Other than that it is a good read with plot twists and cliff hangers that keep you reading. After reading this volume I can say that I am officially hooked and will keep reading to the end. However, do not read this unless you have read volume one as the story will make less sense.
The Flash (2011-2016) Vol. 2: Rogues Revolution
The first volume of "The Flash" was ok. Didn't really get into it until later on when the Flash takes on Captain Cold. That's where it got really interesting. I enjoyed it and that's really what carried the book for me. That's the stuff I really wanted to read about. Then I found out about "The Flash. I got it, and read it. I saw a bunch of super power action and I also got to see Gorilla Grood. I was never a huge fan of the flash but this book really changed that. I look forward to reading more about the Flash.
I love the Flash and I've enjoyed the series so far and look forward to finish the New 52 soon. It is good to learn more of his galley of villains with beautiful artwork. There is a lot going on but I was able to keep up as I continue to read and I hope others will enjoy it as well.
I hope to see more animated work with Flash in it such as shows or movies I like DC more in the animated world than live-action. I grew up a die hard marvel fan and now in my 30s I have become a DC fanatic. The Flash has become my favorite DC character and if you're a fan of the CW Show you will love this Series has all the characters and villains from that show and more. I was hoping to get some resolution for plots left open in volume 1.
This isn't a bad read, but some plots remain to be unresolved and the constant time jumps made this a little confusing to follow the story. Kindle Edition Verified Purchase. I think Flash Vol. However, despite that motivations are unbelievable to me as to why the combatants are involved in struggling against each other, it is fun.
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The rogues are back, though slightly altered. They're woven into the other subplots well enough, and some of the new facets of this Flash run are finally explained. There's also a bit of an origin story, though it seems odd that it's in Vol. This comic is exactly what I wanted and gotten! See all 82 reviews. Amazon Giveaway allows you to run promotional giveaways in order to create buzz, reward your audience, and attract new followers and customers.
Learn more about Amazon Giveaway. Bu I love the Flash. Comics are a perpetual medium, and companies must freshen things up as a whole every so often. I really like the Flash. I want to like the Flash. The dialogue is clunky. I did not get a sense of a distinct personality from any of them. Finally, granting the Rogues super powers is another step in the wrong direction. Next to Batman, Flash has some of the best villains out there, but unlike the Batman, they were really just crooks with some nifty gadgets.
Did anyone ever really think they stood a chance against a man who can move in the blink of an eye? Johns did a wonderful job of conveying this irony during his first run on the title. I would instead have perhaps amped up their equipment, given it a more modern touch somehow, or, perhaps, rounded out their characterization. Again, between Waid and Johns, it would be hard to add more depth to them, but simply giving them powers seems too easy and, ultimately, boring. Now, I admit that I could be wrong.
Perhaps Manapul and Buccellato are playing the long game, and what seems haphazard and disjointed will ultimately be a complex, interwoven tale that satisfies. Will I keep buying The Flash? Probably, because I love the character, the art is some of the best in the industry, and, from what I hear, creative changes are looming.
View all 5 comments. I'm a bit a novice when it comes to The Flash. My knowledge of the character comes from his portrayal in various television programs -- both live action and animated. But I'm interested enough by what I've seen in those portrayals to want to go back to the source material and learn more. This second collection of the New 52 Flash is an interesting one. While many of the characters are familiar, I don't know enough about their history to definitively say whether what happens here is good, bad or s I'm a bit a novice when it comes to The Flash.
While many of the characters are familiar, I don't know enough about their history to definitively say whether what happens here is good, bad or somewhere in between. Back in Central City, the Flash faces overwhelming anti-Flash public sentiment, whipped up by one of his old friends. Couple that with several adversaries coming back into town, all with a new take on their old weapons and you've got a very interesting dilemma for the Scarlet Speedster.
I find it interesting that a comic book series would spend a run of issues delving into the minds and psyche of our heroes various foes as this one does. Most of these faces are familiar from the just completed first season of the show and I'll admit I found myself having to separate what we saw there from what we get here. I also found it a bit confusing to come across a massive cliffhanger and then go into a storyline that gave us the capsule history of the Flash and had no ties to said cliffhanger.
