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The Flash (2016)
Flash, Tom 9: Rachunek mocy
Dziewiąty tom przygód Flasha z linii wydawniczej DC Odrodzenie. Tym razem Flash musi rozwikłać tajemnice nowych mocy, które odkrył podczas wojny Flashów! Czy moc mędrca, moc bezruchu i moc siły stanowią klucz do odbudowy jego dawnego świata? A może niosą ze sobą jeszcze większe zagrożenie? W następstwie wojny Flashów wszystko wokół stanęło na głowie, a sprzymierzeńców dobra nie jest zbyt wielu. Pułkownik Chłód, zagubiony w czasie gliniarz z przyszłości, jest niezbyt pewnym partnerem, ale Barry potrzebuje jego pomocy, by stawić czoła paraaniołom oraz dwójce łotrów, Tricksterowi i Heat Weave’owi, zwłaszcza że moc siły i moc mędrca przekształciła ich w postaci jeszcze bardziej niebezpieczne i okrutne. Czy Chłód będzie w stanie zareagować, kiedy moc siły będzie chciała wziąć odwet na Flashu?
Album zawiera materiały opublikowane pierwotnie w zeszytach The Flash #52-57.
Album zawiera materiały opublikowane pierwotnie w zeszytach The Flash #52-57.
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First published April 2, 2019
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July 11, 2019
I'm not a fan of these new forces invading Central City. There's no rhyme, reason, or logic about any of it. The two stories in this collection are exactly the same. One of these new forces infect a Rogue and the Flash has to save them while Warden Wolfe and Commander Cold try to kill them. It's all very formulaic. Barry Allen along with the most of the supporting characters are written as jerks. That's one of my problems with Williamson's run. Barry Allen is consistently portrayed as being selfish and a jerk with no heroic qualities at all. Christian Duce's art was very good while Scott Kollins draws every character with eyes bugging out of their head when they are mad.
July 6, 2022
Some dank ideas meet some fairly clumsy execution but darn it these Flash comics just have too much heart to quit.
January 8, 2019
Not completely bad...but that’s not saying much.
World: The art is okay, the first three issues are better than the last three but overall it’s aight. The world building here is okay too, yes we are getting the other forces and this book is pretty much about the Sage and the whatever the other force is. It’s not really that interesting the world at large for the Flash book so far and adding these forces doesn’t really create anything all that interesting for me.
Story: The writing is a bit better, still fairly basic emotions and characters you want to punch but at least the story is not choppy and janky. Two stories with 3 issues each for each of the forces the gravity heavy thing force and the sage force. I kinda enjoyed the first one a bit more but they are only okay. Nothing really mind blowing here and The Flashes since Rebirth all of them have been written pretty poorly and once again Barry is kinda selfish and kinda just unheroic to be honest. In the end I know I’m suppose to care about the forces and how they are for the rest of the DCU but yeah it was meh.
Characters: Barry is just not appealing as a character at this point in time. I loved him way more when Johns was writing him and I still liked him when Manapul was writing him but since Williamson has come on I have not been a fan. He’s not my Barry. The rest of the cast is just as paper thin and emotions are surface and everything is face value, there is no subtlety here at all and honestly I can’t connect with any of the characters.
It was not bad but it wasn’t good, pretty much what you expect from this run by now.
Onward to the next book!
*read individual issues*
World: The art is okay, the first three issues are better than the last three but overall it’s aight. The world building here is okay too, yes we are getting the other forces and this book is pretty much about the Sage and the whatever the other force is. It’s not really that interesting the world at large for the Flash book so far and adding these forces doesn’t really create anything all that interesting for me.
Story: The writing is a bit better, still fairly basic emotions and characters you want to punch but at least the story is not choppy and janky. Two stories with 3 issues each for each of the forces the gravity heavy thing force and the sage force. I kinda enjoyed the first one a bit more but they are only okay. Nothing really mind blowing here and The Flashes since Rebirth all of them have been written pretty poorly and once again Barry is kinda selfish and kinda just unheroic to be honest. In the end I know I’m suppose to care about the forces and how they are for the rest of the DCU but yeah it was meh.
