That intro is basically what it feels like to be a Flash fan. *DC Voice* oh, i guess we need to do something with the Flash, too. RE: Impulse's upbringing making him a sociopath... it kinda did! He gets better as he starts to figure out empathy/prioritizing things outside of how it affects him, but there's literally a scene in his solo comic where he leaves civilians in danger in order to beat up more bad guys, so Max gets on his case about it. When Impulse (who was trained to be a superhero via future immersive VR video games) responds, he says something like "Saving people doesn't score points!" which stuns Max silent and causes a whole dramatic character arc where Impulse is trying to figure out why Max was so mad at him. Which I think is some fascinating characterization for a hero character. I also think his relationship with Wally creates some really interesting parallels with how Barry basically took on Wally as his sidekick on sight, but... that's its own essay. Love the Flash comics! I totally understand that they are NOT easy to talk about, though, since what makes them interesting tends to be the details that are hard to convey when explaining it aloud. And yeah, the Flash cast has had some... very bizarre treatment from DC editorial.
"No ones stopping you from doing the Serpent Society" And he was right, considering it was just confirmed that Giancarlo Esposito is playing Sidewinder, the King of the Serpent Society
Flash book drinking game: take a shot every time Sal says "runs so fast." Apologies to your liver. 53:50 See, I assumed when I was reading this that it was Weather Wizard. Flash has too many villains who can cause blizzards.
OMG Sal, I've been saying this about the editor for years. I'm like, you don't like money. The fans love Wally. Just because you don't doesn't mean a thing. It's about the fans. Make that money. If we love Wally, that's what matters. In other words. SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!!!..LOL
Seeing early Impulse here makes me think about how great the first run on Young Justice was. My friends couldn't get enough of it! The weird thought balloons on Impulse were inspired!
Man, Mark Waid’s run on The Flash was the best! What made me fall in love with The Flash’s character was actually the epilogue to Issue 70 (the conclusion to Gorrilla Warfare). It’s Wally West trapped in a glass elevator as he’s witnessing an assassination attempt on the mayor. He can’t break the glass cause he’d get shredded, he can’t stay sped up forever cause every little movement he makes is heating up the elevator, and he only has a little bit of time left to intercept the bullet before it strikes the mayor. Seriously, what a brilliant way of utilizing Wally’s powers in a situation that only he could solve. If you haven’t read that moment, fish out your copy of Mark Waid’s Flash collection (the one featuring The Once and Future Flash) and read that issue (mainly the epilogue, it’s largely detatched from the rest of the Gorilla Warfare story.
So I wanted to let you guys know that I really like your channel. I just got back into comics after 25 years and I find back issues very helpful filling in what I missed in a quarter of a century. Thank you for this. I also have to say I have never heard the term “machinations” used so much as I have throughout the vast majority of your videos. lol keep up the good work. I enjoy your work very much.
This story probably has my all-time favorite singular triumphant moment in comics (and possibly other mediums too). The audience-cheering feeling of seeing Wally return at the peak climax of the story, bathed in blinding light and kicking ass is just *chef's kiss* And the story overall really captured in a nutshell why Wally-Flash is my favorite superhero: his character flaws. He grew up as a superhero; it's the only real life he's ever known, and it's given him a certain kind of arrogance and bullheadedness when confronted with certain situations. He's a jackass when he first takes the mantle after Barry's death, but throughout Waid and Geoff Johns' (👉👉) original runs on the book, Wally genuinely matures and changes.
Back issues has been on absolute fire these past few, some of the biggest laughs I’ve gotten in a long time in general. This show truly is my favourite Comfort show.
I remember this! Thanks for having fun with it and highlighting its importance! As someone who likes the old All-Star-Squadron & JSA stuff, even a peek at Jay, Liberty Bell, & Johnny Quick is nice.
ik this video might not be doing well and ik this comment won’t make it do well but i really liked hearing yall talk about it, mark waid flash is incredible
I love Wally & Linda’s relationship. Hell, a few arcs later Mark Waid basically did his own version of One More Day before Joe Quesada did. Except it was actually well written. You guys should think of doing that story next time you do a flash book. I can see the title of the video now: One More Day, but good.
