THE FLASH ANNUAL #2 totally blew me away. It's both a beautiful portrait of a man grieving over his newly deceased friend, and an exciting superhero story, all in one. Joshua Williamson outdoes himself with this issue. Scott Kolins and Luis Guerrero craft one of my favorite comic book pages ever. Just superb. Read Full Review

If you've been reading Flash, you seriously cannot miss this issue. Read Full Review

I have been waiting for this Annual since it was first announced that this is where we would start to see the events of Heroes In Crisis reflected in The Flash and I wasn't disappointed. It has been rather strange to not see those events not reflected here before now. Also, we see a bit more of the mysterious villain Crisis introduced during the Flash War, who promises to be a major threat to Barry in the coming months. Read Full Review

Overall, I really enjoyed reading this comic. It sets up the different story plots thatThe Flash will include and even story arcs from other comics. From this comic, it seems as if future stories will have a much darker tone. Plus, Barry still has to deal with the Force dilemma he learned about in issue #63. This might be Barry's toughest challenge yet. And with the announcement of aYear One story for Barry, there's definitely a lot to look forward to this year. Read Full Review

Would that this issue had come out before Young Justice #1, so that book might have made a little more sense! Read Full Review

If The Flash Annual #2 isn't the most entertaining DC book on the stands this week, I don't know what is. Read Full Review

Next, to end the issue, Godspeed meets up with his mysterious and unknown master. We have no idea who it is. But the last shot of the book has me intrigued. It was truly an excellent moment. This whole book is fantastic. This is the Flash I love. Williamson hits all the right notes here and it's great. Hopefully this new direction sticks. It's a great starting point and it's one that I've been waiting for. Read Full Review

Although I hate how it was set up, Williamson and Kollins handled the death of Wally West as best as possible, while raising my enthusiasm for The Flash even further. That's not an easy task in an issue dealing with the death of a major character and possibly the sense of hope and optimism that arrived with the start of DC Rebirth. Read Full Review

Perfectly combining the cosmic with the painfully human and tying in dangling plot threads from Williamson's entire run, The Flash Annual #2 may be one of the best issues of the title since Rebirth. Read Full Review

Scott Kolins' art is dynamic. Every panel with one of the speedsters gave off a sense of motion and speed through the visuals. A great looking issue. Read Full Review

This issue tears at our heart-strings as we look at the speedsters losses in this issue. It hints at crossover with other titles like Teen Titans and Young Justice and the story promises that it will be continued…but not just in the next issue of Flash. It will take some time to get the entire story so the creative team must have something real big conjured up over the next few months. Godspeeds actions put the power in play in a strong way and we don't learn who has hired him to gather all of the speedsters forces. We are truly stumped as to who has been trying to take…something from our heroes and we're never quite sure as to what he's actually taken. We finally see who's been wanting the characters life force as we… to be continued. **** (8.8 rating) Read Full Review

"The Flash Annual" #2's heavy references to previous continuity will reward longtime Flash readers but may alienate new fans. Read Full Review

The issue brings in a lot of heartwrenching moments that are undermined by Godspeed. Read Full Review

This issue doesn't really set the world on fire. It's completely fine. The art is good and the story is pretty enjoyable, if very sad. Unfortunately, this story does take away from a lot of the character development we have seen from the Flash in the past year. You can argue that it is an extreme situation or just an annual but it's still disappointing. Read Full Review

While some of this issue sets up some of the goings-on in THE FLASH this year, there isn't much here worth the big price of admission. You're better off buying THE FLASH #63 at your store instead of both of these issues. Read Full Review

Billed as a "must read" for Flash fans,Flash Annual #2plays on questions unanswered while failing to deliver any real substance. Read Full Review

This story is hitting all the right beats, except for the nasty art. Luckily the artist seemed to put all his effort into the most important panel.

A sad issue that leaves you with more questions than answers.
But it was a fast and enjoyable read and the art wasn't as bad as I was expecting it to be.

Weaksauce issue. Bart didn't talked to Barry, and nothing was explained. There was no goodbye for Wally, just Iris screeming.

While I enjoy the art, would have preferred to know during which story arc this issue takes place. We get another issue where we have to find an excuse why Wallace has to be mad at Barry! He was working the case, it wasn't like he knew Wally died and weeks have passed. Besides from what we have seen in Rebirth, they don't have much of a connection. I am a reader who started when Rebirth started so seeing Iris break down like that probably would have meant something if we actually saw them hanging out more! Calling it now that the guy at the end is Future Barry

Thank god this was better than issue 63. While not great, at least we didn't focus on brand new underdeveloped characters for the entire issue. Just the slightly developed Godspeed! Plus, Wally West's death finally impacts this series. I didn't really care though? I'm sure if I had read stuff with Wally outside of Rebirth, I would have. But I didn't. So meh, Iris freaking out didn't do anything for me.

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Darkseid24 - Feb 1, 2019

So Wally’s really dead now? HIC teased that he’s alive though.

Amazing Psycamorean - Feb 1, 2019

This annual seems to happen fairly early in Heroes in Crisis, like issue 2. This is before the current issue of HiC. So who knows?

Darkseid24 - Feb 1, 2019

Thanks, I’ll check it out. I think Gotham Girl is the murderer

Amazing Psycamorean - Feb 1, 2019

Well, she's in the HiC tie-in event, The Price. So who knows?

Darkseid24 - Feb 2, 2019

Yeah, but I think it fits King,& she is one of his creations& it fits the theme. She is traumatized& could be one of the heroes, who turn crazy. Many say Wally is the murderer, but I don’t think DC goes through with it. But who knows, we'll see.

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This was better because it wasn’t about the forces, but worse because I don’t care about Godspeed and I don’t care about whoever that is from the future.