Minds in the gutter : the persistence of vision and the New 52 / Sara K. Ellis. The birth of the silver age Flash : reasons and influences / Liam T. Webb -- "I'm covering the story! Wait here for me" : the two-career couple in the pages of the Flash / Charles W. Henebry -- Barry Allen's social awakening in the 1970s / Peter W.Y. Lee -- From riches to rags : the rise and fall of Wally West / Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns -- Wrestling with legacy : how "the return of Barry Allen" shaped DC superheroes in the 1990s / Tom Shapira -- Flash back to the future : Mark Waid's counter-narrative to the superhero dark age / John Darowski -- Impulsive students, speedster teachers and education in the 1990s / Daniel J. Bergman -- An impulsive teen from the future : imagining youth, virtual reality and the digital future at the turn of the millennium / Louie Dean Valencia-García -- Restraining deconstruction : Geoff Johns' reframing of the Flash / Christian Jimenez -- Profiling the rogues : seeking criminal intent in the Flash of Geoff Johns / Matthew J. Smith and Tod W. Burke -- Minds in the gutter : the persistence of vision and the New 52 / Sara K. Ellis.
Summary:
"This collection of new essays serves as a stepping-stone to an even greater understanding of the Flash, examining various iterations of his character -- including those of Jay Garrick, Barry Allen, Wally West and Bart Allen -- and what they reveal about the era in which they were written"-- Provided by publisher.
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