Some thoughts about Speed Force #1

Can the youngest Speedsters prove themselves?

Wallace and Avery have just found out that scientists have been disappearing and this might have something to do with the strange behavior of a couple young superheroes.

First of all, is great to see an idea that was forgotten for so long is finally reappearing. For those who don't know, a Speed Force book has been teased for more than a decade ago way back at the beginning of Geoff Johns' second Flash run but unfortunately, the constant continuity and editorial changes at DC didn't let those plans come to fruition. Fortunately, The Flash franchise is at a healthy stage right now so they are allowed to exploit such popularity with a few of the characters who have been created over the years and personally I'm glad that both Wallace West and Avery Ho have been chosen as the protagonists since they have proven to be entertaining characters and they have been missing in other books for a while.

UNFORTUNATELY, I have to say that I wish they starred in a better written book because this leaves a lot to be desired so far.

Let's start with the positives, which are not many sadly. First of all, I already mentioned that I like that Wallace and Avery are here so that's good in and of itself but is great to see other young heroes like Roundhouse (who didn't have the best appearances since the end of Adam Glass' Teen Titans) and we even see others like Mas y Menos who I guess have some potential.

Yep, character appearances are pretty much where the positives end since there are many flaws in the writing itself. Let's talk about the dialogue first, is just bad, like really bad, it seems like Jarret Williams is trying very, very hard to make both Wallace and Avery sound like kids but he only achieves to deliver some of the cringiest lines I have seen recently, is just such a forced "young" dialogue that it seems extremely unnatural.

Oh, but if you think that's only a me problem then think again because the bad dialogue is not only from a young perspective but also from trying to write other languages. Williams sadly commits the mistake that many writers make by believing they can write Spanish dialogue just by using Google Translate and so every scene in which Mas y Menos appear there are a bunch of nonsensical lines that barely resemble their actual meaning in Spanish (and is even worse considering that Avery supposedly got the ability to properly speak Spanish).

About the story, it moves at a rather erratic pace and the plot itself is not that interesting since there's very little to catch your attention and it only limits itself to add characters from the DC cartoons to add some variety.

Daniele Di Nicuolo's artwork can be energetic at least although the style itself can look a little rough at times.

Overall, I can't recommend this and is a damn shame honestly.