By the end, Barry has a fight with Thawne. It is fantastic. The last page is one hell of a cliffhanger. It leaves you wanting more immediately. This issue is well written and the art is spectacular. I love this series. It is a top book for sure, and one of the best continuing series on the market. Read Full Review

The Flash continues to just be a strong read thanks to the creative team's consistency and another engaging, unpredictable arc. Read Full Review

All in all this was a wonderful issue of The Flash promising more to come in future issues as Eobard Thawne and Barry Allen briefly walk together during the paths of their lives. If you are a fan of Flash this is certainly an issue and story arc you will enjoy. Read Full Review

At the end of the day, this issue is a reminder specific heroes can go on unique adventures when done right. Porter, Peterson, and Williamson transport you in the middle of a time travel adventure that connects well to Barry Allen's past as well as deep emotions only a superhero could control. As many of us hunger for new comics with most publishers holding off till later this month, this is a fun superhero story with frenzied action to tide you over. Read Full Review

Flash #753 ups the stakes considerably, and doesn't let off the throttle as it speeds toward "Flash Age's" conclusion. Been let down by the current lackluster season of the CW's Flash? The real deal in comics form is the antidote! Read Full Review

One of the most popular DC books and the only one to keep its creative team consistently since Rebirth, The Flash #753 is the biggest book to return since the shutdown and it wastes no time jumping right back into the fray with a chaotic issue with three different speedsters traveling through time. Read Full Review

While the story has slowed down, the powerful, well-drawn scenes save this issue of The Flash. Read Full Review

A fun, fast paced super hero story! Read Full Review

This issue was a great interlude while also being a good primer and opener for the next part of this arc. The way this story is being set-up is feeling like a “quintessential” chapter is about to be told. The personal elements in the narrative and the ones that are so woven into the makeup of the character leaves room for this to go very engrossing places. Like the way Paradox is changing the Flash’s history, this issue changes things between Barry and his bitterest rival. The art team made this interesting read as interesting to look at and both elements fit perfectly to produce a very strong issue. Read Full Review

Porter and Peterson do some amazing work with the art throughout the issue and there is a palpable sense of energy throughout the pages. Both artists really know how to bring the visuals a sense of movement and power. Read Full Review

This issue is basically split into two halves. The first half is incredibly boring and feels like a complete waste of time as the writer has already told us in the previous issue that this is simply a pit stop for our character. This section feels like padding and might be one of the worst offenses in this long storytelling medium. That said, the second half of this book borders upon brilliance as we see one of the most striking and powerful scenes in this book's recent history. The second half of this book is so incredibly good but it also shows the flaws in this book so clearly. Going forward, this makes me incredibly worried about the book going forward, but as for this issue itself, that second half does some serious legwork. Read Full Review

Readers who have been firmly entrenched in this run from the beginning are going to feel a little bit like this issue is going through the motions. But thanks to the pace set by the art, this chapter will probably read great in trade, especially as that moment for Barry will stop the narrative dead in its tracks for a moment. It doesn’t feel like this story needed this issue so much as it needed that moment. Porter and Peterson put Williamson on their back a little bit in this issue but that’s what a collaborative medium is for. Williamson has proven he can deliver great Flash stories, and it’ll be a treat to see him wrap up this one. Read Full Review

Prelude:
Last issue of Flash was good but it was mainly set up for these interludes. Let's hope these do well.

The Good:
I loved the quick look into all of Eobard's death.

Interesting tie-ins to the past issues.

Love the confrontation at the end and how powerless Barry is to it all.

The art was good throughout the issue.

The Bad:
Progress is slow because it focuses on the other events within the title. I'd have preferred if it purely focused on Barry and Eobard.

Conclusion:
It's a very good issue but the inclusion of the Paradox and Iris stuff does take the quality down for me. However, it looks like next issue purely focuses on Barry and Eobard.

I think this entire run has gone 40+ issues too long. Each new issue and arc feels like a repeat of what we got before with only minor differences thrown in to fool the people who keep saying this whole thing is great. In my opinion, it's not great at all, but just middle of the road storytelling at best. This issue we get Reverse Flash and Barry and though Williamson seems to think this will be a big WOW moment, there isn't much going on to progress the story and feels ho-hum overall. The art is great, though, but that can't carry it alone and in the end, this is just another mediocre installment to a mediocre run. Sales have been dipping in the months prior to the shutdown and it's obvious why.

This was fine. Just another Flash issue to go along with all the others. I really don't understand how people are still invested with the amount of recycling this run has.

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hesfkshgf - May 6, 2020

agree 100% This series keeps feeling like more and more of the same just broken up into different named arcs

Amazing Psycamorean - May 6, 2020

It really does. As someone who's never read Flash before this current run, it really drives home the joke you always here about the Flash, which is that his stories are all the same and all involve some version of him running *faster*, which is kind of a shame.

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This is just so boring. Nothing new or exciting.