Hey, y’all! Comic books are
back! Kinda. Marvel and DC are drip feeding books until the end of May. The
current plan seems to be the return of most comics in June. But we still get
some new comics until then. This review will be here. I have some plans on how
to keep it consistent as it seems there going to be two weeks where I have
nothing to review. I’ve got you covered. Let’s jump into the book this week
As always, I will be using a
three-tiered grading system. Buy means I think you should go buy this comic;
it’s very good and worth your money and time. Borrow means that I think this
issue is worth reading, if you can borrow it from someone; it may be worth the
money for you but I’m not confident in telling you to purchase it. Pass means
you should pass on the issue; I don’t recommend you buy the comic and generally
don’t think it’s worth your time to read. Pass is bad.
Spoilers for: The Flash
#753
The Flash #753
Writer: Joshua Williamson
Artist: Howard Porter and Brandon Peterson
Color: Hi-Fi
Letters: Steve Wands
Cover: Porter and Hi-Fi
Flashpoint is just always
going to be treated as the most important Flash story ever, isn’t it? Don’t get
me wrong, I really enjoyed that series and the tie-ins. But I am kind of tired
of seeing it and this comic revisits the most important scene, again. Reverse-Flash
is going to kill Barry’s mom and Barry can’t stop without messing everything up
again. How many times am I going to read/watch a similar scene play out?
All that said, the scene in
question is incredible. It is an almost wordless page of Barry standing outside
his childhood home listening to his mother’s murder. Howard Porter nails this
scene. Without ever seeing Barry’s face,
you can tell exactly what he is feeling and thinking. It honestly made me put
the book down for a few minutes because I was too emotional. Just incredible
work.
The art throughout the rest of
the issue is also excellent. It’s unfortunate the story is less so. Its not
bad, but no progress has been made. Paradox is slowly moving back in time
collecting Paradox Energy (Which is still a thing that exists somehow).
Meanwhile, Flash and Reverse-Flash fight while Eobard tries to convince Barry
they should team up. At the beginning o the issue, Barry is conflicted about
potentially having to team up with him and that remains true at the end. Hopefully
next issue gives us something more because this story is starting to stretch
further than it has the capacity for.
Verdict: Borrow
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