The Flash #21

The Flash #21 

Francis Manapul: co-writer and artist
Brian Buccellato: co-writer and colorist

Solicitation & Preview

Review
Oh, I see what you did there - calling Kid Flash so damn "impulsive."

Har. Har. Har.

Quick issue recap - two people run around for an entire issue doing nothing while the big bad Reverse Flash comes in for a page or two and kills someone.

I feel like the issue ends in the same way it started - not knowing much more about anything. Flash evens admits in the first few pages that he knows Kid Flash isn't responsible for the killings. So then why chase after him? Flash says that he knows Kid Flash is hiding something, and that his police instinct is telling him so.

Let me tell you a little something - police instinct only works in Hollywood and works of fiction. Strangely enough, it doesn't really do much to reveal more about Kid Flash if you haven't already been reading Teen Titans.

There was a lot of talk about Kid Flash taking Flash's name without asking in this issue. But no other reason was given for why he took it. Just for Flash to "get over it." Is that a message to fans? Maybe, maybe not, but I would have to really think hard about why Kid Flash didn't call himself Flash and why did he put the title "Kid" in there as well.

That "conversation" between the Flashs (Flashi?) take up a majority of the issue. We then are surprised to see some pages devoted to some subplot that feels like it has been building at a snail's pace with Daniel West. Iris gets a mention. And then we are treated to more murders on the part of Reverse Flash.

Here is a stat for you - the guest star in this issue had more pages and time to show his character in this one issue than Reverse Flash has had in the past three issues he has appeared in. So when I wonder what the problem is with this book, I will point to that at first.

Grades
Words: 3/10
Pictures: 5/10
General Feeling After Reading: Disappointment.
Buy Next Issue: Regrettably so.