Speed Force

by Jarrett Williams, Daniele Di Nicuolo (illustrator)

Wallace West and Avery Ho are proud members of the Fastest Family Alive, and also, sometimes, they want to slow down and relax! Fortunately, there’s a hot new app called Symphonee, bringing friends and fam together with the hottest sounds of the underground. Unfortunately, it’s being brought to them by a conglomerate of Flash foes, including the Fiddler, Music Meister, and the Mad Mod. Have these old dogs learned some new tricks, or have they quit and gone legit with the freshest beats around? Because everyone’s got music fever!Composed by Jarrett Williams ( Beast World Central City, Rick and Morty) and Daniele Di Niculo (Nightwing, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers), Speed Force pits Wallace and Avery against fame, influencers, and mind controllers in the race of their lives. Will they be able to draw the curtain on Symphonee’s schemes, or is this run their swan song? Collects Speed Force #1-6.

Genres: Comics, Dc Comics, Graphic Novels

152 pages, Paperback

Published October 1, 2024

About the author

Jarrett Williams was born and raised in New Orleans, LA where he spent way too much time in the Crescent City Comic Shop. He also played lots of Bomberman. He attended the Savannah College of Art and Design from 2002-2009 and loved every second of it.

He currently lives in Savannah, GA where he draws Super Pro. K.O.! , Lunar Boy, and all other sorts of retro-inspired comics. Favorite food: Pad thai or sushi

Reviews

[Paul · Rating 2 out of 5]

1.7 stars

[Guilherme Smee · Rating 3 out of 5]

Olhando aqui as avaliações de Força de Aceleração, uma equipe formada pelo Kid Flash, Wallace West e a Flash da China, Avery Ho, achei que as pessoas foram muito duras com essa minissérie. Ela é melhor, por exemplo que muitas outras minis que surgiram na esteira de Aurora da DC como a do Superboy e a da Moça-Gavião. Os personagens são bem desenvolvidos, se usam bem os personagens de apoio e os autores lançam mão de gente esquecida no churrasco como os gêmeos Más y Menos, e eu adoro quando fazem isso. Aqui no Brasil, a PaniniTM resolveu enfiar um Flash como pré-titulo no lugar de Força de Aceleração, o que é curioso, já que muitos títulos são lançados com outros nomes totalmente desconhecidos do público em geral. Enfim, mesmo achando que as avaliações de Força de Aceleração tenham sido em sua maioria duras, esta não é uma história que vai ficar na memória de ninguém. Isso porque a DC vendeu a trama como se tivesse ligação importante com as histórias do Flash, e não tem necessariamente nenhuma ligação.

[Daniel Jones · Rating 1 out of 5]

Genuinely one of the worst things I've ever read, has insane levels of how do you do kids energy with half the chapters being named stuff like "DLC pack berserker mode" for no fucking reason. 40% of the dialogue is truly awful rap lyrics which never would of worked, which is a surprise the author didn't instantly realise this with their love of hip-hop. People complain about the Spurrier flash being disjointed and incomprehensible but that is done by design, whereas I don't think anyone would clearly summarise this story in a remotely clear way. Lil B deserves better than this...

[Ross · Rating 2 out of 5]

I loooooooooooooove some Flash family stories, but this feels like a fill-in...

Wallace West (Kid Flash) and Avery Ho (The Flash of China) try and unwind..."as all kids do". Playing video games with ex-Young Justice members and former Teen Titans/Academy, they make sure that Superboy gets his butt kicked by the two speedsters.

Eventually, shenangians happen and we find out that ex-Flash Rogues joined a pyramid scheme and built an EVIL Spotify-like app, named 'Symphonee'. They have plans to make the app global and enrapture the teen superhero community in their tech.

Blandness ensues...

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They try. Lord, they try. They get points for trying to reestablish two characters that are pretty frequently used, but it's really rough. Arguably, most of the Teen Titans Academy is more interesting than whatever these two speedsters are up to.

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Bonus: Avery Ho is THE MOST BORING speedster. Prove me wrong?

[Jeremy Spaulding · Rating 1 out of 5]

This may be the worst series DC comics have every printed. Why would anyone care about any of these characters?