What is the Flashback Universe?
The Flashback Universe is really two things: a tip of the hat to old comic books and an exciting glimpse into the future of comics.
A Flashback to an age of discovery
This project began, as many such projects do, as a discussion among friends about how much fun it was to pick up an old Marvel or DC comic book when we were kids and just be bombarded by a vast array of images and characters we'd never seen before.
For me, it was the Fantastic Four Wedding Issue. Picking up that comic and seeing panel after panel of heroes and villains just popping in really captured my imagination. I used to pour over the issue trying to figure out who was who and what their deal was. As I continued to collect Marvel comics, I would eventually put all the pieces together. Later, I would discover DC Legion of Super-heroes and the whole process would start again.
This grand sense of first time discovery is something I wanted to recapture with this project. In our comics, you are going to see many different heroes and villains, some for just a flashback panel. Some will seem familiar, being based on age old archetypes. Others will be completely alien to you. Hopefully, you will enjoy all of them.
Now with the help of ComicZeal, we hope to present you with our stories in a way that is easy for you to enjoy anywhere you go!
~ Jim Shelley
Flashback Universe Creator
