Reddit mentions of The Flash Vol. 1: The Dastardly Death of the Rogues: Brightest Day

This is the reading order for a modern Barry Allen. If you're interested in the best of the best Flash stories and the greater Flash mythos, Flash in the 90's to mid 2000's is the best era of the Flash. Mark Waid's Flash currently has 1 trade out with trade 2 coming out May 2nd. The first trade is an origin story about Wally West, the second trade is a story called "The Return of Barry Allen" which is the best Flash story of all time. Waid's run is the best Flash run of all time and the third trade is coming out in the Fall. Grant Morrison and Mark Millar wrote a short zany run in the middle of Waid's run. It's one trade long and worth the read. Lastly, Geoff Johns Flash run is phenomenal. It's the second best of the three and there are currently three trades out. It's a bit more serialized than Waid's run, which is a plus. Waid writes Wally a lot better than Johns but what Johns has over Waid is phenomenal and relatable villains.



Flash Rebirth brings Bary up to speed with the world and shows him dealing with being a man out of time.




The Flash Dastardly Death of The Rogues is the best Barry Allen story, it is a must read




Flash: Road to Flashpoint. This story is pretty alright, the collected version has a lot of interesting one shots and such and it directly leads into Flashpoint. This doesn't get recommended often, but I enjoyed it and I think it should be at least mentioned




Flashpoint kicks off the New 52 and is a decently written Barry Allen story. This leads into the New 52 series




The Flash New 52 Vol 1-4 Collected in this omnibus. This has absolutely stunning art and it's the same art team that did Dastardly Death of the Rogues, the artists also double as the writers and they capture a good Barry Allen in my opinion. This run is great but everything after is pretty mediocre




DC Universe Rebirth is a great story and Barry and a certain other speedster are very relevant to the story




The Flash Rebirth (2016) is the current ongoing, you can digitally purchase it or buy the issues individually from Midtown Comics (The website) or your LCBS. I'm linking the first volume of this run.

Check out The Flash: Rebirth. Next, read the series by Geoff Johns, Francis Manapul, and Scott Kolins (2010-2011). It's collected in two volumes. After that, read Flashpoint, and then read the New 52 series.

Here's a breakdown:

• Flash: Rebirth
  
  
• Flash: The Dastardly Death of the Rogues
  
  
• Flash: The Road to Flashpoint
  
  
• Flashpoint
  
  
• Flash Vol.1: Move Forward
  
  
• Flash Vol.2: Rogues Revolution
  
  
• Flash Vol.3: Gorilla Warfare
  
  
• Flash Vol.4: Reverse
  
  
• Flash Vol.5: History Lessons
  
  
• Flash Vol.6: Out of Time
  
  In addition to these, you can check out a list of some more recommended Barry Allen reads here.
  
  EDIT: Don't be discouraged if you find The Flash: Rebirth very continuity-heavy - it is. This was one of the first non-Batman comics that I read when I was getting back into comics, and I had no clue what was going on. The thing is, that frustration only encouraged me to dig deeper and understand more about this world. I hope you (or anyone for that matter) takes that approach when something comes along that doesn't seem to make sense.

Geoff Johns had two runs on the Flash

One on Wally West starting from here. There are three omnibi, but this is the first

Or Barry Allen Flash which includes this [this] (http://www.amazon.com/Flash-Vol-Dastardly-Rogues-Comics/dp/1401231950/ref=pd_sim_b_5?ie=UTF8&refRID=1BVB4GQBM31399T5XNVT) and [this] (http://www.amazon.com/The-Flash-Vol-Flashpoint-Comics/dp/1401234488/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_y) ending with [this] (http://www.amazon.com/Flashpoint-Geoff-Johns/dp/1401233384/ref=pd_sim_b_3?ie=UTF8&refRID=01YDR9NHFX8JAG9HQYS5)

Barry Allen started his carrier in the comics in 1956 until 1985 and then he was absent on until 2009. His modern-age series called The Flash: Rebirth when he returned. After that 2 trades came (In comics, a trade paperback (often shortened to trade) is a collection of stories originally published in comic books, reprinted in book format, usually capturing one story arc from a single title or a series of stories with a connected story arc or common theme.) called The Flash Vol. 1: The Dastardly Death of the Rogues and The Flash Vol. 2: The Road to Flashpoint.

