Weird Science DC Comics: THE FLASH #25 Review

Recap

Last issue, The Flash and his family faced Eclipso in a showdown that left the world teetering on the brink of endless night. Eclipso’s power tipped reality off its axis; the moon’s drift threatened extinction, and alternate versions of the Flash collided as the fate of the world hung by a thread. Attempts to resist Eclipso’s ascension fell short, and the heroes were left desperate for a last-ditch solution.

Plot Analysis

The issue opens at the brink—Flash and friends grappling with cosmic devastation. Eclipso, now a “god of gods,” is busy savoring his victory, drawing out the destruction of Earth as the moon’s orbit spirals, triggering tsunamis and tectonic chaos. The supporting characters, Flash’s children included, fumble through psychic family drama while Wally West agonizes over being “the one true Flash,” but never really earns the title.

A “dimensional weirdness” plot device gets everyone inside Foxy’s belly via the classic superhero backdoor: Barry Allen’s ring, which holds…dimensional access, because of course it does. Emotional confessions and wobbly space-time mechanics try to carry the scene, but no thread is ever pulled tight. Flash’s family stages a united stand within the shadowlands, and somehow, with just enough “Speed Force” willpower and pep talks, they break Eclipso’s hold with a burst of unexplained emotional light.

Out in the real world, all the villains simply “reappear” as if no one at editorial really cared to make their exits matter. The moon’s orbit? Handwaved as a minor errand for the supporting kids and treated with all the weight of a trip to the store. By the end, loose ends are left flapping—Eclipso’s fate glossed over in a line about forced “reflection,” and there’s no sense that the cataclysm even mattered. Everything wraps with a “nothing ever ends” shrug.

Writing

The script aims for existential weight and falls flat on overwrought monologues and murky metaphysics. Wally West handwrings about identity, but it all reads like cosmic therapy notes hastily scribbled in the margins. Nothing gets proper closure: Eclipso’s defeat is a punchline, and the moon’s catastrophic drift is patched with dialogue alone. There’s promise in the supporting cast, but every big moment fizzles into word salad and unsatisfying reversals.

Art

Vasco Georgiev’s work swings hard, but the muddled layouts and flat coloring drag down even the action beats. Scenes inside the “shadowlands” lack visual clarity, while power displays blur into a tired wash of speed lines. Emotional character acting falls victim to heavy inking, and the most explosive pages get lost under visual noise.

Characters

Wally gets talked up as “the one true Flash,” but the script never sells it—his big moment feels more like a plot obligation than an earned victory. Secondary characters, especially the kids, get props for being involved but never step past mouthpieces for the theme. Eclipso is supposed to be a world-ending threat, yet his defeat is so glib, even he seems bored by the outcome.

Positives

The book at least swings for the fences—there’s ambition to the existential angle, and the notion of a Flash family united against cosmic doom has the right flavor. Some of the banter lands, and fleeting moments capture the legacy, if only for a panel at a time. A few splash pages try to inject scope, and the sheer commitment to go big does provide spectacle.

Negatives

Every major plot thread resolves with the grace of a botched baton pass. The defeat of Eclipso is utter nonsense, hinging on emotional handwaving and deus ex ring-tricks (They give Foxy and “enema”?). The moon’s correction, treated like a routine afterthought, torpedoes any real stakes. Loose ends—Eclipso’s fate, the fates of the villains, and any sense of consequence—are brushed off, and the climax is as weightless as a Zoom meeting.