Sunday, April 15, 2007

My God, The Nonsense Continues in Flash 10

Quite a lot going on this issue. As a Los Angeles police cadet, Bart Allen attends a class where the teacher presents an unsolved murder from five years ago. The victim was found decapitated, and the head was never found. Bart Allen channels his grandfather and takes up the case. He fairly quickly determines that the man had his head frozen, then busted to pieces. This cold case was truly...a cold case. Bart questions Icicle, Mr. Freeze, then finally Len Snart, aka Captain Cold. Why didn't he put Snart off a little longer and question Killer Frost as well? So he finally determines that his own rogue via lineage is the killer and attempts to apprehend him. During Bart's reverse homicide investigation, we see Zoom viewing a moment in ancient history, accompanied by a mysterious hooded figure who is attempting to hire Zoom for some kind of assignment. Back to Bart's attempt to capture Captain Cold, the fight ends with Bart grabbing Snart by the shirt, just as Zoom appears and the real fight begins. Meanwhile, Jay finds himself fighting and capturing Heat Wave, then depositing him handcuffed in what appears to be an armored prison transportation vehicle. Inside, however, Inertia presents him with a huge opportunity that is so big it places getting rid of Flash - as a bonus. Bart trades blows with Zoom, and somehow overcomes the yellow speedster. When Bart asks who sent him after our hero, he points to Iris West Allen, who wears a skin tight body suit, long flowing cap, and a futuristic weapon aimed at Bart. Okay...where do I begin? First off, Bart considers practically every other cold-themed villain before his own natural antagonist. Okay, the kid probably had his reasons. Then, Jay captures HeatWave, and then supposedly cuffs and sticks him in a vehicle without speaking to an officer, then just speeds off? Jay is fast enough he could have handed HeatWave off to an actual officer, then he might have noticed Inertia hiding there. Oh, well, I guess Jay had a lot to do and just opened, shoved HW inside, and shut the armored door without looking. Makes sense. And of course, newly appointed Flash Bart Allen pretty easily defeats Zoom, a guy who alone gave Wally a hard time (to say the least)? Okay, so Zoom is having an off day. And the issue ends with Iris West Allen as the mastermind behind Zoom's attack? Now this ridiculousness is getting out of hand. What is the problem with leaving Iris alone? She's been through a lot over the many years of Flash history, and now she is cast as the big baddy who sends Zoom after her own grandson who is the latest Flash? Does anyone else have a headache here? That's all I will say for now, and see if maybe this supervillain Iris is actually an illusion and the real former Mrs. Barry Allen is vacationing somewhen else...

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