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A review by oddmara
Flash: Terminal Velocity by Oscar Jimenez, José Marzán Jr., Carlos Pacheco, Mark Waid, Sergio Borjas, Mike Wieringo, Bob Kahan, Salvador Larroca
5.0
Only started reading this for Bart, but honestly, it was an amazing story with an amazing cast of characters and quite a boring villain but in the way that didn't make me care any less about the story. I think the great thing about this book was that while /technically/ the main villain was Kobra, all of the narrative tension came from the inner struggles of the characters rather than the actual fight against evil.
Wally tapped into this superspeed, this barrier towards greatness, and saw the future. And it terrified him. We see him fuck up all of his relationships to try and avoid the worst (and for once, the worst actually doesn't happen), and he sacrifices himself in the process.
Bart's training arc is adorable and Bart's entire relationship with Wally is very interesting to read. Wally hates Bart because Bart is exactly like him, and that scares him. He ends up being incredibly cruel to this kid that looks up to him and probably breaking their relationship to an extent from which I don't think it will ever recover.
Max Mercury is amazing to read about and I love him, the way he's a narrative device with legs, always talking about the bigger picture (and while Wally sees the future and he's paranoid, Max sees it and he's sure), and poor Jesse gets played so hard and for what? She just likes speedsters. She wrote her masters thesis on it. Fuck you Wally for making her believe you wanted her to be the next Flash.
Something something legacies insert here. Barry Allen and Wally and Bart but also on a larger scale, Max and Jesse. Living in shadows and being like the other or being better or worse. 10/10
Wally tapped into this superspeed, this barrier towards greatness, and saw the future. And it terrified him. We see him fuck up all of his relationships to try and avoid the worst (and for once, the worst actually doesn't happen), and he sacrifices himself in the process.
Bart's training arc is adorable and Bart's entire relationship with Wally is very interesting to read. Wally hates Bart because Bart is exactly like him, and that scares him. He ends up being incredibly cruel to this kid that looks up to him and probably breaking their relationship to an extent from which I don't think it will ever recover.
Max Mercury is amazing to read about and I love him, the way he's a narrative device with legs, always talking about the bigger picture (and while Wally sees the future and he's paranoid, Max sees it and he's sure), and poor Jesse gets played so hard and for what? She just likes speedsters. She wrote her masters thesis on it. Fuck you Wally for making her believe you wanted her to be the next Flash.
Something something legacies insert here. Barry Allen and Wally and Bart but also on a larger scale, Max and Jesse. Living in shadows and being like the other or being better or worse. 10/10