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THE FLASH #12

• Setting up THE ROGUES as a team as the next major storyline for the series begins!

• GLIDER takes center stage!

Written by Francis Manapul & Brian Buccellato
Art by Francis Manapul
Cover by Francis Manapul
Variant Cover by Francis Manapul

Price: $2.99
iFanboy Community Pick of the Week Percentage: 2.2%

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  1. Avatar photo kingjoeg says:
    August 20, 2012 at 8:55 pm

    yay francis manapul is back, back to back issues with the annual coming out next week. Is manapul doing the all of the art on the annual aswell?

  2. Avatar photo burnsy7 says:
    August 20, 2012 at 9:06 pm

    digging the cover…Even though the last few issues have been “ehh”, overall i’ve been loving this book.

  3. Avatar photo daningotham says:
    August 20, 2012 at 9:13 pm

    Preview…..

    http://geek-news.mtv.com/2012/08/17/exclusive-preview-dc-comics-the-flash-12/

  4. Avatar photo walterwhite says:
    August 20, 2012 at 10:07 pm

    on top until people find out Bat Inc 3 comes out this week

  5. Avatar photo CaseyJustice says:
    August 20, 2012 at 10:53 pm

    This book’s on the chopping block. I want it to be good!

    • Avatar photo pmvaun says:
      August 21, 2012 at 10:53 am

      Same with me. If this issue and the annual don’t turn this book around I am dropping it for Phantom Stranger.

    • Avatar photo kingjoeg says:
      August 21, 2012 at 12:27 pm

      It’s always been close to the chopping block for me, but the great art and the fact that it’s always fun to read always saves it. If the next arc isn’t as interesting as this one then its gone.

    • Avatar photo TexasZombie99 says:
      August 21, 2012 at 8:03 pm

      Kingjoeg: great art and always fun to read sounds like a keeper, not a book to drop.

    • Avatar photo kingjoeg says:
      August 22, 2012 at 11:42 am

      TexasZombie99 – true, but comparing it to Batman or Saga makes it seem average. I really liked this issue however so I think i will be keeping it.

    • Avatar photo kennyg says:
      August 22, 2012 at 5:53 pm

      Agreed. The writing and stories have been really bad the last few issues. Better step it up or off my pull list you will go!

  6. Avatar photo daningotham says:
    August 21, 2012 at 8:34 am

    I am really liking this series. And the artwork is very cool.

  7. Avatar photo adrianrigter says:
    August 21, 2012 at 8:27 pm

    Not on the chopping block for me, but the book has slipped from a 4-5 star book to a 3-4 star book. the visuals are great but the overall story remains flat.

  8. Avatar photo Xajoshua says:
    August 22, 2012 at 1:46 pm

    This issue was a massive improvement from the last few. It highlighted how much the book benefits from Manapul’s art. The story is finally starting to pick up, and it’s nice to see the Rogues all out in the open. Hopefully they are going to move on from “Al the Bartender”. That just felt weird. And it did seem rather strange how they handled Dr. Elias’ character. “No Flash… I don’t hate you… it was all some sort of social experiment…But I don’t like you either…”. Odd, given how chummy they were in the first issues.

  9. Avatar photo MattDoobie says:
    August 22, 2012 at 5:42 pm

    This book had been on the chopping block since issue 1, I kept buying them until last issue because art wise it is one of DC’s best. Sadly, it was also the most boring book on my pull list, I’ll miss Manapul but not because of his writting skills!

  10. Avatar photo adrianrigter says:
    August 22, 2012 at 7:27 pm

    Lovvved this. Best issue since #7. My surprise PotW.

  11. Avatar photo daningotham says:
    August 22, 2012 at 10:36 pm

    I loved this issue as well. The title has really improved since the Mob Rule storyline in the first few issues. I really can’t wait to read the Annual next week now. I’m surprised this has so many negative comments being as it has the 2nd most pulls this week.

    • Avatar photo PerplexedDCreader says:
      August 23, 2012 at 3:53 am

      I’m guessing this was a lot better if you actually knew who the Rogues were and the significance of what was happening. As someone who has no experience with them I found it a little flat. It was interesting but little more.

    • Avatar photo daningotham says:
      August 23, 2012 at 9:39 am

      I’m still kind of learning about them too. I never read the Flash until the new 52 started.

    • Avatar photo camerlane says:
      August 24, 2012 at 12:59 am

      @perplexeddcreader It is a great benefit to know who the rogues are before hand and they definitely deserve some looking into if you are interested. Rogues’ Revenge is one of the best things to come out of Final Crisis and they are my favorite super villain team in comics, or in general, because where else is there a super villain team?

  12. Avatar photo mikegraham6 says:
    August 22, 2012 at 10:38 pm

    Best part of this issue: the cameos by Locke, Sawyer, Juliet, Michael and Walt from LOST!

  13. Avatar photo CaseyJustice says:
    August 23, 2012 at 10:47 am

    Definitely better than the last few issues, and the return of Manapul on art doesn’t hurt, but the writing is still off for me. Issues are too cluttered and unfocused, throwing elements in randomly rather then weaving a story with them. There was a lot of good stuff in here, but much of it was lost in the shuffle. Pretty, though.

    Also, and this has been bugging me: Did the Flash just LEAVE A BUNCH OF PEOPLE STRANDED IN THE SPEED FORCE 6 issues ago? Including Iris? And he hasn’t, like, TRIED to get them out, even after seeing what prolonged exposure to the Force did to Turbine? What a dick!

    • Kmanifesto says:
      August 23, 2012 at 4:17 pm

      Same here…I kept thinking that the stranded peeps in issue #6 would be resolved, but I think it can be attributed to to ‘Young Writers Syndrome’.

      My first red flag in regards to YWS, was how quickly The Flash and Dr. Elias ‘hit it off’. To the point where Dr. Elias had The Flash running on the cosmic treadmill in issue #2 without much lead up.

    • Avatar photo hanson724 says:
      August 23, 2012 at 9:40 pm

      I was wondering the same thing. Seems like a big thread to leave hanging out there.He doesn’t even think about Iris and and the others . Agreed … What a dick

  14. Avatar photo psynetrix says:
    August 23, 2012 at 9:00 pm

    I was happy to see Manapul and Buccellato back for art duties with this issue, since it was loaded with Rogues. I also loved seeing [Golden] Glider again, she brings memories from my childhood reading the old silver age books. Too bad DC decided to cram the plot, though; I would have liked to see a solo Pied Piper issue.

    Please check my mini-review of The Flash #12 here:

    http://bit.ly/P5vxh8

    Comments and feedback are always welcome!

  15. Avatar photo Rbigley says:
    August 24, 2012 at 12:08 pm

    The promise of the first few issues has dwindled. Boy since #5 is has been spinning its wheels. ready to give up on it.

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