The Flash #25 – Simon Spurrier, Writer; Vasco Georgiev, Artist; Matt Herms, Colorist
Ray – 9/10
Ray: Simon Spurrier’s run on The Flash has been a mind-bender, starting out with elements of cosmic horror, before shifting its focus back to the family and a time-travel heavy story, and ending with a grand finale event that saw Wally West divide himself into millions of duplicates to take on Eclipso – and wind up divided between two key versions, each one with a unique bond with one of his kids. If all that sounds like a lot, it is – and at some points, the run threatened to collapse under its own weight. But now, in this final issue, it all comes together. Eclipso has ascended, becoming a God, and threatens to take the world – and Wally’s family dog – with him. The resolution to all of this is silly, almost deliberately so, but I really liked how it showed that despite one Wally’s fall from grace, his children were never truly scared of him – because Wally West really isn’t capable of going evil.
This issue is narrated by Linda Park-West, as she works elements of this big crazy adventure into her latest story. A lot of elements like Linda’s career as a writer have bled over from the Jeremy Adams run, and while it took a while, it does feel like the two versions of the Flash do wind up being similar enough, just taking place in different genres. There’s a sense of fun to the characters, a real sense of family, that was missing from the first year of this book but found its footing in the second act. The sheer scale of this final arc was challenging at times, but it did find time for those small moments that really make characters like this work. I was especially happy with The Shade’s storyarc, although he wound up only appearing briefly in this finale. Next up, a tie-in arc bringing back Flash legend Mark Waid and teaming him with Chris Cantwell. The character continues to be in a good place like most of DC’s franchises.
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