tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post497731013467768423..comments2024-03-15T07:12:40.918-05:00Comments on Collected Editions: Review: Flashpoint: The World of Flashpoint Featuring Wonder Woman trade paperback (DC Comics)collectededitionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14698269790653953645noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-27642584333137271992013-02-04T20:08:48.986-06:002013-02-04T20:08:48.986-06:00I agree that The Outsider didn't add a lot to ...I agree that The Outsider didn't add a lot to the main Flashpoint story. I did like the narrative device that Robinson used, showing The Outsider POV on his holo-meetings with Cyborg. I also enjoyed how he was very much a bad guy who seemed to best all the good guys who went up against him.<br /><br />For me, this book was by far the most essential tie-in to the main Flashpoint series. The Wonder Woman and Aquaman minis totally change the way you look at those characters in this alternate reality; they are closer to misguided versions of their true selves as opposed to being totally different as portrayed in the main series. I really really enjoyed the backstory that was offered. As for the story flow, I was flipping back and forth a lot (thanks to multiple bookmarks!), even in the middle of the third issues of both Wonder Woman and Aquaman, reading the geo-pulse scene almost simultaneously. Both of those series seem to end with Aquaman and Wonder Woman heading out to meet in their final battle that we see in Flashpoint #4.<br /><br />Regarding what you suggest are conflicting revelations about Penthesilea, I disagree. In Lois Lane #3, Wonder Woman discovers that Penthesilea has been committing many terrible atrocities in her name. In Wonder Woman #3, she has returned and even says "I wanted to have a word with my aunt", presumably about what she had just discovered, when she walks in on Penthesilea and Ocean Master, realizing that the treachery with her aunt went far beyond what she had originally thought.D. Mark Simmshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16537028797086907873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-82655751919345270852012-04-18T15:24:44.040-05:002012-04-18T15:24:44.040-05:00I think Hix was talking about my comment, CE. In m...I think Hix was talking about my comment, CE. In my opinion, The Outsider was a decent read, but didn't really add a lot to Flashpoint, other than showing what happened to Martian Manhunter, Black Adam and Mr. Terrific.shagamuhttp://mbbforum.com/mbbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-34415836412798835182012-04-17T23:48:07.414-05:002012-04-17T23:48:07.414-05:00Really? What'd I say?Really? What'd I say?collectededitionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14698269790653953645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-14168178762853934822012-04-17T18:59:49.911-05:002012-04-17T18:59:49.911-05:00Amused by your assessment. Will be getting this so...Amused by your assessment. Will be getting this solely BECAUSE of The Outsider story.Hixnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-86836507186367039302012-04-16T21:43:20.272-05:002012-04-16T21:43:20.272-05:00Except for The Outsider, the tie-ins collected in ...Except for The Outsider, the tie-ins collected in this book are among the ones that add the most to Flashpoint's worldbuilding.<br /><br />However, it's a shame that most Flashpoint tie-ins lost their original artists because they were assigned some of the new 52 titles (or an issue of Batman Incorporated, in Scott Clark's case). Maybe the artist changes would be easier to get used to if the issues were arranged in publishing order, Seven Soldiers-style.shagamuhttp://mbbforum.com/mbbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-12797393234244928812012-04-16T13:51:25.913-05:002012-04-16T13:51:25.913-05:00I recently read all the Flashpoint issues in order...I recently read all the Flashpoint issues in order (based on an internet forum suggestion I can't now seem to find). It was my second time through and I enjoyed the sense of immersion and appreciated the creation of an whole new world from (almost) scratch a lot more.<br /><br />Pity they weren't collected that way.Glintnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-85764484389387651572012-04-16T12:24:18.479-05:002012-04-16T12:24:18.479-05:00I bought all of these in floppies (yes, all of the...I bought all of these in floppies (yes, all of them, and I feel like a fool), and the ones in the WW trade were mostly hit or miss for me. I agree that the Outsider should have been better (although maybe he'll show up in Earth Two?), but for me the biggest problem with all the tie-ins was how rapidly the creative teams changed. The artwork was so inconsistent that I had a hard time remembering I was reading miniseries and not one-shots.<br /><br />The best one was (spoiler warning/no surprise) the Batman one.Zach Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17905320964723323391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-41280854956138916392012-04-16T10:03:42.728-05:002012-04-16T10:03:42.728-05:00At the moment I recommend you read World Flashpoin...At the moment I recommend you read World Flashpoint Featuring Wonder Woman first after the main minseries, but I'm still giving all the books a final look, Anon. Stay tuned during our Flashpoint coverage -- your question will be answered.<br /><br />Agreed, Nikos, there's nothing ground-breaking in this volume. If you like Aquaman or Wonder Woman, or would like some confirmation that they're not as bloodthirsty as their main Flashpoint volume's depictions make them seem, then this is the book for you. But chances are most of this volume will pass quietly into limbo.collectededitionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14698269790653953645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-593463850145722712012-04-16T09:42:27.608-05:002012-04-16T09:42:27.608-05:00I'm a softcover wait for trader, so I'm a ...I'm a softcover wait for trader, so I'm a bit more behind than some. The Flashpoint softcover was just released and I ordered it despite some lukewarm reviews, but I was waiting on CE to review the tie ins before I made a decision on them, so these reviews are perfect timing. I was leaning towards not getting any of them since the reviews when they came out originally were poor and not really necessary for the main story to be understood. Now the new 52 has made them pretty obsolete anyways so all they have going for them would be their quality. Seems like this collection is a pass.Nikosnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-44640254678032619002012-04-16T09:24:53.112-05:002012-04-16T09:24:53.112-05:00What order do you recommend for the reading of the...What order do you recommend for the reading of the tie in trades and the main series?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com