The final chapter to this Flash saga starts off with the Fastest Man Alive racing to save his beloved Iria West from a violent assault by a mystery villain. This same monster is behind the baffling crimewave of Central City that’s resulted in the very laws of physics being upended. As for the baddie, his identity both secret and public are revealed. I won’t divulge who he is, but I will say that this character is a mutant.
Here’s my thing about this, in my opinion, mutants are Marvel’s thing. The whole metahuman bit in which humans are granted special powers by cosmic benevolence or magical/ scientific mishap is DC’s thing. So, I feel like the powers that be at DC decided to take the easy way out in revealing who and what the antagonist of this storyline is instead of crafting a very creative origin story.
Yes- I am saying to Marvel tends to overuse the ‘mutant’ card instead of crafting a unique origin story for many of their characters.
One bright spot in the team-up between the Flash and Captain Cold. I love that Barry needs the rogue’s help to bring the main villain down. Not only that, I adore that Flash welcomes his arch enemy's help after he’s admitted to the Scarlet Speedster to having broken out of jail to provide assistance and the Flash accepts it!
But despite this, I feel like what could’ve been a very tribute story to the Allens wound up losing gas in the final act. Legends is a hit and miss series. Unfortunately, it’s the golden age homages that aren’t up to snuff in this series. It’s like DC’s signature era and yet these modern day writers can’t quite make it to the finish line in first place. It’s a testament to the men and women who made the DC superheroes of the 1950s the icons they are known as today.
Rating: 5 out of 10 stars.
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