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Post by thwhtguardian on Oct 30, 2014 19:09:08 GMT -5
Prior to the nu52 I was never really into the Flash. Sure, he was usually fun in team books and I've always thought Jay Garrick's helmet was the coolest thing ever but other than that I had no real interest in any version of the character. When the nu52 rolled out however I noticied the Flash right away, Francis Manapul's art was just that damn striking, but for monetary reasons I just didn't pick it up...until now, and I wish I had been reading all along. It's just such a bright, fun book and I devoured the first three trades and I'm now trying to figure out if I want to wait until January for the next volume or start back issue hunting.
One thing had me scratching my head though, what happened to the Trickster?
First he got his arm ripped off by Grod(which was a serious turn off for me) and then he shows up inexplicably at the end with a bionic arm and ties to some weird underground Family that is actually treated like a nation. What did I miss? Were there back ups that weren't collected in the trades?
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Post by Dr. Poison on Oct 30, 2014 19:15:35 GMT -5
Maybe the Trickster's story was told in the Forever Evil: Rogues limited series? Just a guess on my part.
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Post by Action Ace on Oct 31, 2014 18:36:52 GMT -5
I found New52 Flash a pleasant surprise as well.
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Post by Randle-El on Oct 31, 2014 20:15:51 GMT -5
I find Manapul's and Buccellato's writing to be less compelling than their artwork. But their artwork was good enough for me to stick with their entire run on the Flash and follow them over to Detective when they took over the writing and art chores.
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Post by thwhtguardian on Oct 31, 2014 20:49:19 GMT -5
I find Manapul's and Buccellato's writing to be less compelling than their artwork. But their artwork was good enough for me to stick with their entire run on the Flash and follow them over to Detective when they took over the writing and art chores. They're stories on the flash are certainly on the simpler side, but the energy is fantastic and although I didn't care for their first story on detective but the recent issue was great. I'm still not sure what happened to the trickster. |
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Post by Earth 2 Flash on Nov 1, 2014 4:47:08 GMT -5
I have never been a big Barry Allen fan, but I have purchased the first three story arcs of the New 52 run. I have truly enjoyed it.
I am enjoying the Flash television series immensely!
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Post by Randle-El on Nov 1, 2014 10:48:26 GMT -5
I find Manapul's and Buccellato's writing to be less compelling than their artwork. But their artwork was good enough for me to stick with their entire run on the Flash and follow them over to Detective when they took over the writing and art chores. They're stories on the flash are certainly on the simpler side, but the energy is fantastic and although I didn't care for their first story on detective but the recent issue was great. I'm still not sure what happened to the trickster. I rarely buy books for art alone, but M & B's work is one of the exceptions. Not that their stories are bad at all... I just find their artwork to be more of the selling point for me. It helps that their stories aren't terrible. I would agree with your assessment of their first story on Detective Comics though. |
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Post by hondobrode on Nov 1, 2014 23:17:12 GMT -5
I didn't like their first arc on the Flash, but it's been better since then, but I agree with Randle-El that the art drives the sales more IMO.
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Post by Jesse on Nov 3, 2014 2:56:32 GMT -5
The Brian Buccellato & Francis Manapul run on The Flash was one of the best new 52 DC books. Sadly I'm just not enjoying the current run nearly as much.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 3, 2014 3:53:27 GMT -5
I thought Manapul and Bucc started strong but tailed off on the Flash. The problem was whenever they had a fill in artist (and it seemed every couple of issues they needed one) the book just seemed lifeless and listless, so it was definitely a case of the visuals driving the story, but as each issue came out it seemed like they had less and less idea where they were going with the story and even the visuals which had felt fresh and innovative began to get a little stale and repetitive, making the flaws in the writing even more noticeable. I dropped the book sometime right after the Grodd story and never looked back. Just my 2 cents worth.
-M
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