Some thoughts about The Flash #70

What is The Flash's true origin?

Barry has never been the same since the death of his mother and now his world is about to change once again after being struck by lightning.

Here we go again!

As most people should have known, this is like, the third time that Barry's origin has been explored since the New 52. Quite frankly my favorite was Francis Manapul's take which was pretty creative and charming but considering how well Joshua Williamson has been handling most of The Flash's ideas so far, I was willing to give this a chance and so far it is an interesting beginning.

Williamson unfortunately has to follow the ill-conceived idea of Barry's mother being murdered and his father being falsely accused for it. Fortunately, Williamson doesn't spend too much time in the angst and when he does, he handles it in a realistic way with Barry focusing on his job and trying to find hope when he's clearly depressed because of his past which is a nice contrast to the upcoming happiness he would encounter once that he gains his powers.

Of course Williamson rewrites this origin to fit into some of his most recent developments including the importance of the future and I don't mean the one we see in present day of The Flash but the one Williamson teased a while ago which features an older Barry who has to face a dystopian future whose culprit is a rather obscure Flash villain and I was really surprised when I learned he was responsible for it.

Howard Porter handles the pencils and I'm glad he's here due that his kinetic style has always been perfect for the title and demonstrates by creating a lot of energetic and powerful scenes.

Promising overall, hope things stay this way.