Flash Rebirth #1 (OF 5)

This is the first issue of a Flash comic I have ever bought or read. Considering I loved Green Lantern: Rebirth I was really excited for this book, and wanted to get in at the start assuming of course that Johns or some other top tier talent will be working on a Flash on-going once this finishes up. Probably my biggest surprise upon first finishing the book was how little of Barry Allen there was in it. After starting up with a murder we see how other members of the Flash family are reacting to Barry's unexpected return. I knew about Jay and Wally a bit from reading other books, but I was not familiar with Bart at all. In just one page Johns does a pretty solid job of helping me get accustomed to the character. Luckily for me the main scenes featuring Barry also feature Green Lantern Hal Jordan who as mentioned had a Rebirth of his own. Their interaction here is awesome and has definitely made me want to seek out old stories involving the two of them. Unlike everyone else Barry isn't celebrating his return, but expresses to Hal his concern about why he has come back and how long his return will last. I don't know too much about Barry Allen, but to me this type of characterization made perfect sense. The only thing I am still kind of confused about is the Speed Force itself, so hopefully Johns delves into that a little bit more in the next issue. The real mystery of this whole story arc doesn't kick in until the end of the issue, but I won't ruin that for you. Not much to say about Van Sciver's art, it is fucking amazing.