Flash Forward #2

7.3

Critic Rating

12 Reviews
7.6

User Rating

35 Reviews
Writer Scott Lobdell
Artist Brett Booth, Norm Rapmund
Cover Price $3.99

When the border between the Multiverse and the Dark Multiverse starts to buckle, who do you turn to? The answer: Wally West. Once the Fastest Man Alive, he's now a man with nothing left to live for. Will Tempus Fuginaut's chosen champion rise to the occasion and fight back the demons of the darkness, or will Wally's own demons win the day?

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  • 10

    Comic Book Legion - Rob Reads Comics

    Oct 16, 2019

    This issue dramatically surpassed my already high expectations, full of action packed fight scenes. Read Full Review

  • 10

    DC Comics News - Derek McNeil

    Oct 27, 2019

    Only two issues in, and Flash Forward has already delivered the one thing I most wanted to get from it. This issue should remove any doubt that Lobdell is the man to redeem Wally West. I can hardly wait for the next issue to arrive. Read Full Review

  • 9.0

    Lyles Movie Files - Jeffrey Lyles

    Oct 16, 2019

    Lobdell didnt have the easiest gig in restoring Wally back to prominence, but this issue shows he was the right writer for the gig. Maybe everyone wont be able to forget Heroes in Crisis, but Flash Forward is doing a solid job distancing Wally away from it. Read Full Review

  • 9.0

    Word Of The Nerd - Edward Wendt

    Oct 16, 2019

    Stories involving the DC multiverse have a tendency to be really good or really bad. Because of the nature of the stories, it makes the creative teams have to swing for the fences. This means that the readers either get to read a home run or a strike out. This series thus far has taken a different approach, instead focusing on the character development of Wally instead of worrying about cosmic threats and alternate realities. It succeeds with this approach by choosing a focus and sticking to it. The multiverse has never seemed so easy. Read Full Review

  • 8.2

    The Super Powered Fancast - Deron Generally

    Oct 16, 2019

    Brett Booth nails it with the art in this issue. The action sequences are exciting and both the characters and backgrounds look amazing. Read Full Review

  • 7.6

    Fortress of Solitude - Neilan Adams

    Oct 17, 2019

    This book may have some flaws, but its heart is in the right place. Wally has to become a hero once more and his story needs to be told. Read Full Review

  • 7.2

    Comic Watch - Cody White

    Oct 23, 2019

    Flash Forward #2(Lobdell, Booth, Rapmund, Guerrero) dives further into the Multiverse but provides very little in terms of answers to Wally's importance or a sense of direction. Read Full Review

  • 7.0

    Forces Of Geek - Lenny Schwartz

    Oct 16, 2019

    Like I said before, Lobdell doesn't have a handle on the Wally West character. I wanted to know where he is emotionally. But unfortunately, any hopes of that is run over immediately. Read Full Review

  • 6.5

    Geek Dad - Ray Goldfield

    Oct 16, 2019

    It would have been a mostly forgettable issue if it wasn't for the final page " which brings back some characters that fans have been anticipating since DC Rebirth, and promises to elevate the emotional aspects of Wally's quest to a new level. Read Full Review

  • 6.0

    Weird Science - Eric Shea

    Oct 16, 2019

    While I really enjoyed the art in this issue, I felt the storytelling was lacking because beyond two big fight scenes and a interesting cliffhanger, there really wasn't anything to this issue and we're still left wondering what Wally is doing pointing a stick at darkness and how this darkness is spreading in the first place.  Read Full Review

  • 4.0

    ComicBook.com - Chase Magnett

    Oct 16, 2019

    Flash Forward is shoddily assembled, but it's greater sin is being dull. Read Full Review

  • 3.0

    Newsarama - Kat Calamia

    Oct 18, 2019

    This six issue miniseries continues to spin its wheels with its nebulous direction, and this speedster is running out of time to tell a concrete, meaningful story. Read Full Review

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  • 10

    Wally West

    Oct 16, 2019

    This is awesome ! I'M A FATHER AGAIN !

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  • 10

    TangibleGlory

    Nov 23, 2019

    My favorite issue so far. The story was fun and upbeat and captured the qualities of Wally West that fans love the most!

  • 8.5

    Nickweiser

    Oct 16, 2019

    Big step in the right direction!

