by Tom Batiuk | Mar 15, 2024 | Komix Thoughts
With this issue, Cary Bates, the writer of The Flash, also takes on the editorial duties for the book. This could be taken as a sign that the powers that be at DC Comics thought that the current story arc was simply amazing work that was energizing the book, hauling...
by Tom Batiuk | Mar 8, 2024 | Komix Thoughts
This cover jumped off the stands back n 1983. Artist Carmine Infantino took the shot of the Flash in handcuffs from the last panel of the previous issue and zoomed in on the cuffs alone to create one of the more memorable covers of the entire Flash run. As I mentioned...
by Tom Batiuk | Mar 1, 2024 | Komix Thoughts
Cary Bates continues with one of his best story arcs on The Flash so far as he picks up on the previous issue’s shock ending, where the Flash had accidentally killed his arch rival the Reverse Flash at Barry and Fiona’s wedding, and begins to deal with the aftermath....
by Tom Batiuk | Feb 16, 2024 | Komix Thoughts
Behind another grabber (intended) of a cover, the Flash’s battle with his flaxen foe the Reverse Flash continues. Dennis Jensen is back as Infantino’s inker and the results really enhance the story. To my mind, Jensen is the best inker of...
by Tom Batiuk | Feb 9, 2024 | Komix Thoughts
Behind a striking cover, the story opens in the Justice League satellite where the writer Cary Bates uses a conversation between Firestorm and Wonder Woman to let us know that Barry and Fiona are about to get married. Firestorm is upset that the wedding has come up so...
