Flash #29

While this issue resolves a lot, it also sets up a potentially bigger crisis in the next issue as this creative team prepares to mic-drop and tee things up for Ryan North and Gavin Guidry in March. Read Full Review

The Flash #29 shifts the focus back to Wally and Impulse as they seek to save the Speed Force. Read Full Review

Bart Allen continues to try and fail in his attempts to thwart Darkseid with mixed success. Waid and Cantwell write Allen at arguably his best while the chaos swirls around. Georgiev & Herms step up the action with strong images. Don't speed out of the LCS without checking this out. Read Full Review

The Flash #29 is a case of ambition outpacing execution, with concept ideas that could anchor a compelling story buried under rushed pacing and narrative scaffolding that prioritizes setting up next issue over delivering this one. You're paying premium comic prices for a climax that doesn't climax and a revelation that's treated as a plot device rather than a character moment. The Speed Force concept deserves better; Bart Allen deserves better; and your wallet deserves better than a 20-page setup masquerading as a complete story. Read Full Review

BatSledge

Jan 30, 2026

The storyline about the race to save Barry's transformation in the past comes to a boil, with timely assistance from Wally and especially Impulse, who undergoes a bit of a mysterious transformation that has left me a tad confused. No matter, as we are off once again to save the future in a different point in the past in the big finale next issue. To miss it would be a crisis! This issue's thrilling story is only let down a bit by the cartoony artwork.