Flashpoint

[Tron Bonne]

I'm skipping the main mini, but I had to pick up Milligan and Perez doing something with Shade and Amethyst. It...beckoned me.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

http://www.bleedingcool.com/2011/05...-firestorm-before-you-even-knew-he-was-on-it/

And thanks guys for reassuring Aquaman would make the most outrageous field commander out there. I wonder if tomorrow can get #1 JL comic cover, i wanna see Bruce and Flash too! Also gotta remember Batman will also be a JLI member.

Aw, Clevinger's awesome. I would've totally read a Ronnie/Jason Firestorm under him. Maybe Ronnie would've even rediscovered his sense of humor.

 

[TheIncredibleSk]

You should pick it up. First issue was good and im hearing second issue was better.

 

[Tron Bonne]

You should pick it up. First issue was good and im hearing second issue was better.

I may pick up the trade or something. I got the first Flash trade from Johns' run, and I'm thinking about getting the second when it hits later this year. This would be, I guess, a natural progression to have his whole set.

 

[Mystirious]

I'm skipping the main mini, but I had to pick up Milligan and Perez doing something with Shade and Amethyst. It...beckoned me.

It's the only thing about Flashpoint that sounds good

Amethyst is adorable and fun any series with her in it be getting the from me

 

[trustyside-kick]

Huh...what happens to Aqualad 2 Jackson Hyde? All this BD build-up that Johns does and emphasis and then come end of summer all the DCU reboots? Lol. Is Garth not going to exist? Will he simply already be Tempest? The reason I ask this is because if that is the case I have a feeling that if DC wants to keep some characters they focused on lately they would likely do something like "Garth was the first Aqualad and there was a first incarnation of the TT etc etc" but now he is Tempest...so maybe Dick would be Nightwing and not Robin? Also everyone seemed to love the introduction of Jackson and his origins and Johns is one of the big guns moving all of these cogs and BD was his baby too.

All this focus on the Big 7 JLAers, largely 5 of the 7 so far seems to be the focus means that they can only screw with the original TT so much. My guess is that we might see flashback arcs of the original TT team but that the original sidekicks are in their respective "young adult" superhero threads. Except for Wally...that is where my confusion lies because I doubt that to help with new readers that they would start a new DCU with 2 Flashes (not even considering Jay Garrick Flash just Barry and Wally here) if the original TT sidekicks are done in this way.

 

[Anubis]

Who the f**k is Jackson Hyde?

 

[Mystirious]

He's the new Aqualad 'Nubs

 

[trustyside-kick]

Aqualad 2

 

[Anubis]

Eh.

 

[Drz]

Aqualad 2

I hope John just makes Garth tempest or pulls a Young Justice. New characters like Blue Beetle, Lesbian Batwoman and Jackson Hyde are all safe, infact we'll prolly see him in Fabien's Teen Titans.

 

[Assassin]

BLAqualad

 

[Assassin]

i got the buttons!

 

[Drz]

Flashpoint #2 was great! My Aquaman fanboy craves alittle more of Aquaman but hey i know i'm getting it, the main villain of the enemy is taunting our two protagonists and the way Geoff Johns handled Wonder Woman was really good. Liking the design and interrogation scene alot, like yeah that helm is sexy! Thomas Wayne keeps being awesome and yeah it really does seem he is going to die at the end of this to help Barry, i wonder how thats gonna go down? An "epic" battle againts Aquaman and Wonder Woman perhaps? Him just going at them, dying and them giving some melodramatic shout "save us all Barry!" or something? Also i liked Clayface being a pirate. Really reader friendly material too.

Azzarello's Batdad is really good, i love the grumpy old man takes on heroes like Wolverine and Batman, any chance i can read about a grumpy Captain America or Punisher?! I also like how innotive the Wayne casino idea is and it also would make sense, Penguin's role was great and something that could work on a canon universe. I'm still abit curious how Thomas Wayne decides who goes to Arkham and whos killed. Also the **** hits the fan with Abin Sur and Sinestro going againts the Guardians, pew pew!

 

[SouLeSS]

Please tell me I'm not the only guy who was cracking up at that last page of Flashpoint 2.

 

[Drz]

Nope. Geoff Johns knows how to do humour well, this is much better than the constant hamburger jokes he started after the initial hilariousness of "2 hamburgers!"

 

[trustyside-kick]

How is it that people have Flashpoint 2 already when the DC site says it comes out on June 8th?

The reason I didn't pick up my comics at my LCS yesterday was because the site said that on the 8th Issue 2 comes out as well as Emperor Aquaman and my LCS is not necessarily a hassle to get to but traffic is a ***** in Houston and yesterday I didn't wanna deal with it since the book most important to me would be coming out the following week.

 

[yenaled]

Don't go off DC's website go off Diamond.

 

[Motown Marvel]

i hope a year down the line we get an event called "REVERSE FLASHPOINT!". in the story, Zoom finds himself in a situation where he needs barry allen's help, and so he has to reverse everything he did in flashpoint to get at barry. and then everything will be fun and collar free again

 

[Lord Valumart]

Wasn't the blot that hit Barry in the first place himself doing some wibbly-wobbly timey-wimey stuff?

I did like the batcave and Wayne being a grumpy bastard. So far, really good, apart from Cybrog who just doesn't fit for me.

 

[Aesculapius]

I am loving this story so far. They even manage to make... well, I'll put this delicately considering where I am saying it, the characters of Aquaman and Wonder Woman seem interesting to me, when I generally do not find them as such.

Also, Thomas Wayne as a rotten old bastard version of Batman makes the whole thing worthwhile. I plan on picking up the stories released today as well. Really want to see the Wonder Woman story next week.

 

[HighFivingMF]

Wally has a small part in Citizen Cold. FYI.

 

[Timstuff]

Wally has a small part in Citizen Cold. FYI.

Yay... A small part in an issue of what used to be his own comic series. Thanks for that, DC.

 

[HighFivingMF]

Yay... A small part in an issue of what used to be his own comic series. Thanks for that, DC.

Wally used to star in a mini-series tie-in that didn't exist until two days ago?

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Yes. And it was awesome.