Last week the fifth and final issue of "Flashpoint" was release, resetting the DCU in the process.

Everything changed in a flash, and before he knew what happened, Barry Allen's life as he knew it was dramatically changed. With nothing as it should be, Barry painstakingly attempts to solve Zoom's puzzle before the memories of his former life are replaced forever.

Having stopped reading the Flash series some time ago, I wasn't sure what to expect from this first issue. I had read issue 12 for the necessary direct set-up to this mini-series to get an idea of where Johns had taken the Barry Allen Flash series and how that tied into Flashpoint.

It was announced a few months back that Canadian rising super star artist Francis Manapul would be leaving Adventure Comics to join up again with Geoff Johns on his new Flash series. Well today DC’s The Source blog posted some awesome sketches of what we can expect from his take on the...