Flash - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Sun, 27 Jul 2025 12:51:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/comicsxf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cropped-orange-favicon-2.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Flash - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 SHARK WATCH: It’s insane how often superheroes fight sharks. Here are 27 examples. https://comicsxf.com/2025/07/28/superheroes-vs-sharks/ Mon, 28 Jul 2025 16:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=53592 It goes without saying, but superheroes need to fight stuff, and more often than not when they’re in ocean waters, they encounter sharks. Now, according to the 20th anniversary edition of the Worst Case Scenario Handbook, there are a few things you can do to fend off a shark attack, but most of them boil...

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]]> 53592 BatChat With Matt & Will: Grayson & Friends (w/ Tony Thornley) https://comicsxf.com/2024/02/15/batchat-with-matt-will-grayson-friends-w-tony-thornley/ Thu, 15 Feb 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=47951 It’s Valentine’s Day week, and I may or may not have forgotten about that when I was scheduling episodes this year. Fortunately, ComicsXF writer and friend of the show Tony Thornley picked some stories that work pretty well for Valentine’s Day. You see, these are all about love: brotherly love, romantic love, and the love...

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]]> 47951 Loki, Worf and Ninja Turtles Lead Off This Week’s Staff Picks. Turtle Power! https://comicsxf.com/2023/06/07/loki-worf-and-ninja-turtles-lead-off-this-weeks-staff-picks-turtle-power/ Wed, 07 Jun 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=45630 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Note: Banner photo is a variant cover to Fantastic Four #8 by Scott Koblish. Listen to Koblish talk about that cover on WMQ&A. Zack’s pick: Loki #1: They may be the “benevolent” God of Stories...

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]]> 45630 Staff Picks Are Back, and So Is Your Dad’s Superboy https://comicsxf.com/2023/04/19/staff-picks-are-back-and-so-is-your-dads-superboy/ Wed, 19 Apr 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=45255 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Tony’s pick: Superboy: The Man of Tomorrow #1: Your dad’s Superboy is back, and he’s ready to Jnco Jeans your Macarena straight into the Steve Urkel! Written by Kenny Porter (DC Mech) and drawn by...

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]]> 45255 Nightwing #90 Speeds Along But Misses the Mark https://comicsxf.com/2022/03/18/nightwing-90-speeds-along-but-misses-the-mark/ Fri, 18 Mar 2022 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=39079 Killing Dick Grayson has not been as easy as Blockbuster thought it would be. Perhaps blowing up his entire apartment building would help? If only there was someone fast enough to stop that kind of destruction from happening… Nightwing #90, written by Tom Taylor, drawn by Geraldo Borges, colored by Adriano Lucas and lettered by...

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]]> 39079 Flash #774 is a Father/Daughter Dance… of Fear! https://comicsxf.com/2021/09/27/flash-774-is-father-daughter-dance-of-fear/ Mon, 27 Sep 2021 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=34067 Another scorned scientist uses his amoral inventions to begin a life of villainy, introducing Central City to the nefarious Doctor Nightmare! His evil schemes interrupt Wally and his daughter Iris’ father-daughter dance day, leaving them no choice but to do a father-daughter superhero team-up to save the day! The Flash #774 is written by Jeremy...

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]]> 34067 The Flash #772 Asks What Job is Right for Wally West https://comicsxf.com/2021/07/23/the-flash-772-asks-what-job-is-right-for-wally-west/ Fri, 23 Jul 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=31712 It’s been one thing after another since Wally’s Rebirthed existence, but after a long, hard road, he’s finally ready to settle down to the dual life of a family man and superhero. Now that his family’s been restored, he’s got bills to pay, but while he speeds through one interview after another, arsonist foe Heat...

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]]> 31712 The Flash Annual 2021 Brings Wally West Home https://comicsxf.com/2021/07/16/the-flash-annual-2021-brings-wally-west-home/ Fri, 16 Jul 2021 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=31123 Wally West’s spirit has been hurled across the timestream, reliving the adventures of speedster after speedster as the Speed Force attempts to dislodge something from itself using Wally’s help. There’s just one speedster Wally hasn’t inhabited yet – his own self. That’s just changed, as Wally is forced to relive his worst memory: his accidental...

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]]> 31123 The Flash #771 has Humor and Heart as the Finish Line Nears https://comicsxf.com/2021/06/18/the-flash-771-has-humor-and-heart-as-the-finish-line-nears/ Fri, 18 Jun 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=29792 Wally West’s Speed Force odyssey is growing increasingly chaotic – not only is Wally being thrown through time, now, but across the omniverse, trying to help the Speed Force expel something from within itself. Wally might not be able to keep up for much longer, but his biggest problem? He’s found himself right in the...

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]]> 29792 Flash #770 has Flash Fighting Nazis ands We All Should Like That. https://comicsxf.com/2021/05/21/flash-770-has-flash-fighting-nazis-ands-we-all-should-like-that/ Fri, 21 May 2021 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=27972 Wally West’s erratic odyssey through time continues, swapping out the souls of history’s greatest speedsters with Wally’s own confused consciousness. This time, he’s taken to World War II, to help Jay Garrick and the Ray stop Hitler from obtaining the Spear of Destiny – and more pressingly, stopping him from taking out an entire hemisphere...

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]]> 27972 The Flash #769 Picks Up the Pace, But Still Stumbles https://comicsxf.com/2021/04/25/the-flash-769-picks-up-the-pace-but-still-stumbles/ Sun, 25 Apr 2021 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=25680 Wally West’s soul is being used by the Speed Force to heal itself – and for reasons unexplained, this involves throwing him into the body of Bart Allen, centuries in the future, for a Flash/Gold Beetle team-up for the ages as they fight a giant, Speed-Force-imbued Dominator. Written by Jeremy Adams, art by David Lafuente...

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]]> 25680 It’s Not Enough to Just Have a Superspeed Velociraptor for The Flash #768 https://comicsxf.com/2021/04/02/its-not-enough-to-just-have-a-superspeed-velociraptor-for-the-flash-768/ Fri, 02 Apr 2021 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=24074 With Barry Allen off to explore the Omniverse, it’s time for another speedster to take his place on Earth Prime. Unfortunately, Wally West doesn’t want anything to do with speedstering ever again – though it looks like the Speed Force has other plans for Wally, hurtling him through the consciousnesses of speedsters through time. Written...

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]]> 24074 The Great Infinite Frontier #0 ComicsXF Roundtable https://comicsxf.com/2021/03/05/the-great-infinite-frontier-0-comicsxf-roundtable/ Fri, 05 Mar 2021 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=22477 Matt Lazorwitz: Welcome to ComicsXF’s roundtable discussion of DC’s new linewide event introduction, Infinite Frontier #0. I’m Matt Lazorwitz, the guy who came up with this harebrained scheme, and I’d like to start with everyone here sounding off. Let’s see who I’ve been able to gather from our illustrious staff. Tony Thornley: Hi, I’m Tony...

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]]> 22477 The ‘Undone by Blood’ Finale, a Funeral for Kate Pryde & More 8/12 Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2020/08/10/the-undone-by-blood-finale-a-funeral-for-kate-pryde-more-8-12-staff-picks/ Mon, 10 Aug 2020 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=7467 Each week, Xavier Files staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. DAN’S PICK: Undone by Blood #5: Will Ethel Grady Lane get revenge for the murder of her family? Find out in the conclusion to this AfterShock series by co-writers Zac Thompson and Lonnie Nadler,...

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