To his credit, throughout the early part of his tenure Johns added to the Rogues Gallery, creating some memorable characters and others not so memorable, but none so poor they felt entirely out of place. He recognised early that the most successful way to write the Flash was to pit him against the colourful villains he’d seen off for years. Again, it’s extended a little too far, but that’s not a problem that would recur under Johns. His longest story is his de but, in which Flash is reunited with a conflicted old girlfriend and a cult is murdering anyone Flash has ever rescued. Scott Kolins arriving as artist improves matters considerably, and he draws almost all the remaining material here in imaginative and exciting fashion. His layouts are awkward, his characters posed, and his Flash doesn’t have the slim and lithe body shape of someone who runs a lot, but is instead a musclebound clod with a lantern jaw who’s perpetually either grimacing or standing mouth agape. It lacks the tight pacing Johns would later master, and he’s not helped by the art over the earliest material here.

The opening story runs over four chapters and sees Flash transferred to an alternate reality where he meets several people whose counterparts in Keystone City will become integral to the series. This is well worth considering with the current high prices and a second edition looking increasingly unlikely. Those having heard about the good stuff and tempted should be warned, though, that it took Johns a while to settle in, and it’s only with the final few chapters here that he finally kicks into gear. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.This hardcover volume collects the earliest stages o f what would become an era-defining run on The Flash by writer Geoff Johns, combining what was originally published in book form as Wonderland and Blood Will Run, and gathering a couple of other Flash comics Johns wrote and not previously reprinted. The critically acclaimed adventures of Wally West, the Fastest Man Alive, written by Geoff Johns.

Featuring art by fan-favorites Ethan Van Sciver, Scott Kolins and more! Collects The Flash #164-176, The Flash Iron Heights #1, The flash secret Files #3, The Flash Or Worlds at War #1. Can a powerless Flash defeat Captain Cold and Mirror Master to save the city he loves? Plus, the Flash is shocked to learn that a strange cult is killing all the people he has ever rescued. The first in a series of paperback books that collect all of the best-selling issues of THE FLASH written by best-selling writer and Chief Creative Officer of DC Comics, Geoff Johns! Wally West finds himself without his super speed in a darker, mirror version of Keystone City. Kolins, Scott Unzueta, Angel (illustrator).

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