tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13848504.post112288534604539717..comments2023-09-09T04:03:00.560-05:00Comments on The Fortress of Soliloquy: I sort of liked Mark Waid's FlashUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13848504.post-1122997252658828542005-08-02T10:40:00.000-05:002005-08-02T10:40:00.000-05:00Oh, absolutely. And if it's not Flash, it's Empire...Oh, absolutely. And if it's not Flash, it's Empire or Kingdom Come. <BR/><BR/>Unfortunately for me, aside from "Return of Barry Allen" and "Terminal Velocity," I haven't gotten to read a whole lot of Waid's early run on the book. I hope to remedy that with trades, but that'll take a bit of time. <BR/><BR/>But it was pretty clear that, despite all the good stuff that followed #100 (the Dead Heat story, right?), Waid probably should have at least taken a well-deserved break, rather than trying to continually top his killing of the main character.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the comment! I'm glad to see someone's reading this blog.Tom Fosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13796424725228769265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13848504.post-1122939041260661652005-08-01T18:30:00.000-05:002005-08-01T18:30:00.000-05:00The good thing about Waid's Flash run is that he g...The good thing about Waid's Flash run is that he gives us such a beautiful cut-off point that it allows readers to look bad fondly upon the run, even thoughthe latter half of the run was quite weak.<BR/><BR/>I wrote at Comics Should Be Good awhile ago about the fact that writers should avoid "Big Events," in the sense that they should not have the comic work up to one point in time, because once that point occurs, if the writer stays on the book, the story is basically seen as OVER.<BR/><BR/>Reading Flash from #62-100, it was as strong of a superhero comic as you are ever going to see.<BR/><BR/>However, Waid wrote another 45 or so issues of Flash AFTER #100, which contains pretty much every complaint about his run (The stupid evil twin story, and the whole rergugitation of plots).<BR/><BR/>Since #100 was such a blatent cut-off point, it allows us to still reflect upon his run kindly. <BR/><BR/>That being said, people can have problems with Waid's Flash, but it still remains that you often hear his Flash offered up when someone is about to bash a current work of his...hehe.Brian Croninhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06223181857448999287noreply@blogger.com