Finally getting around to doing the initial review that started this blog. Have been busy in personal life and haven't found the time to put the fingers on the old keyboard and click "Publish Post."
FlashPoint is the series being published by DC Comics that will somehow relaunch their whole line of titles come end of August and the month of September. The thing that makes me scratch my head is how a five issue mini series with several spin-off mini will relaunch 52 books come September. I guess you'll have to stay tuned to the blog for that info when the time comes.
The mini is being written by Geoff Johns who has done the last several DC event books and does monthly writing duties on Green Lantern, several other monthlies for DC, and serves as one of DC's Chief Creative Officers. The book is being drawn by Andy Kubert has done work for DC but I'm mostly familiar with him from his work at Marvel.
The book is off to a solid alternate reality start. Issue one had a basic twist ending with the bare essential of this new alternate reality getting fleshed out. The basic premise is that our world's Flash remembers the DC universe proper and he is trying to convince some of this new world's heroes that things are not supposed to be the way they are currently. Issue two was more continuing back story to give more details as well as the unlikely team-up of this world's Batman with our worlds Flash.
While the book is enjoyable and has some really great artwork by Andy Kubert I feel like you are only getting half of the story. As I stated earlier the book is only five issues with over ten other tie-ins to go along with it and if you aren't picking those up your not getting the "full experience." For a book that is supposed to spawn a new universe is leaving a lot of people out in the cold.
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