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Tom vs. Comics

Tom vs. The Flash #334 - Flash Freak-Out!

Tom vs. Comics

Thomas Katers

Arts, Visual Arts, Books

4.9575 Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2010

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Flash Freak-Out!

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Music by Dexys Midnight Runners

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0:00.0

Tom versus the Flash number 334 or not only is he a rogue, but he's also an accomplished stylist.

0:08.7

Welcome back for the Flash number 334, the June 1984 issue featuring a cover pencil by Carmine Infantino, inked by Mike DeCarlo, with the issue being edited by Carrie Bates.

0:18.9

Our story is Flash Freak Out. Written by Carrie Bates, pencil by Carm Flash Freak Out, written by Carrie Bates, pencil

0:22.4

by Carmine and Fantino, inked by Frank McLaughlin, lettered by Banota, colored by Carl Gafford.

0:27.3

We begin front page of a National Enquirer-style newspaper of the DC universe called the National

0:33.8

Penetrator, which is an unfortunate name. On the cover, it says,

0:39.3

Flash and Lady Lawyer, their sizzling romance exposed. See, there's already rumors about the

0:44.3

Flash and Ms. Horton hooking up. It's a sort of affair. That's what happens when you have

0:50.5

a lady lawyer defending. Of course, it's not true. It also doesn't help that it's in something called the National Penetrator.

0:57.5

The next page, it's sort of a watchman-style nine-grid sequence of someone walking up to a

1:03.7

newsstand, buying a copy of the National Penetrator, walking back to a limo, getting in the

1:07.7

limo, handing it to their passenger, who we find out is Mr. Reddick, the world famous defense attorney who desperately wants to defend the flash for the fame and fortune that it will bring. Well, he wants to do it for free, but he could probably write a book about it, and he's looking at the National Peneture. He's horrified. This, Ms. Horton, has no credentials to defend the Flash. And look, the media's

1:29.3

already gotten a hold of them. They're tearing her apart. The poor Flash is going to end up behind

1:34.6

bars. Justice won't be served. And it's all going to be because no one had the good sense to get

1:39.0

Mr. Reddick to defend the Flash. What is the Flash in this? What we find out? Central

1:43.8

City is raining like crazy. Huge rainstorm. The flash is whizzing through the city at super speed. Worried about everything. Worryed about the fact that Fiona had a nervous breakdown. Now she seems to be getting better, but she seems to have forgotten all about Barry Allen, which probably also hurts his feelings a little bit. He's worried about the fact that his lawyer has, his original lawyer was almost killed by an assassin

2:05.3

and his new lawyer hates the Flash's guts and won't tell him why.

2:08.5

In fact, the Flash is so distracted.

2:10.1

He's running so fast.

2:11.2

He's knocking umbrellas out of people's hands.

2:13.4

Old ladies are dropping the groceries.

2:14.9

It's a disaster.

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