With "The Flash: Rebirth" #1 on sale now, writer Geoff Johns talks to CBR News about the long-awaited miniseries, working with Ethan Van Sciver, and what roles Wally West and Bart Allen will play now that Barry Allen's back in the picture.
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04-02-2009, 02:06 PM #1Mild-Mannered Reporter
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CBR: Geoff Johns on Barry Allen's Rebirth
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04-02-2009, 02:18 PM #2CBR Person of Interest
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I have any number of concept-based problems with bringing Barry Allen back, but having read this first issue, I've got to say the story was quite good. It's odd, though, that #1 made me suspect that Barry will not be the Flash when this miniseries wraps. Or perhaps that's just wishful thinking.
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04-02-2009, 02:33 PM #3Man of Traction
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"Barry Allen is the only man to come back from the Speed Force"
Uh, no. Wally did. Twice.jacktangoMake something up! State it firmly, even arrogantly! -- The John Agar Code of Adventuring Scientists
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04-02-2009, 02:47 PM #4Mattress Tester
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Clearly, Wally is not a man.
Originally Posted by Jack Tango
Being of very traditional, slightly repressed values, Linda first learned this because Wally talks in his sleep.
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04-02-2009, 02:48 PM #5Veteran Member
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Originally Posted by Jack Tango
maybe it is a jesus and lazarus thing sure, Lazarus came back from the dead but he had help.
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04-02-2009, 02:50 PM #6Veteran Member
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If it was the return of Barry Allen I would say maybe but Flash Rebirth kinda is a tell. Originally Posted by BlueThunderArmy
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04-02-2009, 03:03 PM #7CBR Person of Interest
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"Rebirth" could refer to a new era in Wally's career. Though I'll admit it's a stretch. Originally Posted by celticguy
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04-02-2009, 03:31 PM #8Elder Member
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loved the first issue. The speed force is such a fascinating idea and one unique to the flash mythoes. I hope johns continues to use it to the advantage of the characters.
news just in: This issue has sold out. second printing on the way."You can't trust them as poets either. The true poet is anonymous, as to his habits, but these boys have to look, act, and apparently smell like poets"
Flannery O'Connor on the beats.
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04-02-2009, 03:55 PM #9Elder Member
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usurp time.
bigger interview
http://uk.comics.ign.com/articles/969/969256p1.html"You can't trust them as poets either. The true poet is anonymous, as to his habits, but these boys have to look, act, and apparently smell like poets"
Flannery O'Connor on the beats.
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04-02-2009, 06:58 PM #10New Member
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That was a very short interview with little insight or info. I hope there will be a better one on the way. CBR usually does a lot better.
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04-02-2009, 07:17 PM #11wear my sunglasses@night
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I don't see that line in the interview. Was it altered? Originally Posted by Jack Tango
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04-03-2009, 05:53 AM #12New Member
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The guys at my LCS recced this title to me, but after glancing through it I just couldn't bring myself to buy it. I just never cared that much for Barry Allen. He was at his most interesting when he was dead. Personally, I'm hoping that when this series ends we're back to one Flash and it's Wally.
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04-03-2009, 06:01 AM #13Come and See...
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I think he took that from what Bart said in the issue. Originally Posted by Constantine Drakon
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04-03-2009, 07:34 PM #14Porn Addict
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Read it. Loved it. Want more.
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04-04-2009, 10:49 AM #15New Member
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I really don't like the idea of bringing back Barry Allen. He hasn't been the Flash since 1986 and he wasn't the most interesting character then (I'm old enough to remember). Wally has brought the Flash legacy forward so far that we're better off with Barry dead. We don't even need an old, retired flash. Jay fills that role just fine.
If at the end of this, Barry is the Flash, it will be very disappointing. Bringing back Hal was fine, since he had left only a decade earlier and had been around in various guises (not to mention that the Parallax story was one most people were hoping people would be erased). Bringing back Barry is a completely different story.
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