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Flash & Green Lantern: The Brave and The Bold #1-6
Flash & Green Lantern: The Brave and the Bold
Continues the adventures of Flash and the Green Lantern as they learn the hard lessons of trust and teamwork and thwart their evil foes, including Sinestro, Mirror Master, Black Hand, and Star Sapphire. Original.
143 pages, Paperback
First published April 1, 2001
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Mark Waid
3,192 books1,276 followersMark Waid (born March 21, 1962 in Hueytown, Alabama) is an American comic book writer. He is best known for his eight-year run as writer of the DC Comics' title The Flash, as well as his scripting of the limited series Kingdom Come and Superman: Birthright, and his work on Marvel Comics' Captain America.
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July 17, 2020
Mark Waid channels some silver age goodness in this crossover series featuring the Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) and the Flash (Barry Allen). Some may come to this book and feel that the plots and dialogue comes across cheesy in a way. The true goal of this book is to refresh readers on the comic book history & nostalgia of the silver age of comics. The Flash & Green Lantern played an integral part in the Julius Schwartz era of DC comics that saw the modernization of the Flash and Green Lantern mythos. The Silver age of comics is what most of the comic book industry is built off of today. Schwartz impact on the industry not only included these characters but the creation of the Justice League, revitalization of Hawkman, the Atom and many other scifi inspired superheroes. Stories like this one inspired the folks at Marvel to create there scifi takes on the superhero gene as well. This book feels like a great companion to Darwyn Cooke's New Frontier, which can be read in its entirety in Absolute DC: The New Frontier. I enjoyed this bromance superhero collection. I enjoyed many of the tales in this collection. The one that featured the Alan Scott (Green Lantern) & Jay Garrick (Flash) was cool. I also loved the tale in which Barry & Hal faced Sinestro. The final tale of the book was filled with the most emotion as it appears to take place before Infinite Crisis. Both Hal & Barry would go on to save the Earth from incredible calamities and sacrifice themselves in the process. Some of the dialogue is a bit dated today but these stories are still fun nonetheless.
August 30, 2010
Ah, the bromance of Hal Jordan and Barry Allen. Whether it's battling an alien race bent on hoarding humanity's evil, feeling jealous over the affections of Kid Flash, dealing with the macho head-games of the predecessor Flash and Green Lantern on a camping trip, fighting fascist cops with radical leftist Green Arrow, being ensnared by a sun that feeds off fearlessness, or dancing deadly with an ex-girlfriend supervillainess controlled from the 7th dimension, this "brave and bold" duo see each other through thick and thin. It's no coincidence that all these stories deal with creatures and cohorts that twist and control emotions, and that solving the story's problem in the designated 22 or so pages requires GL or Flash controlling or harnessing their emotions, or letting them break out with a good and trusted pal. That's what I call teamwork! Now stop giving each other piggy-back rides and slapping towels at each other's asses and go out there and fight some evil!
May 17, 2016
3.75 stars
This was a lot of fun! I always forget how much I enjoy old school 1980s-1990s comic artwork. And I really loved the cameos in this. Wally West (Kid Flash/Kid Lantern), Jay Garrick (the original Flash), Alan Scott (the original Green Lantern), and my personal favorite, Green Arrow!
The issues with Green Arrow took place during Hal and Ollie's cross-country trip, and they were pretty fun. It was interesting to see the conflicting ideologies of Barry and Ollie.
The issues with Jay and Alan were my favorite. They went on a camping trip to another planet and played a lot of superhero jokes on each other, which is always good fun.
This was largely lighthearted, but the final issues were kind of depressing because
Overall, great artwork. Entertaining dialogue. Lighthearted plot. I would recommend this to serious comic fans.
This was a lot of fun! I always forget how much I enjoy old school 1980s-1990s comic artwork. And I really loved the cameos in this. Wally West (Kid Flash/Kid Lantern), Jay Garrick (the original Flash), Alan Scott (the original Green Lantern), and my personal favorite, Green Arrow!
The issues with Green Arrow took place during Hal and Ollie's cross-country trip, and they were pretty fun. It was interesting to see the conflicting ideologies of Barry and Ollie.
