"Flash" Writer Williamson Wants to Use 'Every Piece of the Mythology' for Rebirth

[CBR News]

Joshua Williamson has big plans for "Flash" and the newly DC-exclusive writer tells CBR why he's saving the Rogues and Gorilla Grodd for later.


Full article here.

[Rakzo]

Cool! Williamson's ideas are sound and I really like the direction so far.

The art also looks quite good. Promising.

[Frontier]

So if Zoom is in the Rebirth issue, I wonder if something is going to happen that takes Thawne out of play and leaves Godspeed as the sole resident evil Speedster in Central City?

I have to say, while I never expected Carmine Gi Giandomenico on a Flash book, it looks like he'll be doing a solid job on the book .

[steeplejack2112]

Oh yay....more speedsters.

[Chrysalis_Changling]

Oh yay....more speedsters.

gotta agree...the more i hear about this the more i wonder if Williamson actually thought making everyone into a speedster was a cool original idea that just had to be done

[steeplejack2112]

gotta agree...the more i hear about this the more i wonder if Williamson actually thought making everyone into a speedster was a cool original idea that just had to be done

Well if he was thinking that, he made a grave error in judgment. Nothing like introducing a lot of characters that will have absolutely no impact in about five months.

[Chrysalis_Changling]

Well if he was thinking that, he made a grave error in judgment. Nothing like introducing a lot of characters that will have absolutely no impact in about five months.

also another evil speedster and i just love how he says Godspeed's not a villain even though he's going around murdering people

in my book anyone who runs around killing people without mercy who didn't do anything to them is a villain

[Ulysses]

God y'all are depressing! Maybe let's read the damn thing first? If it sucks then shit on it.

[GreenLanternRanger]

God y'all are depressing! Maybe let's read the damn thing first? If it sucks then shit on it.

Agreed. Williamson seems to be passionate about the project, so I think there's a good chance it will turn out well.

[dan12456]

God y'all are depressing! Maybe let's read the damn thing first? If it sucks then shit on it.

Agreed! This sounds awesome. Sure we have a lot of speedsters but a good story is a good story.

The only thing I'm not a huge fan of is the art, but it's definitely passable. Just not as good as Booth (who I really like despite popular opinion) and Manapul.

[Ulysses]

I am happy to hear Joshua is a fan of Gorilla Grodd. He;s one of my favourite characters in the DCU and I would love to see him become a big gun villain.

I think the art is good. It's tough to beat Manapul on the Flash but this new artist is certainly better in my view than the current artist.

[Nix Uotan]

In fairness, there have been a load of speedsters recently. Having said that, I look forward to this arc as it sounds kind of good. I'm assuming maybe Godspeed culls the new speedsters and leaves the old ones. Mind you, Godspeed kind of reminds me of Zoom from the TV show. Will see.

[steeplejack2112]

also another evil speedster and i just love how he says Godspeed's not a villain even though he's going around murdering people

in my book anyone who runs around killing people without mercy who didn't do anything to them is a villain

He certainly didn't save money on his car insurance or anything positive if he's murdering people.

[Daniel22]

In Williamson I trust. I haven't been excited for the Flash in a long time, but this has me looking forward to it.

I did get nervous when I saw "exclusive contract". But "Nailbiter" is safe! It's one of my favorite books coming out right now. I highly recommend it!

I wonder what else he'll do? He's prolific, so I'd expect at least one more book. I'd love to see him on "Secret Six", "Sinestro", or a Lex Luthor series.

[AlexanderLuthor]

Holy crap, how can some people be negative with freaking Williamson on the book? The guy is cranking out some of the best stuff at Image right now. I mean, we have had Manupal and Vendetti writing the character for 5 years so anything would be an improvement, but this is one of the rising stars of the medium. Some of you need to turn the everything sucks meter down a notch or two. Super excited to see what he does here and whatever mysterious other projects they are discussing. IMHO between King and Williamson DC has the best two up and coming writers in the business