The combination of Williamson and Porter is a force of nature. Read Full Review

I highly recommend this book to anyone who loves The Flash character and to those who want to know more about Rebirth, which this issue starts to address. Read Full Review

This is a huge summer for DC with weddings and relaunches, but in my opinion the real excitement is happening in the pages of The Flash as Wally and Barry fight that could save Wally's family or destroy the Speed Force and unravel time itself. “Flash War” is a story you don't want to miss. Read Full Review

As long as the book can continue to hit the emotional notes without hamfisting it, there are few DC books we are looking forward to more than The Flash. Read Full Review

THE FLASH #48 shows us the inciting incident for the FLASH WAR. Both Barry's and Wally's ideological differences make sense for each character. This issue is a tragic one, but it makes me excited for what comes next. Howard Porter's superb art adds to my excitement. Read Full Review

Flash War really begins in earnest here, and it's definitely worth the wait. This could be one of the best Flash stories in years. Read Full Review

I have no clue how this will end, except unhappily, but this is easily one of the stories I'm most excited by at DC right now. Read Full Review

A fun little issue that continues the plot of Flash War with fantastic art by Howard Porter. Read Full Review

The Flash #48 is bold, colourful and well told. Read Full Review

This was another good issue of Flash War that teases fans with visions of Flash Family stories going through their heads.  The problem is, Barry is trying to stop it and while he may be right, I can't see anyone rooting for him.  He's my Flash and I'm not!  Howard Porter's art is spot on and suddenly Flash is one of the only books that is putting a smile on my face nowadays.  And no matter what haters of our site and podcast may tell you, I like to smile! Read Full Review

“The Flash War” is starting to get good because there are some pretty big stakes involved for both Barry and Wally. Wally is willing to sacrifice everything for the sake of saving his children and Barry is trying to convince him that there has to be another way. Their back and forth is the product of some good writing from Williamson and the art from Porter is electric. Both characters have a valid argument to be made and their conflict looks like it is going to create something huge for all speedsters going forward. Read Full Review

"The Flash" #48 is a heartfelt next chapter into the 'Flash War' storyline with a powerful finale. Read Full Review

I'm excited to find out where “Flash War” goes and after this issue I honestly have no idea. This may be limited to the Flash title but it feels like a story that'll have a big ramification on the entire DC Universe and answer some questions about the meta story that's been going on since Rebirth began. Read Full Review

The Flash War has kicked it up a notch, aiming to tug at readers' heartstrings. Read Full Review

While very little ultimately happens in this issue, apart from setting up the scene from the very beginning of Flash War, Williamson's grasp of these characters is phenomenal and Howard Portrer's art puts an amazing amount of energy into every scene, even the ones that just involve the characters talking to one another. Read Full Review

"Flash War" continues and Joshua Williamson turns the melodrama up to 11 with an issue that's extremely well-paced. Read Full Review

The Flash War continues in part 2 of this arc. Wally is still a mess and it does not help that Zoom is getting in his ear. The murder trial of Iris West comes to a halt. As usual we have some time for the Blame Barry show and we get more really intense moments between he and Wally. The saga continues and buckle up, I think we're in for a wild ride. Read Full Review

I'm enjoying this story a lot. I would have given this one a 10, but I honestly don't love the Howard Porter art, he makes Wally look too bulky.

Welcome to the Oblivion Bar where the first round is on me and the pretzels are free! Be warned: like the pickled eggs at the bar, this issue is going to get SPOILED rotten.

Is Zoom good or not? Is he playing Wally or not? Hunter Zolomon (Zoom) creates his own time Rogues for the future to stop time anomalies when he himself is also a time anomaly. I can’t put my finger on it but something seems off with Zoom. For those that don’t know, Zoom was basically Wally’s Reverse Flash in a way. He wanted Wally to go back in time and fix his issues but of course Wally wouldn’t.

Hunter took it on himself to try to fix them by using the cosmic treadmill on his own. It blew up giving him speed-like abilities. He’s not “technically” a speedster. He can’t access the speed force. Zoom perceives everything at a matched speed. So if you can move at the speed of light, then so can he in that moment. If you can only move 25mph, then so can he. The issue now is that he doesn’t have his powers and something seems off with him to me. Why would he want Wally to get his kids back? What does he gain? Well, let’s speed read this issue and try to figure it out.

