Ragtime

The Lord of Retcons is going a little too far this time.  This is the guy with the time travelling treadmill.  He'd go back in time for anything, like if he forgot to record Cosby on his VCR.  Suddenly, it occurs to him that an unsolved tragedy involving his parents past is worth exploring?

 Bart appeared in several panels of Legion, unexplained, in a different century.  Not saying he can't get from there to here, or that its Johns's fault that Legion is late, but it definitely detracted from my reading experience. 

You are a comics fan.  Please re-adjust your Botherometer appropriately. 

I will admit, however, "We're gonna need more Rogues" was pretty great.

Oh, c'mon!  Were you not bothered by any of: (a) Story: We are just now learning of the horrible murder in Barry Allen's past that has gone heretofore unmentioned?; (b) Continuity: Bart? or (c) Art: Iris Allen and Linda Park are apparently the same age now?

Of course, that's not all any one person's fault, but this issue didn't do it for me at all.  Too many "Huh?"s.  In terms of "don't need to know anything," it sure as heck helps to know who Savitar was, (not to mention Chyre, and pretty much the entire Johns Flash run.)  How old is Chyre supposed to be, by the way?  Did he also babysit Jay Garrick when Jay was a toddler?

I'm not sure what that really changes, though.  They are still only a few minutes away at Super-speed. 

Also, there wasn't a good Science-fictiony explanation for how that happened.  Superman can't make planets out of nothing.  Why can Supermom?