The Flash: The Fastest Man Alive (2022) #1

The Flash: The Fastest Man Alive (2022)

by Kenny Porter, Max Fiumara (Cover Art), Romulo Fajardo Jr. (Colorist)

Race through the streets of Central City in this lead-up to the hotly anticipated blockbuster The Flash! After Barry’s adventure with the Justice League, he’s determined to become a truly skilled and inspirational hero. As a new threat emerges in Central City going by the name of Girder, Barry turns to Batman for advice on training to master his powers. Can the Dark Knight help show the Scarlet Speedster a way to defeat this metallic menace, or will the Flash be crushed by Girder’s strength?

Genres: Comics, Dc Comics, Batman

43 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 13, 2022

Reviews

[Jenny · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this! Entertaining and fun with great lines and banter and a good story.

[Λευτέρης Αναγνωστόπουλος · Rating 1 out of 5]

Reading this reminded me how much I hate the Snyderverse (if it even is called that nowadays). And even though The Flash had the coolest scene in the Snydercut, Ezra Miller's portrayal of the character must be one of the most obnoxious ever and some of that portrayal is depicted in this issue. And reading that The Flash cares about not hurting anyone in front of Batfleck who is just a murderer in the DCEU is laughable. Keep up the terrible work WB, I'm sure I will hit 70 before I can see a good live-action adaptation of The Dark Knight Returns again. Thank god we have the animated movie at least.

Also, very bad art.

[LIGHT UCHIHA · Rating 2 out of 5]

Note: Review is solely based on reading Issue #1!
Few references to the Justice League movie's jokes (i just push people and run away)

having the same old, same old villain backstory.

Literally flash trying to practice THE SUPER SONIC PUNCH arc felt the exact replica from the CW's shows just with Batman in Cisco's voice (same old, same old)

Batman using friendship and inspirational words to push the Flash to his boundaries and save the day felt like a really boring plot.

[Luke McClounan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Though I didn’t always love the art style, I really loved seeing these versions of the characters following the events of the movies. I’m so excited to see where it goes for the next 2 issues and the film

[John Williams · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a pretty great comic. This actually felt like Flash and was in character. I'm pretty interested to see how the film will go. The only issue I have with this is incorporating that stupid "I don't fight, I shove criminals" line from Josstice League, but they did make a great story out of it.

[Donavon · Rating 4 out of 5]

Love comic books based on live action comic book adaption. Love them!

These 3 issues are a bit of mixed bag. Barry spends a lot of time running from supervillian encounters to pep himself up, then goes back to finish fight. It seems odd and breaks the pacing.

[David Cassady · Rating 2 out of 5]

It’s a movie tie-in book so I wasn’t expecting too much to happen and I think that was a good expectation. Also the plot of this issue literally happened in the CW show

[Raymond Paquette · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good battle, but Girder was a bit more interesting than the Flash.

[Indah Threez Lestari · Rating 3 out of 5]

Dih, tulisan di coverna official movie tie-in... padahal filmnya sendiri diundur sampai tahun depan.

Betewe, ini komik amrik rasa manga. Atau anime ya...

[James Virgini · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cool

I still like Barry's first suit, this helmet is wonky, but it's a fun read nonetheless. I like Batman as Barry's mentor.

[Clay Bartel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Story was fairly basic but the real downfall is the unsuitable style of art.

Fortunately issue #2 was better.

[Ricardo · Rating 5 out of 5]

A proper start to the sendoff of the DCEU

I'm just now more excited than ever to see The Flash film. Really great comic to start that journey for the audience.

[Steven Shinder · Rating 4 out of 5]

Definitely better than the film. Another reminder that lack of money drives people to villainy.