We open with Wally remembering his twin kids, Jai and Irey. However, Wally only remembers bits and pieces until he smacks Hunter Zolomon right in his weird looking face. At that moment, Wally’s “touch to much” causes him to remember everything and realize that Hunter was telling the truth. Meanwhile, the future Rogues use their tech to decipher that Iris killed Thawne out of self defense, which cleared her of any wrong doing. However, the future Rogues want to clear everything up with their judge until they piece together that their judge was actually Hunter Zolomon. (The audience gasps) So, now they too are on the look for him.

Commander Cold and Barry track Hunter’s signature and find him and Wally. Cold shoots at a powerless Hunter with his cold gun only to have Wally step in front of it and safe Zoom. Barry is totally confused as to why anyone would help a Reverse Flash and Wally explains the situation to Barry. He tells him about his kids and how Zoom told him that they are stuck in the speed force and that he needs to go in after them.

Barry tries to tell Wally not to trust Zoom and that they’ll figure this all out on their own. But Wally doesn’t listen and races off. Meanwhile, Kid Flash and Iris show up on the scene. Iris gets one look at the pictures of the twin kids and she begins to remember the them too. But before she can get a chance to compose herself, it looks like the 25th century that they are all in starts to get erased.

The reason it’s erasing is because Wally took off into the speed force and began to alter the timeline (I’m guessing). Barry caught up with Wally right before he raced into the speed force to try to plead with him not to trust Zoom one last time. He also doesn’t want Wally to change the future or the past. As Barry knows, messing with time has consequences and he doesn’t want Wally making the same mistakes he did.

But an enraged Wally tries to explain to Barry how it feels to lose a child. Personally, I don’t know the feeling but I would be devastated if I lost any of my boys. And even though Wally didn’t know they existed until now doesn’t matter. As soon as he knew they existed, the memories came rushing back as if they were always there. I’m sorry Barry but he’s got to go and get them whether Zoom is lying or not.

So, we have one who wants to save his family that’s lost in the speed force and the other who thinks they shouldn’t believe the villain and that they’ll find another way. And now, the war begins. Well, I was a bit down on the past couple issues but this one really got me more excited for this war. Williamson’s trying to give us back Wally. My Wally. A Wally that’s been gone since New 52. Sure, he’s been back since Rebirth but let’s be real, his character has kind of sucked in Titans. But, now we are hopefully getting Wally back for good and I am so pumped. However, I am concerned that Williamson will rush this ending like he’s been prone to doing.

It’s ok to take your time, pace it out, and explain what’s going on gradually throughout. Please tell us WHY this is all happening. Please tell us WHY they’ve been missing. Please tell us WHO is behind all of this. We need answers and I feel like he’s leading us down that path. So give us the dang answers! If not... if I’m led down this path and get nothing... I think I’m out. Why? Because we will be at least two years removed from all of these questions and we aren’t any farther along than when we started.

I don’t need all the answers just the ones related to Wally. Give them to me Williamson. Move us forward with two Flashes and let’s figure this out! If I were all of you readers, I’d read this issue. I’d read this entire war. And honestly, I’d use it as a turning point moving forward. Better yet, just like the first arc of New 52... moving forward....It’s time to “move forward” Williamson. Let’s do it!

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This is shaping up to be a pretty special arc. I'm loving everything with Wally, Barry and the Flash Team. Some really great character moments so far. Can't wait for more

Building tension and high stakes... when a comic leaves you desperate to get your hands on the next issue, it's doing its job and doing it well!

Flash War just keeps on delivering. There haven't been any "HOLY SHIT" moments yet, but the overall characterisation is so great that you don't really need any. This is what DC Rebirth was supposed to be about. Hell, I haven't been this excited about a storyline since the Rebirth started.

Through several past issues there were frictions and rising tensions between Barry and Wally. Now, with Zoom stoking the fires, the conflict transforms into a full blown war. War that may have far reaching consequences, not only for Flash family and speedsters but the DC Universe as a whole.

I really like this arc so far. There is a good story in it with a feeling of a really high stakes.
Josh Williamson moves the story forward with a nice, smooth pace, reader can understand Wally's motivation for the things he's doing and we get a cool version of Captain Cold, sorry, Commander Cold. All that served with a nice, mostly consistent, art from Howard Porter.

Really good issue. For now I can't even predict where the story is going, I won't even dare to venture a guess. more