Flash: Flashpoint

At the end of last season, Barry once again gave in to temptation and returned to the night of his mother’s murder. It must be getting very crowded at that moment in time, with so many versions of Barry and Reverse Flash cluttering up the background. This trip, Barry saved his mother and caused a massive paradox, changing many events in his timeline (and presumably changing things for Arrow and the Legends of Tomorrow folks as well, since it’s a shared universe. Maybe this is how Supergirl gets integrated into the CW-verse?). In “Flashpoint,” a name full of meaning for a lot of DC Comics fans, we see the new world.

Quick Note from DragonCon

I will post a lot more later when I manage to get home, but of special interest, I have learned that legendary comics writer Marv Wolfman has written a novelization of the Suicide Squad movie, and that tie-in novels are coming for both Flash (in November) and Arrow (a few months later).

Flash: The Race of His Life

The Flash ends Season Two with, “The Race of His Life.” There are a lot of surprises and twists, and they manage to keep curveballs coming right up until the very last scene. I didn’t see the end of this one coming, and a few other things along the way surprised me as well.

Flash: Invincible

Flash’s season is almost done, and there’s a lot going on in “Invincible.” Zoom has unleashed his horde of evil metas on Central City, and the police are hopelessly outgunned. The group shot doesn’t allow us to pick who most of them are (I’m not quite geeky/obsessive enough to go back and watch it on frame by frame), but two of them appear to be versions of Hawkman and Hawkgirl at least.

Flash: Runaway Dinosaur

The Flash gets a bit surreal this week, but then, with the title of “The Runaway Dinosaur,” it wasn’t going to be one of their more normal episodes. The STAR team is trying to figure out what happened when Barry suddenly disappeared when they get another surprise. After Jessie and Wally don’t answer the intercom, Wells and the Wests find Wally and Jessie on the floor of the hallway. Wally comes around, but Jessie is out cold and initially even her heart seems to have stopped. Henry, after he’s shaken off the shock of Barry’s vanishing, agrees to use his medical training to check her out. Cisco uses his powers to figure out Barry is still alive, but trapped in some weird energy vortex.

Flash: Rupture

The STAR crew is trying desperately to cover for Barry losing his powers in “Rupture.” Cisco has come up with a pretty clever toy to let the Flash seem like he’s back in action throughout the city. It’s a little rough on Barry, but since he already feels so guilty about giving up his powers, he’s not complaining. Wells is his usual cheerful and supportive self, dismissing their efforts as “Hoodlums and Holograms,” and trying to convince everyone to try his plan- recreating the accident that gave Barry his powers in the first place.

Flash: Back to Normal

At the end of “Versus Zoom,” Barry made the really bad choice of giving his powers to Zoom in order to save Wally’s life. Now, he is “Back to Normal.” They do a contrast of Barry’s morning routine, when he had his powers and now. He’s clearly missing his powers. I don’t know what he expected to happen when he made that deal with Zoom.

Movie and tv Developments and rumors

It’s been an interesting few weeks for the live action versions of various comics characters. Rather than do several small articles, I’m just going to do a round up of some of the big points here.

Supergirl: Worlds Finest

Last episode, Supergirl lost two of her closest allies. This week, she gets a little help from a new friend in “Worlds Finest.” Worlds Finest was a very long running team up book from DC Comics that usually featured Superman and Batman. In this case, it teams up not only two heroes but two shows and even two networks, as the CW’s Flash stops by for a visit.

Flash: Escape From Earth 2

The team on Earth 2 is having problems. Fighting Zoom on his own ground is harder than they thought, and now they need to, “Escape from Earth 2.” Zoom himself is running around his version of Central City, leaving Wanted posters of Dr. Harrison Wells all over. Hewitt, Wells’ research assistant, is worried. Wells orders STAR Labs to be locked down and evacuated. Cisco manages to get back from Barry being captured. When Wells wonders why Cisco is still alive, Cisco comments, “He cares even less about me than you do.”