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The Flash (Rebirth) issue 19 – Sins of the father

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Eobard DCU Rebirth Pt 1

Ok so this issue is basically the end of one arc and the set up for the return of Eobard Thawne (aka the Reverse Flash/Professor Zoom) during a cross over with Batman comics. So this review is going to be short as the Eobard component of this comic is short.

Barry Allen (aka The Flash) and Wally West 2 (aka Kid Flash) are on an adventure with George “Digger” Harkness, the rogue commonly known as Captain Boomerang. After some fighting with other bad guys Wally finally gets a calm moment with Digger to ask him questions. Wally wants to know about Daniel West (aka Reverse Flash) because he was in the Suicide Squad with Digger. Digger doesn’t want to talk about it but on finding out he is Wally’s dad he decided to tell him.

Digger explains that Daniel West is dead, killed when he tried to save a bunch of innocent people from an explosion whilst on a mission. Wally is understandably distraught and runs off. Barry pursues him and they have a heart to heart chat. Feeling that it is the right time, Barry finally reveals to Wally that he is the Flash. However that doesn’t go too well as despite hugs, Wally calls Barry out for lying and runs off.

Meanwhile, in Iron Heights Penitentiary, there is a lightning strike in Eobard’s cell that destroys everything. Standing amongst the wreckage is Eobard Thawne, but not N52 Professor Zoom (silver hair, black and yellow outfit with red diamond logo). This time it is old school pre-flashpoint Eobard and we know this cause he says he remembers being killed by Thomas Wayne. I haven’t reviewed Flashpoint yet as I was trying to review everything in order, but I wanted to keep up with the modern stuff too. Anyway, I have no idea what happened to N52 Eo. Were they combined into one Eo or was he destroyed? I did like the N52 outfit though but it is good to see old Eo back and full of malevolence.

The Flash Issue 225 – Green Lantern, Master criminal of the 25th century

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This is a full length review detailing the plot of the below comic, all spoilers!

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     This issue starts with Barry Allen and Iris at the cinema when suddenly a giant rampant horse monster charges in and destroys the building. Barry becomes the Flash and saves the day but can’t stop the horse creature. So he send out a distress signal and Hal Jordan, a.k.a. Green Lantern, turns up to help.
     He can’t stop it either but they do find a clue, its collar says it is a Syntho-Steed, created in the 25th Century. So the pair travel to the future and find a race course that has a steed missing.
     What they find is that horses don’t exist in the 25th century, however they wanted something to race. A convict offered to create a racing creature from his workshop behind bars, a convict named Eobard Thawne.
     Who the hell thought it was a good idea to give Eobard access to a genetics lab whilst in prison? I do have some serious concerns about future prison, especially as this project was so loved by the public that they gave Eobard a full pardon and released him. So Barry and Hal go to find Eobard who is living it up, wearing an outfit that Jareth from Labyrinth would be proud of.

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     Eobard agrees to help out by going back to 1973 and taming the steed, but in exchange he wants a sculpture. The sculpture however is not for sale and so Green Lantern will have to steal it. I do love how Eobard keeps stealing artworks. Green Lantern agrees as there is no choice and then power beams the speedsters back to the 70’s. I never knew that the Green Lantern ring had time travel powers….
     So Green Lantern goes to steal the wings, only to be stopped by another Green Lantern, the future protector of the sector. However, Hal manages to outwit this newbie and flies off with the statue only to be power beamed in the back!

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     Meanwhile Barry and Eobard get back to 1973 just in time as the steed is about to trample a town. They go to attack it but the steed has some sort of field that prevents their powers working properly, leaving both speedsters running in circles.
     Barry has a eureka moment and works out that by vibrating together they might be able to take it on (yeah, I have no idea where the logic is there). This bonds the two speedsters together temporally back to back so they can both use their speed to be even faster.
     The plan works and it isn’t long before they’ve knocked the steed down. As it is an artificial creature Eobard admits that it will melt under great heat and so they vibrate and stomp their feet until the creature dissolves.
     All the while we are privy to Eobard’s thoughts revealing that this whole thing was a set up and he sent the rampaging steed back in time.