Characters: Barry is just not appealing as a character at this point in time. I loved him way more when Johns was writing him and I still liked him when Manapul was writing him but since Williamson has come on I have not been a fan. He’s not my Barry. The rest of the cast is just as paper thin and emotions are surface and everything is face value, there is no subtlety here at all and honestly I can’t connect with any of the characters.
It was not bad but it wasn’t good, pretty much what you expect from this run by now.
Onward to the next book!
*read individual issues*
April 6, 2019
3.5*. I actually didnt mind this. Although at some point these new forces etc will get on my nerves. I'm still not liking Barry as much as I previously did earlier on in this arc.
March 31, 2019
With the revelation that there are new Forces out and about in the world, plus the devastating aftermath of the Flash War to deal with, Barry sets out to find any new information he can. But the Strength Force and the Sage Force have their own ideas, and when some of the Flash's enemies get Force upgrades, there will come a reckoning! (hence the title, I suppose)
This volume's a tale of two halves, with Grips Of Strength taking up the first three issues, and Faster Than Thought the second three. The two stories feel very reminiscent of Geoff Johns' Green Lantern run, introducing new concepts that make the Speed Force one part of a larger whole, but Williamson's approach is far different, using already existing villains like Heatwave and Trickster to bring the new Forces to the Flash's world.
Grips Of Strength is the far more straight forward story, while Faster Than Thought is much more cerebral (which makes sense, given the subject matter). There's always a sense however that these are just stepping stones in the larger story Williamson is telling, as subplots continue to develop and things don't resolve quite as neatly as you might think.
On the art front, Christian Duce's hyper-detailed style captures the first three issues, while Flash staple Scott Kolins returns for Faster Than Thought. They have very different styles, but they help give each story its own unique feel so the split works well. I hope we get more of Duce soon though - I really love his artwork.
This volume's a tale of two halves, with Grips Of Strength taking up the first three issues, and Faster Than Thought the second three. The two stories feel very reminiscent of Geoff Johns' Green Lantern run, introducing new concepts that make the Speed Force one part of a larger whole, but Williamson's approach is far different, using already existing villains like Heatwave and Trickster to bring the new Forces to the Flash's world.
Grips Of Strength is the far more straight forward story, while Faster Than Thought is much more cerebral (which makes sense, given the subject matter). There's always a sense however that these are just stepping stones in the larger story Williamson is telling, as subplots continue to develop and things don't resolve quite as neatly as you might think.
On the art front, Christian Duce's hyper-detailed style captures the first three issues, while Flash staple Scott Kolins returns for Faster Than Thought. They have very different styles, but they help give each story its own unique feel so the split works well. I hope we get more of Duce soon though - I really love his artwork.
May 18, 2019
Flash hasn't learned any new tricks and the old ones are so worn out that the suspense or interest just aren't there - and for some reason the Warden of Iron Heights - one of the few decent foils for Flash - is consistently drawn as a rage-filled lunatic out of MAD Magazine rather than as a person, complete with popping sweat and bulgy eyes staring out of the page at the reader.
December 31, 2019
I love Flash as a character, and he has some great arcs, but these are starting to become mehz.
So Flash is meeting different "Force' users. In this we get the Strength Force and...it's just basically makes you hulk out type thing. Then we deal with a fire users and...okay the thing is I'm just going to cut to the chase here. Barry is still pretty uninteresting. I don't even fully blame Joshua, as I think Barry is mostly uninteresting a lot of the time. Same in New 52 and same when even John wrote him. He's just not that great. I might be Bias, but I'm just a much bigger Wally fan.
None of the stories here really hit any emotion. It's all build up to the next big "Force Quest" which is the newest trade out. I bought that and year one but after this volume. I'm going to hold off buying anymore flash. Nothing is horrible but nothing is very interesting. A 2.5 at best.
So Flash is meeting different "Force' users. In this we get the Strength Force and...it's just basically makes you hulk out type thing. Then we deal with a fire users and...okay the thing is I'm just going to cut to the chase here. Barry is still pretty uninteresting. I don't even fully blame Joshua, as I think Barry is mostly uninteresting a lot of the time. Same in New 52 and same when even John wrote him. He's just not that great. I might be Bias, but I'm just a much bigger Wally fan.
