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• silkcuts wrote this review on September 30, 2011.
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A Flash and Splash debut.

I really enjoy when the artist is also writer.  Partly because the voice I think is clearer.  From Manapul's first Flash series with Geoff Johns we really saw a strong visual storytelling from Manapul and now without Johns, the story is so clear with Manapul's narrative.  We see some hand lettering blended into the art like a young Will Eisner.  We also see great panel layout, accompanied by great contrast of inking style and color choices.  This book is beautiful on the eyes.
 
This story was a nice "Splash" into the writers seat for Francis Manapul and I am proud to be a fan of his since his storytelling gets stronger after each project.  The premise of the story is Barry Allen sees a crime, as the Flash he stops the heist and as Barry Allen he knew the thief.  A basic plot it seems, but the ending reveals an interesting twist of who is who.  I felt the story was clearly told so it should be 52 new reader accessible and there is enough going for this project for me to read issue #2.
 
I don't normally do this in a review, but since Francis is a gentleman I will share with you scans of my two signed issues of Flash #1 I got from him on launch day.  

 

Congrats to Francis Manapul on a great job with the book.  Thanks for reading my review.
Cheers
- Silkcuts

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