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DC Compact Comics
The Flash: Rebirth: DC Compact Comics Edition
Barry Allen is back—but the Speed Force isn’t what it used to be. In this thrilling collection of two modern classics, The Flash: Rebirth and The Dastardly Death of the Rogues!, the Scarlet Speedster must reclaim his legacy and outrun a deadly conspiracy. It’s a high-velocity saga of resurrection, redemption, and rogue justice.
The Flash: Rebirth – DC Compact Comics Edition brings together two pivotal storylines that redefined the Flash mythos for a new generation. In The Flash: Rebirth, Barry Allen returns from the dead, but his presence threatens the very Speed Force that empowers every speedster. As he struggles to find his place in a changed world, a dark force from his past emerges. Then, in The Dastardly Death of the Rogues!, Barry faces a time-traveling mystery when a future version of the Rogues accuses him of murder. With stunning art and fast-paced storytelling, this edition is perfect for new readers and longtime fans alike.
The Flash: Rebirth – DC Compact Comics Edition brings together two pivotal storylines that redefined the Flash mythos for a new generation. In The Flash: Rebirth, Barry Allen returns from the dead, but his presence threatens the very Speed Force that empowers every speedster. As he struggles to find his place in a changed world, a dark force from his past emerges. Then, in The Dastardly Death of the Rogues!, Barry faces a time-traveling mystery when a future version of the Rogues accuses him of murder. With stunning art and fast-paced storytelling, this edition is perfect for new readers and longtime fans alike.
352 pages, Paperback
Published March 17, 2026
About the author
Geoff Johns
2,827 books2,469 followersGeoff 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 1990s 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 writing Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. and JSA (co-written with David S. Goyer) for DC Comics. He worked with Richard Donner for four years, leaving the company to pursue writing full-time.
His first comics assignments led to a critically acclaimed five-year run on the The Flash. Since then, he has quickly become one of the most popular and prolific comics writers today, working on such titles including a highly successful re-imagining of Green Lantern, Action Comics (co-written with Richard Donner), Teen Titans, Justice Society of America, Infinite Crisis and the experimental breakout hit series 52 for DC with Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka and Mark Waid. Geoff received the Wizard Fan Award for Breakout Talent of 2002 and Writer of the Year for 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008 as well as the CBG Writer of the Year 2003 thru 2005, 2007 and CBG Best Comic Book Series for JSA 2001 thru 2005. Geoff also developed BLADE: THE SERIES with David S. Goyer, as well as penned the acclaimed “Legion” episode of SMALLVILLE. He also served as staff writer for the fourth season of ROBOT CHICKEN.
Geoff recently became a New York Times Bestselling author with the graphic novel Superman: Brainiac with art by Gary Frank.
His first comics assignments led to a critically acclaimed five-year run on the The Flash. Since then, he has quickly become one of the most popular and prolific comics writers today, working on such titles including a highly successful re-imagining of Green Lantern, Action Comics (co-written with Richard Donner), Teen Titans, Justice Society of America, Infinite Crisis and the experimental breakout hit series 52 for DC with Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka and Mark Waid. Geoff received the Wizard Fan Award for Breakout Talent of 2002 and Writer of the Year for 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008 as well as the CBG Writer of the Year 2003 thru 2005, 2007 and CBG Best Comic Book Series for JSA 2001 thru 2005. Geoff also developed BLADE: THE SERIES with David S. Goyer, as well as penned the acclaimed “Legion” episode of SMALLVILLE. He also served as staff writer for the fourth season of ROBOT CHICKEN.
Geoff recently became a New York Times Bestselling author with the graphic novel Superman: Brainiac with art by Gary Frank.
