Review: The Flash #750

“The Flash Age” has begun, in this issue we will see a series of stories that tell us what it means to be Flash, Barry’s wife Iris was responsible for making a report with the Central City’s citizens who have witnessed the heroic acts of the “Scarlet Speeder” and Flash will recall some emblematic fights against of the rogues such as Gorilla Grodd, Tar Pit, Rainbow Raider, Mirror Master and of course Captain Cold, Flash will also take a trip through the Multiverse and will also remember recent key events in the DC Universe like Flashpoint and Rebirth, the moment of nostalgia will be broken by Godspeed who will take Barry to a trap where he will face face to face with the mysterious and powerful Paradox who will put Barry the challenge of fighting to death against Godspeed or else everything done by Barry over the years will be destroyed by Paradox.

The prologue of this issue is something that evidently marks the beginning of another Crisis in the DC Universe, Wally West now has the Speed ”‹”‹Force and the powers of Dr. Manhattan, as if that were not enough it also has the Metron’s Mobius chair (shall we call him a New God?), but he is not alone, he meets Tempus the protector of the Prime Earth, the fundamental base of the DC Universe, Wally and Tempus must repair the damage done to the continuity of the Multiverse for which Wally has a coldly calculated plan.

Flash again is the central subject of a new event or Crisis in the DC Universe, rumors about this new event have unleashed a panic in the world of comics because a lot of things has been speculated, and in Earth Prime this crisis took it’s first casualty: Dan DiDio editor in chief of DC Comics, the new event I mentioned previously would be known as Fifth Generation or 5G, all this panic has been taken advantage of by some exponents of Comicsgate who spread the gossip that DC would eventually be bought by Disney and will be merged with Marvel, but personally I think they are very exaggerated rumors, however, the last issues of Thor and Doomsday Clock have mysteriously crossed some somewhat mysterious references, in Thor # 2 it is clearly mentioned the Prime Earth that was devoured by Galactus and the Justice League heroes joining forces to avoid the catastrophe while in Doomsday Clock, Thor and Hulk were mentioned in some “Secret Crisis” event, which seems to show that something big between DC and Marvel is coming.

SCORE: 5/5

EspaÃ±ol

“The Flash Age” ha comenzado, en este nÃºmero leeremos una serie de historias que nos cuentan lo que significa ser Flash para Barry Allen, su esposa Iris se encargÃ³ de realizar un reportaje con los ciudadanos de Central City que han sido testigos de los actos heroÃcos del “Scarlet Speeder”, Flash recordarÃ¡ emblemÃ¡ticas luchas contra algunos de los rogues como Gorilla Grodd, Tar Pit, Rainbow Raider, Mirror Master y por supuesto Captain Cold, tanbiÃ©n Flash harÃ¡ un viaje por el Multiverso y recordarÃ¡ ademÃ¡s los eventos claves recientes en el Universo DC como Flashpoint y Rebirth, el momento de nostalgia serÃ¡ roto por Godspeed quien llevarÃ¡ a Barry ante una trampa donde se verÃ¡ frente a frente con el misterioso y poderoso Paradox quien pondrÃ¡ a Barry el reto de pelear a muerte contra Godspeed si desea que todo lo que ha hecho Barry a lo largo de los aÃ±os no sea destruido por Paradox.

El prÃ³logo de Ã©ste nÃºmero es algo que evidentemente es el inicio de otra Crisis en el DC Universe, Wally West ahora cuenta con la Speed Force y los poderes del Dr. Manhattan, por si fuera poco tambien cuenta con la silla Mobius de Metron, pero no estÃ¡ solo, se encuentra con Tempus el protector la Tierra Prime base fundamental del Universo DC, Wally y Tempus deberÃ¡n reparar el daÃ±o hecho a la continuidad del Multiverso para lo cual Wally tiene un plan frÃamente calculado.

Nuevamente Flash es la base fundamental de un nuevo evento o Crisis en el DC Universe, los rumores sobre este nuevo evento han desatado un pÃ¡nico en el mundo del cÃ³mic ya que mucho se ha especulado y en Earth Prime ya cobrÃ³ su primera baja: La salida de Dan DiDio editor en jefe de DC Comics, el evento como tal se conocerÃa como Fifth Generation o 5G, esto ha sido aprovechado por algunos exponentes del Comicsgate quienes no han tardado en asegurar que DC serÃa comprado eventualmente por Disney y fusionado con Marvel, pero en lo personal creo que son rumores muy exagerados, sin embargo, los Ãºltimos nÃºmeros de Thor y Doomsday Clock misteriosamente han cruzado algunas referencias algo misteriosas, en Thor #2 claramente se menciona a la Earth Prime que fuera devorada por Galactus y se aprecia a los hÃ©roes de la Justice League uniendo fuerzas para evitar la catÃ¡strofe mientras que en Doomsday Clock se habla de Thor y Hulk en la “Secret Crisis” lo que pareciera asomar que algo grande entre DC y Marvel estÃ¡ por venir.

(W) Francis Manapul, Geoff Johns, Scott Lobdell, Marv Wolfman, Brian Buccellato, Joshua Williamson (A) Rafa Sandoval, Jordi Tarragona, Scott Kolins, Stephen Segovia, David Marquez, Brett Booth, Francis Manapul, Riley Rossmo, Norm Rapmund (CA) Howard Porter