After these, a HUGE event came that changed everything called Flashpont that "reset" the continuity and started the New 52 age and it's first story-line called The Flash, Vol. 1: Move Forward or alternatively The Flash: Starting Line (DC Essential Edition (collecting the first 2 trades in 1 book) This series (New52) lasted till Spring 2016 and collected 9 trades (the show you watched is based on this era).


In early 2016 DC Rebirth came (only name change, everything is continued from New52) but a huge exception: a long missing character came back to the grand scene who was missing for so long. Rebirth's first trade is The Flash Vol. 1: Lightning Strikes Twice and currently the latest is The Flash Vol. 9: Reckoning of the Forces, but that's not the end, the series is still ongoing. Alternatively you can buy "The Flash Rebirth Deluxe Book(s)" that collect 2 trades per book in an affordable price/way.


So if you are interested in Barry (overall) start with The Flash: Rebirth and move onward to Flashpont, but you can just start with The Flash, Vol. 1: Move Forward or DC Rebirth followed by The Flash Vol. 1: Lightning Strikes Twice, then read everything up to today. (the current story-arc called Year One coming out just right now, starting with issue #70)

But if you are interested in old material, the best place to start is The Flash: The Silver Age Vol. 1, the first comics where Barry showed up. (but beware, the art and the story is really different than what's today's standard)

(there is an omnibus on sale at the moment (a collection of multiple trades) called The Flash By Francis Manapul and Brian Buccellato Omnibus that collects the first 4 trades of the New 52 era.

Well, bought more comics tonight. And in case you're wondering, I bought first 3 volumes of Batman & Robin, this Flash book, and Green Arrow.

Dastardly Death of the Rogues

How old is she?

Here's my response from a previous thread of a similar request:

>"Born to Run" It's the origin of Kid Flash told through the eyes of the then 13 year old Wally. It's older though. A more modern story like "Dastardly Death of the Rogues" may rope a kid in better; beautiful art and an awesome story. I could recommend a ton of great Vol 2 stories but the old art has a stigma to it with new readers. It's easier to hook them with Manapul art.

>I bet he's seen the "Flashpoint Paradox" movie so I bet getting him Flashpoint could work.

>I would recommend "Move Foward" but it can be a bit boring for someone's first read, "Rogues Revolution" is much more entertaining. Even "Rogues Reloaded" is a great standalone story.

>I think any story with Impulse or Kid Flash in it could appeal to a new young reader - Damian Wayne, Robin got my 13 year old brother to start reading years ago. Point-of-view/ride-along characters exist for moments like this.

>I'd put my money on Dastardly Death though. It's got everything, including a bunch of Barry showcasing his powers: he runs on helicopter blades, rebuilds an entire apartment complex, speed-reads the entire libraries construction and engineering sections. More than that, while it doesn't show off the Flash Family outside of Barry and Iris it does show a new reader the ideals, morals, and powers of the Flash.

>Here's a link to Amazon to "The Dastardly Death of the Rogues". The best part about this collection is that it contains the Secret Files and Origins #1 from 2010 that gives a profile and bio of every Flash Family member and the cities themselves.

OK Great! Here are some starting points for you.

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Mark Waid Flash - Wally West

Morrison And Millar Flash - Wally West

Geoff Johns Flash - Wally West

Geoff Johns Flash - Barry Allen

Manapul And Buccellato Flash - Barry Allen

Williamson Flash - Barry Allen

If you decide to read The Flash: Rebirth 2009 and want to see the lead up to Flashpoint, [The Dastardly Death of the Rogues!] (https://www.amazon.com/Flash-Vol-Dastardly-Rogues-Unnumbered/dp/1401231950/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1478613331&sr=8-4&keywords=the+flash+geoff+johns) story and [The Road to Flashpoint] (https://www.amazon.com/Flash-Vol-Flashpoint-Comics-Unnumbered/dp/1401234488/ref=pd_sim_14_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=WSET3F065SSSVMAA1CVD) are the two books you should definitely check out. Both are by Geoff Johns and personally, I enjoyed them, but it's totally up to you if you decide you want to read more to get your full Flash fix before Flashpoint occurs.

Vol 1
This is the first collection, it's a "Brightest Day Tie-In" (Brightest Day/Blackest Night was a Green Lantern story)

Vol 2
This is the second, this deals with more Flashpoint stuff and explains a lot.

They're just links to Amazon, but hope this helps.

Edit: Written by Geoff Johns and Francis Manapul

I personally enjoyed Dastardly Death of the Rouges by Geoff Johns. You kinda get double the Rouges(?) action but with a twist. here