1:35:27 This rant hits so hard as a Spider-Man fan, every Amazing Spider-man Comic, ever since Nick Lowe and Joe Quesada took editorial control of the spider-man characters and their status quo, from Peter Parker, Mary Jane, and most of all Ben reily
Nice, I recognized this story from when I was just getting into comics. Impulse got my adolescent attention. Thats when me and a friend started a lawn mowing business so I wouldn't have to just stand in the base minimart reading them off the rack 😂
Max Mercury wasn’t 100% made up by Waid. He was based on a golden aged Speedster from a different company DC bought, like they bought Captain Marvel. But he was named Quicksilver so Waid had to change his name.
This episode is apply timed, I’m currently rewatching Seasons 1-3 of The Flash right now (I have massive nostalgia for OG seasons). The main reason I like the Flash is because he is the great example of an “everyman” on the Justice League (specifically the League’s founding members). I hope ComicPOP does episodes in the Joshua Williamson Flash series at some point in the future. There are some good stories in there.
Love the switch-up. I watch every video, but variety is much appreciated. Maybe Red Hulk soon? Or a Serpent Society story? I bet that will be super dumb/fun.
Thanks for covering this Sal. My library had a small comics section and this was the only Flash comic they had so I read it a dozen times. I was so confused about who Kobra was and assumed they must have been a big deal.
Sal's point on running does make me question some mechanics of when the Flash runs. Does it feel like running when Flash goes super speed or is it the same effort as walking? How fast does the Flash need to go to get tired, or even muscle strains? Does he just have infinite stamina thanks to the Speed Force so it feels like he's sprinting everytime he runs?
I’ve always wondered how running super speed feels for a speedster. Like we know they see slow motion but is it like moving through water or is it effortless, do they take one steps that just launches them or are they doing like the same steps to get to one place we just see them do it faster but it’s not actually any faster for them to run to the store than if they did it normally
The whole reason the Speed Force exists is for you to brush away questions you may have about the logistics of running. Those are questions for someone like Quicksilver.
In a previous issue, Flash #91, that sets up Terminal Velocity Wally notes how as he gets dangerously close to light speed he suddenly starts feeling LESS fatigue, no hunger, no need for sustenance. As you approach lightspeed your body starts to transform into pure energy and you subsist on the Speed Force.
I've always had a soft spot for Flash, tried collecting the Mark Waid run in trade but that sixth volume has eluded me. Seeing this on the couch is a wonderful thing
The delicious irony is that DC Editorial brought back Hal and Barry because they were making movies and Kyle and Wally were considered too complicated, so that's why they brought back these Silver Age characters, and then both Hal and Barry's movies BOMBED.
I hope Jessie gets put in a movie and becomes popular cause her comic appearances boil down to getting set up to be important and then immediately sidelined.
I think Max Mercury's name might have something to do with speed. Mercury is the Roman name for the Greek god "Hermes", who I think was known for his speed. So that could be the connection there.
I just adore these episodes of what for the show is off topic and niche because it often illicits some of the funniest reactions from the non comic readers on the couch, which of course I get that that's the point of the show but the conceit is really revealed through these types of books. And I'm gonna put it out there, I've changed so much in these last 10 years and I can kinda correlate it with my introduction to this awesome group of individuals. Even though my time is more limited I'm doing more reading now than ever before, I've lost 115 lbs over the course of a year and a half and by 2 years it'll be 135! I game more (in fairness I married gaming and exercise via stationary bike highly recommend it the results speak for themselves) I'm writing again and playing music for the first time in years. I'd like to turn my own youtube channel into a small place for people to talk about getting off drugs and getting in shape, as of now it's just where I plop music I've written over the years. Sorry got sidetracked lol but I honestly don't have the time to keep up with the current ongoing and ins and outs of the comic worlds anymore, not like I used to do, so this show and it's sister channel and shows are what inspire me to read what I read. Many thanks as always Sal and company
I'm kinda waiting for the arc where bart becomes the flash, just cause it really shows how unhinged wally can be, like in the return of barry allen we see wally is the origin of thawne's future plans, and we see wally gave inertia such horrible punishment after bart's death
They haven't done it for every movie since Black Widow. And that was below expectations. Plus WHAT book would feature Deadpool , Wolverine, Cassandra Nova and Multiverse. None
Impulse’s backstory could easily be rewritten into an ADHD kid that lazy parents gave a VR headset to… and now the kid has to learn about ethics and morality. That’s a great analogy if you read into it that way.