None of the stories here really hit any emotion. It's all build up to the next big "Force Quest" which is the newest trade out. I bought that and year one but after this volume. I'm going to hold off buying anymore flash. Nothing is horrible but nothing is very interesting. A 2.5 at best.
May 9, 2020
Yop, Flash je fakt super, jsou tam emoce, je to hezky nakreslení a jediné co mě na tom sem tam štve, že to moc tlačí na rodinu.
November 3, 2021
THIS WAS SO GOOD!
As the new forces are unleashed, Barry has to deal with them like first Trickster who has got the Strength force and he has grown bigger and its epic the way its done but when he fights the flash and his new partner Captain Cold it becomes a big war between the two and who shall win the greatest trick of them all and whats the secret of this force? And on the other hand Heatwave gets the Sage force and we follow Flash and Burns in this enemy's mind and will they be able to stop him? And what secrets of Mick's past will come to the forefront? And wolfe..
Its an epic volume and I love the way Josh uses these forces to expand on Trickster and Heatwave and fleshes them out perfectly and gives them an epic fight with the flash which makes this volume so much better and the art by Duce and Kollins is wonderful, some of the best there is! I love how it ends with him going on a Force Quest and Henry and Iris with him! Its a great volume that begins the next phase of Flash really well!
As the new forces are unleashed, Barry has to deal with them like first Trickster who has got the Strength force and he has grown bigger and its epic the way its done but when he fights the flash and his new partner Captain Cold it becomes a big war between the two and who shall win the greatest trick of them all and whats the secret of this force? And on the other hand Heatwave gets the Sage force and we follow Flash and Burns in this enemy's mind and will they be able to stop him? And what secrets of Mick's past will come to the forefront? And wolfe..
Its an epic volume and I love the way Josh uses these forces to expand on Trickster and Heatwave and fleshes them out perfectly and gives them an epic fight with the flash which makes this volume so much better and the art by Duce and Kollins is wonderful, some of the best there is! I love how it ends with him going on a Force Quest and Henry and Iris with him! Its a great volume that begins the next phase of Flash really well!
August 6, 2019
In Reckoning of the Forces, we get two adventures with Barry Allen dealing with two of the Forces he and Wally West unleashed during their round the world race: The Strength Forces infects the Trickster in the first one and the Sage Force enters into Heatwave.
Thes stories work okay. While the logic of these new forces alludes me, their realization does work pretty well. While it still seems the Flash is still dealing with his "Don't be a horrible person issues," it helps that he's doing that while struggling to relate to Command Cold who the Flash has reasons to distrust and his own issues as well.
The book ends on a good note that sets the tone for the next volume. While this series has been hit and miss, to me this one is a bit of hit.
Thes stories work okay. While the logic of these new forces alludes me, their realization does work pretty well. While it still seems the Flash is still dealing with his "Don't be a horrible person issues," it helps that he's doing that while struggling to relate to Command Cold who the Flash has reasons to distrust and his own issues as well.
The book ends on a good note that sets the tone for the next volume. While this series has been hit and miss, to me this one is a bit of hit.
April 23, 2020
The book is finally starting to get a little back on track with the Flash and Iris finally being back together. There's still a long way to go before this book series is actually good again from all the previous misfires.
September 5, 2020
Just so much wasted potential with these stories. Let a story live and grow. These 3 issue arcs kill all momentum. And why can't we have a regular artist on this title?
July 30, 2019
In the aftermath of the Flash War, Barry discovered that there are forces at work in the world other than the Speed Force. This Volume specifically draws attention to two of the others: the Strength Force and the Sage Force.
