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Art and cover by ANDY KUBERT
Variant cover by ANDY KUBERT
Variant cover by IVAN REIS and GEORGE P
Size: 40 pages
Price: 3.99
This review contains spoilers, click here to read
Having acquired my books late today I didn't move this to the top of my stack, "Event book...again...yawn." In fact it was about half way down the stack but when I read it...wow. I was prepared to dismiss it as yet another "man out of time" thing that I've seen before. Legion Quest. Age of Apocalypse. House of M. Been there, done that. But Geoff Johns took that premise and has made it compelling within the CD Universe. As I said I was prepared to ignore this but I was curious so I picked up a copy of #1 just to see what he could do, and I have to admit I was thoroughly impressed and entertained! I'll not only be picking up the series, but all the tie-ins as well if they measure up to the groundwork that Johns' has laid out.
The book opens as advertised, with Barry Allen at his desk sleeping, and when he woke up everything had changed. No Rogues. No Flash. No Super Speed. But more importantly his mother was alive and well, and it was her birthday. Barry tried to run and change into the Flash, but no ring with a costume and no speed, so he fell down the steps. Still the only one aware of the changes. He goes in search of Iris and finds her with another man. He then knows there is one place to get answers. Batman. He Borrows Mom's car, since he has no speed and doesn't own a car, and sets off to see Batman.
Ah, Batman....remember, everything has changed, including Batman.
Gotham City now resembles Atlantic City and there is a big casino with the name "Wayne" in lights above it. And then we see Batman, a lot more violent, he threw a suspect off the roof! And wasn't kidding about it! This Batman is not taking any prisoners. But at the last second the suspect gets caught by Cyborg of the Titans, who's there looking for Batman to enlist him to fight against the Atlanteans and the Amazons. Apparently, here those races are a lot more bloodthirsty and intent on taking over the planet. Cyborg and his group want to stop them. The group his uneasy at best and few leap out and catch your attention, Abin Sur is there in Green Lantern regalia. But the one that iterests me the most was how the Marvel Family, Billy Batson, Mary Marvel and Captain Marvel Jr. (I apologize for not knowing their secret identities) collectively summon Captain Marvel. And this guy was pissed! The image stuck me as a homage to "He-Man" because when Captain Marvel appeared hes was accompanied by a huge Tiger(?) like creature. But Captain Marvel was looking for some payback for the three scars on his face, presumed to be from Wonder Woman. So he was in for the team-up...
But.
Batman said "No".
Once Batman declined it all began to fall apart and Cyborg was left standing all alone...
And so we go back to Barry Allen. He's found Wayne Manor. But as he enters it's looks like its been empty for quite some time. He then finds the opening to the Batcave and goes down the stairs and sees a gun under a glass dome then is suddenly attacked by Batman, and as Barry calls by "Bruce" and tells him who he is, Batman says "Bruce is dead", "I watched him die" Then it hits Barry that this Batman isn't Bruce Wayne....it's Thomas Wayne!! Bruce's dead father! Not here...here everything changes...
That revelation floored me and sucked the air out of the room! I'm in this book completely! The introduction of the other ancillary characters all have me curious, and again if they are fleshed out from what was set up here, I'll be picking up those as well. But for certain I'll be getting the Batman and Shazam ones, I need to see how those play out.
The story was typical Johns, compelling and smooth to read, it was very well paced. His work is so good sometimes is easy to take it for granted. And Andy Kubert on the art was magnificent as well. The layouts of Batman throwing the suspect off the roof is extremely well crafted, I don't like a lot of "flashiness" in my art, just breathe visual depth and life to the words, and Kubert does that and more here. I'm in Flashpoint all the way. Great start and I can't wait for this story to unfold!
The book opens as advertised, with Barry Allen at his desk sleeping, and when he woke up everything had changed. No Rogues. No Flash. No Super Speed. But more importantly his mother was alive and well, and it was her birthday. Barry tried to run and change into the Flash, but no ring with a costume and no speed, so he fell down the steps. Still the only one aware of the changes. He goes in search of Iris and finds her with another man. He then knows there is one place to get answers. Batman. He Borrows Mom's car, since he has no speed and doesn't own a car, and sets off to see Batman.
Ah, Batman....remember, everything has changed, including Batman.
Gotham City now resembles Atlantic City and there is a big casino with the name "Wayne" in lights above it. And then we see Batman, a lot more violent, he threw a suspect off the roof! And wasn't kidding about it! This Batman is not taking any prisoners. But at the last second the suspect gets caught by Cyborg of the Titans, who's there looking for Batman to enlist him to fight against the Atlanteans and the Amazons. Apparently, here those races are a lot more bloodthirsty and intent on taking over the planet. Cyborg and his group want to stop them. The group his uneasy at best and few leap out and catch your attention, Abin Sur is there in Green Lantern regalia. But the one that iterests me the most was how the Marvel Family, Billy Batson, Mary Marvel and Captain Marvel Jr. (I apologize for not knowing their secret identities) collectively summon Captain Marvel. And this guy was pissed! The image stuck me as a homage to "He-Man" because when Captain Marvel appeared hes was accompanied by a huge Tiger(?) like creature. But Captain Marvel was looking for some payback for the three scars on his face, presumed to be from Wonder Woman. So he was in for the team-up...
But.
Batman said "No".
Once Batman declined it all began to fall apart and Cyborg was left standing all alone...
And so we go back to Barry Allen. He's found Wayne Manor. But as he enters it's looks like its been empty for quite some time. He then finds the opening to the Batcave and goes down the stairs and sees a gun under a glass dome then is suddenly attacked by Batman, and as Barry calls by "Bruce" and tells him who he is, Batman says "Bruce is dead", "I watched him die" Then it hits Barry that this Batman isn't Bruce Wayne....it's Thomas Wayne!! Bruce's dead father! Not here...here everything changes...
That revelation floored me and sucked the air out of the room! I'm in this book completely! The introduction of the other ancillary characters all have me curious, and again if they are fleshed out from what was set up here, I'll be picking up those as well. But for certain I'll be getting the Batman and Shazam ones, I need to see how those play out.
The story was typical Johns, compelling and smooth to read, it was very well paced. His work is so good sometimes is easy to take it for granted. And Andy Kubert on the art was magnificent as well. The layouts of Batman throwing the suspect off the roof is extremely well crafted, I don't like a lot of "flashiness" in my art, just breathe visual depth and life to the words, and Kubert does that and more here. I'm in Flashpoint all the way. Great start and I can't wait for this story to unfold!
Story: 5 - Excellent
Art: 4 - Very Good
Art: 4 - Very Good
The Wayne reveal didn’t do it for me probably because I’m not a Bat-Fan, though I was very intrigued by the Atlantis Themyscira war!
I get batman in the mail (and the flash to while it was going) and they are my all time fav DC charecters. Which is why this event apeals to me greatly XD the ending was AWESOME.. I had been thinking about how it would be cool if Bruces dad turned out to be batman and bruce was dead or something of that nature. Never thought it would happen, but it did, and I was happily surprised.