The issues with Jay and Alan were my favorite. They went on a camping trip to another planet and played a lot of superhero jokes on each other, which is always good fun.
This was largely lighthearted, but the final issues were kind of depressing because
Overall, great artwork. Entertaining dialogue. Lighthearted plot. I would recommend this to serious comic fans.
October 27, 2017
3.5. Like a previous miniseries, World's Finest, that traced Superman and Batman's relationship over time, this looks at Barry and Hal, first in their early Silver Age days, then on through the period after Iris Allen was murdered. It's fun, but Hal tends to be one-note, a smug cocky jerk, which is a common interpretation but not true to this period. So not as satisfying as it could have been for me.
July 20, 2016
Nice mini series that captures the silver age feel to comic stories. Nice art and stories. Recommended
April 9, 2023
"THERE'S AN OLD ADAGE, 'ACQUIRE FOOD FROM A FARMER, WORK FROM A SLAVE AND CORRUPTION FROM A HUMAN! AAAHHHH-HAHA!!"
- Saraar, Doragian science minister monologuing.
"HIS HEART IS GREAT AND TRUE, BUT HIS EARTH MIND IS SO SMALL!"
- A guardian of Oa underestimating Hal Jordan.
A collection of stand-alone short stories from points in the past, presumably the early careers of Green Lantern, Flash... and their associates.
Cute. Nostalgic. Late 60's feel to it. Corny battles with sterotypical villains. Plenty of monologues. Mildly entertaining, but nothing groundbreaking. Just good, old fashioned, absurd, single issue amusement.
Three stars.
- Saraar, Doragian science minister monologuing.
"HIS HEART IS GREAT AND TRUE, BUT HIS EARTH MIND IS SO SMALL!"
- A guardian of Oa underestimating Hal Jordan.
A collection of stand-alone short stories from points in the past, presumably the early careers of Green Lantern, Flash... and their associates.
Cute. Nostalgic. Late 60's feel to it. Corny battles with sterotypical villains. Plenty of monologues. Mildly entertaining, but nothing groundbreaking. Just good, old fashioned, absurd, single issue amusement.
Three stars.
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August 14, 2020Hal’s friendship with Ollie always resonated more with me, but there’s no denying his bromance with Barry. These two perpetually unhip do-gooders have been through a lot together. Modern readers like me probably haven’t come across many of their team-ups, as most of them happened during the 60’s and 70’s. Plus, Barry and Hal were dead for much of the Modern Age. But reading enough DC comics will clue you in to the bond they share. And it’s a bond that Waid, Peyer, and Kitson clearly adore, because this is a fun, endearing, lovingly crafted comic.
I like how each issue essentially stands on its own. This series looks at Barry and Hal across time, with relevant cameos popping in. Waid and Peyer situate the stories firmly in pre-Crisis continuity and reference events surrounding the time period (see Waid’s spectacularly nerdy introduction for when each issue takes place). Issue four, an homage of sorts to the Green Arrow/Green Lantern “Hard Travelin’ Heroes” stories, was my favorite of the bunch. The individual plots are okay, but come on, they’re secondary to the interactions between the two leads. I like later Flash and Green Lanterns better, but I’m happy to say that Waid and Peyer made me appreciate Hal and Barry more.
Like much of Waid’s DC work, this book has a throwback Silver Age sensibility. It still manages to feel modern, though, something Waid is so good at. I also learned a few things from reading this book. For instance, after his test pilot career, Hal was an insurance investigator, toy salesman, and truck driver. He also blew threw girlfriends faster than Barry could run. In fact, this book made clear to me a distinction that I think gives great insight into their characters. Barry lived a stable life, with a steady career and loving wife, while Hal moved around a lot, never satisfied with where he was. Seen in this light, their friendship is one of opposites attracting (issue three drives this point home).
This book is a nice companion to Waid and Kitson’s fantastic JLA: Year One. Both are great standalone stories that celebrate DC history and it characters. I highly recommend both to any DC reader.
