Flash #759

The last page legit made me smile like all is right with The Flash. Williamson has made his tenure a labor of love and this arc is shaping up to be a tremendous conclusion to one of the best Flash runs ever. Read Full Review

I hate that The Flash #759 marks the beginning of the end of Williamson's run, although I know that I'm going to enjoy the Hell out of each issue left. I have know doubt that “Finish Line” will provide the perfect cap to a fantastic run. Read Full Review

This book should be called The Flashes, as we get multiple generations of speedsters here, though Wally West is sadly absent for obvious DC Universe reasons. Williamson has made me realise why we all love this book, and why we'll miss him. Read Full Review

By the end of the issue, we get to see that the Jay Garrick Flash will have a role in this story. It is a great set up issue and I am excited for the the end. Both the story and the artwork are tops here. Read Full Review

Williamson has been coasting for months now, not exactly bringing his A-game. Still, the idea of writing one last Flash story as he prepares to leave must have reinvigorated him, because this single issue gives you everything you could possibly want. It's like he finally realized he had access to one of the coolest cast of characters in all of comicdom, and said, "oh yeah, this was what I should have been doing all along." Surely, his hands have been somewhat tied by editorial, due to long term effects from the New 52 era, but it's so nice to see his Flash book live up to its true potential, even if it's right at the end of his run. If you've been looking for this title to recapture some of its old magic, this is the issue you've been waiting for. Read Full Review

This is one of the best arcs of Williamson's run and his run is likely to go down as one for the ages. Read Full Review

The final arc of Williamson's Flash run starts with a bang and fantastic art. Read Full Review

Flash #759 is a gem of a comic, with intense stakes and a sense of urgency that propels the narrative along at a full sprint from start to finish. But it's also a celebration of what makes the Flash unique - and one of the greatest heroes of all time. Read Full Review

The Flash finally stops tiptoeing around the story and instead finally lets us sink our teeth into it as we go from 0 to 100 real quick. Are we going to spend time seeing the consequences? Partially, but those scenes serve to further the plot as we make our way through this issue. So many issues feel like we could just skip to the cliffhanger and we would know everything that is going on in the issue. This issue actually decides to be different an add stakes to their story. A real treat to read. Good job creative team. You finally got one. Read Full Review

In that fight scene, the fact that Barry flies into the sky like a cartoon character is proof enough this is excessive, over-the-top comic book action. If you're in the right mood for it, would you want it any other way? The Flash #759 shows how the excesses of comics are entertaining as hell. Read Full Review

Joined by Sandoval and Kollins on art duties, the latest issue is definitely a love letter to the Scarlet Speedster and fits nicely with the epic stories of the likes of Geoff Johns and Mark Waid. Read Full Review

Sandoval and Kolins do excellent work with the art throughout. The Speed Force scenes are a little weak visually, but the rest of the issue is stunning. The last page of the issue if fantastic and composed brilliantly. Read Full Review

The Flash #759 begins the countdown to the end of a long run. It's had it's ups and downs, but the consistently strong art and respect for the history has made it an overall enjoyable run. This issue in particular is somewhat rough around the edges, but it has a strong core that outshines it's more technical flaws. This is a good book, but I hope to see the rest of the arc pull out all the stops and end the series on a higher note than this issue implies.  Read Full Review

EDiakota

Aug 17, 2020

" You're mean. Barry Allen isn't mean." - IMPULSE

TheHyruleElf

Aug 11, 2020

A really exciting start!

Liem Duong

Aug 11, 2020

Jumping on to Flash for Finishline since this is Joshua Williamson's final arc before leaving the title. Man, Williamson has written about 100+ issues for Flash Rebirth since its conception in 2016. Out of all of the ongoing Rebirth titles, Flash has probably been the most consistent out of all of them, with Williamson being the only writer to stick it though the end. And now its all coming to a close with Finishline, a big finale to Williamson's legacy on Flash. Overall, I liked this issue. I didn't need to read anything prior to understand what was happening, this issue covers that itself. The art? Kinda inconsistent with the Force scene. Pretty sure Sandoval needed Kolins to fill in for him on certain frames, and it kinda jumbled the flow of the story there. But other than that, Sandoval's art was nice. Things seems to be hyping up with parts of the Flash family assembling from literally all parts of time and space. And the ending, hell yes. Hypes up Finishline to be one hell of a arc. You just can't go wrong with Flash. You got Barry, you got Impulse, you got a fan-favorite Speedster returning for this, they are all coming together to fight Eobard Thawne and the Rogues. Some of the dialogue from Thawne was kind of corny and overly-edgy with how much he wants to be the Flash, but it gets the job down to move the story forward. Gotta go fast! more

Psycamorean

Aug 13, 2020

I didn't mind this issue. It wasn't a bore like the past few. The art was a bit weird. I think this issue has the only time I've ever liked Impulse. I'm glad the body snatcher bit already played out, as well.

Spacey Medicine

Aug 17, 2020

I did deeply enjoy Thawne berating a child, so +0.5 for that.