I feel like I'm reading mythology being built out of the rubble of past failures. This is a reboot that doesn't seem forced like the films, instead I feel like I'm being reintroduced to old friends I haven't seen in years. You can tell that Hickman is passionate about the characters and giving them the respect they've been due. Please please please keep this up.

"Wait for the final issue" "You just don't get the story" "You are too stupid to understand it"
"Everyone loves HiC and those who don't are clickbaiters"
Well. Here we are. HiC is a collection of tropes coupled with some really nice (yet problematic) art. You can see that the artists, especially Mann - despite finding his portrayal of women problematic - loved working with this and put time and effort.
But there is no plot. There is nothing. Just an incredibly offensive portrayal of mental health and mental health treatment. It's 2019. It's time to leave behind hurtful tropes of the past regarding mental health. HiC is not smart. It pretends to be in order to hide enormous plot holes, bad characterization and lazy writing. It tries to disguise itself in something that's not. And when you point at it's problems, it's supporters attack and mock you.

These would make it a boring comic. What makes it a horrible comic is how it was marketed BY it's creators as a book that would show the benefits of getting help. Instead it does more to villainize therapy than a scientology propaganda video. It's time to move forward. This book belongs to the past. Let's bury it and move on.

P.S Therapy works. It helped me. It will help you too. You ARE safe. Even if you are hurt. You ARE safe in the hands of professionals. And it's always worth the time and effort. more

I was going to write a long drawn out review of why this comic was a slap in the face. Instead, Mr. King, I'll give you the same amount of respect you gave Wally.

Fuck you.

This is issue as well as the series was so disappointing. What readers will find is an issue that explains the entire story. Sounds great right? Wrong! A comic that felt like a mystery with clues sprinkled in along the way turned into a writer withholding information for 7 issues, giving absolutely no clues, so he can drag readers along to make them THINK it’s a mystery when in all actuality King tried to make this series way to deep giving readers pointless and useless information for no good reason.

This issue was so upsetting with a conclusion that appeared to be wrapped up in an issue that leaves fans scratching their head as to why he would do this to Wally West, a character that literally stood for Rebirth, and how he could just explain everything that happened with “the speed force”.

Why did Wally need to go to the future to kill himself 5 days from now only to give himself 5 days? For what purpose? How is it that NOW, which never happened before that I can recall, Wally loses control and unleashed a speed force storm that somehow kills everyone around him? We have seen speed force storms before that looks more powerful then this and they gave super powers. An entire city given speed powers but Wally’s is more powerful and thus kills everyone.

Also, Wally must be so dang fast that Harley and Booster don’t notice being pushed into positions by him? What crap is that? Wally couldn’t stand being alone, puts together all the camera footage from everyone, an gets so emotionally drained that he kills everyone accidentally.... really? This is why one of my favorite characters killed someone? And this was the best King could come up with after painting himself into a corner?

This series was a waste of time. This issues sole purpose was to fix all the errors made before it in the past 7 issues to try to contact the dots. I didn’t feel for Wally at all because their was no build up, no emotion throughout each issue explaining why. And puddles? Really? That’s the explanation?

Everyone knew Wally was the killer months ago and the best King could come up with was this. Thank you for ruining one of my favorite characters. Here’s to hoping an actual crisis happens to rewrite what I just read. This was another issue and another series that King tries to build himself up and tries to make his writing seem so deep and emotional by masking it with crazy characters acting nothing like themselves and pulling the wool over everyone’s eyes once again.

Can King write any other way? Are we prepared for more Kite man’s, veggie trays, bare naked wrestling, and speed force explanations? I’m not because I’m done with this. Again, thank you King for ruining Wally, killing characters for no reason, and withholding information again.

I gave this a 4 for art. That’s it. more

Ok… I get it, Wally is having a tough go of things. His family is gone and the love of his life doesn’t know who he is. That sucks and I sympathize. That does not give King an excuse to ruin Wally’s legacy. His revival was considered a “return of hope,” but what did we get instead? A bizarre explanation as to why Wally hacked Sanctuary, accidentally killed everyone and then proceeded to cover it up in the most convoluted way possible..? It reads like a pathetic D-list villain’s origin story, not the first-string Leaguer the Flash is known as. I was one of the few who really enjoyed the direction HiC was taking, humanizing gods and giving an insight to some of their biggest troubles was interesting to me. This took it way too far. There was no mystery to solve and Wally’s murder-suicide will be forever part of his character. Wally is a super hero, not the self-indulgent psychopath King is writing. You have one more issue to prove me wrong, please show me Miracle Man wasn’t a fluke. more

It feels like Tom King finally read Marvel's "Ultimatum" and thought to himself "hey I could do that too." There is no denying his skills and while the dialogue and art are fantastic, the deaths seemed gratuitous and cheap. I'm trying to give King the benefit of the doubt on this since this is the first issue, but come on... I'll hang on to see how things pan out, but it's off to a rocky start.

This felt like an obligation to the Heroes in Crisis story line. It was clear that Scott Lobdell wanted to get through this issue as fast as possible in order to get back to his story. Roy Harper's death should have been a critical moment in Jason's life, but instead it was nothing more than a voice message. Death doesn't have to be the cliche'it is in comics, but this issue was a bigger let down than a funeral for Jean Grey. more