The Speedster Games
Joshua Williamson – Writer
David Lafuente – Artist
Luis Guerrero – Colorist
Steve Wands – Letterer
Andrew Marino – Editor
Our cover is by Dan Mora and Tamra Bonvillain, and it's not too bad. Nothing special, but not egregious in any way. Just a goofy pose of all the main characters who are featured in this anthology. I was really happy to see Red Tornado get some love, but sadly, Impulse doesn't show up in his story. The only character we care about is the robotic Flash on the left side of the cover. And by "care," I mean that Impulse makes a tiny cameo in his short story.
The robotic Flash is called Mercury Flash, and he's from Earth-44. He and all the other Flashes from the multiverse have gathered on Earth-0 on the hottest day of the year to have one minute of festivities and races. And the big event is Mercury vs. the Barry Allen of Earth-0. Mercury is a very serious and angry robot, who literally says, "I'm not here to make friends." But during the race, Barry gives an inspiring speech about the magic of friendship or something like that, and his words get through to Mercury. The robot actually has a chance to cheat and win, but he chooses not to, resulting in a nice big, happy tie. I guess.
Seeing all those alternate Flashes in the crowd was a lot of fun. But the story of the race was dreadfully dull. Perhaps my biggest complaint with Williamson is his propensity for long-winded "inspirational" speeches about hope, friendship and family. Gag. Hopefully next time all the Flashes get together, they'll actually do something interesting.
Next time, we'll return to Young Justice #17.
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