Flashpoint #1

Flashpoint (Single Issues) #1

by Geoff Johns, Andy Kubert (Illustrator), Brian Azzarello

Not a dream, not an imaginary story, not an elseworld. This is Flash Fact: When Barry Allen wakes at his desk, he discovers the world has changed. Family is alive, loved ones are strangers, and close friends are different, gone or worse. It's a world on the brink of a cataclysmic war—but where are Earth's Greatest Heroes to stop it? The DCU world-changing event FLASHPOINT begins here!

Genres: Comics, Dc Comics, Superheroes, Fiction, Ebooks, Graphic Novels

34 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2011

About the author

Geoff Johns originally hails from Detroit, Michigan. He attended Michigan State University, where he earned a degree in Media Arts and Film. He moved to Los Angeles in the late 1990s in search of work within the film industry. Through perseverance, Geoff ended up as the assistant to Richard Donner, working on Conspiracy Theory and Lethal Weapon 4. During that time, he also began his comics career writing Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. and JSA (co-written with David S. Goyer) for DC Comics. He worked with Richard Donner for four years, leaving the company to pursue writing full-time.

His first comics assignments led to a critically acclaimed five-year run on the The Flash. Since then, he has quickly become one of the most popular and prolific comics writers today, working on such titles including a highly successful re-imagining of Green Lantern, Action Comics (co-written with Richard Donner), Teen Titans, Justice Society of America, Infinite Crisis and the experimental breakout hit series 52 for DC with Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka and Mark Waid. Geoff received the Wizard Fan Award for Breakout Talent of 2002 and Writer of the Year for 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008 as well as the CBG Writer of the Year 2003 thru 2005, 2007 and CBG Best Comic Book Series for JSA 2001 thru 2005. Geoff also developed BLADE: THE SERIES with David S. Goyer, as well as penned the acclaimed “Legion” episode of SMALLVILLE. He also served as staff writer for the fourth season of ROBOT CHICKEN.

Geoff recently became a New York Times Bestselling author with the graphic novel Superman: Brainiac with art by Gary Frank.

Reviews

[Tawfek · Rating 4 out of 5]

i like the idea its brilliant actually
but the introduction of the dc universe heroes and villains in this issue is really poor.
and not suitable at all for new comers without researching and googling to know who is talking now.
and ofc i am speaking of the alliance that cyborg tried to form.

[Ruponti · Rating 2 out of 5]

cryborg was fun

[Craig Schorling · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a bit confusing during the whole meeting to fight Aquaman and Wonder Woman. I wasn't sure who many of those characters were. The twist at the end was really nice and got me more excited. The art was great!

[Christine · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting. I love Cyborg in this.

[Pavlo Chehovets · Rating 5 out of 5]

[flashpoint #1 special edition]
06.04.2025

- якщо дивились однойменний мультфільм, чи ту ж саму арку у серіальному флеші з Грантом Гастіном або ви дивитись сольний фільм персонажа у 2023-ому році, раджу звернути увагу на оригінальний сюжет. Це хоч і перший номер, він ураганом заносить вас у вир подій, де Баррі Аллен раптово прокидається у незнайомій але бажаній реальності, де його мама жива.

Такий звичайний поворот, його матір помирає за загадкових обставин, батька звинувачують у їі вбивстві. А от що, якби вона була жива? Трохи перекрутимо тут, дещо змінимо в цьому аспекті цікаво, що отримаємо на виході. Чарівність у простому.

Головна риса, через яку я майже завжди згадую цей комікс - Бетмен Томас Вейн. Ці червоні очі, із червоним логотип усе прям таки віє брутальністю й жорстокістю (наче оригінальний не такий, іноді)
У цій ітерації кажана ми прослідковуємо іншу сторону медалі, де ми бачимо, вірніше чуємо про смерть Брюса (у першому номері цього не показують) і як батьки з цим живуть.

Дуже ціную малюнок Куберта на цій серії, тут я із ним познайомився уперше. Все ще дуже добре. Супергероїка його коник.

Колись вартує таки перечитати цей комікс, Джонс гарно її пише.

[Robert · Rating 3 out of 5]

So, everyone and their mother (specifically, Fritz) has recommended this run to me. I have seen the television show that incorporates this storyline. This first issue was a lot different than I expected it to be as Batman is a central character and Cyborg is here as well.

I get that Barry is perplexed by what is going on. Everything is different in this timeline, so nothing is making sense.

Also, Aquaman and Wonder Woman are trying to expand their empires. Okay . . .

Batman is attempting to fight injustice. Batman isn't who we think he is. I can handle that, I suppose.

Interesting premise thus far . . .

[Autumn · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was recommended to me by a certain coworker. Where I work we got in many different comics and I bought two: one with Batman and the other with Nightwing. We only sell issue #1s, but that’s okay. It’s a bit of a teaser.

This is what this issue was: a teaser. I might just buy a book with all the issues in it. And hey! it still has Batman in it!

*Suffice to say I don’t have this exact edition, but it’s the closest I can get because mine has no ISBN and it should count!

[David Cassady · Rating 5 out of 5]

There’s some great world building in this issue and I love the veil of mystery that’s thrown over the whole thing while hinting at the bigger story. Plus the art is fantastic for the most part, at least for the main characters

[OinkFish Pigs · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really liked the world building in this. Also Barry’s reaction seeing Iris is with someone else is hilarious.

8.9

[Red · Rating 4 out of 5]

I already know the story from watching the animation, but that last page gave me goosebumps

[Rey ★ · Rating 4 out of 5]

Me olvidé de marcarlo cómo leído

[Steven Shinder · Rating 3 out of 5]

Maybe this didn't feel as exciting because I've already seen The Flashpoint Paradox do the intro so well.

[Leigh · Rating 5 out of 5]

I 100% would have understood none of this if I hadn't watched all of the DC movies this year, but what an incredible wild ride.

[Mikey Baker · Rating 5 out of 5]

How did barry wake up in this alternate world?? What did the Reverse Flash do to fuck with him this hard??

[Jp Reyes · Rating 4 out of 5]

Flashpoint en conjunto siempre me a encantado.

[Vittorio Rainone · Rating 3 out of 5]

Flash si risveglia in una realtà distorta: il padre di Batman è l'unico sopravvissuto al famoso omicidio che ha creato il protettore di Gotham, Superman sembra non esistere, Wonder Woman e Aquaman sono due criminali a capo di eserciti che stanno devastando il pianeta. E Flash non esiste: la velocità non è più nelle sue corde. Barry Allen si rivolge a Batman per cercare di capire come sbrogliare la matassa e tornare alla sua realtà, ammesso che sia possibile e ammesso che riesca a trovare una soluzione prima che la nuova memoria, i suoi ricordi del nuovo mondo, cancelli la vecchia memoria. Inizia così il più che discusso evento DC che ha azzerato la continuity creando un'intera nuova generazione di vecchi eroi rivisitati.

[Sasan Hasan-Abadi · Rating 3 out of 5]

As a guy like me that only know about the famous characters of DC and not so much about villains and some superheroes, it wasn’t so interesting. And the other reason is I watched the animation first, so it wasn’t shocking to me the revealing of the flashpoint Batman or Shazam.

[Pato Myers · Rating 4 out of 5]

As much as I dislike the constant world and universe reboots that comics do, this one seems like t'll be fun.