It’s sad and tragic, but some bad things happened for a reason.Īlso, nobody is an island, and your own impact, or the lack of it, can affect too many people around you, since if you aren’t there to do what you did, nobody will do it, each decision is of each person, and nobody else. He is the fastest man alive and he’s able to travel through time, so the temptation of getting back to the past and saving his mom is too strong.Īfter all, saving his mom, avoiding that his dad would go to prison, all that is something positive, right? So, if he does it, nothing could come out wrong from that, right? Indeed the road to hell is paved with good intentions.īarry Allen (aka The Flash) just wanted to save his mom, whose have been murdered when he was still a kid and his father was wrongly accused for the crime. This TPB edition collects “Flashpoint” #1-5. I bought this in its single comic book issues, but I chosen this TPB edition to be able of making a better overall review. Geoff recently became a New York Times Bestselling author with the graphic novel Superman: Brainiac with art by Gary Frank. He also served as staff writer for the fourth season of ROBOT CHICKEN. Goyer, as well as penned the acclaimed “Legion” episode of SMALLVILLE. Geoff also developed BLADE: THE SERIES with David S. Geoff received the Wizard Fan Award for Breakout Talent of 2002 and Writer of the Year for 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008 as well as the CBG Writer of the Year 2003 thru 2005, 2007 and CBG Best Comic Book Series for JSA 2001 thru 2005. Since then, he has quickly become one of the most popular and prolific comics writers today, working on such titles including a highly successful re-imagining of Green Lantern, Action Comics (co-written with Richard Donner), Teen Titans, Justice Society of America, Infinite Crisis and the experimental breakout hit series 52 for DC with Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka and Mark Waid. His first comics assignments led to a critically acclaimed five-year run on the The Flash.

He worked with Richard Donner for four years, leaving the company to pursue writing full-time. During that time, he also began his comics career writing Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. Through perseverance, Geoff ended up as the assistant to Richard Donner, working on Conspiracy Theory and Lethal Weapon 4. He moved to Los Angeles in the late 1990s in search of work within the film industry. He attended Michigan State University, where he earned a degree in Media Arts and Film. Geoff Johns originally hails from Detroit, Michigan.

Flashpoint by Geoff Johns