A review by crookedtreehouse
Batman/Flash: The Button by Tom King
2.0
If you're a big fan of Flashpoint or silver age comic tropes, or a casual fan of The Watchmen who would like to see it integrated into the DCU proper, then this is the book for you. It's a crossover that sets up [b:Doomsday Clock The Complete Collection|53787267|Doomsday Clock The Complete Collection|Geoff Johns|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1600744474l/53787267._SY75_.jpg|69079923] and revisits the characters and plot ideas from [b:Flashpoint|11501608|Flashpoint|Geoff Johns|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1507329660l/11501608._SY75_.jpg|16437195] while teasing the involvement of The Watchmen characters.
This multiple history (not universe, they are quick to point out) has Bruce Wayne getting to interact with Alternate History Thomas Wayne, and even has some appearances of Flash rogues and multiple Flashes.
For me, it falls apart with The Cosmic Treadmill. The Cosmic Treadmill is such a ridiculous silver age idea, that The Flash built a treadmill that allows him to travel through time, that it shouldn't be used non-ironically in the 21st century. And you especially shouldn't have human Batman somehow using the treadmill along super speedster The Flash while they travel through time. Bruce is DEFINITELY falling off of that thing right away. I don't care what kind of shape he is in, he's standing on a treadmill where a speedster is running.
There is other general silliness in this book, and I think it will appeal to a variety of readers. I'm just not one of them.
This multiple history (not universe, they are quick to point out) has Bruce Wayne getting to interact with Alternate History Thomas Wayne, and even has some appearances of Flash rogues and multiple Flashes.
For me, it falls apart with The Cosmic Treadmill. The Cosmic Treadmill is such a ridiculous silver age idea, that The Flash built a treadmill that allows him to travel through time, that it shouldn't be used non-ironically in the 21st century. And you especially shouldn't have human Batman somehow using the treadmill along super speedster The Flash while they travel through time. Bruce is DEFINITELY falling off of that thing right away. I don't care what kind of shape he is in, he's standing on a treadmill where a speedster is running.
There is other general silliness in this book, and I think it will appeal to a variety of readers. I'm just not one of them.