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The Flash 1: Strange Attractor review by Raphael Borg

ReviewsDecember 19, 20240Comments

The Flash 1: Strange Attractor Paperback – by Simon Spurrier (Author), Jarrett Williams (Author), Alex Paknadel (Author), A. L. Kaplan (Author), Jr. Deodato, Mike (Illustrator) What an opening...and something I did NOT expect. It is indeed a rare thing that when a writer takes over from another that they follow through on the direction the previous was heading. It is even rarer when this is done…

The Flash 18: The Search for Barry Allen TPB review by Raphael Borg

ReviewsJuly 26, 20230Comments

The Flash 18: The Search for Barry Allen TPB by Jeremy Adams (Author), Fernando Pasarin (Illustrator), Will Conrad (Illustrator), Amancay Nahuelpan (Illustrator), Serg Acuna (Illustrator) Jeremy Adams' run on the Flash continues! While it retains the momentum of really being in touch with the very dynamic corner of the world of Central and Keystone City…

The Flash Vol. 10: Force Quest TPB review by Raphael Borg

Comics, ReviewsJune 20, 20220Comments

The Flash Vol. 10: Force Quest TPB by Joshua Williamson (Author), Rafa Sandoval (Illustrator) Force Quest is the one volume of Williamson's run that although expands on the Flash mythos was shoehorned in to create more antagonists for the Flash; which is reasonable, I guess. The problem is that the concept of the four forces that aid the…

The Flash Vol. 8: Flash War review by Raphael Borg

Comics, ReviewsJune 13, 20220Comments

The Flash Vol. 8: Flash War TPB by Joshua Williamson (Author), Howard Porter (Illustrator), Scott Kolins (Illustrator) Geoff Johns understands the Flash; Joshua Williamson understands the people beneath the costume. In this volume of his run, Williamson highlights this by taking the tail end of Johns' run right before Flashpoint and building upon it while continuing the threads…

The Flash Vol. 4: Running Scared review by Raphael Borg

Comics, ReviewsMay 29, 20220Comments

The Flash Vol. 4: Running Scared TPB by Joshua Williamson (Author), Carmine Di Giandomenico (Illustrator) This part of Joshua Williamson's run on the Flash, I find, has the interesting position of both possessing some of the best moments and yet some of the more questionable editorial decisions surrounding the Reverse Flash. The artwork, especially the sections…

The Flash : Vol 1 Lightning Strikes Twice review by Raphael Borg

Comics, ReviewsMay 17, 20220Comments

The great rebirth-era Flash reread starts here! And it starts off pretty well in spite of treading ground that is a little too familiar, with the trope of the (not-do) secret identity speedster villain front and center. While the New 52 volume ended on a low-key but ironically high note and this does offer a continuation…

The Flash: Savage Velocity – review by Raphael Borg

Comics, ReviewsJanuary 8, 20220Comments

It is very important, I find, that one maintains a critical distance between what they like and themselves in order to accept that their object of content is not infallible. With this frame of mind, I read through Mike Baron, Jackson Guice and William Moesssner-Loebs' Savage Velocity. Hot off the heels of Barry Allen's death in…

Flash: Rebirth (Tpb)

Comics, ReviewsSeptember 14, 20110Comments

Here I am raving again about Geoff Johns' writing and it's all his fault! He is the reason why must I admit that most of the DC comics' characters are not so lame anymore. The more I read the more I am becoming a defender of these characters. This story is unlike the Green Lantern's…