I understand these collected editions are meant to put together a couple of months worth of continuity, but a little more explanation might have left me not scratching my head as I wondered just how and when the flashback to our hero's origin was going to come into play. I guess this is my Marvel bias showing through because it feels like Stan Lee used to give us a reminder of everyone's origin every two to three years as a way to welcome in new readers. Overall, this was an interesting little story.
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I'm sure to pick up the next installment simply because the cliffhanger left me curious as to where things might go next. Aug 21, StoryTellerShannon rated it it was ok Shelves: One of the weaker Flash tales with good artwork. The story is getting better! The Rogues are so badass, they're definitely my type of villains.
Aug 24, Scott rated it really liked it. Another fun ride with the Flash. We got some background on the new and improved Rogues, who are in my opinion some of the coolest bad guys. I love the art by Francis Manapul! It really brings the story to life. To check out all my reviews: I am an amateur when it comes to superheroes comics and I am not going to invest countless hours trying to stu To check out all my reviews: I am an amateur when it comes to superheroes comics and I am not going to invest countless hours trying to study every single character and their origin story and that issue can be fixed efficiently with only a few pages of backstory in the comics.
I am delighted that we finally get to learn about Barry Allen's past specifically when it comes to his parents and how his mother got killed Even though I know this already thanks to the television show but we still are left out of the loop when it comes to villains like Captain Cold, Heatwave, Captain Glider and others. Periodically when it comes to comics, these issues get answered later or not at all but between the artwork and the action scenes, these questions often get put aside and in this book this issue is transparent. Now back to the story The Flash discovered the speed force and trapped inside this vortex is a man named Turbine who appears to be causing the raucous of ripping the fabric of time whenever Flash reaches high levels of the speed force.
Turbine wants to escape and thanks to the Flash he has found his escape and both him and Flash get sucked back into Earth except Flash meets a civilization of sophisticated gorillas who has a new leader called Grodd. Apparently this source of lightening has been trying to find an individual who can use these powers effectively and throughout civilizations every time this flash of electricity has shined on a certain tribe it either flourished for a certain period of time or wreaks havoc because they cannot handle this power.
Before Barry Allen received his powers, this group of Gorillas got shot by lightening and the aftermath of this incident has lead these Gorillas to become intelligent beings who the likes have never been seen by humans and they realized that Barry is the messenger that their time on Earth has ended since they have become a savage society under their ruler and Grodd cannot accept and wants to kill the Flash.
The other storyline that develops is these groups of villains known as Rogues are now taking advantage and causing chaos in the city which the Flash needs to take care of asap.
I admire tremendously the amount of handwork these illustrators put into the graphics and making the story believable with a superhero who runs at the speed of light and they make the effort look smooth. I have absolute no clue what is the direction this comic is heading but I have faith that the storyline will improve the further we venture along in the series. I would recommend this graphic novel to those who love the television series and need their daily dose of Barry Allen. The control that the two book-runners show over the story impresses and entertains, setting up a third volume in which the stakes continue to rise.
If volume 1 puts the pieces on the table, this volume sets them up, and then puts them into motion. What this volume does, without resolving all of them too quickly, is weave them together to a point of convergence at which the reader sees them as all connected to Barry's dual identity. The V1 discussion of CC's sister seemed inconsequential at the time, but becomes crucial in V2, as it not only extends the story of the Rogues but also clarifies dialogue that seems at the moment of utterance to be only context, but is actually part of a larger concern, and is probably the overarching conflict that the Flash is dealing with at the current moment--it's also one that came as a terrific surprise in this volume.
It's hard to pull off evil mastermind stuff in storytelling, but Manapul and Buccellato do it effortlessly, weaving a series of stand-alone stories together to a terrific conclusion that also contains a wildly plotty cliffhanger. Well-structured stories are the best kind in my opinion, and this volume, though not a complete story by any stretch, represents a particularly well-structured sequence of comic books.
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As good as the current Flash plot is, however, the 0 issue that is included at the end of the volume might be the single best issue of the New 52 that I've yet read. Without forsaking the current emotional and personal state of Barry Allen, Manapul and Buccellato investigate and clarify his history as a scientist, police officer, and of course as the Flash himself, piecing together an artfully-structured explanation of his first moments as The Fastest Man Alive. As an entre-acte between volumes 2 and 3 in which Barry's identity is at a crossroads, this brief look back is a terrific reminder of the Flash's absolutely moral nature and a validation of the statement that Batman makes in Justice League: Barry is a police officer and doesn't like to work outside the law.
