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Stop! Your Life Depends on These Weird Silver Age Flash Panels
Stop! Your Life Depends on These Weird Silver Age Flash Panels
Stop! Your Life Depends on These Weird Silver Age Flash Panels
For as much as I love the madness that was the comics of the 1990s, I cannot even imagine how incredible it must have been to be a comic-loving kid (or weird comic loving adult) in the 1950/60s period known as The Silver Age. Within this gallery, I've put together only the smallest of fractions of some of the entertaining, out-of-context fun that The Flash's Silver Age adventures have made possible. Try your best to make sense of them.
Fantastic Five: DC Comics Deaths
Fantastic Five: DC Comics Deaths
Fantastic Five: DC Comics Deaths
If there’s one thing we’ve learned from our years on the Internet, it’s that there’s no aspect of comics that can’t be broken down and quantified in a single definitive list, preferably in amounts of five or ten. And since there’s no more definitive authority than ComicsAlliance, we’re taking it upon ourselves to compile Top Five lists of everything you could ever want to know about comics. There's nothing fun about the topic, but death is unquestionably a huge part of superhero comics, and this week we're looking at five of the deaths that had the most profound effect on the DC Universe.
The Replacements: Jay Garrick And The Legacy Of The Flash
The Replacements: Jay Garrick And The Legacy Of The Flash
The Replacements: Jay Garrick And The Legacy Of The Flash
More than most, the mantle of The Flash is defined by legacy and by family. Jay Garrick wore the name proudly through the Golden Age, but it was a successor stepping in that kicked off the Silver Age and revitalized superhero comics on the whole. This week we look at the men and women to ride the lightning as The Flash.
Celebrating The Anniversary Of Barry Allen's Comics Debut
Celebrating The Anniversary Of Barry Allen's Comics Debut
Celebrating The Anniversary Of Barry Allen's Comics Debut
Superhero comics were big business during wartime, with circulation numbers reaching six figures for popular titles like Captain Marvel, but in the following years their popularity began to wane until only a few were left standing. However, on this day in 1956 a new hero with a familiar name seemed to burst straight off the cover and reinvigorated the entire genre for a new generation. Created by Robert Kanigher and Carmine Infantino, Barry Allen was a police scientist with a reputation for being slow and late, until one day a lightning strike doused him with chemicals and he gained the power of super-speed. Donning a red and gold costume with the iconic lightning bolt, Barry Allen took his name from the comic book hero he’d read as a child, and became The Flash.
'The Flash' Post-Show Analysis: 'The Man Who Saved Central City'
'The Flash' Post-Show Analysis: 'The Man Who Saved Central City'
'The Flash' Post-Show Analysis: 'The Man Who Saved Central City'
The long wait is over. One of TV’s best shows is back, and we could not be more excited. But as we don’t cover The Good Wife here at ComicsAlliance, let’s shift focus over to another really good TV show, as The Flash returns from the season break with a strong opening episode, “The Man Who Saved Central City,” directed by Ralph Hemecker, with story by Greg Berlanti and Andrew Kreisberg, and teleplay by Andrew Kreisberg and Gabrielle Stanton. This week we have Atom Smashers, Golden Age guest stars and a whole new status quo for The Scarlet Speedster after last season’s shocking finale.
The Evolution of the Flash: Best Flash Stories by Decade
The Evolution of the Flash: Best Flash Stories by Decade
The Evolution of the Flash: Best Flash Stories by Decade
Many of comics’ most popular heroes have been around for decades, and in the case of the big names from the publisher now known as DC Comics, some have been around for a sizable chunk of a century. As these characters passed through the different historical eras known in comics as the Golden Age (the late 1930s through the early 1950s), the Silver Age (the mid 1950s through the late 1960s), the Bronze Age (the early 1970s through the mid 1980s) and on into modern times, they have experienced considerable changes in tone and portrayal that reflect the zeitgeist of the time. With this new feature we’ll help you navigate the very best stories of DC Comics’ most beloved characters decade by decade. This week, we’re taking a look at the Flash.
The Harvey/Renee Index of Superhero Diversity
The Harvey/Renee Index of Superhero Diversity
The Harvey/Renee Index of Superhero Diversity
We like diversity here at ComicsAlliance. We've said it before, and we'll say it again. We're also big fans of superheroes, and that probably goes without saying. We especially like diversity with our superheroes. Diversity broadens the genre's reach, encourages respect and understanding of people's differences, and gives minority audiences more chances to see themselves in fiction, and those are
Link Ink: Friday November 22 2013
Link Ink: Friday November 22 2013
Link Ink: Friday November 22 2013
LEGO: Jazlecraz's The Adventure Time Project, which imagines a Micro version of Finn & Jake's tree fort and more, has earned 10,000 supporters on LEGO CUUSOO.   TV: Barry Allen introduces himself in a new trailer for the Arrow's December 4th episode, "The Scientist."   ...
New 'The Flash' TV series to spin out of Arrow, be less dark
New 'The Flash' TV series to spin out of Arrow, be less dark
New 'The Flash' TV series to spin out of Arrow, be less dark
As I have said many times, The CW's Arrow is a pretty dark show to be as silly as it is sometimes. One might suspect that the network's new series featuring Barry Allen as The Flash would take a similar tack, but the writers developing the series, which will spin off from Arrow, are indicating Barry's show will be brighter and more superheroic than Ollie's. The Hollywood Reporter confirmed that Ba

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