by Tom Batiuk | Feb 2, 2024 | Komix Thoughts
I’ve written before about writer Cary Bates’ predilection for dropping endless subplots into his stories chopping them up to the point where any sense of an overarching story all but disappears. Well, I’ll have to give him high marks for bullheaded consistency because...
by tombatiuk | Sep 22, 2023 | Komix Thoughts
The cover to this issue is the weakest in a recent string of pretty uninspiring covers, and it frankly points to an overall lack of editorial oversight. The book’s sales are obviously sinking at this point, and the powers that be at DC Comics seem to have...
by tombatiuk | Sep 15, 2023 | Komix Thoughts
This issue opens where the previous one left off – with the Flash heading off to finally deal with the Eradicator. Except that writer Cary Bates is merely toying with us. What we’re seeing instead is the Eradicator dressed up as the Flash and breaking into...
by tombatiuk | Sep 8, 2023 | Komix Thoughts
Behind a Hannigan/Giordano illustrated cover, the story of The Eradicator moves on. As the previous issue ended, the unconscious Flash and Captain Invincible were falling from a tall apartment building following an explosion in the apartment of Creed Phillips aka the...
by tombatiuk | Aug 25, 2023 | Komix Thoughts
This is one of the better Flash issues in this part of the run primarily because it deals with one story, the unmasking of the Eradicator. Peripherally it also includes Barry/Flash’s boss Captain Frye as the bumbling Captain Invincible, but as part of the main...
