Monday, July 09, 2007

In Memoriam

5 comments:

rob! said...

i loved the idea that the Flash's villains, for the most part, were sad when Flash died, since they were just crooks and not psychos like Batman's villains.

Dixon said...

Ah! And therein lies the reason that I'm rather restless regarding Bart Allen's death in The Flash: The Fastest Man Alive #13. Underneath it all, the Rogues were always rather cheerful comrades in crime. A lot has changed in the last few years.

Now, instead of mourning the death of the scarlet speester, the Rogues were responsible for his death--they practically beat him to death! The events of The Flash #13 are more than a little disturbing. I'm still not sure how I should feel about it. I need to see how the aftermath will play out in the weeks ahead.

I'm sure to be writing more about this soon...

rob! said...

>>Now, instead of mourning the death of the scarlet speester, the Rogues were responsible for his death--they practically beat him to death!<<

really? ick.

Dixon said...

Ick indeed.

Mad Mac Genius said...

Ever since DC followed Marvel by leaving the Comic Code Authority realm, violence has gone up like James Garner's cholesterol count. Bart's beating is nothing compared to the deaths in the mega-crossovers like Infinite Crisis and Identity Crisis.

*goes and reads early Barry stories*