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     Hal returns with the wings but upon handing them over they dissolve as well, causing Eobard to both curse and blurt out that they had ruined all the hard work he put into the scheme. He manages to stop himself mid confession and tries to run off but Barry pursues him.
     Barry catches him and strips him of his outfit, robbing him of his powers (as they come from his suit still at this point). Barry knocks him out and drags him back to future jail.

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     In the end it turns out that the sculpture didn’t survive time travel with Hal cause it was yellow and he couldn’t protect it. Hal survived as he had programmed his ring to teleport him to Barry if he got hit by a power beam. They agree to replace the sculpture with some 20th century art and all is good again.

Review: LoT S2/Ep 11

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Turncoat

  • Micks opening was good. He is swiftly becoming one of my favourite characters. He is just so good in this episode.
  • Ok, so most of my understanding of this period of American History comes from watching Sleepy Hollow so I guess I don’t really understand all the importance/connotations (they don’t teach that in school here). Silly hat wigs though.
  • Eobard is just so perfectly, cheerfully lacking in morals and I love it. Bouncy murder puppy 🙂 And what he did to Rip says a lot about how he sees other people as ‘useful’ and not necessarily ‘people’, specially when pursuing his own goals.
  • Evil Rip is great. He makes such a good bad guy.
  • Sara! I was worried as I just love her character so much. Even when dying she still does what is best for the team.
  • Nice to see Jax step up. Setting traps and thinking smart, I’m really impressed with his character development.
  • Actually I have noticed the whole team being much smarter in the last few episodes. Its nice to see.
  • Amaya and Nate…. Oh gods, I was just so confused. Why? Why even put that in? Amaya and Mick, yes I can understand, but Nate? Totally out of the blue. Also, considering they had sex in that tent what about contraception? I doubt she is using modern birth control and does Nate just keep condoms in the pocket of his historical costumes when on missions? Yeah, thought not.
  • How did the rat get on the ship? And how did Gideon not notice, fry it, tell them etc. I don’t know, it seems odd but fine, plot device.
  • I’d rather have more Eo than the Nate/Amaya plot. I want to see what the Legion of Doom do for Christmas. That would be awesome.

Review: LoT S2/Ep 10

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Legion of Doom!!
(I was so stoked for this episode and was not disapointed)

The episode in general:
     Loved it. I thought it was good, nicely done, well shot and just what we wanted. More villain perspective episodes would be appreciated. Fans want to see what the villains do in their down time.

The Legion:
     It was great to see how Malcom was recruited and the look on Damian’s face when he finds out he was Ra’s is priceless. Their secret lair has the most wonderful weapons rack because no evil hideout is complete without one.
     Damian and Malcolm both don’t like being minions and yet bitch about who is the best minion. I love it. They do look like they are going to kiss at points though.
     The progression from infighting to working together is really nicely done, even if facilitated by Rip/Phil (it’s great that he messes with them even without his memories). Malcolm is a smart bunny, asking the right questions about Eo disappearing and needing them. His sensibility is a good counter to just how kill happy Damian is.
     As for Eobard, I loved his arc in this episode. It was interesting to see there being a really good reason for what he was doing and why he needed others. Nice to see the return of Hunter/Black Flash. Eobard being forced into being chill and accepting help was just awesome. Though his face for not using the SpeedForce was priceless, totally ‘does not compute’.
     It was great the Legion got their power struggle sorted out *hugs all round*. So Eobard is going to use the spear to resurrect Eddie and be reinstated in history.
     Oh and just how gleeful Eobard looks at wanting to reprogram
Rip’s brain is both terrifying and awesome. Willing to do anything to achieve his personal goals is something that they set up in the first season of the Flash and it does seem to be his overriding character trait. Ends justify the means and all that.

The Legends:
     The Legends team are smarter than usual this episode and I do hope that continues. The plot with Lily I didn’t really care for tbh. Also is there proof that she is an aberration caused by Stein and not just one of the many changes caused by Barry’s Flashpoint?

Problems:

  • GIDEON who can read alternate timelines can’t see all possible speedsters? All speedsters they know about are dead? Maybe call Barry?
  • The future vault is speedster proof? Eobard can’t just phase through the wall? Ok, whatever.