The Flash by Geoff Johns Omnibus Vol. 2

The Flash by Geoff Johns Omnibus

by Geoff Johns, Scott Kolins (Illustrator)

Geoff Johns historic run on The Flash continues, with this giant collection of the second half of his stint writing Wally West and his greatest foes!

Geoff Johns refined The Flash during his year-long stint writing the Scarlet Speedster, and in turn, his time on The Flash launched Geoff Johns into the multimedia starhe is today. This omnibus collects the second half of his stint writing fan-favorite Flash Wally West, highlighted by the onslaught of new nemesis Hunter Zolomon--aka Zoom! Plus, a trip to Gorilla City, turmoil among the Rogues, and a meeting with Wonder Woman, as The Cheetah and Zoom team up against our heroes! It all reads to "Rogue War," as The Flash's greatest enemies battle each other, and Zoom's final--and very personal--attack against Wally!

Collects The Flash #192-225, Wonder Woman #214, and The Flash: The Secret of Barry Allen #1.

Genres: Comics, Dc Comics, Graphic Novels Comics, Comic Book, Graphic Novels, Fiction, Comics Manga

880 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 2005

About the author

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 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.

Reviews

[Jameson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lots of fun, once again! I really enjoy the flash and this was my first time reading comics around him. They’re great! I think the story ended on a good note and was satisfying.

[Rumi Bossche · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Flash by Geoff Johns⚡️

I am not the biggest Flash fan, but i dig the character, and i think his stories are really fun and easy, and ofcourse fast. My main concern with the Flash is its villains or rogues as they are called here, they are just mainly subpar in my opinion. Cats like Pied Piper, Captain Boomerang or Captain Cold are not really that great in my opinion 🤷🏻‍♂️ i do like Zoom and Gorrila Grodd, but the main draw for me here is Geoff Johns,  one of the better writers from DC. His run on GL made me a fan of Green Lantern,  he had a ace run on the Teen Titans and he made freaking Aquaman cooler then cool. This book is really fun, but not as good as those said titles.
3 stars.

[Zachary Blake · Rating 5 out of 5]

Man this is so good and manages to top Volume 1. With the addition of Howard Porter to the run later in art,this goes up another level.Geoff John’s critical run on the flash lives up to the hype. Looking forward to starting Volume 3 and see if John can stick the landing.

[Rahul Nadella · Rating 4 out of 5]

Geoff Johns hit form towards the end of the comics reprinted in volume one, but the content that opens it is very poor indeed. This, though, is prime material, the sort of stuff that people are recalling when they become misty-eyed about how good Johns’ Flash was back in the day. The Rogues are busted out of Iron Heights by Gorilla Grodd and the pace gets fast and furious. Then Identity Crisis weaves a wonderful and frightening mystery that affects the whole DC superhero community when the Elongated Man’s wife is murdered. Then the families and loved ones of DC’s superheroes begin receiving threats and no one knows what to do. The story ends and is picked up in Post-Crisis and continues into Rogue War. It is a fun ride and the writing is excellent. Almost all Flash’s familiar foes from over the years are between the pages of this hardcover, with individual chapters delving into exactly how Captain Cold, Pied Piper and police profiler Hunter Zoloman became the people they are. I love Geoff Johns’ ability to tell a great story that is fun as well as interesting, and then reaches a satisfying conclusion. If you are a fan of Spider-Man and aren't sure where to start with the DC Universe, Johns’s Flash run is the perfect spot. It has terrific story arcs, both short & sweet, and sprawling. I’d also say this is a period of Johns’s career where he was firing on all cylinders.

[Nate Hipple · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was supposed to be the big payoff, the blow your socks off conclusion to 2,000 pages of story telling and… it was okay? I just never really got into Geoff Johns’ voice for Wally and the loss of both the public identity and Scott Kolins on earth didn’t help. I struggled to maintain interest through all the memory shenanigans. Still, the build up and final arc were well done and I really liked Zoloman’s story. I was just expecting more from one of my favorite writers writing a definitive arc on one of my favorite characters. Hell, Johns writing Flash: Rebirth a few years later is literally the reason I got into comics in the first place.

[blueygurl2016 · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a very good continuation of the first book, although some of the storylines were a little confusing to follow. I felt so bad for Wally, losing his twins like that and then his wife. While I don’t agree with his actions, I do understand why he did what he did. I also can see the inspiration for the Flash TV from this comic’s storyline for the Zoom storyline in the show. Neat. I’m glad everything worked out okay in the end for everybody!

[The Poor Person's Book Reviewer · Rating 5 out of 5]

I can’t believe how consistent Geoff Johns story telling has been, hit after hit. You do have to read identity crisis in order to get the full story though but you can find that free online. The Rouge’s War event was a great capstone to this omnibus and I can’t wait to get to flashpoint

[Ross Cudmore · Rating 4 out of 5]

A step-up from the first volume in my opinion. In this volume the villian of Reverse Flash is introduced and soon becomes one of my favourite Flash villians.

The art of Scott Kolins really shines in this book, wonderful artist for the Flash.

[Ben Muralles · Rating 5 out of 5]

Normally happy go lucky Wally West experiences some pretty dark days in this volume. The arcs were meaningful and paid off well. The art was overall pretty strong, Scott Kolins did good work but he's definitely my least favorite artist in this volume, Howard Porter crushed it!

[Bruvydsb · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a run! Only G.Johns could make me care that much about the Rogues.

[El · Rating 4 out of 5]

Every villain got a story

[Sam Jones · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5

[Dash Steele · Rating 3 out of 5]

I can now say I am as close to loving the flash as I feel I ever could be… and it’s just not my thing. Love the buddy cop comedy team in the supporting cast, but I cannot feel invested in a story where time travel shenanigans are this prevalent.

[Matthew Kennett-ny · Rating 5 out of 5]

It just gets better and better. If you thought Vol. 1 was good, this volume is even better.