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August 14, 2026
This was my second foray into the DC Compact Comics series, and I'm growing more used to this jumpy, nonchronolgical style of narrative. Still, I didn't enjoy this volume on as deep a level as the Nightwing one. Sure, the plot twists were deftly orchestrated enough to catch me by surprise, but the arc endings felt a tad anticlimactic: after the text teased some big ideas about the hero struggling to find his place in a world that had moved on without him, about how having been dead could alter one's attitude toward life and time, about how foreknowledge of the future could warp the meaning of innocence and guilt and justice and free will, the ultimate solutions to the "mysteries" just felt a bit...cheap? And the art didn't have that beauty I loved so much in the Nightwing volume, either. I get that the writer had decades of comics history that he felt he had inherited and had to address in some way, but, to me, this resulted in a sort of cluttered plotty convolutedness that limited how much time was left to spend building emotional crescendos. I kinda wanted the story -- and the art -- to take more space to pause and breathe.
July 26, 2026
Ενα εκατομμυριο κεραυνοι effects! Πρωτο μισο: Ο zoom ταξιδευει στο παρελθόν και βουλωνει την τουαλετα του μικρου barry σε super speed ωστε οι γονεις του barry να σπασουν στο ξύλο τον ανίδεο γιο τους.
Δευτερο μισο: γαμω τους αυστραλους
Δευτερο μισο: γαμω τους αυστραλους
July 25, 2026
It was alright as my first Flash comic book. I’ve seen the show, I’ve watched DCAMU, I absolutely love Flash and know his story, but I wasn’t a huge fan of this comic, like I said, it was alright. The art style isn’t my thing, Barry looked weird, Wally wasn’t Wally, and Hal was… ugly.
The story seemed a bit silly some times, other times it was just “okay”. Still, since I know Flash, it was an okay read. Will definitely look into more Flash comics, and I also want to read Absolute Flash some day
The story seemed a bit silly some times, other times it was just “okay”. Still, since I know Flash, it was an okay read. Will definitely look into more Flash comics, and I also want to read Absolute Flash some day
July 6, 2026
The story is just silly and at times very convoluted. You don't need so many slightly different versions of the same superhero; instead of enhancing the brand, it waters it down so much that it becomes meaningless.
Even the art, which is kinda nice, soon becomes repetitive. The Flash is fast, we get it, but you don't need lightning ⚡ drawn on page after page after page. Everything becomes yellow and red and blues together after a point.
Even the art, which is kinda nice, soon becomes repetitive. The Flash is fast, we get it, but you don't need lightning ⚡ drawn on page after page after page. Everything becomes yellow and red and blues together after a point.
April 18, 2026
This DC Compact Comics edition collects two arcs by Geoff Johns. The first arc is where this collection gets its name, The Flash: Rebirth with Ethan van Sciver. The second is The Flash, Vol. 1: The Dastardly Death of the Rogues from The Flash vol. 3 #1–8 with Francis Manapul.
The Flash: Rebirth was a follow-up to Johns and Van Sciver's acclaimed Green Lantern: Rebirth where they restored Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps. Unlike the earlier story, The Flash: Rebirth is thematically different. It explored the place of newly returned Barry Allen, the Silver Age Flash in the current mythos. When Jordan disappeared, the Corps went with him, and Johns and his collaborators restored them to its rightful place in the DC multiverse. Allen's disappearance allowed his legacy to flourish, primarily with his former sidekick Wally West taking on the mantle and becoming the Flash for a generation of readers. Thus, did Barry Allen have a place for his stores?
Though the The Flash: Rebirth ended on a hopeful note, the stories that came after would prove otherwise. As early as the first arc of Barry Allen's first regular series after his return, Johns was already seeding Flashpoint which was originally planned to reboot a key part of Allen's backstory. It was expanded to encompass the entire DC line which led to the New 52 reboot. This led to new Flash Barry Allen stories as Wally West and the rest of the Flash family were relegated to other titles. Barry Allen needed to be the sole Flash again, and thus the legacy that grew around his absence was dispensed with by editorial.
