Main Feature & Back-Up Tale Written by Steve Vance.
Main Feature Art by John Delaney; Ron Boyd; Ray Kryssing; Bob LeRose; & Tim Harkins.
Back-Up Tale Art by John Delaney; Ron Boyd; Tim Harkins; & Bob LeRose.
Cover Art by John Delaney; Ron Boyd; & Bob LeRose.
SUMMARY:
Released by DC Comics for May 1998, the issue offers a 15-page main feature and a five-page back-up adventure. First up is “Not Always to the Swift …” where Wally West’s Flash and his girlfriend, Linda Park, find their Hawaiian vacation interrupted by a resentful Superboy. Egged into a high-profile race up and back down from a volcano, Wally tries prodding a stubborn Superboy into conceding such a futile competition. Yet, a natural crisis forces the duo into a truce where innocent lives are now at stake.
Meanwhile, in Blüdhaven, “Bats!” has a visiting Nightwing pursue an unhinged Batman impostor.
Note: This short-lived kiddie anthology would soon end with Issue # 19.
REVIEW:
Ironically, given so little to do, a bemused Linda Park is the main feature’s most likable character. Still, in both stories, Steve Vance’s deliberately rudimentary writing delivers what it sets out to do. The art squad’s visuals are also consistently up to par, given the target audience.
All good intentions aside, neither story is anything remotely close to must-have reading. However, this issue does supply suitable material for a child’s entry-level comics collection.
ADDITIONAL CONTENT:
A two-page letters-and-answers column include a cover reveal for Issue # 15.
BRIAN’S ODD MOON RATING: 5½ Stars
