Final Crisis: Rogues Revenge HC by
Geoff Johns
Good, 'Ol Fashioned Revenge
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 Flashs
Rogues were accessories to the murder of Bart Allen, the former Kid
Flash. Theyve become what they never set out to be - wanted! Wanted by
the good guys, by former Rogue Pied Piper, and by the Secret Society of
Super-Villains. But just as they try to disappear underground, good, old-
fashioned revenge yanks them back into the game!
Personal Review: Final Crisis: Rogues Revenge HC by Geoff
Johns
The last couple of years have not been kind to the Flash Rogues. After
reuniting and being re-energized during Geoff Johns' 2000-2005 tenure on

"The Flash", the Rogues (along with the overall Flash mythos) were thrown
under the bus for the "Full Throttle" storyline in 2007. Their
characterization and their refusal to work with speedsters like Inertia was
ignored and they ended up as accessories to the murder of Bart Allen and
fugitives on the run. Needless to say, the Rogues were in serious trouble
both in-universe and outside of it. Thankfully for fans, Geoff Johns returns
to perform damage control and help the Rogues revenge themselves upon
Inertia
I'll get my only major complaint out of the way. "Rogues' Revenge" started
off as a six-issue mini-series before being condensed into three issues and
becoming tied to Final Crisis. It suffers a little bit, but the story is still
strong. An earlier review characterized this as being too similar to Gail
Simone's "Villains United". However, it's a different story than the Secret
Six's struggle against the Society. It's more "Rogues: Rebirth" as the
Rogues struggle to move forward into the next stage of their careers and
reclaim their status as the most unique rogues gallery in the DCU. Geoff
Johns proves that 3 years away from the characters haven't affected his
understanding and love of them. He manages to tie up several loose ends
from his prior run (though new readers won't be lost. In fact, the collection
also contains Johns' Rogue Profiles focusing on Captain Cold and Zoom,
so new readers can quickly be brought up to speed).
The other major, heh, draw of the story is the return of Scott Kolins to the
Flash mythos. For me, Scott Kolins is to the Flash what Bruce Timm is to
Batman and Ethan Van Sciver is to Green Lantern; his renditions of the
Scarlet Speedster and his advesaries are the definitive visual takes on the
characters. So, I was initially disappointed that Dpug Hazelwood, Kolins'
inker during his Flash tenure, wasn't returning and that Kolins was inking
his own work. The end result, however, is a grittier art style that works
wonderfully in tandem with the dark story.
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