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...
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...
