mruddock27's review
2.0
With only being introduced to the comic book worlds of Marvel and DC only a year or so ago, I spent most of my time getting up-to-date on on the more "mainstream" characters. Batman, Superman, X-Men and some other various titles were in my hands and read within days. With most of their best stories already on my bookshelf, I decided to go for a lesser character in the DC universe, The Flash.
Hearing that Geoff John's run in the early 2000's on the Flash was impeccable, I decided to pony up for the omnibus' that DC was printing.
The first few story arcs were okay. Nothing too special and nothing that would ultimately stick with me after finishing this book. The artwork is average and the plots were obvious with only one twist that I couldn't see coming from a mile away.
Then came the one issue that took this book from a 1* to a 2*. Iron Heights, illustrated by Ethan Van Sciver. Dark and gritty, this takes the reader through a dark and mysterious prison that has been infected by a mysterious pathogen and of course, only Wally West can save the day! If this were a standalone issue in my collection, it would of been 5*.
I was about 3/4 through the entire tome when I got to the arc "Time On Target" where a war vetern in a coma becomes a huge god-like persona known as The Black Racer.
Okay, cool, whatever. He looks like a giant knight with a huge staff and weird looking boots.
Except those aren't boots... they're skis.
Yeah, I've had enough of this book, too bad I bought the 2nd omnibus. I'm praying to the Comic Book God that it's better.
2/5 stars
Hearing that Geoff John's run in the early 2000's on the Flash was impeccable, I decided to pony up for the omnibus' that DC was printing.
The first few story arcs were okay. Nothing too special and nothing that would ultimately stick with me after finishing this book. The artwork is average and the plots were obvious with only one twist that I couldn't see coming from a mile away.
Then came the one issue that took this book from a 1* to a 2*. Iron Heights, illustrated by Ethan Van Sciver. Dark and gritty, this takes the reader through a dark and mysterious prison that has been infected by a mysterious pathogen and of course, only Wally West can save the day! If this were a standalone issue in my collection, it would of been 5*.
I was about 3/4 through the entire tome when I got to the arc "Time On Target" where a war vetern in a coma becomes a huge god-like persona known as The Black Racer.
Okay, cool, whatever. He looks like a giant knight with a huge staff and weird looking boots.
Except those aren't boots... they're skis.
Yeah, I've had enough of this book, too bad I bought the 2nd omnibus. I'm praying to the Comic Book God that it's better.
2/5 stars
depreydeprey's review
4.0
I think of Johns run on The Flash as one of my favorite in all of comics but going back to the beginning it really takes a while for Johns to find his way which keeps this from being a 5 star review. That said, once we get past the clunky "Lightning" story arch and Scott Kolins takes over artistically the series took on the emotional weight and overall quality I remember from the early part of the century and it is fun to watch Johns become the writer I think of so fondly.
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