The Flash: Savage World Review

Finished reading The Flash: Savage World, continuing writers Robert Venditti and Van Jensen story with the future Flash stuck in the present as the present day Flash finds himself trapped inside the Speed Force. The book opens up The Flash trapped within the Speed Force where he meets a man named Selkirk. Who helps the Flash escape from a robot from the twenty fourth century by taking him to his home where people who have been trapped in the Speed Force have set up camp. Meanwhile in Central City the future Flash has taken the place of his past self as he rekindles his love for Patty and dives back into his work at the police precinct as Barry Allen while also being the Flash in order to prevent crimes in his future. While in the Speed Force the present day Flash tries to find a way back home. The second story that's fractured in the book retells the Flash's origin story as Barry is talking to his father at Iron Heights Prison while recalling all of the things he's done in his life since the day his mother died and Barry's father was sent to prison for it. Overall this was great as it continues the story arc that was started in the the previous volume of the series by showing how both the present and the future Flash's deal with the new environments each have been trapped in. The interactions and reactions of future Flash in present is great as future Barry dives right into his work which almost keeps him from drawing attention to himself while Patty's and Iris' views of the future Flash are interesting as they lead to the two finding out the truth in a very interesting way. The artwork within the book is amazing as artist Brett Booth designs of the creatures and setting of the Speed Force is breathtaking in places as the prehistoric like creatures fit into the location seamlessly, while the many functions of future Flash's suit is fascinating especially when it starts to rebuild his hand in the middle of the fight with Overload. 8/10.