This artwork is really… Flashy, it Jogs my memory on 90’s artwork, it’s great to look at when I have the Runs after a big Break-Fast… sorry, I was Running out of fast puns lol
Apparently the runner's high is actually real but the only problem is it's very rare for a person to have the genetics to get it like less then 1% or something like that so they're not lying they're just not telling you the whole truth lmao
One of the best Flash comics ever. It's a shame we've gotten 3 Flashpoint adaptations but no Terminal Velocity. Edit: I was thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiis close to coming after you as the world's foremost Linda fan. I get that "She's a hot headed reporter" thing but there's a lot of great, big differences between the two that I'll detail here for anyone interested. A big thing is she wasn't originally a love interest. William Messner-Loebs introduced her as a media member to criticize Wally's previous selfish attitude. He also touched on factors such as women being treated like meat in the workplace and racism (ignoring that awful Lois blackface comic). All before she and Wally ever kissed. She was a solid supporting cast member in her own right for years before they started dating and wasn't designed to even be a love interest like Lois. It just sort of came about. And another big thing is she started dating Wally for Wally. Lois and Clark is, at its core, a love triangle between only two people with Lois who falls in love with Superman, Superman who keeps his distance for a dozen reasons, and "Clark" who reciprocates her love but can't break this illusion he puts up of himself as a bumbling shy guy to keep up his ruse. With Linda and Wally there's no lying, no gaslighting, no years of dancing around the topic. It's a much more honest and open relationship that developed from years of growing mutual respect, as they initially hated each other. As you said in this video, lying to people you love sucks. Anyhow that's my Linda rant, she's great. edit 2: Fun fact, the retcon that Barry is the same lightning bolt that hit himself is not Geoff Johns! It's from Secret Origins Annual #2 by Fleming and Infantino in 1989. Barry's death in Crisis is shown to wrap back around to him blasting back through time as pure energy until he happens to strike himself. The idea being, at the time, the energy Barry was carrying from the Anti Matter Cannon is the origin of the energy that gives him his power (and, ostensibly, Wally who he shares that power with unknowingly). Johns just made it so Barry generated the Speed Force. Which was dumb as all heck and makes no sense, but that's Flash for you. Thankfully they've since undid that bit of retconning. edit 3: hey stop talking trash about my boy Piper :( Literally the first gay hero at DC! Predates that fraud Northstar over at Marvel, and in a book people care about! edit 4: So the thing with the Speed Force is the Speed Force is still there, and he risks getting sucked into it every time he goes faster than light speed. He can still do basically everything but there's always the risk he screws up and gets stuck. It's basically the explanation for why The Flash doesn't just solve every problem in the world -- go too fast, potentially die. But when the chips are down he can risk it because he's still got Linda to come back to. Edit 5: "Why don't you run faster than this heat vision!" Sure thing: imgur.com/a/YVStY9e :D
I know yall don't do a lot of indie stuff but "Localman" from image has been one of my favorites. Would love to see yall talk about some non marvel/DC comics😊
Ahh a sequel I wanted… one of the Flash, one of my all time fave heroes ever. Wally West is awesome and his era was, with some awful art aside, some of the best in 90’s DC.
The obligatory flash episode every half a decade
At this point, we'll get Blitz when Eobard Thawne around the time would be born.
Which is weird seeing how flash is one of dc money makers( what movie there is no movie in dc a ) ( dca is as close as i could get to ba sing say
@@chrisdaily2077😊😊😊
Impulse: "WHY aren't you running? Why aren't you running?!"
Wally: screaming
I read this in the voice of Neil Breen, and now it won't stop 😂
Having ran, I can say that the only high you get from running is at the end when you know you don’t have to run anymore
That tangent about Wally realizing he’s an adult now hit home. 😮
Too real 😅
@@Ducaso had to walk outside and think about my own life.
1:27:19 “I’m Wally East” 😂😂😂😂😂😂 why was there a jump here. Did everyone die laughing at that for 10 minutes. That was absolutely hilarious,
Ethan with the Flash face joke lol😂 and the subsequent reaction is gold like always. Hope you guys never stop making these!
