Post by Prime on Oct 14, 2009 18:40:48 GMT -5
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Dan wants to know when we'll see Wally's new costume.
Johns:"Flash: Rebirth" #5. And it's very much a Flash costume. It's tweaked, but it's certainly not crazy. It's not blue and white. It's Flash. We never wanted to completely change it. We just wanted to accentuate what makes Wally's costume, Wally's costume. It will feel very familiar.
Here's some more science for you, and this time it's Speed Force related. Ian says, traditionally, the Speed Force has been an energy source of infinite magnitude. It was created in part to explain the Flashes' physics-breaking velocities. I love the idea in "Flash: Rebirth" that Flash [Barry Allen] is the Speed Force generator – literally, a dynamo of speed – but this seems like a major departure from continuity. What inspired the revision?
Johns:For me, the Speed Force was an energy that you could tap into to move fast. And that was it. I wanted to explore more of it. It's almost like a layer between reality and the Timestream. It's the cartilage between the present and the future and the past. It's something that touches upon every era and goes through every time. And it's pure information. I like the term Max Mercury uses. He calls it literally, "The Flash Fact." But it's also that elusive "enlightenment."
As people, we run through life, and, at various stages, look to that enlightenment, or that reason for being. Throughout the world, the various religions are about achieving enlightenment, of breaking through into the next level of life. We are all seeking purpose, here or beyond.
I'll be building on that concept and seeing what the Speed Force is capable of and what Thawne can do with it compared to what Barry can do with it and what Wally can do with it. There's still a lot to uncover concerning the Speed Force.
For the Speed Force, for speed, I think of an engine. Something that drives the entire sub-universe of the Flash. The idea that every step Barry Allen takes, he generates more of it. And literally if he builds up enough energy, just like anything else that builds up energy, boom, there's a discharge somewhere or somewhen. A stray lightning bolt from the Speed Force that pierces time. Whether it is in the past or the future, or a different dimension, there's a discharge of lightning that strikes somebody that shares the same sense of justice that Barry Allen has. Those men and women. They are the true Speed Force.
Slewo was wondering if we'd see any explanation into why Barry would allow XS, his granddaughter, to live away from him at such a dangerous time, instead of having her live a semi-normal life with him and Iris.
Johns:There are very big plans for XS in the future of the Flash universe. "The Flash" book and the "Kid Flash" book start next year, and the Flash universe is something I'm very committed to, both in comics and film.
Dan wants to know when we'll see Wally's new costume.
Johns:"Flash: Rebirth" #5. And it's very much a Flash costume. It's tweaked, but it's certainly not crazy. It's not blue and white. It's Flash. We never wanted to completely change it. We just wanted to accentuate what makes Wally's costume, Wally's costume. It will feel very familiar.
Here's some more science for you, and this time it's Speed Force related. Ian says, traditionally, the Speed Force has been an energy source of infinite magnitude. It was created in part to explain the Flashes' physics-breaking velocities. I love the idea in "Flash: Rebirth" that Flash [Barry Allen] is the Speed Force generator – literally, a dynamo of speed – but this seems like a major departure from continuity. What inspired the revision?
Johns:For me, the Speed Force was an energy that you could tap into to move fast. And that was it. I wanted to explore more of it. It's almost like a layer between reality and the Timestream. It's the cartilage between the present and the future and the past. It's something that touches upon every era and goes through every time. And it's pure information. I like the term Max Mercury uses. He calls it literally, "The Flash Fact." But it's also that elusive "enlightenment."
As people, we run through life, and, at various stages, look to that enlightenment, or that reason for being. Throughout the world, the various religions are about achieving enlightenment, of breaking through into the next level of life. We are all seeking purpose, here or beyond.
I'll be building on that concept and seeing what the Speed Force is capable of and what Thawne can do with it compared to what Barry can do with it and what Wally can do with it. There's still a lot to uncover concerning the Speed Force.
For the Speed Force, for speed, I think of an engine. Something that drives the entire sub-universe of the Flash. The idea that every step Barry Allen takes, he generates more of it. And literally if he builds up enough energy, just like anything else that builds up energy, boom, there's a discharge somewhere or somewhen. A stray lightning bolt from the Speed Force that pierces time. Whether it is in the past or the future, or a different dimension, there's a discharge of lightning that strikes somebody that shares the same sense of justice that Barry Allen has. Those men and women. They are the true Speed Force.
Slewo was wondering if we'd see any explanation into why Barry would allow XS, his granddaughter, to live away from him at such a dangerous time, instead of having her live a semi-normal life with him and Iris.
Johns:There are very big plans for XS in the future of the Flash universe. "The Flash" book and the "Kid Flash" book start next year, and the Flash universe is something I'm very committed to, both in comics and film.