Tag: The Flash
Why I’m Excited: CW’s Elseworlds Crossover
Superman: Red Son, Kingdom Come, Gotham by Gaslight; over the years, DC comics has become well known for the very popular “Elseworlds” titles: one-off stories that envision the company’s most popular heroes in bold new ways. So when the CW announced that their crossover for this ...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Flash – Season 5, Episode 6 “The Icicle Cometh”
The lineage theme that has permeated season 5 of The Flash once again comes to the fore in “The Icicle Cometh,” a lower-key episode that’s more about character development than superhero action. While Caitlin’s subplot takes center stage, more is still revealed about Cicada, and Nora’s rel...
Read MoreFriday Flash Facts: Flashes in Crisis
andrewrodriguez | Nov 16, 2018 | 0
There is a prevailing phrase known among DC Comics fans for what seems like decades now: “You can’t have a Crisis without a Flash.” Since the series’ first season on the CW network, The Flash has been hinting towards a truly apocalyptic event dwarfing anything that has preceded it. This even...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Flash – Season 5, Episode 5 “All Doll’d Up”
andrewrodriguez | Nov 15, 2018 | 0
*Spoilers* “All Doll’d Up,” this week’s episode of The Flash, is a family affair, centering around Barry and Iris being at odds with their daughter, Nora, after the prior episode’s revelation of Iris using a power inhibitor on her in the future. Nora’s anger was only stoked f...
Read MoreFriday Flash Facts: The Speed Force’s Importance to the Multiverse
andrewrodriguez | Nov 2, 2018 | 0
In a prior Flash Facts discussion, we talked about the origins of the speedster-power-gifting energies known as the Speed Force. We also mulled over some other related topics where the Speed Force is concerned. such as some of the various powers it may bestow upon those who tap into its mystical ene...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Flash – Season 5, Episode 4 “News Flash”
andrewrodriguez | Nov 1, 2018 | 0
The Flash changes course in the fourth episode of this season, “News Flash.” From a “villain-of-the-week” perspective, it feels like your average, “person with a pre-existing penchant for being a jerk (or insert female-specific equivalent thereof) gets ahold of some metahuman power...
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