Mike Choi's variant cover for The Flash #6 features iced, iced Barry, a tease for the upcoming New 52 debut of Captain Cold in The Flash #7.

Struggling with the climactic aftermath of his battle with Mob Rule last issue, The Flash must solve a murder mystery that dates back 150 years! Is this case too cold even for Barry Allen? Also: Learn the origins of Central and Keystone City!

The Flash #6 hits stores February 22.

The big five superheroes of the DC Universe - Superman, Wonder Woman, Batman, The Flash, and Green Lantern - all get some love in this minimalist, ultra-fast animated .GIF.

Check out a preview of The Flash #3 from Francis Manapul and Brian Buccellato, in stores November 23.

If the Fastest Man Alive is going to capture Mob Rule, he must first tap into his new amped-up super brain to save the citizens of Central City from the EMP that has blacked out the city. Witness a spectacular sequence of out-of-control cars, trains and even airplanes that must be stopped from destroying the city!

Buh-bye.

So, The Flash, who in a rather convoluted way is responsible for this new DC Universe, is now a swinging single. Not only is he no longer married to Iris West - they've NEVER dated. Not that he's all alone; like Lois Lane, Barry Allen is pooping where he eats, dating co-worker Patty Spivot.

"I swear, this has NEVER happened to me before."

It's one of those "new fans won't care, old fans will like what we tell them to like" things that seem to be a driving force behind the New 52. I'm not particularly attached to Iris West, but it's impossible to ignore how many of DC's women are simply vanishing as part of the relaunch. Will they return, better then before? Time will tell. According to DC's blog The Source:

The life and times of Barry Allen are as familiar today as they were yesterday, but his love life is one of the things that have been freshened up for 2011. New fans will fall in love with the fastest man alive for the first time, and I guarantee that longtime Flash fans will not only still recognize the world of Barry Allen, they will be hooked like they were the first time.

What are your thoughts, folks? Is this a positive move? Are we psyched for the Barry/Patty relationship, or, as the tabloids will doubtless come to call them, "Batty?" Is this a step forward, backward, or do we just not have an opinion about Barry's love life at this juncture?

Check out this hi-res preview art for the upcoming DC 'New 52' post-reboot titles including The Flash, The Savage Hawkman, Mister Terrific and Aquaman.

I only just noticed this blatant reference to prison rape in Flashpoint: Citizen Cold #1. How did this get past DC Editorial?

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Well, here's a depressing take on the upcoming DC reboot. Especially in light of recent speculation that they may be retconning the Golden Age of heroes out of existence, artist Bryan Lee's We Were Heroes is both funny and a little bit heartbreaking.

An ancient Aquaman, Superman, Batman and the Flash feeding the pigeons in the park and swapping war stories no doubt. "Remember that time I shot Darkseid in the face? Yeah, things got kinda weird for me after that... good times, good times."

Well, The Flash is certainly a frustrating character to be a fan of. DC just can't seem to get him right, be he Barry, Wally or Bart. They try, oh do they try. But after this year's Flashpoint event, DC's much-ballyhooed, latest-in-a-long-line-of Flash series comes to an end with issue #12.

No doubt he'll be back in one iteration or another. In the meantime, Speed Force fans at least have awesome T-shirts like this one, to let it be known that no matter how many failed launches it takes, we love The Flash. We love the comics, we loved the short-lived TV show (I did, anyway), and we'll love the JLA movie.

Plus, chicks will swoon 'cause we're wearing the same T-shirt as Sheldon from The Big Bang Theory.

You can get yours here.