Strength Force:
Convening a meeting of many of the other Flashs' of the multiverse, Barry is given advice to undertake a Force Quest to help his understanding of recent events. Deciding to stay in Central City with his job and with Iris, he chooses to learn as he goes, not wanting to leave everything behind to quest. This proves to be a bad choice, as a routine arrest of Trickster goes wrong, and he gets completely huge and buff, adding rock to his stump arm to create a whole arm. With the help of Commander Cold (a version of Snart from a different universe), they get Trickster locked up in Iron Heights. Panic at being locked up, along with Barry attempting to see how the Strength Force begins to manifest itself, has Trickster activating so much of the Strength Force that is causes Barry to be affected, making him huge and strong. With his superior mind, Barry uses his power and science and figures out two things about the Strength Force: 1) With focus, you can control the gravity around you, and 2) The more you use the Strength Force, the more you lose it and you "huge-ness". Because of their battle, the building is collapsing, and Trickster sacrifices himself to allow Flash to save all the people... or so we think, until we see him being rescued by James Jesse, the original Trickster! (How did he come back? and what will be his role in the future?)
Sage Force:
During a routine movement of prisoners at Iron Heights, Heatwave (Mick Rory) experiences a huge backlash explosion, burning a large part of his body. Only problem? No one knows where it came from. As he recovers in the hospital, Flash goes to determine if he can figure out what happened, only to be pulled inside Mick's mind, where the Sage Force has allowed Heatwave to become a huge monster made completely out of fire. Though he spends quite a lot of time in there, Barry is able to use Commander Cold to convince Mick to calm down, and gets him back in his cell.
Two final developments to lead into the next Volume: 1) Barry decides to go on his Force Quest, hoping to discover all the answers he needs AND he takes Iris with him. and 2) No one is more happy to find out that Barry has started his quest than Hunter Zolomon, who proclaims himself "The True Flash".
Flash has been a pretty consistent comic for a while now. I really hope it continues, but I think we might need something big. Does "Heroes in Crisis" change the status quo? I hope to be reading it soon.
Recommend.
Strength Force:
Convening a meeting of many of the other Flashs' of the multiverse, Barry is given advice to undertake a Force Quest to help his understanding of recent events. Deciding to stay in Central City with his job and with Iris, he chooses to learn as he goes, not wanting to leave everything behind to quest. This proves to be a bad choice, as a routine arrest of Trickster goes wrong, and he gets completely huge and buff, adding rock to his stump arm to create a whole arm. With the help of Commander Cold (a version of Snart from a different universe), they get Trickster locked up in Iron Heights. Panic at being locked up, along with Barry attempting to see how the Strength Force begins to manifest itself, has Trickster activating so much of the Strength Force that is causes Barry to be affected, making him huge and strong. With his superior mind, Barry uses his power and science and figures out two things about the Strength Force: 1) With focus, you can control the gravity around you, and 2) The more you use the Strength Force, the more you lose it and you "huge-ness". Because of their battle, the building is collapsing, and Trickster sacrifices himself to allow Flash to save all the people... or so we think, until we see him being rescued by James Jesse, the original Trickster! (How did he come back? and what will be his role in the future?)
Sage Force:
During a routine movement of prisoners at Iron Heights, Heatwave (Mick Rory) experiences a huge backlash explosion, burning a large part of his body. Only problem? No one knows where it came from. As he recovers in the hospital, Flash goes to determine if he can figure out what happened, only to be pulled inside Mick's mind, where the Sage Force has allowed Heatwave to become a huge monster made completely out of fire. Though he spends quite a lot of time in there, Barry is able to use Commander Cold to convince Mick to calm down, and gets him back in his cell.
Two final developments to lead into the next Volume: 1) Barry decides to go on his Force Quest, hoping to discover all the answers he needs AND he takes Iris with him. and 2) No one is more happy to find out that Barry has started his quest than Hunter Zolomon, who proclaims himself "The True Flash".
Flash has been a pretty consistent comic for a while now. I really hope it continues, but I think we might need something big. Does "Heroes in Crisis" change the status quo? I hope to be reading it soon.
Recommend.
February 18, 2019
Basic plot: The sage and strength forces are infecting Rogues and Flash has to stop them from destroying Central City.
The new, strange forces that felt so extraneous in the previous volume are still somewhat weird, but they are being worked into the story better than I expected. Overall, the pacing was good and the development made sense. The character relationships are also working and developing at a decent pace.
