Flashpoint: The future of the Flash

With the Flashpoint event just a short time away from hitting the book shelves, it’s time to take a quick look at what this could mean for the future of DC’s The Flash.  And after neglecting this blog for so long, it’s obvious to me that I need to find time to come here more often.

Flashpoint will push the Flash characters forward in the DC universe.  Where it matters on how good the story will be, an event that ties in to a majority of DC titles will push a character that people might not have picked up into the crosshairs of some comic fans regardless.

Flashpoint will be good for Barry Allen.  It’s the first DC event centered around the Flash and low and behold that Flash is currently Barry Allen.

Flashpoint will be good for Wally West.  What’s good for Barry Allen is good for Wally, Bart, Jay, the Rogues, and anyone else tied to the Flash name.  I expect that Wally will finally get his due Post-Flashpoint.  That is unless his fans have annoyed DC to the point where they decide to stick it to them.

You may not like the scope of events like Blackest Night, Final Crisis, or the upcoming Flashpoint, but it does help sell comics, and it will help boost the Flash in status by the time it is over.  DC has to get him ready for his big movie debut down the road, and Flashpoint is a great next step in this process.