Story by Francis Manapul & Brian Buccellato
Art by Francis Manapul
The Solicitation
Struggling with the climactic aftermath of his battle with Mob Rule last issue, The Flash must solve a murder mystery that dates back 150 years! Is this case too cold even for Barry Allen? Also: Learn the origins of Central and Keystone City!
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The Story
Captain Cold goes all sleeveless bad ass on our boy Barry. Yee, haw!
Here we go with the skipping of time back and forth. I am beginning to dislike this certain story telling device. I know it has become popular lately, but I've seen it enough times to know when someone has a story that could fit it and when it doesn't. While I can't really come up with a way right now of how this story could have been handled different, I am surprised that this one actually fits better than most who use it.
Basically, in a linear fashion, Captain Cold finds out that the blackout that Flash caused (but didn't actually cause it) has set the city back "forty years." Yea, OK. Either way, whatever was keeping Captain Cold's sister alive isn't working now, and Cold decides that he will go after the Flash. He does so by attacking some cruise ships to bring the Flash out, and those ships happen to have Barry, Patty, and Iris on them. Oh comic book coincidences!
Flash is still dealing with his powers apparently ripping apart the space time continuum. The scientist guy builds not a cosmic treadmill (which is HUGE), but he also builds a device that lets the Flash know when his energy levels get too high and he is about to rip apart time.
A fight happens. Tensions rise. Its OK. Its not super spectacular, but its better in its story telling than previous issues. Can't complain but I'm not all yippee-skippy-hoorah on this either. Captain Cold got redone so he doesn't need his cold guns, instead he is just showing his guns (har har har).
The Art
Manapul does good here. I don't have much to complain about but I'm also not over joyous about some things. Its Manapul being Manapul on art, and while its going to be enjoyable, I just wish that there was a story teller giving more direction with this. I've seen Manapul draw some Geoff Johns' Flash books and I was tremendously impressed with the job that was done.
The Cover
I like it. Nice contrast of colors, let's you know what is going on inside. Anyone with some history of the Cold character will pick it up. Standard superhero flare, but with some thought put into the design.
Grades
Words: 7/10
Pictures: 7/10
Recommend: You get caught up to speed from the previous issues if you missed them. Its worth a try to check in and see how the new Flash is in the 52 world if you haven't caught it before.
Buy Next Issue: I'll pop for it.
Previous Issues
Flash #5
Flash #4
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