Which Flash run was better: Waid or Johns?

[Götterdämmerung]

Bates' tenure on THE FLASH also represents the final run of the title before the era of the inane Barry/Wally divide engendered by Barry's unnecessary death in CRISIS and subsequent replacement by Wally.

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My recent (mostly fun) initiation into the world of Flash has definitely been a somewhat confused on. Reading "Rebirth"...it can be at times frustratingly hard to keep track of the Flashes, and I can't help but wonder if overall this part of the Universe could do with some uncluttering.

[BohemiaDrinker]

My recent (mostly fun) initiation into the world of Flash has definitely been a somewhat confused on. Reading "Rebirth"...it can be at times frustratingly hard to keep track of the Flashes, and I can't help but wonder if overall this part of the Universe could do with some uncluttering.

That's because Rebirth does a terrible job at this (or pretty much everything else).

Go Waid, than Johns first run, then (if you must) Rebirth. But I'd say, skip to Manapul/Buccelato new 52 run.

[Götterdämmerung]

That's because Rebirth does a terrible job at this (or pretty much everything else).

Go Waid, than Johns first run, then (if you must) Rebirth. But I'd say, skip to Manapul/Buccelato new 52 run.

Picked these up today:



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[Buried Alien]

There's a good, classic recap of Barry Allen's Flash career (Post-COIE perspective, though Pre-REBIRTH) in the curiously overlooked LIFE STORY OF THE FLASH (by Mark Waid, though "Iris Allen" got the fictitious byline) from 1997. It covers very little new ground, but is a good primer for Barry's Silver/Bronze Age career as the Flash if it isn't practical to collect the entire Silver and Bronze Age run. In many ways, LIFE STORY is the definitive single-volume work on the life, career, and personality of Barry Allen, at least before REBIRTH rewrote his story.

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[Götterdämmerung]

I finished Rebirth today. The art was excellent imo, the story...I'm still a little confused. I did like Johns' early run.

[MajorHoy]

Bates' tenure on THE FLASH also represents the final run of the title before the era of the inane Barry/Wally divide engendered by Barry's unnecessary death in CRISIS and subsequent replacement by Wally.

I don't know if I'd say it was really "unnecessary". Barry's story had become a bit out-of-touch towards the end of his original run, and his death was a symbolic one, since it was Barry who, to many, signified the start of the Silver Age and who was the first to encounter the Multiverse with Flash of Two Worlds. I think his death was very signifigant that way, and it was another of those MAJOR deaths showing that CoIE was indeed a truly different story (at least at that period of time).
And the introduction of Wally as his legacy replacement was also a significant move to show how the new post-CoIE DC Universe was different. He was carrying on a mantle, not just a new face using an old name for copyright protection or something like that.

[The Whovian]

Picked these up today:



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Great books!

[Götterdämmerung]

Great books!

Really psyched to read them. I picked these up, too.

The Flash Vol 2 # 136-159


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[JediMindTrick]

I voted for Johns but you can't go wrong with either: excellent stories involving the real Wally West who as far as I'm concerned is the one true Flash.

[The Whovian]

Really psyched to read them. I picked these up, too.

The Flash Vol 2 # 136-159


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Sweet! Really cool comics

[Götterdämmerung]

I just started reading #95 with Waid and LaRocca and immediately I'm smiling and loving this ride. You were all sooo right. Many thanks, I know where to come when I need reccomendations.

[The Whovian]

I just started reading #95 with Waid and LaRocca and immediately I'm smiling and loving this ride. You were all sooo right. Many thanks, I know where to come when I need reccomendations.

You're welcome

[Götterdämmerung]

You're welcome

You rule, dude.

I'm seriously thinking about picking this one up:

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[The Whovian]

You rule, dude.

I'm seriously thinking about picking this one up:

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They're all good. Pick up the Dark Flash saga and Chain Lightning too if you can

[Buried Alien]

...

I *insist* (as far as I can on the Internet) that you find and acquire one of these, if possible:





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