Absolute Flash Vol. 1: Of Two Worlds proves that old adage that’s there’s very little that can’t be made better with a telepathic monkey.

Perhaps it’s the shock of the new wearing off, but Absolute Flash Vol. 1, and Absolute Green Lantern Vol. 1 for that matter, did not seem to be up to the standards of the Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman volumes that proceeded. Or maybe it’s just that in this second set of Absolute Universe debuts, Absolute Martian Manhunter was so good that the others can’t help but pale in comparison. Fortunately Absolute Flash gets better as it goes along and the second volume promises to be even better than the first. But had these books premiered before the first volumes of the Big Three, I wonder if my excitement for DC’s Absolute titles would be quite as high.