Finished reading The Flash: Running Scared, as writer Joshua Williamson brings Reverse-Flash back to torment Barry once again by going after Iris West. The book opens with Barry looking over the disintegrated body of Eobard Thawne after moving it to S.T.A.R. Labs after the events of the Button. After leaving the lab Barry goes to a surprise birthday party that is crashed by Multiplex which leads to Barry teaming up with Green Lantern as Hal was also at the party. After dealing with Multiplex Barry ask Hal for relationship advice and whether he should tell Iris that he’s the Flash. However unknown to Barry, Thawne has returned from the dead and has kidnapped Iris and taken her to the 25th century after severely hurting Kid Flash who was trying to protect his aunt while also leaving a message for Barry to follow him to the future. Overall this was an amazing book as it does and amazing job in the character development for the whole cast with the relationship between Barry and Iris being at the forefront as the book takes a few surprising twists to how the relationship changes over the course of the book. While Thawne also gets a surprising amount of development with the book going back to the first time Thawne met Barry and showing how that send him down the path of becoming the Reverse-Flash, making for some amazing storytelling with how the two characters life’s been forged and effect by each other. The art throughout the book is amazing as the use of Barry’s and Thawne’s powers are brought to life extremely well thanks to how then book interconnects with how both characters use their powers differently. Additionally the changing art styles work to the advantage of the story as a different art team is used on a different time period within Barry’s and Thawne’s life while also sill delivering on the great action and emotion of the characters. 9/10.
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