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Post subject: Flashpoint Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 3:13 pm |
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Quote: At DC, The Flash speeds forward to big event
Anything can change in a flash.
Readers of DC Comics' "The Flash" series are about to find that out as the publisher gradually unveils "Flashpoint," a story arc that features 15 separate miniseries, a series of one-shot issues and more that will range from Gotham to around the world and bring the Scarlet Speedster to the forefront of the DC Universe.
DC is keeping mum about it all, offering a few hints and teasers that show some of its major characters — Batman among them — in similar costumes but with subtle yet direct differences.
The series is written by Geoff Johns, the company's chief creative officer.
A preview of sorts is offered in the new edition of "The Flash: The Dastardly Deaths of the Rogues," which Johns wrote and Francis Manupaul illustrated. It was released this week in comic shops and will be in book stores next week.
It details Barry Allen's return to the hustle and bustle of Central City, his wife Iris and his job as a forensics investigator. But the story pivots an unusual hinge: Allen, it seems, will kill a villain, and law enforcement from the 25th century is out for him, dead or alive.
How it plays into "Flashpoint" is a secret DC will not reveal, but Manapul has breathed new life into the Scarlet Speedster, with art that is both vibrant and evocative of the velocity that has always surrounded The Flash.
The 31-year-old Toronto resident said it's been more than a joyride illustrating the ongoing series.
"I've actually been a longtime Flash fan since high school and the very first time I talked to (DC co-publisher Dan DiDio) about working with DC, one of the very first projects that I asked for was The Flash," said Manupal, who got to draw the character when Johns brought Flash back last year and the new series started.
The partnership has blossomed.
"It's better to work with writers that you admire and that you mesh with. The story is ultimately what is important," Manupal said. "Through our experience working on 'Adventure Comics,' the collaboration worked out really well. And when Geoff came back to The Flash, he brought me along with him."
Manapul's goal has been to incorporate everything fast about The Flash and the series.
"Just that one word. We wanted to make it fast again," he said.
Speed and velocity now envelop The Flash series, with dizzying effects showing Allen hurtling down streets, rapidly disassembling a falling car, running along the blade of a helicopter in flight and other stunts.
Like the character, his Central City is fast, too. Bigger, louder, always in motion.
And that's not going to change as The Flash moves forward and faster.
"It's all building to this big crossover with Flashpoint which takes the central character of The Flash and makes him the focal point of the DC Universe," Manapul said. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110210/ap_ ... lash_point
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Post subject: Flashpoint Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 3:14 pm |
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Post subject: Flashpoint Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 3:37 pm |
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I'm way behind with Flash. My next issue is this one: 
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Post subject: Flashpoint Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 3:44 pm |
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It's not like Barry hasn't killed a villian before... 
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Post subject: Flashpoint Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 3:48 pm |
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Monk wrote: I'll continue reading The Flash, but won't be checking out any of the tie-ins. I'll go case by case according to creators. Secret Seven with George Perez? I'm in.
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Post subject: Flashpoint Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 4:05 pm |
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C'mon. Does this mean that we get a 12-month long trial for Barry again after FLASHPOINT?
Why bring Barry back just to have him kill a bad guy again?
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Post subject: Flashpoint Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 6:12 pm |
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As dull and repetitive as they are
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Ross wrote: Monk wrote: I'll continue reading The Flash, but won't be checking out any of the tie-ins. I'll go case by case according to creators. Secret Seven with George Perez? I'm in. Oooh, nice!
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Post subject: Flashpoint Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 6:13 pm |
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As dull and repetitive as they are
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The Professor wrote: C'mon. Does this mean that we get a 12-month long trial for Barry again after FLASHPOINT?
Why bring Barry back just to have him kill a bad guy again? Because it's edgy.
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Post subject: Flashpoint Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 7:29 pm |
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I'm riding on Trevor's bus.
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Post subject: Flashpoint Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 7:34 pm |
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Post subject: Flashpoint Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 7:38 pm |
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$2.99 x (15 x 4 issues in each series + 5 one shot issues + 5 more) = $209.30
And that's lowballing it.
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Post subject: Flashpoint Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 8:04 pm |
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Quote: FLASHPOINT THURSDAY Noon Eastern Edition, Live from ComicsPRO
Solicitations for our May books break Monday, which means we can provide another big peek behind the curtain: the solicitation for FLASHPOINT issue 1.
FLASHPOINT #1 Written by GEOFF JOHNS Art and cover by ANDY KUBERT 1:25 Variant cover A by ANDY KUBERT Variant cover B by IVAN REIS and GEORGE PEREZ
Everything You Know Will Change in a Flash!
Not a dream, not an imaginary story, not an elseworld. This is a Flash Fact: When Barry Allen wakes at his desk, he discovers the world has changed. Family is alive, loved ones are strangers, and close friends are different, gone or worse. It’s a world on the brink of a cataclysmic war – but where are Earth’s Greatest Heroes to stop it? It’s a place where America’s last hope is Cyborg, who hopes to gather the forces of the Outsider, the Secret 7, S!H!A!Z!A!M!, Citizen Cold and other new and familiar-yet-altered faces.
It’s a world that could be running out of time, if The Flash can’t find the villain who altered the time line!
Welcome to FLASHPOINT!
On sale MAY 11 = 40 pg, FC, $3.99 US = Rated T
The five issues of the core FLASHPOINT series are oversized, 40 page books priced at $3.99 each, while the other mini series and the one shots will be priced at $2.99.
A lot of planning has gone into place to make sure that this series delivers on all of it’s earth shattering potential. It is a project as ambitious in scope and execution as anything I’ve been a part of in my six years at DC Comics.
It bears repeating: Everything You Know Will Change in a Flash! http://dcu.blog.dccomics.com/2011/02/10 ... comicspro/
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Post subject: Flashpoint Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 9:57 pm |
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As dull and repetitive as they are
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Post subject: Flashpoint Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 10:21 pm |
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I'd feel better about these 15 miniseries if I were writing one of them.
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Post subject: Flashpoint Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 10:57 pm |
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The main question is - Are the 15 mini-series replacing mainstream titles, or be in addition to them? If it's the latter, then it is way too much.
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Post subject: Flashpoint Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 11:00 pm |
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I thought I read replacing. Ie Secret Six becomes Secret 7 (Same writer, likely different characters-7 Soldiers of Victory or JLA is the speculation.)
Similar to the old Age of Apocalypse where just certain titles were replaced but not all titles were replaced.
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Post subject: Flashpoint Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 11:20 pm |
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I'm fine with that - you can just get the titles you were following anyway.
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Post subject: Flashpoint Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 9:49 am |
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Steve wrote: I'd feel better about these 15 miniseries if I were writing one of them. 
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Post subject: Flashpoint Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 2:31 pm |
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Post subject: Flashpoint Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 3:39 pm |
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Post subject: Flashpoint Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 3:40 pm |
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Everytime someone here mentions Flashpoint, I think "I didn't know they got that show in the US..."
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Post subject: Flashpoint Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 3:45 pm |
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The Professor's sig is hilarious -- but what's the planet thing representing the "C"? 
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