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Tom vs. Comics

Tom vs. The Flash #306 - Through a Glass, Permanently/Apocalypse of the Fifth Sun

Tom vs. Comics

Thomas Katers

Arts, Visual Arts, Books

4.9575 Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2010

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Through a Glass, Permanently/Apocalypse of the Fifth Sun

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Music by Dexys Midnight Runners

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0:00.0

Top first of the Flash number 306, or the Flash will never allow any of the rogues to find true love.

0:08.8

Welcome back for the Flash number 306, the February 1982 issue featuring a cover,

0:14.4

pencil by Carmen Infantino, inked by Bob Smith, and that has nothing to do what goes on in this story.

0:20.2

They did not know what was going in this issue when they came up with this cover. They're like, Dr. Fate, flashes in it. It's a huge trade. We wouldn't love this. There's an orchestra in the front. Kids get ready. We don't know what's going into this issue. So our first story in this issue. Oh, the entire issue is edited by Mike W. Parr. Of course, the first story is

0:38.5

through a glass permanently written by guest writers. I think we figured out why they didn't know

0:42.7

what was going in the issue. The guest writers are Dan Michigan and Gary Cohn, who you might know

0:47.1

is the co-creators of Blue Devil and Amethus, the Jewel Princess, Gem Princess, I think,

0:53.7

I know Blue Devil for sure.

0:54.9

I'm kind of doing this off the top of my head.

0:56.8

The art is by Carmen Anfintino and Bob Smith,

0:59.2

letters by Todd Klein, colors by Gene DeAngelo.

1:02.0

It's overall a pretty good story.

1:03.5

There's a few weird new writer things or guest writer things

1:08.0

where I don't think they quite knew the entire history of Miramaster

1:12.9

and how The Flash relates to them.

1:14.7

And I know it because I've been reading these issues pretty much nonstop for a year.

1:19.9

So it's a little unfair, I think, for me to completely criticize them.

1:23.5

But there's a few weird things in there.

1:24.5

But overall, a pretty decent story.

1:27.0

We begin opening night of a new disco, a few weird things in there but overall a pretty decent story we begin opening

1:28.2

night of a new disco a hot new disco in central city entitled reflections hmm you're master

1:34.1

going to be in this of course we see Fiona Webb and Barry Allen on their way there Fiona had to

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