A shame, because I believe that Wally West was the superior character. He was similar to Dick Grayson's Nightwing, both are characters who have grown out of their mentors' shadows. Wally West has since returned to helm his own book, Absolute Flash (2025-) , because the nature of the DC multiverse allows for multiple versions of a character to coexist.
This is another DC Compact Comics edition that provides value for the dollar with the stories included. It's an essential collection of modern Flash stories. However, I would like to see a DC Compact Comics of the Johns Wally West Flash stories and this format would fit it well, as snug as Flash's crimson costume around him.
The Flash: Rebirth was a follow-up to Johns and Van Sciver's acclaimed Green Lantern: Rebirth where they restored Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps. Unlike the earlier story, The Flash: Rebirth is thematically different. It explored the place of newly returned Barry Allen, the Silver Age Flash in the current mythos. When Jordan disappeared, the Corps went with him, and Johns and his collaborators restored them to its rightful place in the DC multiverse. Allen's disappearance allowed his legacy to flourish, primarily with his former sidekick Wally West taking on the mantle and becoming the Flash for a generation of readers. Thus, did Barry Allen have a place for his stores?
Though the The Flash: Rebirth ended on a hopeful note, the stories that came after would prove otherwise. As early as the first arc of Barry Allen's first regular series after his return, Johns was already seeding Flashpoint which was originally planned to reboot a key part of Allen's backstory. It was expanded to encompass the entire DC line which led to the New 52 reboot. This led to new Flash Barry Allen stories as Wally West and the rest of the Flash family were relegated to other titles. Barry Allen needed to be the sole Flash again, and thus the legacy that grew around his absence was dispensed with by editorial.
A shame, because I believe that Wally West was the superior character. He was similar to Dick Grayson's Nightwing, both are characters who have grown out of their mentors' shadows. Wally West has since returned to helm his own book, Absolute Flash (2025-) , because the nature of the DC multiverse allows for multiple versions of a character to coexist.
This is another DC Compact Comics edition that provides value for the dollar with the stories included. It's an essential collection of modern Flash stories. However, I would like to see a DC Compact Comics of the Johns Wally West Flash stories and this format would fit it well, as snug as Flash's crimson costume around him.
September 14, 2026
The Flash is one of my favorite comic-book characters of all time. The personality, powers, and his awesome costume are enough where it could be argued that he deserves to be on a superhero-themed Mount Rushmore. This compact comic release is almost like a “greatest hits” for the modern version of the character. It is a great package for fans of the hero, but it is also a bit all over the place — much like Barry Allen tends to be himself.
It is a bit confusing, but this release contains multiple different story arcs. Essentially, this is two-ish graphic novels rolled into one package. It is easy to identify where one ends and the next begins, but I prefer these compact comics to just cover a single story or timeline.
With this, I had a lot of trouble figuring out what the heck was going on. Barry Allen does work for the police, so a mystery is always in the cards, but the sheer amount of characters, speedsters, and cameos made everything confusing throughout.
With that being said, this is a masterpiece in terms of art and action. Every character and panel pops with amazing colors and spectacle. Seeing Team Flash, the Titans, the Rogues, the Justice League, and more all run around here is just great. It is the comic to end all comics in that regard — everyone gets a little spotlight.
Despite the messiness, I still enjoyed it based on that “fun factor” alone. It is a flashy adventure all around; pun very much intended. This is nowhere near my favorite Flash story or DC Compact Comic release, but it is still a worthwhile entry in that series. If you are a fan of The Flash, or want to keep adding to your comic collection, then I highly recommend this high-adrenaline adventure.
It is a bit confusing, but this release contains multiple different story arcs. Essentially, this is two-ish graphic novels rolled into one package. It is easy to identify where one ends and the next begins, but I prefer these compact comics to just cover a single story or timeline.
With this, I had a lot of trouble figuring out what the heck was going on. Barry Allen does work for the police, so a mystery is always in the cards, but the sheer amount of characters, speedsters, and cameos made everything confusing throughout.