That intro is basically what it feels like to be a Flash fan. *DC Voice* oh, i guess we need to do something with the Flash, too.
RE: Impulse's upbringing making him a sociopath... it kinda did! He gets better as he starts to figure out empathy/prioritizing things outside of how it affects him, but there's literally a scene in his solo comic where he leaves civilians in danger in order to beat up more bad guys, so Max gets on his case about it. When Impulse (who was trained to be a superhero via future immersive VR video games) responds, he says something like "Saving people doesn't score points!" which stuns Max silent and causes a whole dramatic character arc where Impulse is trying to figure out why Max was so mad at him. Which I think is some fascinating characterization for a hero character. I also think his relationship with Wally creates some really interesting parallels with how Barry basically took on Wally as his sidekick on sight, but... that's its own essay.
Love the Flash comics! I totally understand that they are NOT easy to talk about, though, since what makes them interesting tends to be the details that are hard to convey when explaining it aloud. And yeah, the Flash cast has had some... very bizarre treatment from DC editorial.
"No ones stopping you from doing the Serpent Society"
And he was right, considering it was just confirmed that Giancarlo Esposito is playing Sidewinder, the King of the Serpent Society
We see Flash on this channel often enough for it to not be weird, but infrequently enough to still be surprised.
The Flash family can always grow because running becomes slightly less miserable when someone is suffering beside you
I love the Mark Waid Wally West era
Literally saved the character.
Mark Waid's run (pun intended) on The Flash is excellent. My favorite Flash and my favorite Flash writer
"My grandfather already had five kids by my age, but I've barely become an adult"
Wally: Hey Jessie, break a leg!
Jessie: .... What?
Flash book drinking game: take a shot every time Sal says "runs so fast."
Apologies to your liver.
53:50 See, I assumed when I was reading this that it was Weather Wizard. Flash has too many villains who can cause blizzards.
Finally Back Issues is reviewing the 1994 Charlie Sheen classic Terminal Velocity
For a book that’s typically “Guy runs fast”, Waid incorporating allusions and metaphors via story is honestly so refreshing.
OMG Sal, I've been saying this about the editor for years. I'm like, you don't like money. The fans love Wally. Just because you don't doesn't mean a thing. It's about the fans. Make that money. If we love Wally, that's what matters. In other words. SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!!!..LOL
Seeing early Impulse here makes me think about how great the first run on Young Justice was.
My friends couldn't get enough of it! The weird thought balloons on Impulse were inspired!
From The Return of Barry Allen through this arc was peak Flash for me.
I’ve been reading it recently. Really enjoying it. Just remembered I haven’t read an issue in a while, gotta get back to it!
10:18. I’m right with Sal and Ethan, that went right over my head and I’m a Star Trek enthusiast haha. Well played Ben, well played!
Man, Mark Waid’s run on The Flash was the best!
What made me fall in love with The Flash’s character was actually the epilogue to Issue 70 (the conclusion to Gorrilla Warfare). It’s Wally West trapped in a glass elevator as he’s witnessing an assassination attempt on the mayor. He can’t break the glass cause he’d get shredded, he can’t stay sped up forever cause every little movement he makes is heating up the elevator, and he only has a little bit of time left to intercept the bullet before it strikes the mayor.
Seriously, what a brilliant way of utilizing Wally’s powers in a situation that only he could solve.
If you haven’t read that moment, fish out your copy of Mark Waid’s Flash collection (the one featuring The Once and Future Flash) and read that issue (mainly the epilogue, it’s largely detatched from the rest of the Gorilla Warfare story.
Nothing better than already watching an old back issues and seeing a new one uploaded!
So I wanted to let you guys know that I really like your channel. I just got back into comics after 25 years and I find back issues very helpful filling in what I missed in a quarter of a century. Thank you for this.
I also have to say I have never heard the term “machinations” used so much as I have throughout the vast majority of your videos. lol keep up the good work. I enjoy your work very much.
Mark Waid is an excellent Flash writer. Flash Fact. Sure it's an opinion, but still...Flash Fact.
Wally is the best flash fight me
Justice league animated series flash is goated fr
I'm currently in the middle of reading Mark Waids flash run for the first time so this episode is perfect
crossing my fingers for another flash episode by the end of the year
23:50 but Marc is invincible
I hope this episode does well so we can get more Wally West Flash videos on the channel🤞🏿. This was a great episode.
