Flash #206

CRITIC REVIEWS

• 9.0

  Comics Bulletin - Loretta Ramirez

  Jan 30, 2004

  FLASH 206 closes with a lingering excitement for Wally Wests costumed future. Johns and Porter have complete control of their story, and ignition has definitely been achieved. Read Full Review

• 8.0

  Comics Bulletin - Jason Cornwell

  Feb 01, 2004

  Geoff Johns certainly knows who to keep things moving, as this issue delivers two fairly major developments, as the Flash battles the new Mr. Element and the threat this character posed is brought to a very definite finish. However, this is all completed before the issue is even nine pages old, and the book then shifts its attentions to another fairly important plot element, as Wally risks his future happiness by letting Linda know that he's the Flash, and this also allows Geoff Johns another opportunity to address the continuity cops as we see Linda's head was filled with false memories that covered over the gaps that would endanger the secret. In any event this is a fast moving issue that offers up a pretty exciting battle to draw readers into the story, and this is followed by an emotionally charged encounter, that ends with a fairly major plot twist that I must confess I'm not fully comfortable with. Captain Cold also gets another wonderfully villainous moment that once again bumps Read Full Review