‘Flash’ Archives
Flash v2 #142-162 by Waid/Augustyn/Pelletier
Waid and Augustyn return to Flash after a year off, and they are fully charged. It all starts with Wally and Linda's wedding, which was fun to read until Linda was inevitably taken away from Wally. I knew something would happen during the wedding, but I didn't know that her memory would be taken too. This is the start of a long story line that [...]
The Life Story of Flash + Other Stories
Before I delve into Mark Waid's last run on Flash, here are some one-shots and mini-series that may or may not be connected to the regular series. But the most important story here is without a doubt The Life Story of Flash, by Waid/Augustyn and Gil Kane. This is a mix of comics panels with prose, chronicling the story of all the flashes, but [...]
Flash v2 #130-141 by Grant Morrison and Mark Millar
Here's Grant Morrison and Mark Millar's run, while Waid and Augustyn take a year off to recharge their batteries. The change of writers is evident, but it's not jarring. The first story arc (130-132) stars the Suit who takes over bodies and their powers. Morrison's crazy ideas are already showing here with the time-travelling Wally does, and the [...]
Impulse 12-26
Since Impulse is also written by Mark Waid, I decided to read this series until Waid leaves. These are mainly stand alone stories, with some continuing sub-plots that eventually culminate in a great story. Some nice stand alone stories are 12, where Bart has a great time with XS, but unfortunately XS has to leave him and go back to the future. [...]
Flash v2 #119-129 by Waid, Augustyn and Paul Ryan
This short run felt very different from everything that happened before. I think Mark Waid got to do everything he wanted with the speed force and the other speedsters, culminating many times on big epic story lines. So here he's more interested in the character of Flash and his impact on Keystone City and everybody else in his life. Another [...]
Flash v2 #095-118, Impulse #1-11
A lot has happened to Wally so far, but this run is where things really culminate. There are many artists in this run, but they all seem to have a "latino" name. Some of the names will go on to be superstars. Ringo provides covers for the first few issues, which is ironic considering he never drew a cover during his own run (Alan Davis did that). [...]
Flash v2 #080-094 by Mark Waid and Mike Wieringo
Mark Waid continues to build Wally West as the best Flash possible, this time he's joined on art by Mike Wieringo on interior and Alan Davis on covers. This is where I started to read many years ago in the Italian translation of the series. We started with a 4 part story guest starring Nightwing and Kory against the Combine. The Combine are a [...]
Flash v2 #062-079 by Mark Waid & Greg LaRocque
I wrote about my first exposure to DC Comics with Superman and Batman, but my favorite DC character during that time was Flash. The Italian series started with the Mark Waid and Mike Wieringo run, but unfortunately it was canceled a few years later, so I never got to read the end of Waid's run or anything else after him. But I've always liked [...]