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Final Crisis: Rogues' Revenge (Final Crisis)
The critically acclaimed FLASH team of writer Geoff Johns (INFINITE CRISIS, GREEN LANTERN) and artist Scott Kolins(BRAVE AND THE BOLD) reunites for a tale of villainy and twisted justice tying in to the massive DC event FINAL CRISIS! Captain Cold and the rest or the Flash's Rogues were accessories to the murder of Bart Allen, the former Kid Flash. They've become what they...more
Hardcover, 144 pages
Published
July 28th 2009
by DC Comics
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I really haven't liked the "favorite son" status that Geoff Johns has bestowed upon Captain Cold, but I have to admit this story was pretty good, and isn't dependent on knowing anything about Final Crisis. However, you do need to know about what happened The Flash: The Fastest Man Alive Vol. 2: Full Throttle. I haven't read that particular volume, but I at least knew the general plot, so I managed. Man, I miss the old DCU.
Kinda wish this didn't have to tie in to the whole Final Crisis cluster-eff, because , much like Legion of Three Worlds, it stands up on it's own incredibly well. Not surprising, since they're both written by Geoff Johns. A nice nod to his original run on The Flash, especially since it has his collaborator from that time, Scott Kollins, on art. Along the way, Johns seems to try to make sense of just how out-of-character several of the Rogues had been written over the last year, from the short-ru...more
I've never been a big fan of Speedsters in comic books with perhaps the exception of Bart Allen during his Impulse era. This book features the 3 issue run by Geoff Johns featuring the Rogues after their accidental slaying of my favourite speedster. If you fancy a bit of speedstering you could do far worse than checking out some of Geoff Johns work. Scott Collins is also on board for art for the series and the two single issues also included here. Rogues, if you didn't know, are low powered villa...more
I thought this was a great story about the Rogue's atoning for their part in the murder of Bart Allen by murdering his nemesis. It's also a testament to the skill of Geoff Johns as a writer. He has this ungodly ability to take some of the most silly aspects of the DC Universe and make them believable and in the case of the Rogue's scary cool. And Scott Kolins just does a bang up job drawing these characters. I have a hard time accepting anyone else drawing them. His sketchy, cartoonish style jus...more
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Jan 29, 2011
Justin
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3 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Flash fans, Final Crisis comletists
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The three-issue Final Crisis tie-in is great, but the other two issues collected here are collected elsewhere and not entirely necessary. For that matter, they would do more to aid your understanding of the story if placed at the front of the book as a kind of prologue. Johns writes Cold as well as anyone writes any villain, and the story really works. Four-star story minus a star for a poor compilation.
This is where Geoff Johns and Scott Kollins shine. Adding chaacater to previously two dimensional villains. The Rogues are still villains, but each has their own history, and together I suppose you could call it an ethical code. The Centerpiece is Len Snart (Captain Cold) but each of the othesr get to play a part. Especially nice to see the return, albeit in a small role, of comics first openly gay character the Pied Piper.
The Flash may be considered an A list superhero in the DC universe, but instead of one or two key villains like most superheroes, he has a group of villains that work together. This volume covers the details of their avoiding joining Darkseid's Justifiers ranks during the Final Crisis, as well as the origin story for Captain Cold.
Good story, but not a great story.
Good story, but not a great story.
When a job goes bad and the Rogues accidently kill a hero and are forced to go on the run, with cops, other super villain and cops after them.
Good caper/crime story with super powers, and another reminder of how cool the Rogues Gallery is.
Great read.
Good caper/crime story with super powers, and another reminder of how cool the Rogues Gallery is.
Great read.
Love this mini. The Rouges are some of my favorite villains, and this is a great story of them trying to "fix" things after they accidentally killed Bart Allen. You also get deeper look into Captain Cold. Plus a few extra stories come in the book.
The main story is a nice return for Johns [7/10]. I was disappointed that the last two stories of the volume are reprints, though they're among Johns' best [9/10].
Very good. Great character stories about the Rogue's getting their own back on Inertia. You actually learn a lot about some of their back stories.
Rogues' Revenge does tie in to Final Crisis, but it's more like a concluding point for the storyline that started in Countdown and Salvation Run. Piper's storyline was one of the more interesting things about Countdown, and it's nice to see some sort of resolution here, for him and all of the Rogues. The trade also includes two individual issues of Flash, giving backstory on Captain Cold and Zoom.
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This was one of the few books that came out of "Final Crisis" that was actually worth reading.
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Geoff Johns originally hails from Detroit, Michigan. He attended Michigan State University, where he earned a degree in Media Arts and Film. He moved to Los Angeles in the late 1990’s in search of work within the film industry. Through perseverance, Geoff ended up as the assistant to Richard Donner, working on Conspiracy Theory and Lethal Weapon 4. During that time, he also began his comics career...more
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