I like how each issue essentially stands on its own. This series looks at Barry and Hal across time, with relevant cameos popping in. Waid and Peyer situate the stories firmly in pre-Crisis continuity and reference events surrounding the time period (see Waid’s spectacularly nerdy introduction for when each issue takes place). Issue four, an homage of sorts to the Green Arrow/Green Lantern “Hard Travelin’ Heroes” stories, was my favorite of the bunch. The individual plots are okay, but come on, they’re secondary to the interactions between the two leads. I like later Flash and Green Lanterns better, but I’m happy to say that Waid and Peyer made me appreciate Hal and Barry more.
Like much of Waid’s DC work, this book has a throwback Silver Age sensibility. It still manages to feel modern, though, something Waid is so good at. I also learned a few things from reading this book. For instance, after his test pilot career, Hal was an insurance investigator, toy salesman, and truck driver. He also blew threw girlfriends faster than Barry could run. In fact, this book made clear to me a distinction that I think gives great insight into their characters. Barry lived a stable life, with a steady career and loving wife, while Hal moved around a lot, never satisfied with where he was. Seen in this light, their friendship is one of opposites attracting (issue three drives this point home).
This book is a nice companion to Waid and Kitson’s fantastic JLA: Year One. Both are great standalone stories that celebrate DC history and it characters. I highly recommend both to any DC reader.
September 22, 2011
I am pretty much convinced that Waid did this title since he enjoyed making JLA Year One, and this book succeeds in the same areas. The book is a series of isolated events in the friendship of Barry and Hal (both the 2nd Flash and Green Lanterns respectively, both deceased at the time this book was originally published), from the very start to the nearly bloody end of their careers. This is really fun for the most part, with Waid really nailing the unique dynamic between the straight-laced, dryly funny Flash and the reckless, adventurous Green Lantern. Waid also stays true to the insane history of Hal's employment (insurance adjuster, truck driver, toy salesman!) which never fails to get laughs. I think this is a pretty solid comic for folks who do not know these characters to check out, and I always like modern comics stories that do good done-in-one issues. I feel I am not selling this well enough, but it's great!
August 4, 2013
I really enjoyed this book. It was nice to read a story about the friendship of Hal Jordan and Barry Allen. I especially liked the fact that its just a set of 5 individual stories that just span their careers.
The ending monologue made me a bit emotional even though in New 52 Barry and Hal are alive and in fact, Flash Annual 2 just did a story on how they met which was equally enjoyable.
The ending monologue made me a bit emotional even though in New 52 Barry and Hal are alive and in fact, Flash Annual 2 just did a story on how they met which was equally enjoyable.
February 1, 2015
An interesting hero pairing at times (relationship issues and buddy-buddy ribbing aplenty). Some of the stories are better than others but always filled with fun ink and vivid color work.
August 4, 2016
Wow. These two are so gay for each other, I love it.
September 26, 2024
Growing up I preferred Marvel to DC, which is why I’m largely unfamiliar with many of the storylines and character details from the Bronze Age. And yet even in my ignorance of all things DC I was aware of the “hard-traveling heroes” friendship between Green Lantern and Green Arrow best embodied in Denny O’Neil and Neal Adams’s famous run. This is why when I learned of Mark Waid and Tom Peyer’s limited series featuring team-ups between the Green Lantern and the Flash, it struck me as a little gimmicky. What always made the friendship between Hal Jordan and Oliver Queen so interesting was the difference in views, perspectives, and powers that the duo possessed. What could the buddy-cop friendship between the Emerald Knight and the Scarlet Speedster offer by comparison?
Quite a lot, as it turns out. What stands out foremost in the series is the respectful acknowledgement Waid and Peyer offer to the history of Flash-GL team-ups. This informs their approach in the series, which is to tell a succession of stand-alone stories set between these past adventures that chronicle the evolution of their friendship. The approach reminded me of Karl Kessel’s great contemporaneous Batman & Superman: World's Finest miniseries, and while Waid and Peyer’s collection doesn’t quite measure up to it, this may be because Kessel simply had so much more with which to work. Nevertheless, what the writers do with it is more than satisfying, in part because of an approach that celebrates the evolution of DC comics through the decades as much as it does the Flash-GL relationship.