This story probably has my all-time favorite singular triumphant moment in comics (and possibly other mediums too). The audience-cheering feeling of seeing Wally return at the peak climax of the story, bathed in blinding light and kicking ass is just *chef's kiss*
And the story overall really captured in a nutshell why Wally-Flash is my favorite superhero: his character flaws. He grew up as a superhero; it's the only real life he's ever known, and it's given him a certain kind of arrogance and bullheadedness when confronted with certain situations. He's a jackass when he first takes the mantle after Barry's death, but throughout Waid and Geoff Johns' (👉👉) original runs on the book, Wally genuinely matures and changes.
Might be in the minority but I love Flash episodes on Comicpop. I think Flash lore is so fascinating.
Back issues has been on absolute fire these past few, some of the biggest laughs I’ve gotten in a long time in general. This show truly is my favourite Comfort show.
I remember this! Thanks for having fun with it and highlighting its importance!
As someone who likes the old All-Star-Squadron & JSA stuff, even a peek at Jay, Liberty Bell, & Johnny Quick is nice.
ik this video might not be doing well and ik this comment won’t make it do well but i really liked hearing yall talk about it, mark waid flash is incredible
I love Wally & Linda’s relationship. Hell, a few arcs later Mark Waid basically did his own version of One More Day before Joe Quesada did. Except it was actually well written.
You guys should think of doing that story next time you do a flash book. I can see the title of the video now: One More Day, but good.
1:35:27 This rant hits so hard as a Spider-Man fan, every Amazing Spider-man Comic, ever since Nick Lowe and Joe Quesada took editorial control of the spider-man characters and their status quo, from Peter Parker, Mary Jane, and most of all Ben reily
So... about the serpent society... Sal and the crew have premonition abilities... or maybe it is Tiff's mastery of sorcery 😅 love you guys ❤
“I for one welcome our new Dennis overlords!”
Finally, a rare appearence of my favorite DC hero on the couch, Impulsee😋 i'm so pumped to watch this vid
Love that y'all just said"boooones"like 9 times
This was fantastic and Id love to see the current Flash run by Spurrier sometime on the couch
Nice, I recognized this story from when I was just getting into comics. Impulse got my adolescent attention. Thats when me and a friend started a lawn mowing business so I wouldn't have to just stand in the base minimart reading them off the rack 😂
You guys deserve to get 1M plus on every video
23:50 Anyone else think of Mark Grayson, and when he said ‘Invincible’ the title card popped up?
So a s Part 4 of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure moment with Josuke 7:15 😂😂😂
Great episode guys!
Imagine Jesse stayed Flash and Wally actually died. It would've been a giant middle finger to the "Bring Barry Back" crowd, and I love that.
I’m gonna graduate college by the time we get another Green Arrow back issues
Max Mercury wasn’t 100% made up by Waid. He was based on a golden aged Speedster from a different company DC bought, like they bought Captain Marvel. But he was named Quicksilver so Waid had to change his name.
This episode is apply timed, I’m currently rewatching Seasons 1-3 of The Flash right now (I have massive nostalgia for OG seasons).
The main reason I like the Flash is because he is the great example of an “everyman” on the Justice League (specifically the League’s founding members).
I hope ComicPOP does episodes in the Joshua Williamson Flash series at some point in the future. There are some good stories in there.
Love the switch-up. I watch every video, but variety is much appreciated. Maybe Red Hulk soon? Or a Serpent Society story? I bet that will be super dumb/fun.
Thanks for covering this Sal. My library had a small comics section and this was the only Flash comic they had so I read it a dozen times. I was so confused about who Kobra was and assumed they must have been a big deal.
I’m glad they talked about the serpent society before the Captain America trailer dropped lol
Sal's point on running does make me question some mechanics of when the Flash runs. Does it feel like running when Flash goes super speed or is it the same effort as walking? How fast does the Flash need to go to get tired, or even muscle strains? Does he just have infinite stamina thanks to the Speed Force so it feels like he's sprinting everytime he runs?
Has that ever come up before?
