by Tom Batiuk | Oct 17, 2025 | Komix Korner, Uncategorized
So last issue we saw someone with superpowers escape from heavy police lockup in the far future, and, in this issue, the identity of the villain is teased through the entire story until it’s finally revealed in the very last panel. Unless, of course, you happened to...
by Tom Batiuk | Oct 3, 2025 | Komix Thoughts
As the opening narration box exclaims: “A far-flung era in the distant future many centuries removed from the typical travails of life in 1985…” we see a prisoner, shown only as a field of energy, breaking out of a max-containment facility. Even though we can’t see...
by Tom Batiuk | Sep 26, 2025 | Komix Thoughts
Picking up immediately on the heels of the previous issue, the splash page shows Kid Flash taking the stand in the trial of the Flash as a witness for the prosecution. Writer/editor Cary Bates then does something rather cool. Before any action can take place, he takes...
by Tom Batiuk | Sep 19, 2025 | Komix Thoughts
The splash page for this issue show the Flash reading the report that the private detective he hired had given him. His thoughts indicate that he now knows why his attorney Cecile Horton hates him. She holds him directly responsible for the death of her father. Before...
by Tom Batiuk | Sep 12, 2025 | Komix Thoughts
Behind probably one of the worst covers of the entire run of the Silver Age Flash lies one of my favorite issues of the closing stretch. I’ve written before about how Cary Bates treated the canon he took on with the utmost care and consideration and as a calling, not...