The art continues to be problematic. There are a lot of inconsistencies, particularly with style. There are times when I feel like I'm looking at a book from the 80s. Other times, there are some truly beautiful panels, particularly the coloring for the scenes inside Heat Wave's mind. Those were pretty awesome.
Onward!
The new, strange forces that felt so extraneous in the previous volume are still somewhat weird, but they are being worked into the story better than I expected. Overall, the pacing was good and the development made sense. The character relationships are also working and developing at a decent pace.
The art continues to be problematic. There are a lot of inconsistencies, particularly with style. There are times when I feel like I'm looking at a book from the 80s. Other times, there are some truly beautiful panels, particularly the coloring for the scenes inside Heat Wave's mind. Those were pretty awesome.
Onward!
December 27, 2020
*I've read A LOT more than I've reviewed, so... time for some knee-jerk reactions.*
So.... I totally skipped volume 8 because I know it ties directly into "Heroes in Crisis"--which I've heard will depress me if I'm lucky or infuriate me if I'm not. I was able to fill in the blanks with what I missed, and overall, this was a really engaging read. The other forces seem like a bit of a stretch, if I'm perfectly honest, but Iris mentioned studying then in a past life, so if they're a callback to something older... then I'd like to read those issues and see how they fit into the overall Flash mythos. All in all, this volume was a really engaging Flash adventure and I'm curious what happens next.
So.... I totally skipped volume 8 because I know it ties directly into "Heroes in Crisis"--which I've heard will depress me if I'm lucky or infuriate me if I'm not. I was able to fill in the blanks with what I missed, and overall, this was a really engaging read. The other forces seem like a bit of a stretch, if I'm perfectly honest, but Iris mentioned studying then in a past life, so if they're a callback to something older... then I'd like to read those issues and see how they fit into the overall Flash mythos. All in all, this volume was a really engaging Flash adventure and I'm curious what happens next.
June 18, 2019
The first arc in this story, for whatever reason, didn't quite work for me. There seemed to be no particular reason for this to be a Trickster story. You could have plugged in any villain and it would have been more or less the same. I mean, yeah, it let them continue the ongoing investigation in the Warden Wolfe thing going a little more focus but... then it goes nowhere.
I liked the Sage Force story a lot. That story a very particular reason for having Heatwave as the baddy. There is no other villain in the Flash Rogue's Gallery that could have been used in his place and have it be the same story. The ending couldn't have happened any other way.
I liked the Sage Force story a lot. That story a very particular reason for having Heatwave as the baddy. There is no other villain in the Flash Rogue's Gallery that could have been used in his place and have it be the same story. The ending couldn't have happened any other way.
May 9, 2019
The story is a little drawn out, and does not fully conclude.
I would really like to know more about Commander Cold who must have a link to what's going on in current time.
I would really like to know more about Commander Cold who must have a link to what's going on in current time.
April 27, 2025
The Flash Vol. 9: Reckoning of the Forces
As Barry tries to learn more about the unleashed forces of sage, still and strength, Commander Cold warns him that what he is about to encounter has never been experienced before. After two traumatic battles, the Flash decides there is only one option: to go on a Speed Force Quest.
Great artwork and a well paced plot push the plot believabily from point to point. Williamson knows the characters well and leavens the tension with some wry humour.
As Barry tries to learn more about the unleashed forces of sage, still and strength, Commander Cold warns him that what he is about to encounter has never been experienced before. After two traumatic battles, the Flash decides there is only one option: to go on a Speed Force Quest.
Great artwork and a well paced plot push the plot believabily from point to point. Williamson knows the characters well and leavens the tension with some wry humour.
September 24, 2022
Joshua Williamson established a long run on The Flash, rivaling the modern standards of Mark Waid and Geoff Johns. This particular set of stories doesn’t find him at his strongest, although it does feature the Strength Force, one of his signature additions to the lore, which subsequently popped up in the TV show.
