Flash #56
By Hervé St-Louis
October 21, 2018 - 17:08
DC Comics
Writer(s): Joshua Williamson
Artist(s): Scott Kolins
Colourist(s): Luis Guerrero
Letterer(s): Steve Wands
Cover Artist(s): Dan Panosian; Howard Porter, Dinisio Moreno
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I kept expecting officer Burns to turn into an avatar of the sage force with fire-based powers. The identity of the female consciousness in Mick Rory’s mind was never revealed. Usually, in comics, when a new character with a name as obvious as Burns is introduced with a fire-based villain and even visits his mind, she somehow is turned into a super-powered character with fire-based powers. Well not this time, or perhaps Josh Williamson is simply setting up that scenario for the ending of the Flash quest with the new force powers.
A lot happened in this issue which is often surprising these days in comics. I don’t know where Commander Cold will hand up, but I know that Williamson must have a lot in store for him. He has become the Flash’s new partner in his fight against crime. Of course, I dread the moment where he will become a villain or something, but we all know this is coming, right?
I’m really enjoying Scott Kolins here and I am glad that the editors have finally figured out that it is better to let one artist handle a complete storyline instead of bringing in many fill-in artists. This has hurt the series a lot in the past.
Rating: 9/10
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