Comic Book Superhero Store - The Flash, Vol. 7: Rogue War

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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 741.5973 EAN: 9781401209247 ISBN: 1401209246 Label: DC Comics Manufacturer: DC Comics Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 208 Publication Date: 2006-01-04 Publisher: DC Comics Release Date: 2006-01-04 Studio: DC Comics
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Editorial Reviews: The brewing contest between the original rogues gallery and the newest rogues hasfinally ignited into a conflagration that may result in the destruction of Keystone City and the death of the Scarlet Speedster.The rogues-turned-heroes get their minds readjusted, thanks to the revived villain Top, and when both Zoom and his inspiration, The Reverse-Flash, turn up, things look bleak for the Flash, Jay Garrick and Kid Flash.That is, until Barry Allenthe previous Flasharrives on the scene!
Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Running wild Comment: Like Mark Waid before him, Geoff Johns managed to breathe new life into the Flash during his long run on the series, particularly his re-vamping of the scarlet speedster's rogues gallery. Rogue War culminates Johns' monumental run on the series, bringing the long brewing war between the reformed villains and the Rogues to a head, with the Flash and Keystone City smack in the middle. Rogue War starts off with glimpses at the various Rogues and reformed villains: Mirror Master, Heat Wave, Captain Cold, the Trickster (new and old), the Top, etc.; as well as a startling revelation about the mother of the new Captain Boomerang. Everything comes to a close when Zoom returns to the scene, and Wally, Jay Garrick, and Kid Flash find themselves over their heads surrounded on all sides, and an ally returns to help them one last time. Though it takes what would be an otherwise hokey turn, Rogue War's conclusion and climax work surprisingly well. The art by Howard Porter and Livesay is great as always as well, helping make this package all the sweeter. All in all, you'll most likely read better super hero sagas, but you can certainly do far, far worse than Rogue War, which further cements fan favorite writer Geoff Johns as the best thing to happen to the Flash since Mark Waid. Customer Rating: Summary: Great Flash Story!!! Comment: This book is good, goes into detail about a lot of the rogues which is cool, and includes a short bio on most characters at the beginning so even people new to the Flash can enjoy it. The story is great, and reveals a whole lot of secrets of the DC universe involving the Rogues and the Flash. We see a lot of villians and that's a plus, throw in an appearence of Barry Allen and you have it, Rogue War. Good book, must have for any comic fan. The only bad thing is I hate the way Wally is drawn, even if he has matured and what not he doesn't need to be like every other muscle bound hero, that and Wally doesn't crack one joke during the entire thing? Come on, even if Linda(his wife) has him in line he should still have his old personality. Overall this is a good book, though I was hoping for glossy pages, but you can't have everything! Customer Rating: Summary: THE CONTINUING ROGUE/FLASH SAGA TAKES SOME NEW TWISTS Comment: The Flash: Rogue War basically picks up where the previous Flash trade paperback collection, "The Secret of Barry Allen" left off. It reprints Flash ½, 212, 218, and 220 - 225 in a story that has the Flash as pretty much a guest star in his own title until the final quarter of the book. The Flash's Rogues are a divided group with Heatwave, the original Trickster, Pied Piper, and Magenta all working for the FBI in trying to bring the rest of the Rogues to justice. To this end, the body of the original Captain Boomerang has been stolen and taken to a secret lab where they intend to revive the dead villain long enough to find out key information about the Rogues. Ashley Zolomon is taken against her will to be the one to talk to Boomerang. Meanwhile the other Rogues including Captain Cold, Weather Wizard, The Top, Murmur, the New Trickster and others are hot on their heels and determined to find Boomerang's body and take out the turncoats. Things get especially nasty as these guys, particularly the Mirror Master show no qualms about killing anyone who gets in their way, often in a very creative and sadistic way. This eventually leads to an all-out battle royal between the two factions with the Flash, Kid Flash, and the Golden Age Flash, Jay Garrick, caught in the middle. But that's the least of Flash's troubles...his arch-enemy the twisted reverse Flash Zoom has returned and, in his own sick way, wants to make Wally West a better hero by making him feel the pain of loss. He recruits the original Professor Zoom and builds a cosmic treadmill to continually move time backwards to make Flash relive the moment when his wife Linda was hurt and lost the twins she was carrying. Zoom's powers are more than Wally can handle but help soon arrives from an unexpected source. While I enjoyed the Secret of Barry Allen I thought Rogue War was even better. It resolves a lot of things about the whole Rogues Gallery and explains the almost symbiotic relationship and rather unique code of honor that they maintain. We also learn a bit more about the new Captain Boomerang including a startling revelation about who is mother is. It's interesting to hear Ashely Zolomon talk about the difference between the Rogues of Gotham and those of Keystone City. Johns does a great job of juggling the various personalities of the Rogues and making them each unique in more ways than just their costumes and powers. As always the art by Howard Porter and Livesay is outstanding. Bold and yet it never seeks to overpower the reader. A cover gallery is included. Reviewed by Tim Janson More Reviews

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