January 8, 2021
Ciekawa relacja Flasha z Chłodem, poruszająca historia Trickstera i związek z Iris, który został ładnie w tym tomie zamknięty, mimo że wcześniej miejscami zgrzytał. Oczywiście jest trochę kiczu i schematów, ale też ładne rysunki zarówno Duce'a jak i Kolinsa.
October 29, 2022
A decent double arc book. Playing more with the strength and sage forces from before tied to rouges, and further development between Cold, Flash, and Iris. Nothing groundbreaking, but decent sci Fi super heroics
December 10, 2021
This was so good
November 26, 2019
Wasnt sure about this when i first opened it but i really came around by the end.
July 2, 2019
All this sage and strong forces is just not for me. But I must say this isn't that bad at all, the first arc was a little bit more interesting than the last one, but I must say that both were acceptable.
January 13, 2023
Posledních pár knížek je série ryze průměrná. Tady máme Xkrát ohraný motiv, kdy Ranaři dostanou záhadný power up a bohužel to vede k tomu, že se pravidla hry mění prakticky za pochodu. Flash celou knížku akorát na něco reaguje, táhnou to hlavně postavy.
2,5*
2,5*
July 2, 2019
DC is doing its best right now with the comics that are investigating the new "forces" let loose in the DC universe. Oh, it's certainly derivative of work done by Mark Waid in the '90s, but at least it's sorta breaking new ground rather than just retreading that old material.
This volume contains two stories, one of the Strength Force and one of the Sage Force. The Strength Force story is quite clever, because it adroitly mixes together the story of the Force with the story of a Rogue, the Trickster, making it both a classic Flash story and one of this new era. But then the Sage Force story does the exact same thing, this time mixing the new force with Heat Wave. I have no idea who thought it was a good idea to play the same trick twice, but it's a pity.
Still, this feels like a Flash comic, in the style of both Waid and Johns, and that's terrific. I'm increasingly enjoying this Rebirth run.
This volume contains two stories, one of the Strength Force and one of the Sage Force. The Strength Force story is quite clever, because it adroitly mixes together the story of the Force with the story of a Rogue, the Trickster, making it both a classic Flash story and one of this new era. But then the Sage Force story does the exact same thing, this time mixing the new force with Heat Wave. I have no idea who thought it was a good idea to play the same trick twice, but it's a pity.
Still, this feels like a Flash comic, in the style of both Waid and Johns, and that's terrific. I'm increasingly enjoying this Rebirth run.
October 27, 2023
This was a pretty generic volume and so forgettable I had flip thru it again. Im a Wally West fan so there has to be a little bit more interesting stories or art for me to give it more than the usual 2 stars iv been giving these volumes.
Enter: Scott Kolins and Christian Duce.
I wasn’t a big fan of Kolins back in the Wally West Flash days, but here I once again see my mistake as he just improves the page.
Once I accepted that it’s the team-up with Commander Cold that’s the focus and the fights with Hulked-out Trickster and later Heatwave that is the backdrop…
Ok that probably wasn’t the intent, but what made this tolerable.
Nice little additions were these Para-Angel designs and Elongated Maniac who appeared only in 2 panels, and was pretty creepy.. needed more of them.
Overall pretty bombastic when you think about all the hulking out. So.. only recommended for the pretty pictures.
Enter: Scott Kolins and Christian Duce.
I wasn’t a big fan of Kolins back in the Wally West Flash days, but here I once again see my mistake as he just improves the page.
Once I accepted that it’s the team-up with Commander Cold that’s the focus and the fights with Hulked-out Trickster and later Heatwave that is the backdrop…
Ok that probably wasn’t the intent, but what made this tolerable.
Nice little additions were these Para-Angel designs and Elongated Maniac who appeared only in 2 panels, and was pretty creepy.. needed more of them.
Overall pretty bombastic when you think about all the hulking out. So.. only recommended for the pretty pictures.
December 21, 2022
In the last volume of the Flash, we found out about two other forces besides the speed force. These were the Strength force and the Sage force.... yeah.
The thing about the book is... these new just come out of kinda nowhere. To me, they just feel like filler and fodder for stories. And it doesn't help that the stories themselves feel generic and like something we have read about many times in Flash books. Part of the reason why is because these forces decide to inhabit members of the Rogues: Trickster and the fire guy - I forget his name now. And that doesn't help because, how many Rogue stories have we seen in the past.
