The Flash: Race Against Time [Paperback]

Mark Waid (Author), Brian Augustyn (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 168 pages
• Publisher: DC Comics (July 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1563897210
• ISBN-13: 978-1563897214
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 0.3 x 10.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #336,393 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Mark Waid, a New York Times bestselling author, has written a wider variety of well-known comics characters than any other American comics author, from Superman to the Justice League to Spider-Man to Archie and hundreds of others. His award-winning graphic novel with artist Alex Ross, KINGDOM COME, is one of the best-selling comics collections of all time. (Secretly, however, he prefers SUPERMAN: BIRTHRIGHT and his IRREDEEMABLE collections as his favorite works he's produced.)

With over twenty years of experience in his field, Waid maintains a blog at www.markwaid.com that is full of advice for beginning writers and experienced authors both.

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13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another Great Flash Story By Mark Waid!, April 8, 2002

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Daniel V. Reilly (Upstate New York, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Flash: Race Against Time (Paperback)

In the wake of his epic battle with Savitar, the mad god of speed (In the Dead Heat storyline), The Flash finds himself propelled into the future by The Speed Force. Landing in the 64th Century, he tries to return home by using the love of his Girlfriend Linda as a beacon. The only problem is that Linda has been told (By future Flash John Fox) that Wally is dead. Fox is in love with Linda, and hopes to usurp Wally's role as the 20th Century Flash.

At their core, most of Mark Waid's Flash stories follow a bacic predictable plotline: Flash battles bad guy, gets lost in the Speed Force, comes back home with a weird new Power/Costume/Identity. But they're well told stories, and this one is no different. The relationship between Wally and Linda is totally believable, and in my mind is one of Comics great love stories. Race Against Time is a thoroughly enjoyable adventure, with great art and writing. Check it out.

4.0 out of 5 stars Graphic SF Reader, September 3, 2007

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Blue Tyson "- Research Finished" (Legion clubhouse) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Flash: Race Against Time (Paperback)

Mark Waid has The Flash on a high speed tour of the future in this trade. As he pours on the speed to enable time travel, he encounters future Flash John Fox, who is a fair bit of a smart arse. Wally comes to be quite suspicious about his motives, and realises he must get back to his own time, as John Fox may be up to no good there.