While my unfamiliarity with DC may have muted my appreciation of Waid and Peyer’s somewhat, it did nothing to lessen my enjoyment of the stories themselves. As with O’Neil and Adams’s approach to the GL-GA relationship, Waid and Peyer focus on the oppositional nature of their lives. Whereas the one between Oliver Queen and Hal Jordan the contrast was one of politics, Hal and Barry Allen’s contrasts come with their respective lifestyles, as Hal’s unsettled personal life and career contrasts with the stability Barry enjoys. This serves as the premise for many of the stories, as the reader sees Hal cycle through girlfriends and jobs while Barry remains a police technician and develops his relationship with Iris. While the writers don’t develop this as far as they might have, this is as much a limitation imposed by their approach as anything else, and doesn’t detract one bit from the fun in the tales featuring two of DC’s finest.
Quite a lot, as it turns out. What stands out foremost in the series is the respectful acknowledgement Waid and Peyer offer to the history of Flash-GL team-ups. This informs their approach in the series, which is to tell a succession of stand-alone stories set between these past adventures that chronicle the evolution of their friendship. The approach reminded me of Karl Kessel’s great contemporaneous Batman & Superman: World's Finest miniseries, and while Waid and Peyer’s collection doesn’t quite measure up to it, this may be because Kessel simply had so much more with which to work. Nevertheless, what the writers do with it is more than satisfying, in part because of an approach that celebrates the evolution of DC comics through the decades as much as it does the Flash-GL relationship.
While my unfamiliarity with DC may have muted my appreciation of Waid and Peyer’s somewhat, it did nothing to lessen my enjoyment of the stories themselves. As with O’Neil and Adams’s approach to the GL-GA relationship, Waid and Peyer focus on the oppositional nature of their lives. Whereas the one between Oliver Queen and Hal Jordan the contrast was one of politics, Hal and Barry Allen’s contrasts come with their respective lifestyles, as Hal’s unsettled personal life and career contrasts with the stability Barry enjoys. This serves as the premise for many of the stories, as the reader sees Hal cycle through girlfriends and jobs while Barry remains a police technician and develops his relationship with Iris. While the writers don’t develop this as far as they might have, this is as much a limitation imposed by their approach as anything else, and doesn’t detract one bit from the fun in the tales featuring two of DC’s finest.
March 8, 2019
Collecting the six-issue miniseries from 1999-2000, this volume recounts the long and complicated friendship between the Barry Allen Flash and the Hal Jordan Green Lantern.
This is a friendship that on paper shouldn't really be. Barry is a nerd, nebbish and sorta a prude. Plus he's a family man, married to Iris West and surrogate father to Wally. Hal is a playboy, a loner, a rebel. He's devoted to Carol Ferris but he plays the field quite a bit. The closet he has to a family is a pair of brothers that he only sees maybe for Thanksgiving and Christmas if lucky.
Clearly this friendship is proof that opposites attract.
This book is beautifully illustrated by A.D. 2000's Barry Kitson and Tom Grindberg. It's topped off by the epic storytelling of Mark Waid (Daredevil) and Tom Peyer (Batman '66).
Just as with the history of these two characters, there's highs and lows. I thought the entire book was great. But I hated seeing how both characters were affected by loss and tragedy. Both Hal and Barry have gone through some really crappy stuff in their nearly 70 some years of existence.
The best chapter has Barry and Hal going on an intergalactic camping trip with their Earth-2 predecessors Jay Garrick and Alan Scott. It's very funny seeing the generation gap between Jordan and Scott and how much Barry and Jay are like mirror images of each other.
A great book that is a must for any fan of the Silver Age Flash and Green Lantern! But be sure to read with tissues nearby.
This is a friendship that on paper shouldn't really be. Barry is a nerd, nebbish and sorta a prude. Plus he's a family man, married to Iris West and surrogate father to Wally. Hal is a playboy, a loner, a rebel. He's devoted to Carol Ferris but he plays the field quite a bit. The closet he has to a family is a pair of brothers that he only sees maybe for Thanksgiving and Christmas if lucky.
