Well, it’s been thoroughly spoiled across the internet this morning… Barry Allen is back.
…anyone give a shit?
DCU #0 is a half dollar’s worth of comic trailers about the event books DC’s putting out for the rest of the year. For half a buck the narrative’s not half bad. There’s not really much to say: Batman is going to die? But not really. Superman is going to fight alongside the Legion? Nothing new here. Wonder Woman is forsaken by the gods? Didn’t this happen already right after Infinite Crisis? Black Hand is going to lead the dead against the Universe? About the only exciting thing about this “preview” was the Blackest Night trailer. Crispus Allen is going to learn how to be a better spirit of righteous vengeance? Who? Just kidding, but I still don’t care. Libra is going to become the new leader of the Secret Society of Super-Villains? Well, if someone just straight up told me that like I’m telling you, I wouldn’t be that impressed either. But the speech he gives in this issue… piqued my interest. Notice how they’ve dropped the shorter, more sophisticated “The Society” as the name of their club? I like this change.
Which brings us to the final page: Barry Allen is back. Again, who gives a shit?
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Tags: DC Comics, Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison
May 1, 2008 at 5:31 am
Barry Allen sucks!
May 1, 2008 at 7:56 am
i totally agree. good show.
May 1, 2008 at 7:58 am
…wow, looks like you have an enemy, man.
I really like the look of those ads, and the book was enjoyable enough. It actually tempted me to try Hal Jordan’s Silver Age Wankfest, and got me really excited about WW’s upcoming arc. I was already pumped for Final Crisis.
May 1, 2008 at 8:04 am
what enemy?
wankfest! i didn’t know i could like a character as bland as Hal Jordan as much as i do. i don’t know, maybe i’ll feel the same way about Barry Allen… they’re almost the same dude.
May 1, 2008 at 9:20 am
So far as I know, Barry Allen snapping the neck of Professor Zoom was actually extremely interesting, given that it was the paragon of Silver Age Perfection doing it, and unlike the only semi interesting things Hal has ever done, has not yet been ret-conned out of existence.
But, yeah, Hal and Barry are both pretty much cardboard cut-outs. I’m still pissed about Hal being brought back, largely because I hate to see comics regress and pander to an ever decreasing audience.
But that’s just me.
May 1, 2008 at 1:33 pm
“But, yeah, Hal and Barry are both pretty much cardboard cut-outs. I’m still pissed about Hal being brought back, largely because I hate to see comics regress and pander to an ever decreasing audience.”
agree. I used to rant about that all the time when Dylan and I were still doing the Battle of the Century podcast.