His code of ethics stems from the search for justice within the law, and as Central City prepares for a new challenge, this is material that makes this collection more than the sum of its parts. Apr 24, Kyle rated it really liked it Shelves: I thought there was a slight dip in the quality of art and storytelling compared to the first volume; but then I felt there was an improvement in the development of characters and backstory in this volume, which is what I felt was lacking in the first volume.
The Gorilla Grodd issues were a little confusing, but it is clear they are just set-up for a much larger Gorilla Grodd storyline. Volume 1 pulled a similar tactic, it put a lot of puzzle pieces on the table so that Volume 2 could put them to I thought there was a slight dip in the quality of art and storytelling compared to the first volume; but then I felt there was an improvement in the development of characters and backstory in this volume, which is what I felt was lacking in the first volume.
Volume 1 pulled a similar tactic, it put a lot of puzzle pieces on the table so that Volume 2 could put them together. I'm sure volume 3 will put all of these Gorilla City puzzle pieces in order for us too. My favourite part of this collection was the Annual. It had a pinch of origin story, a dash of retcon, a few completely new ideas that moved the larger story forward and it reassembled ALL of my favourite Flash characters.
I loves me my Pied Piper and I'm anxious to find out what happens to him!! A very enjoyable read. Not perfect, but very enjoyable. Mar 11, Ashley Brooks rated it really liked it Shelves: Story definitely picked up a bit in this volume but the art is still the most enticing aspect of this series so far! I get it that he's the Flash,but this book is way to quick to jump around before even finishing an event. What happened to saving the people trapped in the speed force? Feb 26, Mike rated it liked it Shelves: Captain Cold is no longer a snarling villainous crook with a gun, he has powers.
People are trapped in the Speed Force for issue after issue. People are trapped in the mirror dimension. People are trapped, well, dead-but-ghostly, I guess. A new scientist has come out of nowhere to alternately help and oppose The Flash. I am only about a year into DC's "New 52" world, but I know now why there are so many who object to it.
May 13, Cale rated it it was ok. Who are all these people? Should I know them? I'm familiar with the Rogues from previous flash collections, but in the New 52 some of them seem to be very different, and they literally appear from nowhere in the story, with little to no backstory ever evolved. This whole volume seems very ADHD - lots of ideas approached then abandoned as another tangent gets taken.
It doesn't feel cohesive at all. And the number of plot threads still dangling, even from the first volume, that aren't even acknowl Who are all these people? And the number of plot threads still dangling, even from the first volume, that aren't even acknowledged, much less resolved, makes this a very unfulfilling read. May 24, James DeSantis rated it liked it.
Another solid book but nothing groundbreaking. Maybe I should start with the old Flash stories, but getting into him with New52 hasn't been as amazing as I hoped. You get to see the rogues fighting each other, while also featuring the ending surprise cliffhanger of Grodd, but then another twist happens at the end of this one.
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Overall, it's fun, and cheesy, but it won't be staying with me just like volume 1. Good stuff but should be great. Flash is a little too busy, but this is fine! I think Flash Vol. However, despite that motivations are unbelievable to me as to why the combatants are involved in struggling against each other, it is fun. Aug 21, Katarina rated it it was amazing Shelves: The art is outstanding! After an ok first volume, Flash goes haywire with poorly handled plots Vol.
I probably should know them but don't and rapidly lost interest which makes Flash the worst reboot ever! Manapul and Buccelato hardly manage to write a coherent plot and a coherent narration inside the plot. The worst is this: Barry's girlfriend is in a plane while 2 baddies discuss something else e After an ok first volume, Flash goes haywire with poorly handled plots Vol. Barry's girlfriend is in a plane while 2 baddies discuss something else entirely. Next thing you know, she's tied up in a basement with another guy, kidnapped by one of the baddies.
This is not an ellipse. This is a huge friggin' hole in the narration. Captain Cold's sister wants to kill him for a few issues before they suddenly make a team again for no apparent reason. The authors also tend to loose themselves in many subplots which, considering aforesaid, doesnt seem like a good idea. I didn't like the art much either. Manapul is ok if not great but the guys filling holes here and there are not even that.
Who is behind their sudden organization and why are they also after their former leader, Captain Cold? The Flash must think fast if he can outrun and survive their attack! Collects The Flash issues , 0, and Annual 1.
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