Clearly this friendship is proof that opposites attract.
This book is beautifully illustrated by A.D. 2000's Barry Kitson and Tom Grindberg. It's topped off by the epic storytelling of Mark Waid (Daredevil) and Tom Peyer (Batman '66).
Just as with the history of these two characters, there's highs and lows. I thought the entire book was great. But I hated seeing how both characters were affected by loss and tragedy. Both Hal and Barry have gone through some really crappy stuff in their nearly 70 some years of existence.
The best chapter has Barry and Hal going on an intergalactic camping trip with their Earth-2 predecessors Jay Garrick and Alan Scott. It's very funny seeing the generation gap between Jordan and Scott and how much Barry and Jay are like mirror images of each other.
A great book that is a must for any fan of the Silver Age Flash and Green Lantern! But be sure to read with tissues nearby.
March 21, 2020
Well this was good, dumb fun. The dialogue can be pretty awkward and over the top, due to evocation of the Silver Age and its idiosyncrasies, but there's a good amount of of heart here. I can say with relative certainty that this is the best story about either Hal or Barry's early careers. Both of them have gotten the short shrift when it comes to post-Crisis backstory comics in comparison to Batman or Superman, especially good ones. But this is the exception. Every issue is a standalone story taking place sometime after "JLA: Year One" up to just before "Crisis on Infinite Earths". We get lots of fun lore for both characters, including an issue featuring their Golden Age counterparts, an issue set during the iconic "Hard Travelling Heroes" era, and a story featuring Kid Flash.
This isn't a comic that will blow your mind or change your perceptions of anything, but if you like the characters or just want to get a good bit of DC backstory, you can't go wrong here.
This isn't a comic that will blow your mind or change your perceptions of anything, but if you like the characters or just want to get a good bit of DC backstory, you can't go wrong here.
April 19, 2022
Abysmal. Somehow this Silver Age throwback reads more dated than actual Silver Age stories.
Miss Waid is such an unimaginative writer. Everything he does just feels like fan fiction. Usually I avoid her but after reading some Silver Age stories with these characters I thought this might be a more substantial look at a superhero “bromance,” but this is written as if Waid has never had a friend, male or female. And it’s the kind of comic that people who hate comics think all comics are like. I have no doubt Waid is a fan of comics and I have no doubt Waid should have remained only that. (His issues of 90s X-Men? Yikes.)
Miss Waid is such an unimaginative writer. Everything he does just feels like fan fiction. Usually I avoid her but after reading some Silver Age stories with these characters I thought this might be a more substantial look at a superhero “bromance,” but this is written as if Waid has never had a friend, male or female. And it’s the kind of comic that people who hate comics think all comics are like. I have no doubt Waid is a fan of comics and I have no doubt Waid should have remained only that. (His issues of 90s X-Men? Yikes.)
January 17, 2024
mark is one of the best writers of the modern era , and the last one.
Mark, I once told you to go back to the house of recycled ideas and tell them to stop rebooting every year. ….now the dc universe is amazing again. I’m sure it’s unrelated but it’s been decades since I so thoroughly enjoyed being a dc fan, over marvel. Thanks! The only challenge i have as a comic reader now is spreading out the enjoyment so I don’t read them all by Tuesday night (guess what night it is).
Mark, I once told you to go back to the house of recycled ideas and tell them to stop rebooting every year. ….now the dc universe is amazing again. I’m sure it’s unrelated but it’s been decades since I so thoroughly enjoyed being a dc fan, over marvel. Thanks! The only challenge i have as a comic reader now is spreading out the enjoyment so I don’t read them all by Tuesday night (guess what night it is).
September 26, 2025
I liked this book it was fun.
Waid is doing something very reminiscent of a silver age book, but also including canon from every era of these characters. Its fun to watch Hal go through so many different roles in his secret identity and status quo shifts, while Barry's life remains extremely consistent. That changes later on in the book just a little but not a ton in all honesty.
The book is fun, the art is dynamic, and its always nice to see characters I really enjoy written consistently but more importantly, written in a fun way.
