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I know I go on about how much I struggle to write Superman, but the one character I have actively flubbed is The Flash.

I was responsible for launching his title back when the site started in 2005 and I immediately tripped over my feet. Fell at the starting line, to push the analogy. I was very quickly relieved of writing duties after setting up a massive mystery, and then mere issues before we crossed all our titles over for The Apokolips Imperative I returned to wrap up the mystery in as succinct a manner as possible, before moving onto other things.

And of course, I had blisteringly fun runs on the Bat-books, did stuff with characters like Doctor Occult and the Question, before settling into long term projects that featured the Green Lantern Corps and Justice League. I’ve spearheaded events and minis and one-shots, and I’ve had fun.

But god damn do I love the Flash, and it grates that I’ve never been ever to deliver on that love.

One of the first contemporary issues I actively picked up was #200 of Geoff Johns’ Flash run, which is such a weird place to start. Before that, I was combing shops for old Batman issues, random Star Trek stuff, but nothing that was really a ‘live’, ongoing series in the mainstream.

Anyway, I met Zoom, saw what he did, all that entailed, and I quickly picked up as many of that run’s trades from the library (this was before I had as disposable income as I do now). And I picked up some stuff around Rogue War, and Identity Crisis and all that. I’m a DC through and through. Marvel has never scratched the storytelling itch I have as much as DC did and does.

And that brings me back to writing the character.

The Flash was a member of the Justice League when I came back to the title in 2013 with #38. He moved on an arc or two after, and then that was it. It’s not that I was bored with the character, but I had some semblance of an overarching plan, and I knew I had to move him off the board to begin building toward it.

Over the past couple of years, you might have seen mention of the Flash in Christmas specials, or Annuals, or in stories where people… don’t know who he is. Even Jay Garrick is unsure of who wore the red and yellow costume that came with his successor.

That’s weird, right? Especially considering that Barry’s identity was outed by Professor Zoom a few years back. Everybody in the world should know who the Flash is, but they don’t. Yup, that’s very strange.

Oh! And how come the Titans don’t remember Wally West? They had a Christmas reunion a year or so back, and Kid Flash didn’t turn up, and no one could quite remember what was going on with him, or what his name actually was. So weird.

Young Justice is set in the past, prior to all this oddity. But what if we looked in on Robin, Superboy and Wonder Girl today, and asked them about Impulse? What would they be able to tell you? Would they even remember their best friend?

Harrison Wells knows something. We’ve snuck a peek of him talking to a mysterious scarlet speedster, directing the work he does from S.T.A.R. Labs. But who is that Flash? Why doesn’t anybody remember who wore the mask originally, including his closest friends and teammates in the group he helped found?

The Flash: The End of the Line is the beginning of us answering that question. Set a year ago in-continuity, probably taking place after Justice League #50, we check in on Barry Allen and company. The Rogues have been off the grid for some time, but now they’re making their presence known once again. What that means for the Twin Cities, and the heroes who protect it? What's going on with Barry and Iris' son, and the strange lightning behind his eyes? And who's the speedster running down the timestream, headed for the present day? There are more questions, and certainly more answers...

Jamie is currently working on the covers, and when they're in the bag we'll start going live with the new title. Seven issues. A brand new chapter in the life of the Flash.

And as ever when it comes to these types of stories, when it's finished... nothing will be the same again.

[superfan]

I can’t wait to see what you have planned for the speedsters.

[HoM]

Aug 10, 2018 14:10:35 GMT -5 superfan said:

I can’t wait to see what you have planned for the speedsters.

I've finished the first issue, the second one is underway, and I've seen a number of the covers from Jamie... as soon as we have all seven issues in the can, it'll come out... and then what comes next begins to unravel!