tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8504402780954369170.post5642212326696210731..comments2023-05-20T06:56:56.297-03:00Comments on Daily Splash Page: Who Knew the Spectre Would Grieve So Much for the Flash?Siskoidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8504402780954369170.post-11669376432322698972012-11-25T14:30:37.098-04:002012-11-25T14:30:37.098-04:00Back to what you said about only reading DC comics...Back to what you said about only reading DC comics for a few years, I had been reading DC books since the 60s--bought them from a vending machine and was surprised when the books went from twelve to fifteen cents--so COIE was a big thing to me. The other thing was that specialty stores here were fairly new, so we all had discussions of various panels, all the heroes together, the introduction of the Charlton characters on Earth-4, etc.<br /><br />That said, I never had much investment in Wally West as Flash. I agree that certain characters like Stephanie Brown and Donna Troy need to be seen again, as well as Wally. Anyhow, I loved the hell out of COIE. My Flashpoint issues have long been in a garbage dump west of Chicago.<br /><br />Wayne Allen Salleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17199261942617339556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8504402780954369170.post-48237691925912884112012-11-25T13:55:36.975-04:002012-11-25T13:55:36.975-04:00I agree so much, that I can hardly articulate it.I agree so much, that I can hardly articulate it.SallyPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05592635194271250605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8504402780954369170.post-64007205516201660432012-11-25T10:46:29.063-04:002012-11-25T10:46:29.063-04:00Exactly right, Snellster. Exactly right.
Where wa...Exactly right, Snellster. Exactly right.<br /><br />Where was WALLY's big sacrifice?Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8504402780954369170.post-66104141692497367692012-11-25T10:05:49.760-04:002012-11-25T10:05:49.760-04:00Another point: Crisis was about the universes it w...Another point: Crisis was <i>about</i> the universes it was doing away with/changing (as was Zero Hour and Infinite Crisis). It was a story that let us say goodbye to the old universe while introducing us to the new.<br /><br />The nu52 did none of that. Flashpoint took place entirely in some other timeline, never seen before or to be seen again. Not a single moment took place in the universe that was to be done away with. The reboot was handed down arbitrarily in the last couple of pages. It was perhaps the biggest case of "tell, not show" ever, and it felt disrespectful to the old universe, as if they felt it didn't deserve a proper send-off.snellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06181997862745538999noreply@blogger.com