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By Geoff Johns(Writer), Ethan Van Sciver (Artist), Alex Sinclair (Colorist)
The Story: Barry Allen, for the better part of twenty-five years, was lost to the world. He had become part of the Speed Force– the thing that gave him his powers as The Flash, and it wasn’t until Final Crisis, that the world saw him again, in flesh and blood. His friends, family, and the city he once called home celebrated his return, but the only thing on his mind was why; not questioning the festivities, or the new world he finds himself in, but why he’s back to begin with.
He’s about to find out…
The Good: Geoff Johns creates a strong, compelling narrative of life, post-Crisis for Barry Allen. He brings into light old friendships, peers, mentors, and enemies in a story touching on past hallmarks of Flash mythology; including a great scene with the Green Lantern at Central City’s Flash Museum. The issue’s solid, and accessible to new and old Flash fans alike.
As for the art, Van Sciver’s work runs the gamut between hyper-realistic and suitably fantastical, perfectly capturing the kinetics of a man who just can’t slow down. It’s always difficult to illustrate hyper-motion in a still form, but he does a fantastic job, and Sinclair holds down the coloring with ease.
The Bad: I don’t know whether to call it irony, but for all its high points, Rebirth feels like it’s moving TOO fast. There’s a lot going on, and for a new reader, it could be quite disorienting. Johns switches gears and bounces around quite often, leaving the reader to play catch-up. As such, the manic attitude of the Flash is captured, but in a very distracting way that detracts from the story, rather than enhancing it.
Grade : B
-Brian Lynch
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I don’t know. I didn’t feel like the issue moved too fast at all. There was definitely a lot of shifting, sure, but it was more of a means to put into perspective every other Flash and what they were doing at that moment (which all seems to be throwing Barry a party) so that it’d be easier to have that final splash page.
You’ve definitely got a point there, Mymand.
It did work very well in regards to setting up the splash page, and to that end, it’s effective.
I feel that, had the set-up been done differently – say, bunching all of the parties together, without bouncing back to Barry and Hal at the Flash Museum in between each one – the groove going into the last page would’ve been much better.
I’m still gonna be buying the next issue, though – I really want to see what’s going on with what happened on the last page. The additional Power Girl story was a definite plus; I haven’t seen much of Amanda Connor’s art before, but I’m definitely a fan now.
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question: is this a good issue to get on board the flash? given that i have never read any of his issues.
Yes. Johns is usually good at making his material new reader friendly. However, a little Wikipedia wouldn’t hurt.