Written by: Simon Spurrier
Art by: Ramon Pérez
Colors by: Matt Herms
Letters by: Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou
Cover art by: Mike Deodato Jr., Jão Canola
Cover price: $3.99
Release date: July 24, 2024
The Flash #11, by DC Comics on 7/24/24, traps Wally West at the heart of reality where the Arc Angles finally explain what they want, why they want it, and Wally's place in their plan... sort of.
Is The Flash #11 Good?
Oy! This overcomplicated mess has got to end at some point. Right? Does DC still refuse to accept that Si Spurrier's cosmic horror take on The Flash has devolved into a self-important, pretentious joke nobody wants? Well, at least the Arc Angles arc is approaching an end (maybe), so let's get this over with. When last we left The Flash in issue #10, the extended Flash family, including Inspector Pilgrim, who we now know is Wade West from the future, but without Wally West, managed to find each other and gather together at the Flash Museum. Wally ran through sideways realities and layers of perception to eventually be trapped by the Arc Angles. In The Flash #11, Si Spurrier resorts to a standard villain monologue to explain everything that's happened since issue #1 (sorta). The Arc Angles are a type of god irritated by the messiness and inefficiency of change, made possible through the existence of Time. The Deep Change, which sits on the other side of the Source Wall is the source of Time, which spawns all the forces we know (and some we don't) like the Speed Force and the Still Force. When conduits, like the Flash, use the Speed Force, the conduit is indirectly feeding off the Deep Change. In exchange, the Deep Change feeds off the conduits through the emanations of emotions like Love. In effect, people who are connected to and use forces indirectly feed the source of those forces by living and experiencing the fullness of life. Arc Angles are the gods of peace and infinite harmony, so they view the symbiotic cycle between conduits and the Deep Change, through the existence of Time, as an affront to everything they are. Therefore, their plan is to force Wally West, with the help of The Stillness, to open and widen the breach through the Source Wall to get at and destroy the Deep Change, ending Time and creating a placid never-changing reality. Got it? No. That's okay. Neither do 99% of regular Flash readers because nobody is buying this pretentious crap. The issue ends with The Flash running faster than reality because his mind is warped by the Arc Angles to open the pathway for the Arc Angles to get at the Deep Change.
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Final Thoughts
The Flash #11 is an overwritten, overthought, pretentious pile of poop that dumps an overblown amount of exposition on the reader to explain who and what the Arc Angles are and what they intend to do with Wally West. If you peel back the layers, there's an interesting idea at the heart of this series, but Spurrier is too lost in demonstrating how smart he is to pull it off effectively.
3/10
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