Doesn't really bother me, since the only thing they could do with an older Iris is tell a "man in the wrong time" story like what happened to Steve Rogers in the Ultimates. He wakes up from a deep freeze and his long lost love is 80-something and married to his best friend who is also 80-something. Barry has been dead / stuck in the speed force for like 20 years of real time, which is probably closer to 10 years of comic time.
That's not really a big enough time difference to make any sort of interesting stories. Might as well just retcon her to be younger and get on with telling new Flash tales. I know I personally would not want to read a story about Barry coping with having a wife who is suddenly 10 years older than him.
If it's not a big enough time difference to be of any use in storytelling, then it should also not be a big enough difference to make it a problem to cope with.
De-aging her isn't the end of the world, and I'm not even going to read the Barry Allen comic anyway, but it's still hand-waving and kind of sexist to boot. I mean, fuck, is the idea of an attractive 40-something year old woman really that implausible?
I hate to be so pessimistic about something, but it's really going to be a challenge to make this a worthwhile book.
Or, more bluntly, this book is going to suck. And I know a ton of you guys don't plan on picking it up to begin with. I wonder how long it'll take before they realize why Wally worked so well for so long.
If they wanted to bring Barry back, they should've just turned him into the Wizard Shazam for the Speed Force.
And that's how the Flash thread became the MILF thread.
Hadji: Barry will be killed, de-aged, and relegated to the role of Kid Flash within two years.
I don't think Barry will be Kid Flashed, except in a one off "Switch identities due to de-aging" plotline (so I guess you may be correct). I just want Bart to be Impulse again.
Yeah, even going into the preview with extremely low expectations and a bias against Johns's recent writing, I couldn't help but think, "Wow, that's some really swank art."
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edited March 2010
Irony is, Johns says the reason we need more Secret Origin type stories is because something like Emerald Dawn was done 25 years ago and isn't modern enough (which is BS, space stories hold up a lot better over time, and even Man of Steel holds up well outside of some clothing styles).
It's like, come on bra, chillax, you know what I'm sayin? Lates.
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edited March 2010
Didn't they pretty much show his origin in Flash: Rebirth anyway?
They went over his mom dying, him trying to prove his dad's innocence, him getting hit by lightning
Didn't they pretty much show his origin in Flash: Rebirth anyway?
They went over his mom dying, him trying to prove his dad's innocence, him getting hit by lightning
what more is there to it
Well he had similar flashbacks in GL: Rebirth as well, so Flash: Secret Origin will probably be Barry running into the Rogues for the first time or something. I'm sure, like Munch said, he'll try to tie it all into whatever story he's writing at the moment though.
I'm not sure I'll bother reading Flash anyway. Rebirth was a pretty bad story and BN: Flash was terribad.
I'm just curious which version of the Flash appears in JLU? Most people around here tend to prefer Wally. Was he in JLU? Or was it Barry?
As a bonus question, is the Green Lantern in JLU Hal or Kyle? I've never actually watched the show.
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edited March 2010
Wally was in JL/JLU.
And it was John Stewart in JLU, the black GL.
And there was a Wally version of Year One in the Waid TPB Flash: Born to Run. It was basically Wally as his time as Kid Flash.
Barry's year one will be about never having enough time, Iris is secretly an alcoholic, and Trickster will have a lolita complex. Ta-da, I spoiled it for everyone.
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That's not really a big enough time difference to make any sort of interesting stories. Might as well just retcon her to be younger and get on with telling new Flash tales. I know I personally would not want to read a story about Barry coping with having a wife who is suddenly 10 years older than him.
De-aging her isn't the end of the world, and I'm not even going to read the Barry Allen comic anyway, but it's still hand-waving and kind of sexist to boot. I mean, fuck, is the idea of an attractive 40-something year old woman really that implausible?
https://twitter.com/Hooraydiation
I hate to be so pessimistic about something, but it's really going to be a challenge to make this a worthwhile book.
Or, more bluntly, this book is going to suck. And I know a ton of you guys don't plan on picking it up to begin with. I wonder how long it'll take before they realize why Wally worked so well for so long.
If they wanted to bring Barry back, they should've just turned him into the Wizard Shazam for the Speed Force.
And that's how the Flash thread became the MILF thread.
Hadji: Barry will be killed, de-aged, and relegated to the role of Kid Flash within two years.
https://twitter.com/Hooraydiation
I don't think Barry will be Kid Flashed, except in a one off "Switch identities due to de-aging" plotline (so I guess you may be correct). I just want Bart to be Impulse again.
Maybe he'll have him go get fast food, but it won't be fast enough!
Hoho, what a jape that'd be.
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Whether it's a stand alone mini or a part of the new series it remains to be seen.
That's what I look for in a superheroic origin story.
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It's like, come on bra, chillax, you know what I'm sayin? Lates.
They went over his mom dying, him trying to prove his dad's innocence, him getting hit by lightning
what more is there to it
Well he had similar flashbacks in GL: Rebirth as well, so Flash: Secret Origin will probably be Barry running into the Rogues for the first time or something. I'm sure, like Munch said, he'll try to tie it all into whatever story he's writing at the moment though.
I'm not sure I'll bother reading Flash anyway. Rebirth was a pretty bad story and BN: Flash was terribad.
https://twitter.com/Hooraydiation
As a bonus question, is the Green Lantern in JLU Hal or Kyle? I've never actually watched the show.
And it was John Stewart in JLU, the black GL.
And there was a Wally version of Year One in the Waid TPB Flash: Born to Run. It was basically Wally as his time as Kid Flash.
Barry's year one will be about never having enough time, Iris is secretly an alcoholic, and Trickster will have a lolita complex. Ta-da, I spoiled it for everyone.
you should watch it
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