  • 8.5

    Grifter

    Oct 18, 2019

    It was fun and Wally's fans (including me) are finally getting justice

  • 8.5

    M1sf1r3

    Nov 28, 2019

    Prelude: Lobdell had a good start on Flash Forward last issue. Here's hoping that continues into this one. The Good: Booth set a pretty high bar last issue with his art and he surpasses it here. This was a very fun issue. That cliffhanger. Oh Lobdell is going to pull on our hearts isn't he? The Bad: Wally's mood swings were a bit much. Seems Lobdell wants to return him back to our Wally but still has to remember King's HiC. Conclusion: A very fun issue to read and this series is shaping up well to bring back Wally West.

  • 8.0

    Anotherfan

    Oct 16, 2019

    Noice. I really thought that Lobdell was a really bad choose for this series but I was wrong. 2020's DC might get intersting

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  • 8.0

    REYNARD

    Oct 16, 2019

    I love me some Multiverse stories!

  • 8.0

    Fastest Archer Alive

    Oct 17, 2019

    Wally flexes his stuff in this issue and it's fun watching him have fun again, even if only for a brief moment. He takes on pretty much everything thrown his way with confidence. His objective is clearer and the final page really gives me hope that this mini-series is planning on changing Wally for the better once again. Wally West forever!!!

  • 7.5

    Nihilist

    Oct 16, 2019

    I still think Heroes in Crisis should have been retconned and forgotten instead of continued, but I gotta say, Lobdell may have found a way to redeem Wally and hopefully fix what Tom King ruined with his abomination of an event. That's the series which could successfully explore different DC realities and show their intricacies, and for the most part, it does. Bendis' Young Justice tried to do something similar, with characters jumping in between universes, but failed. Hopefully Wally's adventure won't end up the same, because as of now, I think it has serious potential. Potential you'll see at the very end on this issue. Still, though, I' prefer if DC pretended Heroes in Crisis never happened, but that's just me.

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  • 7.5

    mrDovydas

    Oct 19, 2019

    Wally West kills the Marvel Universe, the abridged version. Good stuff, it's just that pretty much everyone could agree that it would be a lot better if a different artist would be drawing this.

  • 7.0

    ICC

    Oct 16, 2019

    I wasn't too thrilled by this issue/series until the last page. Now I am officially hooked.

  • 7.0

    egonnn244

    Nov 03, 2019

    "I'm a cosmic being. What do you think?" The fixing of Wally West continues.

  • 6.0

    Shakey writing, but interested to see where it goes.

  • 5.5

    Hex

    Feb 20, 2023

    Big step back. Art is great, dialogue is atrocious and they should have just stuck to using the Earth 23 characters and not the awful X-Men/Avengers stand-ins. They also added a mcguffin rod to get rid of the black goo saying that Tempus gave it to Wally last issue and that definitely didn't happen. Lobdell either completely forgot about it, hadn't created it yet or Booth neglected to draw it, likely because Lobdell forgot.

  • 4.5

    Psycamorean

    Oct 20, 2019

    I read Crazy #1 from Marvel Comics before this. When I first started reading this comic, I had to remind myself that I was no longer reading a parody comic.

  • 2.5

    Spacey Medicine

    Oct 23, 2019

    Haha wow the dialogue in this is b a d.

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    Oracle

    Oct 15, 2019

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    Oct 16, 2019

  • 10

    Lock

    Oct 17, 2019

  • 10

    Soul Assassin

    Dec 09, 2019

  • 9.0

    cincyfan

    Nov 25, 2019

  • 8.5

    Deathsnow

    Feb 26, 2020

  • 8.5

    PeachMammal

    Apr 02, 2024

  • 8.0

    sebastianorellana95

    Oct 19, 2019

  • 8.0

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    Oct 23, 2019

  • 8.0

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    Apr 15, 2021

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    Oct 20, 2021

  • 8.0

    samizrozami

    May 24, 2023

  • 7.5

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    Oct 16, 2019

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    Oct 19, 2019

  • 6.5

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    Mar 08, 2021

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    Oct 22, 2019

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    Mr Headcannon

    Mar 10, 2020

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    Oct 21, 2020

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    Oct 17, 2019

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