Issue #158 – “Flash Facts”

In this week’s issue we talk all about the Flash!

We’re kicking off 2020 with an episode dedicated to every version of the Scarlet Speedster!

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(4:55) L33Apple’s 5-Star iTunes Canada Review

News and Notes

(6:26) Joker wins Best Score and Joaquin wins Best Actor at the Golden Globes

(10:42) Arrow Spinoff New Details Revealed

(14:06) Deathstroke Series to Debut This Monday

(15:40) Robert Pattinson’s The Batman Surfaces Set Photo

(18:54) Mr. Mxyzptlk Returns to Supergirl

(19:16) Birds of Prey Officially Gets R-Rating

(20:46) First Trailer for Superman: Red Son

(22:01) Stargirl Trailer Debuts

The Flash

(28:53) Should accessing the Speed Force age the Flash faster or is it countered by the healing factor?

(36:14) When was Max Mercury introduced?

(40:04) How did people remember Barry dying post-Crisis?

(44:13) Character Spotlight: Inertia

(47:42) Have there been any versions of the Flash with no connections to the Speed Force?

(50:47) Top 5 Flash villains?

(47:04) Most iconic story for each of the main speedsters?

(1:02:16) Flash cross-over/team-ups that need to be aired on TV?

(1:05:04) Is Barry Allen Jewish?

(1:09:37) Favorite Elseworlds or Multiverse speedster?

(1:13:07) Swapping life with the Flash for a day?

(1:19:26) What are some of the Flash’s greatest losses?

(1:23:31) Does the Flash have anti-chafing technology built in to the suit?

Dial Doc

(1:27:49) Ab Synth

(1:28:59) Candelabra

Characters, Places, Things

Abra Kadabra (PreFlashpoint) (Rebirth)

Accelerated Man

Barry Allen (PreFlashpoint) (Rebirth)

Bart Allen (PreFlashpoint) (Rebirth)

Bloodwork

Captain Cold (PreFlashpoint) (Rebirth)

Eobard Thawne (PreFlashpoint) (Rebirth)

Golden Glider (PreFlashpoint) (Rebirth)

Gorilla Grodd (PreFlashpoint) (Rebirth)

Heat Wave (PreFlashpoint) (Rebirth)

Hunter Zolomon

Inertia

Iris West-Allen (PreFlashpoint) (Rebirth)

Jay Garrick (PreFlashpoint) (Rebirth)

Johnny Quick (PreFlashpoint) (Rebirth)

King Shark (PreFlashpoint) (Rebirth)

Liberty Belle

Max Mercury

Negative Speed Force

Speed Force

Turtle (PreFlashpoint) (Rebirth)

Wally West (PreFlashpoint) (Rebirth)

Wallace West

Recommended Reading and Viewing

Flash Vol 1 324 – The Slayer and the Slain

Flash Vol 2 197 – Blitz, Part One: Rogue Profile – Zoom

Justice Society of America Vol 3

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