Flash #11
Writer: Marc "Save this Book from Hell" Guggenheim
Artists: Tony Daniel and Art Thibert
DC should renumber this book and call this issue #3 instead of #11. Wipe that mess away, and let this be the beginning of the Flash book. Guggenheim has a good handle on the character of Bart and his motivations, and writes a damn good Flash issue. This issue and the last really blew me away with how much this book has turned around. Guggenheim is setting Bart up with some major trials, and I'm looking forward to where this will lead. The Rogues are gathering, with the help of Inertia, and it's going to be big. We find out why Bart's Grandmother and Zoom are around, and the why the cops are after Bart. Something big happens, and Bart is forced to take action or let people die, leaving up to a great cliffhanger splash by Daniel.
Tony Daniel is a little stiff coming off of Teen Titans, but it may be the inking. On Titans, his inker used Daniel's pencil shading to great extent, leaving it in and letting the characters look a little rough edged. It added some depth and dimension here and there and was a great effect. Art Thibert does the exact opposite here, cleaning up the pencil shading turning it into solid lines and blacks stripping away the depth from Daniel's art and exposing his weaknesses. That's not a knock against the book, it's just that it will take a little time for Daniel and Thibert to click, as obviously, thier outlooks on inking are very different. The outlook for this book is good with Guggenheim and Daniel behind the wheel, so give this book another try. B+
This cover, this book, this creative team made me so happy. Good review, but I would have given it an A, because the previous books were so pathetic. Long live the Rogues.
The goodness that was the Flash, is back!
I'm really digging Bart as the new Flash. I really disliked the first arc of this title, but I stuck with when I heard the original writers were being replaced. Now I'm glad I did.