I’ve always wondered how running super speed feels for a speedster. Like we know they see slow motion but is it like moving through water or is it effortless, do they take one steps that just launches them or are they doing like the same steps to get to one place we just see them do it faster but it’s not actually any faster for them to run to the store than if they did it normally
The whole reason the Speed Force exists is for you to brush away questions you may have about the logistics of running. Those are questions for someone like Quicksilver.
In a previous issue, Flash #91, that sets up Terminal Velocity Wally notes how as he gets dangerously close to light speed he suddenly starts feeling LESS fatigue, no hunger, no need for sustenance. As you approach lightspeed your body starts to transform into pure energy and you subsist on the Speed Force.
@@DJmouchi777 tbf they brushed away those questions for decades without the Speed Force
I've always had a soft spot for Flash, tried collecting the Mark Waid run in trade but that sixth volume has eluded me. Seeing this on the couch is a wonderful thing
1:46:40 well, don’t leave us hanging, who called?!!
Stay tuned!
The delicious irony is that DC Editorial brought back Hal and Barry because they were making movies and Kyle and Wally were considered too complicated, so that's why they brought back these Silver Age characters, and then both Hal and Barry's movies BOMBED.
im sure this has been mentioned before but the who concept at 28:35 seems like the third season of the CW Flash show with savitar killing Iris
Great episode on back issues on the flash it was really awesome and tons of fun
On the next bicentennial flash episode they should do 1 minute war
Flash: That’s On You, Dude is the perfect name for that arc. Sal you have a gift, my friend.
I hope Jessie gets put in a movie and becomes popular cause her comic appearances boil down to getting set up to be important and then immediately sidelined.
So glad you did this run, this run was my intro to Flash
I think Max Mercury's name might have something to do with speed. Mercury is the Roman name for the Greek god "Hermes", who I think was known for his speed. So that could be the connection there.
And another name for the metal mercury is "Quicksilver"...
Flash-Face is top tier NGL I respect it...
I just adore these episodes of what for the show is off topic and niche because it often illicits some of the funniest reactions from the non comic readers on the couch, which of course I get that that's the point of the show but the conceit is really revealed through these types of books.
And I'm gonna put it out there, I've changed so much in these last 10 years and I can kinda correlate it with my introduction to this awesome group of individuals. Even though my time is more limited I'm doing more reading now than ever before, I've lost 115 lbs over the course of a year and a half and by 2 years it'll be 135! I game more (in fairness I married gaming and exercise via stationary bike highly recommend it the results speak for themselves) I'm writing again and playing music for the first time in years. I'd like to turn my own youtube channel into a small place for people to talk about getting off drugs and getting in shape, as of now it's just where I plop music I've written over the years. Sorry got sidetracked lol but I honestly don't have the time to keep up with the current ongoing and ins and outs of the comic worlds anymore, not like I used to do, so this show and it's sister channel and shows are what inspire me to read what I read. Many thanks as always Sal and company
I'm kinda waiting for the arc where bart becomes the flash, just cause it really shows how unhinged wally can be, like in the return of barry allen we see wally is the origin of thawne's future plans, and we see wally gave inertia such horrible punishment after bart's death
Impulse is a hyperactive kid who had a VR headset
1:18:03 My name is Dennis, and I actually have thought of this. D-Unit!
Oh I remember loving this one. Mark waid at his best
1:10:45 flash face is incredible…. 😂
Kinda thought you guys would do a Deadpool Wolverine book considering there’s a movie out, I thought you did it with every movie?
They haven't done it for every movie since Black Widow. And that was below expectations.
Plus WHAT book would feature Deadpool , Wolverine, Cassandra Nova and Multiverse. None
Wait, is 19:14 why Leviathan named himself Leviathan after he took over Leviathan in Event Leviathan?
So what you're saying, Sal, is Kobra is literally COBRA?
Impulse’s backstory could easily be rewritten into an ADHD kid that lazy parents gave a VR headset to… and now the kid has to learn about ethics and morality.
That’s a great analogy if you read into it that way.
21:02 that’s exactly what they’re doing in Cap 4😂😂
The chillest into to Back Issues ever hehe
I had headphones in so Sal picking up the phone at the end and saying hello scared the shit out of me
This artwork is really… Flashy, it Jogs my memory on 90’s artwork, it’s great to look at when I have the Runs after a big Break-Fast… sorry, I was Running out of fast puns lol
Apparently the runner's high is actually real but the only problem is it's very rare for a person to have the genetics to get it like less then 1% or something like that so they're not lying they're just not telling you the whole truth lmao
One of the best Flash comics ever. It's a shame we've gotten 3 Flashpoint adaptations but no Terminal Velocity.