With that being said, this is a masterpiece in terms of art and action. Every character and panel pops with amazing colors and spectacle. Seeing Team Flash, the Titans, the Rogues, the Justice League, and more all run around here is just great. It is the comic to end all comics in that regard — everyone gets a little spotlight.
Despite the messiness, I still enjoyed it based on that “fun factor” alone. It is a flashy adventure all around; pun very much intended. This is nowhere near my favorite Flash story or DC Compact Comic release, but it is still a worthwhile entry in that series. If you are a fan of The Flash, or want to keep adding to your comic collection, then I highly recommend this high-adrenaline adventure.
August 20, 2026
Conflicting
On the one hand I appreciate from a story perspective how Johns handles Flash. Making Barry's return feel monumental and twisting the cannon of the character into new ideas. Plus adding more depth to Barry as a character to rival Wally (the better Flash). However, the art is painful bad at times. Looking EASILY the worst of the DC compacts so far (at least from what I've read) and the major twist involving Reverse Flash has been memed for a reason. It's not a bad twist but it comes across as painfully stupid at times. That said the second story arc is great and the third is meh. Overall not my favorite thing I've read but it's not awful. Worth a read.
On the one hand I appreciate from a story perspective how Johns handles Flash. Making Barry's return feel monumental and twisting the cannon of the character into new ideas. Plus adding more depth to Barry as a character to rival Wally (the better Flash). However, the art is painful bad at times. Looking EASILY the worst of the DC compacts so far (at least from what I've read) and the major twist involving Reverse Flash has been memed for a reason. It's not a bad twist but it comes across as painfully stupid at times. That said the second story arc is great and the third is meh. Overall not my favorite thing I've read but it's not awful. Worth a read.
August 29, 2026
Honestly, a very boring comic. The art isn’t anything amazing, and the story is extremely subpar. The more I kept reading, the more bored I got. I couldn’t even finish it, and it’s not even that long.
It’s also incredibly cliché. Pretty much everything you’d expect from a million superhero movies and comics is here. They constantly try to raise the stakes, but you never really feel like there’s any actual risk. You always know the Flash is going to win, so none of it feels particularly tense or exciting.
I loved the show, which is exactly why I wanted to give the comic a chance, but I was severely disappointed. I wouldn’t recommend it at all. Steer clear.
It’s also incredibly cliché. Pretty much everything you’d expect from a million superhero movies and comics is here. They constantly try to raise the stakes, but you never really feel like there’s any actual risk. You always know the Flash is going to win, so none of it feels particularly tense or exciting.
I loved the show, which is exactly why I wanted to give the comic a chance, but I was severely disappointed. I wouldn’t recommend it at all. Steer clear.
May 5, 2026
Something I've greatly enjoyed reading these DC Compacts so far is that each of them provide an excellent entry point to some great stories of various DC Comics characters. They've allowed me to read some things I probably never would have and piqued my interest in many characters I may not have been interested in before. However, this one is not a good entry point for The Flash at all. I spent the majority of my time reading very confused. There was a lot of context missing and it made for a pretty unenjoyable read. The second half was a lot of fun though so I'll still give it a 3/5.
May 7, 2026
The actual rebirth story was pretty fun but it was a bit too fast paced imo. I still loved the whole idea of Barry becoming the new black flash and Thawne being behind everything tho. Also I think there was way too many speedsters fighting Thawne but anyways.
The death of the rogues story on the other hand was a bit more fleshed out which I enjoyed. The rogues and the renegades were cool to see and the plot twist with top I didn’t really expect. Boomerangs story was also great.
Overall an 8.5/10
The death of the rogues story on the other hand was a bit more fleshed out which I enjoyed. The rogues and the renegades were cool to see and the plot twist with top I didn’t really expect. Boomerangs story was also great.
