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GRAPHIC CONTENT PICK OF THE WEEK – ‘Flashpoint’ Issue #1
As with any major event in the DC universe, it’s generally a given that there will be many tie-in issues. We saw with Blackest Night and Brightest Day just what Geoff Johns is capable of, how he can weave his magic storytelling abilities across worlds. However, Flashpoint is absolutely massive. Along with Johns’ five-issue series there will be fifteen other mini-series and various one-shots to accompany Barry Allen on his journey into a strange tomorrow. While Johns’ will not write every issue, as Chief Creative Officer of DC, he’ll likely oversee the entire project. With the tagline “Everything will change in a flash”, how could you possibly pass this up? Ready on for the skinny…
PUBLISHER: DC Comics
WRITTEN BY: Geoff Johns
ILLUSTRATIONS BY: Andy Kubert
PRICE: $3.99
“Not a dream, not an imaginary story, not an elseworld. This is Flash Fact: When Barry Allen wakes at his desk, he discovers the world has changed. Family is alive, loved ones are strangers, and close friends are different, gone or worse. It’s a world on the brink of a cataclysmic war – but where are Earth’s Greatest Heroes to stop it? It’s a place where America’s last hope is Cyborg, who hopes to gather the forces of The Outsider, The Secret 7, S!H!A!Z!A!M!, Citizen Cold and other new and familiar-yet-altered faces! It’s a world that could be running out of time, if The Flash can’t find the villain who altered the time line!”
So far, not too much has been revealed about the story other than the titles of the books. What is known is that Flash awakes to find himself completely bewildered as everything he knows about the world has changed. Expect to see various heroes you think you know, such as Batman and Superman, utterly changed in this timeline. Superman is said to be detained somewhere in the world, while Bruce Wayne spends his days running casinos!? Unfortunately not much else is known yet about this event, and we’ll have to wait to read the first book this week.
In typical Johns’ fashion, he seems to be focusing on a hero that has not had much attention in recent years. In Brightest Day it was Deadman, while in Flashpoint it’s Cyborg. Expect Cyborg to play a fundament role in the series along with Flash.
I cannot even begin to express how much I respect and admire Geoff Johns and all he has done for the DC universe in the past few years. Johns has an ability like no other writer to utterly redefine superheroes while staying true to the mythology of their character. If his work on Green Lantern isn’t enough proof, I don’t know what is. Flashpoint is the start of something big, something important, and possibly one of the best events in the past few years. The only downside is that pretty much nobody can afford the entire series without emptying their wallet. Nonetheless, this is the stuff legends are made of, and it is a must read.
Given the mammoth size of Flashpoint, a checklist is necessary and it can be found here.
Comics
‘You’ll Never Leave This Place Alive’ – IDW Dark’s Next Horror Comic Will Make You Question Reality
Five friends. Four houses. One perfect life. Bloody Disgusting is excited to exclusively announce You’ll Never Leave This Place Alive, a brand new horror comic from IDW Dark.
From Eisner-Nominated writers Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly, and rising horror artist Heather Vaughan, You’ll Never Leave This Place Alive is described as a “paranoia-laced, socially-conscious, horror mystery that will leave you questioning reality, and reveal that this crafted world is more of a nightmare than the idealistic dream they were expecting.”
Phoebe Joplin has never questioned the world her parents built: a secluded community where she and her friends were raised to be smarter, stronger, and better than anyone else. No distractions. No dangers. No secrets. Until the night of their graduation.
When one of them dies under impossible circumstances, Phee starts to pull at the edges of her perfect life—and what she finds is something far more terrifying than she ever imagined.
Because this place isn’t a sanctuary. It’s a cage. And no one who discovers the truth ever leaves it alive.
Collin Kelly & Jackson Lanzing (Batman – One Bad Day: Clayface, Star Trek: The Last Starship) co-write the upcoming IDW Dark horror comic, featuring art by Heather Vaughan.
Jackson Lanzing said in a statement to Bloody Disgusting, “You’ll Never Leave This Place Alive is in many ways a spiritual successor to our last creator-owned horror, The Principles of Necromancy – a dive into the promise and consequence of playing god with the blood of innocents. But the Hivemind book this reminds me of most is Clayface: One Bad Day. This is a deeply human story with intensely raw emotions – five best friends and their five mysterious parents, tearing one another apart for the promise of some impossible glory that’s waiting just beyond their darkest actions. We’re thrilled to be bringing this story to life with our long-time partner in crime, editor Heather Antos, at IDW Dark – and we’re particularly excited to give our Clayface fans a new, brutal and emotional horror made just for them.”
Adds Collin Kelly, “We’re deconstructing a feeling that seems universal these days; our elders have a death grip on their power, without any intention of giving it up to the generations that come next. YNLTPA is about growing up with the limitless potential of the future… and realizing how much it’s a lie we’ve been fed to keep us under the yoke of the past. Bringing this brutal experience to life is our artist and co-creator, Heather Vaughan, who brings an incredible amount of humanity to our cast. But it’s in our youthful leads that Heather’s art really shines – you are going to fall in love with these young people, even as they go through the worst experience of their lives. What we’ve all crafted together is going to be tragic, painful, but above all else, sincere – with a future so uncertain, there’s only one thing we can trust: you’ll never leave this place alive.”
“Some horror stories are about monsters in the dark. YNLTPA is about realizing the monsters raised you,” previews Senior Group Editor Heather Antos. “Working with Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly on this series has been a dream in the darkest possible way. They’ve built a story that’s layered, brutal, and deeply emotional, and every issue gives artist Heather Vaughan opportunities to push the art into places that feel both haunting and deeply personal. Some horror comics will keep you up at night…this is one that will stick with you for years to come.”
The first issue of You’ll Never Leave This Place Alive goes on sale October 14, 2026! Make sure to pre-order at your local comic shop by September to guarantee a copy.
Exclusively check out the various covers for Issue #1 down below.
IDW Publishing’s horror imprint IDW DARK features comics like A Quiet Place: Storm Warning, Smile: For the Camera, The Exorcism at 1600 Penn, Beneath The Trees Where Nobody Sees, The Twilight Zone, Event Horizon: Dark Descent & Event Horizon: Inferno, and more.
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