“The Speed Was Power, and the Speed Was Joy Part IV” Review of THE FLASH #34

Ryan North continues this volume of THE FLASH by exploring Wally’s new “Flashes of Insight”. This time, Wally predicts…an invasion by Grodd! How will this new ability help? How does it work in the first place? And can anything stop Grodd when he is ready to fight? Wanna know more? Follow us after the jump! SPOILERS AHEAD! First of all – my apologies once again for being gone for a while, and for this review being a bit late. It’s good to be back…now on to the review! During the New 52, Barry Allen had an ability called “Speed Thinking”. Barry could calculate the various potential outcomes and predict what might happen next. But, that ability had a price. Barry became cold and distant due to his use of that ability. That’s not the case here, and while “Flashes of Insight” has some similarities, there are significant differences. Wally has (up to this issue) not been trying to calculate outcomes. They have just naturally come to him (we’ll learn why in this issue). Wally sees his…