Overall an 8.5/10
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
July 2, 2026
Been reading compacts to get a start on some of the characters as jumping in points are often quite hard. This one was recommended for flash but honestly don’t agree. Once you get past the first few issues it’s not too bad but to begin with it requires quite a lot of DC lore knowledge so had to do some googling inbetween reading. That being said when it got passed the intense call back lore aspects it was enjoyable and I think the idea of Flash are really interesting. Hope i can find a better way to get into it.
July 15, 2026
8/10
A solid reintroduction to Barry Allen Flash.
I enjoyed reading about Barry's relationships with his friends, family and antagonists. I know a bit about Barry's need for justice with all the seasons of the CW show I watched back in the good ol days, this Iris is definitely less annoying than that Iris.
The Captain Cold issue at the end was actually really interesting, Which going into it wasnt something I expected to come out saying.
Didn't know this mini run is actually the setup for Flashpoint which I read many years ago, doesn't really matter but was just surprising to myself.
A solid reintroduction to Barry Allen Flash.
I enjoyed reading about Barry's relationships with his friends, family and antagonists. I know a bit about Barry's need for justice with all the seasons of the CW show I watched back in the good ol days, this Iris is definitely less annoying than that Iris.
The Captain Cold issue at the end was actually really interesting, Which going into it wasnt something I expected to come out saying.
Didn't know this mini run is actually the setup for Flashpoint which I read many years ago, doesn't really matter but was just surprising to myself.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 21, 2026
Here’s the deal.
This is a solid comic book, but if your like me a first time reader of Flash this is not the place to start. Unless you are very familiar with the different eras of flash, and understand the history this will be a harder read. If you do decide to read this comic as a first time reader I would recommend looking up a synopsis of the different eras of flash and the speed force.
This is a solid comic book, but if your like me a first time reader of Flash this is not the place to start. Unless you are very familiar with the different eras of flash, and understand the history this will be a harder read. If you do decide to read this comic as a first time reader I would recommend looking up a synopsis of the different eras of flash and the speed force.
June 7, 2026
really liked it as my first flash comic. but i didnt really know whats happening when i first read it. so i gotta look it up first. if they added like origin stories and such i think it would be better
July 22, 2026
I enjoyed these two arcs collected here as someone who is pretty well versed in DC continuity, but I cannot fathom this being a jumping on point for the Flash as a character. A bit of a strange choice for a compact in my opinion, but a solid read either way.
September 11, 2026
Bruh I love the flash sm. Barry is written so well. I love how indepth they went into his rogues gallery aswell. it's an amazing read considering I didn't have much context on the wider story it played apart in
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April 20, 2026I think i'm just not a flash guy, maybe I'll give this another chance in the future.
May 5, 2026
Entertaining if a little confusing
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May 9, 2026gotta go fast!
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May 20, 2026The cover isn’t even from Flash Rebirth lmao
May 27, 2026
Barry Allen will always be my Roman Empire.
June 16, 2026
I feel although this compact was definitely not a good entry to the flashes story, but im not going to complain too much as all of my favourite characters were shown in the first 20 pages
June 24, 2026
A VERY strong 4.25! This is such a great compact. For my first Flash book, I think I chose pretty well. This is peak Geoff Johns! Need to continue this run
June 30, 2026
This was an OK Flash graphic novel, but not great. You've got the Justice Society, Justice League and every Flash from the entire DCU and a bunch of half-rate villains cause them problems?
July 20, 2026
I love Wally’s suit
July 29, 2026
The fastest
August 2, 2026
going back in time to when your arch enemy is like 10 and pushing them down a flight of stairs just to make their middle school experience worse is hysterical
August 7, 2026
PEAKKKKKK🔥
August 7, 2026
Rebirth me gusto mucho, la otra historia se me hizo entretenida e interesante. Es mi primer acercamiento a flash en solitario y realmente me gustó mucho
September 3, 2026
Great book, great art, but it bit confusing once you get deeper into the book.
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