Edit: I was thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiis close to coming after you as the world's foremost Linda fan. I get that "She's a hot headed reporter" thing but there's a lot of great, big differences between the two that I'll detail here for anyone interested.
A big thing is she wasn't originally a love interest. William Messner-Loebs introduced her as a media member to criticize Wally's previous selfish attitude. He also touched on factors such as women being treated like meat in the workplace and racism (ignoring that awful Lois blackface comic). All before she and Wally ever kissed. She was a solid supporting cast member in her own right for years before they started dating and wasn't designed to even be a love interest like Lois. It just sort of came about.
And another big thing is she started dating Wally for Wally. Lois and Clark is, at its core, a love triangle between only two people with Lois who falls in love with Superman, Superman who keeps his distance for a dozen reasons, and "Clark" who reciprocates her love but can't break this illusion he puts up of himself as a bumbling shy guy to keep up his ruse. With Linda and Wally there's no lying, no gaslighting, no years of dancing around the topic. It's a much more honest and open relationship that developed from years of growing mutual respect, as they initially hated each other. As you said in this video, lying to people you love sucks.
Anyhow that's my Linda rant, she's great.
edit 2: Fun fact, the retcon that Barry is the same lightning bolt that hit himself is not Geoff Johns! It's from Secret Origins Annual #2 by Fleming and Infantino in 1989. Barry's death in Crisis is shown to wrap back around to him blasting back through time as pure energy until he happens to strike himself. The idea being, at the time, the energy Barry was carrying from the Anti Matter Cannon is the origin of the energy that gives him his power (and, ostensibly, Wally who he shares that power with unknowingly).
Johns just made it so Barry generated the Speed Force. Which was dumb as all heck and makes no sense, but that's Flash for you. Thankfully they've since undid that bit of retconning.
edit 3: hey stop talking trash about my boy Piper :( Literally the first gay hero at DC! Predates that fraud Northstar over at Marvel, and in a book people care about!
edit 4: So the thing with the Speed Force is the Speed Force is still there, and he risks getting sucked into it every time he goes faster than light speed. He can still do basically everything but there's always the risk he screws up and gets stuck. It's basically the explanation for why The Flash doesn't just solve every problem in the world -- go too fast, potentially die. But when the chips are down he can risk it because he's still got Linda to come back to.
Edit 5: "Why don't you run faster than this heat vision!" Sure thing: imgur.com/a/YVStY9e
:D
I'm so sick of flash point
I'm speaking as a flash fan yes we love all speedsters I love these eps to hear ur reactions
If I remember correctly, Max tells Johnny that it's not really the equation that gives him the speed. The speed force is actually behind it.
What a fun episode. Might have to take a look at Flash now.
Wally is the best Flash hands down. I was so glad when they turned the comic away from Barry and back to Wally after YEARS of this new 52 Barry stuff.
I wish Barry Allen would remain the main flash
I know yall don't do a lot of indie stuff but "Localman" from image has been one of my favorites. Would love to see yall talk about some non marvel/DC comics😊
Flash by Waid Omnibus vol 2 later this will have this story in it. Can’t wait!
And we have too many people in the Batman Family ..
i hope a deadpool back issues is next 🙏
1:05 New Comicpop Lore
Awesome story, awesome episode!
I love your Flash episodes!
1:10:40 perfect back issues moment
I always loved this Wally west flash storyline it was really amazing and badass.
Ahh a sequel I wanted… one of the Flash, one of my all time fave heroes ever. Wally West is awesome and his era was, with some awful art aside, some of the best in 90’s DC.
as a black guy the "Flash Face" comment was pure gold!! xD
yay!! nice episode! i love the flash. can we get the return of wally west within the next 5 years? couchs gonna love it
A Good Ole Flash Family Adventure Terminal Velocity
Making sure to like and watch to whole episode so you at least feel LESS pressured to do only Batman/Spider-Man episodes 😂
LMAO flash face is crazy 🤣