Even the Scott Kollins art, which I'm usually a fan of, gave the book more of a "been there, done that" type of feel to it. It doesn't help that the art seemed a bit rushed at times. Usually, Kollins is a bit more polished than we see here, to the books detriment.
One thing that was interesting was seeing how Flash is dealing with the new Commander Cold, who is trapped in the present, instead of his time in the far future. And Iris telling the Flash that he is being a dick (big surprise with Barry), to this guy who is just trying to help while figuring his way around this new timeline.
I'd say the repetitive type story coupled with Barry's unlikableness (in my opinion), makes this one that you can skip over without missing much.
The thing about the book is... these new just come out of kinda nowhere. To me, they just feel like filler and fodder for stories. And it doesn't help that the stories themselves feel generic and like something we have read about many times in Flash books. Part of the reason why is because these forces decide to inhabit members of the Rogues: Trickster and the fire guy - I forget his name now. And that doesn't help because, how many Rogue stories have we seen in the past.
Even the Scott Kollins art, which I'm usually a fan of, gave the book more of a "been there, done that" type of feel to it. It doesn't help that the art seemed a bit rushed at times. Usually, Kollins is a bit more polished than we see here, to the books detriment.
One thing that was interesting was seeing how Flash is dealing with the new Commander Cold, who is trapped in the present, instead of his time in the far future. And Iris telling the Flash that he is being a dick (big surprise with Barry), to this guy who is just trying to help while figuring his way around this new timeline.
I'd say the repetitive type story coupled with Barry's unlikableness (in my opinion), makes this one that you can skip over without missing much.
December 5, 2022
We have now reached new levels of Barry Allen burnout...
We're at Vol.9 now in the 'Rebirth' era and it's telling how lackluster these collections have become. I don't know if the fault lies with DC or with the writer, but things are muddling along. Characters aren't really evolving or growing. For a concept that was supposed to jumpstart the DCU, this has largely been a big pile of 'Meh..'
Just to catch you up:
*Wally convinced Barry to help him push through the Speed Force in an effort to get Wally's kids unstuck in time. Shocker! They broke things and never got the kids back
* That left Wally a MEGA SAD PANDA and he needed to go the superhero therapy (aka the 'Heroes In Crisis' story)
Now Barry (yet again) mopes around and talks about what he should be doing instead of doing it. It seems that in ALL of these Rebirth stories, Barry is the talker and Wally (hell, EVERYONE) is a doer. It's geting repetitive...and I'll keep saying it.
Bonus: Iris remembering both lives and having NO time strokes? How convenient...
Bonus Bonus: The Strong Force grants strength and gravity manipulation and the Sage Force gives you psychic abilities? OP, much?
We're at Vol.9 now in the 'Rebirth' era and it's telling how lackluster these collections have become. I don't know if the fault lies with DC or with the writer, but things are muddling along. Characters aren't really evolving or growing. For a concept that was supposed to jumpstart the DCU, this has largely been a big pile of 'Meh..'
Just to catch you up:
*Wally convinced Barry to help him push through the Speed Force in an effort to get Wally's kids unstuck in time. Shocker! They broke things and never got the kids back
* That left Wally a MEGA SAD PANDA and he needed to go the superhero therapy (aka the 'Heroes In Crisis' story)
Now Barry (yet again) mopes around and talks about what he should be doing instead of doing it. It seems that in ALL of these Rebirth stories, Barry is the talker and Wally (hell, EVERYONE) is a doer. It's geting repetitive...and I'll keep saying it.
Bonus: Iris remembering both lives and having NO time strokes? How convenient...
Bonus Bonus: The Strong Force grants strength and gravity manipulation and the Sage Force gives you psychic abilities? OP, much?
February 11, 2021
Maybe a 2.5. It wasn't awful, but a little meh. I kind of enjoyed the Flash War and thought there was some potential to take the mystery of the new forces in a cool direction. But the whole thing felt a little too simple.
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