever saw one. When Barry died, he died a real, spectacular, heroic, irreversible (Loophole aside) death, saving the planet Earth from total destruction and melting into a skeleton on-panel. Whether you liked it or not, they pinned their colors to the mast and said, "Barry Allen is dead! Wally West is the Flash!" Wally...went, um, somewhere. With his wife and kids. For a while. He's, um, taking some time off. Or something. Now, Bart Allen is the Flash!!! ...unless the comic bombs. Then we bring back Wally. :) Total Cousin Larry move--getting rid of a character in such a vague, ill-defined fashion that he could wander back in any time people get sick of his replacement. And to use the "Comic Book Dictionary" you guys created, the replacement of Wally with Bart is a real Cousin Larry move if I ever saw one. When Barry died, he died a real, spectacular, heroic, irreversible (Loophole aside) death, saving the planet Earth from total destruction and melting into a skeleton on-panel. Whether you liked it or not, they pinned their colors to the mast and said, "Barry Allen is dead! Wally West is the Flash!"

Wally...went, um, somewhere. With his wife and kids. For a while. He's, um, taking some time off. Or something. Now, Bart Allen is the Flash!!! ...unless the comic bombs. Then we bring back Wally. :)

Total Cousin Larry move--getting rid of a character in such a vague, ill-defined fashion that he could wander back in any time people get sick of his replacement.

]]> By: Ken Raining http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2003/07/19/the-flash-fastest-man-alive-2-review/comment-page-1/#comment-3853 Ken Raining Tue, 25 Jul 2006 11:12:01 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2003/07/19/the-flash-fastest-man-alive-2-review/#comment-3853 I still don't understand why they felt the need to replace Wally West. He's the one Modern Age replacement for a Silver Age character that really worked, and developed into a worthy character in his own right. Rather than replacing him, they should be celebrating him. I still don't understand why they felt the need to replace Wally West. He's the one Modern Age replacement for a Silver Age character that really worked, and developed into a worthy character in his own right. Rather than replacing him, they should be celebrating him.

]]> By: Kelson http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2003/07/19/the-flash-fastest-man-alive-2-review/comment-page-1/#comment-3804 Kelson Tue, 25 Jul 2006 02:44:33 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2003/07/19/the-flash-fastest-man-alive-2-review/#comment-3804 Dezago actually had a good handle on Bart, I thought. Messner-Loebs and Johns, not so much. Waid and David, of course, had him cold. For this series, I'm reserving judgment until the opening story arc is done in #6. We'll see. Dezago actually had a good handle on Bart, I thought. Messner-Loebs and Johns, not so much. Waid and David, of course, had him cold.

For this series, I'm reserving judgment until the opening story arc is done in #6. We'll see.

]]> By: Imitation Cheese Spread Prime http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2003/07/19/the-flash-fastest-man-alive-2-review/comment-page-1/#comment-3790 Imitation Cheese Spread Prime Tue, 25 Jul 2006 00:45:41 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2003/07/19/the-flash-fastest-man-alive-2-review/#comment-3790 Ack. I think I'm a bit behind. So Barry and Iris got married? Kidding. No, really. I had a bit of a hard time accepting Wally as the Flash. But eventually I was okay with it because the stories were great. That could have made it easier to accept Bart. But I just can't decipher issue 1 and now this one is just infinite monkeys typing and doodling. I think I'll wait until the infinite monkeys have some kind of infinite crisis of infinite continuity and reboot the whole thing ten years from now. Ack.

I think I'm a bit behind.

So Barry and Iris got married?

Kidding.

No, really. I had a bit of a hard time accepting Wally as the Flash.

But eventually I was okay with it because the stories were great. That could have made it easier to accept Bart. But I just can't decipher issue 1 and now this one is just infinite monkeys typing and doodling.

I think I'll wait until the infinite monkeys have some kind of infinite crisis of infinite continuity and reboot the whole thing ten years from now.

]]> By: Rick Jones, really http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2003/07/19/the-flash-fastest-man-alive-2-review/comment-page-1/#comment-3781 Rick Jones, really Mon, 24 Jul 2006 23:26:09 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2003/07/19/the-flash-fastest-man-alive-2-review/#comment-3781 In the wake of <I>Crisis on Infinite Earths</I>, the best thing to come out of the chaos was the new Flash comic book, starring Wally West. Mike Baron created a character who was unsure of himself and his place in the legacy of his hero. It was a fascinating read and it carried me along all those many years, through Messner-Loebs, into the greatness of Waid and the mediocrity of Johns. Now, though, I'm through. I can't stand that I sound like those obnoxious fanboys with too much time on their hands and not enough of a life, but this Flash just isn't for me. The only thing bringing me back to issue 3, the title's last shot, is the Wally West narration from the end of issue 2. We'll see, but I've got the feeling that I'm out of here. Too bad. It used to be a great title. In the wake of Crisis on Infinite Earths, the best thing to come out of the chaos was the new Flash comic book, starring Wally West. Mike Baron created a character who was unsure of himself and his place in the legacy of his hero. It was a fascinating read and it carried me along all those many years, through Messner-Loebs, into the greatness of Waid and the mediocrity of Johns.

Now, though, I'm through. I can't stand that I sound like those obnoxious fanboys with too much time on their hands and not enough of a life, but this Flash just isn't for me. The only thing bringing me back to issue 3, the title's last shot, is the Wally West narration from the end of issue 2. We'll see, but I've got the feeling that I'm out of here. Too bad. It used to be a great title.

]]> By: Jason http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2003/07/19/the-flash-fastest-man-alive-2-review/comment-page-1/#comment-3760 Jason Mon, 24 Jul 2006 18:38:53 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2003/07/19/the-flash-fastest-man-alive-2-review/#comment-3760 Anybody else up for a "Best of Bart Allen" poll? I'd rate Mark Waid's big-haired version at the top, followed by Peter David and Geoff Johns. At least Johns tried to evolve the character...I tried wading through Messer-Loebs and DeZago's runs, and I just couldn't do it. And "mopey Bart" sounds a helluva lot better than "bald Bart" or "self-replicating Bart." Anybody else up for a "Best of Bart Allen" poll? I'd rate Mark Waid's big-haired version at the top, followed by Peter David and Geoff Johns. At least Johns tried to evolve the character...I tried wading through Messer-Loebs and DeZago's runs, and I just couldn't do it. And "mopey Bart" sounds a helluva lot better than "bald Bart" or "self-replicating Bart."

]]> By: Filipe http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2003/07/19/the-flash-fastest-man-alive-2-review/comment-page-1/#comment-3703 Filipe Mon, 24 Jul 2006 08:28:05 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2003/07/19/the-flash-fastest-man-alive-2-review/#comment-3703 This is one real awful book. It's really a course about how not to launch a book. If this were issues #15 and #16 it would bew just very bad comics as #1 ans #2 thy don't make any sense. If the book doesn't improve soon I predict a very short Flash tenure for poor Bart. This is one real awful book. It's really a course about how not to launch a book. If this were issues #15 and #16 it would bew just very bad comics as #1 ans #2 thy don't make any sense. If the book doesn't improve soon I predict a very short Flash tenure for poor Bart.

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