You want to introduce someone to the wondrous world of the Flash, but you can only choose 7 stories, arcs, books or trades to introduce to them. What do you choose?
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08-14-2019, 07:19 AM #1Astonishing Member
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The Flash - If You Had To Choose 7
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08-14-2019, 07:28 AM #2Mighty Member
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The Flash Year One by Waid
The Return of Barry Allen by Waid
Terminal Velocity by Waid
Race Against Time by Waid
Chain Lightning & The Dark Flash Saga by Waid
Flash #20 by Messener-Loeb - This is one of my all time favorite single issues
Flash #54 by Messener-Loeb
These are pretty much my favorite Flash stories AND I think are the perfect representation of who the Flash is. Especially Flash #0 which is included in the Terminal Velocity collection.
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08-14-2019, 12:26 PM #3Fantastic Member
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1. Flash by Mark Waid Book Two - Return of Barry Allen
2. Flash by Mark Waid Book Four - Terminal Velocity
3. Flash by Geoff Johns Book Three
4. Flash by Geoff Johns Book Five
5. Flash vol. 1 275-285, the Death of Iris Allen
6. Flash by Morrison/Millar
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08-14-2019, 12:57 PM #4The Fastest Post Alive!
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1. GOLDEN AGE FLASH ARCHIVES, Vol. 1
2. (SILVER AGE) FLASH ARCHIVES, Vol. 1
3. LIFE STORY OF THE FLASH
4. CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS # 8
5. FLASH: BORN TO RUN
6. THE RETURN OF BARRY ALLEN
7. FINAL CRISIS
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First CBR Appearance (Historical): November, 1996
First CBR Appearance (Modern): April, 2014
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08-14-2019, 08:31 PM #5Constable of Continuity
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Flash by Mark Waid
Flash by Cary Bates
Flash by Geoff Johns
Flash: Rebirth
Flashpoint
Flash by Moessner-Loebs
Flash by Josh WilliamsonPull List: Detective Comics, Batman, Flash, Justice League, Future State
The government wants the truth. I want the truth. And one way or another, we're all going to get it
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08-15-2019, 02:18 AM #6Astonishing Member
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Jay Garrick:
Flash 134- A day In the Life of The Flash
Flash 161- Honeymoon in Vegas
Wonder Woman 130-133
Wally:
Return of Barry Allen
Terminal Velocity
Savitar Arc
Black Flash SagaAKA FlashFreak
Favorite Characters:
DC: The Flash (Jay & Wally), Starman- Jack Knight, Stargirl, & Shazam!.
MARVEL: Daredevil, Spider-Man (Peter Parker), & Doctor Strange.
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08-15-2019, 05:33 AM #7(Formerly ilash)
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Flash and Green Lantern: The Brave and the Bold
JLA: Year One
Born to Run
Return of Barry Allen
Terminal Velocity
Dead Heat
A Day in the Life of the Flash
I feel like I should probably put one of Johns' stories in there but I haven't read any in years so I'm not sure how they hold up. Well, I did reread Rogue War fairly recently and I didn't like it much at all...
And I'm really torn that I couldn't find space for Loebs' brilliant one shot of Wally saving the woman after they're both ejected from a plane mid-flight (#54, I believe).
Barry Allen definitely needed to be represented so I included what is, by a million miles, the two books that best represent the character to me, even if one is technically a JLA story.Check out my blog, Because Everyone Else Has One, for my regularly updated movie reviews.
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08-15-2019, 07:58 PM #8The Spirits of Vengeance
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1. The Flash of Two Worlds!
2. 1981--A Flash Odyssey
3. The Good--The Bad--and the Beautiful
4. How Do You Kill a Legend?
5. The Trial of the Flash
6. Crisis on Infinite Earths
7. The Brave and the Bold (Waid/Kitson)Last edited by K7P5V; 08-15-2019 at 10:36 PM. Reason: Made an addition.
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08-16-2019, 02:44 AM #9Three Legged Member
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Flash #123 (Flash of Two Worlds)
Flash #0
Flash #54 (Nobody Dies)
Flash #62-65 (Year One)
Flash #73-79 (Return of Barry Allen)
Flash #92-100 (Reckless Youth/Terminal Velocity)
Flash #134 (Still Life in the Fast Lane)
Covers all bases, Jay, Barry, Wally and Bart plus a little Max and Jesse for good measure!"My name is Wally West. I'm the fastest man alive!"
I'll try being nicer if you try being smarter.
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08-16-2019, 03:56 AM #10Astonishing Member
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Nice selection!
Originally Posted by married guy
AKA FlashFreak
Favorite Characters:
DC: The Flash (Jay & Wally), Starman- Jack Knight, Stargirl, & Shazam!.
MARVEL: Daredevil, Spider-Man (Peter Parker), & Doctor Strange.
Current Pulls: Not a thing!
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08-16-2019, 07:29 AM #11Fantastic Member
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Secret Origins Annual 2
Flash of Two Worlds
Flash 275 - 284 (Death of Iris)
Return of Barry Allen
Dead Heat
Flashpoint
Flash War
Tried to hit as many eras of the book as I could in my list. That Secret Origins annual is still the definitive Barry origin to me.
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08-23-2019, 05:51 AM #12Astonishing Member
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It matters to me that all eras are represented, so if I only had 7--
I'd start with the GOLDEN AGE FLASH ARCHIVES so you get the very first Flash stories from 1940-41.
Then I'd move onto Barry and THE FLASH: THE SILVER AGE, Vol. 1 to get the earliest stories of the current and best known Flash from 1956-60.
From then I'd want to space them out pretty evenly so what could we do from the following periods?
The late 60s
The early 80s
The mid 90s
The mid 2000s
The late 2010s
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