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A review by dantastic
The Flash: The Silver Age, Vol. 1 by John Broome, Robert Kanigher
3.0
This contains the first year and a half to two years of Silver Age Flash stories. As we all know, The Flash blazed into existence in Showcase #4 and ushered in the Silver Age of super hero comics. Yes, I'm aware there was a Silver Age Dr. Fate story shortly before Flash but come on.
Anyway, this is pretty good shit. It feels like a Silver Age Marvel book at times. John Broome and Robert Kanigher don't waste any time getting all the pieces on the board. By the end of this volume, most of the Flash mythos is established. We get the origin of The Flash, Iris West, Mr. Elelement/Doctor Alchemy, Captain Cold, The Pied Piper, the Trickster, Gorilla Grodd, and Kid Flash all in this volume. The stories are above average for Silver Age DC books. Like I said, they feel almost like Marvel books at times. Carmine Infantino is in top form and his art is iconic.
So why did I give it a three? Remember, three means I liked it. Anyway, I felt like the stories started repeating themselves right out of the gate. Three Gorilla Grodd stories in one year is too much, even if gorillas do equal money. While I love Infantino's art, his running poses always feel boring to me. They aren't dynamic and that's because old Carmine used real runner photos for reference. People don't look cool while running and neither does Carmine's Flash.
I'm glad I read this for historical purposes and had some fun with it but I doubt I'll read it a second time. Three out of five stars.
Anyway, this is pretty good shit. It feels like a Silver Age Marvel book at times. John Broome and Robert Kanigher don't waste any time getting all the pieces on the board. By the end of this volume, most of the Flash mythos is established. We get the origin of The Flash, Iris West, Mr. Elelement/Doctor Alchemy, Captain Cold, The Pied Piper, the Trickster, Gorilla Grodd, and Kid Flash all in this volume. The stories are above average for Silver Age DC books. Like I said, they feel almost like Marvel books at times. Carmine Infantino is in top form and his art is iconic.
So why did I give it a three? Remember, three means I liked it. Anyway, I felt like the stories started repeating themselves right out of the gate. Three Gorilla Grodd stories in one year is too much, even if gorillas do equal money. While I love Infantino's art, his running poses always feel boring to me. They aren't dynamic and that's because old Carmine used real runner photos for reference. People don't look cool while running and neither does Carmine's Flash.
I'm glad I read this for historical purposes and had some fun with it but I doubt I'll read it a second time. Three out of five stars.