And Then I Read: REVERSE-FLASH 1

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This is not a stand-alone story, but deeply embedded in the current FLASH continuity. Since I’m enjoying that, I read this, too. It fills in the missing background on the new Reverse Flash that has been plaguing Barry Allen almost since his return. And the identity of the villain is interesting, he’s Daniel West, the bad-seed brother of Iris West. How he comes to his power is a story full of irony and not a few coincidences, but it reads well, and the art by  Scott Hepburn looks pretty good. Daniel has been gathering up “speed force” power for his own ends, and doing in those who have it. He keeps getting stronger, and that power translates into an ability to go farther and farther back in time, where Daniel hopes to change his own story for the better. Nice idea from writers Buccellato and Manapul, and I see some layouts by Manapul in there too, I think.

Recommended.