Waid is doing something very reminiscent of a silver age book, but also including canon from every era of these characters. Its fun to watch Hal go through so many different roles in his secret identity and status quo shifts, while Barry's life remains extremely consistent. That changes later on in the book just a little but not a ton in all honesty.
The book is fun, the art is dynamic, and its always nice to see characters I really enjoy written consistently but more importantly, written in a fun way.
June 10, 2019
Sadly, this book just isn't for me. I don't have a nostalgic connection to early DC days. I'm sure Waid and Peyer delivered a nice tribute to creators of yore but reading now (2019) it didn't hit home for me. I enjoyed the hokieness of it but that's about it. I would have liked some footnotes as to where/when these stories were taking place so I could go back and read them but instead I'm left wondering. The art, mostly by Barry Kitson is pretty perfect. Overall, just not a fit for me.
August 12, 2019
I adore Barry and Hal’s friendship so much. They are two very different people and it’s a miracle they even met let alone get alone but they definitely do. This six issue long mini series explores their relationship, its development and their personalities. The things they drive each other insane with and the things they can’t imagine their lives without. These 6 issues had been much fun and if you are one of the fans of the green lantern/speedster friendships you will also enjoy this piece.
July 27, 2023
The Flash/Green Lantern: The Brave and the Bold feels like the spiritual sequel to JLA: Year One but acts as the story that most definitively tells the story of Barry Allen and Hal Jordan’s friendship. As a longtime fan of both of these characters, I really couldn’t have asked for anything more. I love the anthology style of the stories themselves, emphasizing Barry’s consistency but Hal’s volatile life. The artwork is absolutely sublime and by the end, it leaves off with a final note that leaves an even greater impact because of the mirror that was the fate of these characters.
September 18, 2023
A cute, quick read about one of DC's biggest bromances. It's Silver Age goodness through a modernistic lense. Knowng the general trajectory of Hal and Barry's storylines through New 52 is useful to help keep a timeframe of when things are occuring, but taking things as they come and focusing on the zany adventures and interesting character moments between the two is also a totally valid way to read through.
January 9, 2025
Any Flash or Green Lantern fan needs to read this excellent mini series. Each issue works as a standalone adventure at different points throughout Barry Allen and Hal Jordan's younger careers, but all together It's a touching tribute to two amazing characters.
Mark Waid understands these characters so well, and their dynamic as friends is so much fun to read. This is the best characterization I've seen of the duo. I wish this went on for longer!
Mark Waid understands these characters so well, and their dynamic as friends is so much fun to read. This is the best characterization I've seen of the duo. I wish this went on for longer!
February 10, 2018
Una buona miniserie che mette a confronto i vari Lanterna Verde e Flash, completamente incentrata sui personaggi e la loro caratterizzazione nei rapporti interpersonali piuttosto che sulla lotta contro gli avversari. Conta come si pongono l'uno di fronte o accanto all'altro. Mi è piaciuta.
November 2, 2021
Best bromance. This is such a fun and comforting read, and Hal and Barry have one of my favorite comic book dynamics. I highly recommend getting more into their team ups more because I always enjoy them.
June 10, 2022
Flash and Green Lantern
Great book. A blast from the past. It was great to read books of the past, remembering what it was like to be a kid. The bromance of Barry and Hal would be one of the ages and these stories proved it.
Great book. A blast from the past. It was great to read books of the past, remembering what it was like to be a kid. The bromance of Barry and Hal would be one of the ages and these stories proved it.
July 21, 2022
Good, but not something that I think will remain too memorable in the grand scheme of comics reading. 6 stories taking place consecutively across their careers. Enjoyable partnership between Flash & GL.
May 9, 2017
No better or worse than expected. A series of light hearted, easy to read, simple individual stories around Hals and Barry's adventures.
July 17, 2019
Flash and GL are my BroTP forever no matter which versions they are.
October 30, 2020
The concept is interesting, but it does feel kinda dated.
March 6, 2021
I love storylines where personal relationship and growth is explored. This one was like them. I personally loved it.
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