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Final Crisis (Collected Editions)
Final Crisis: Rogues' 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 Flash's Rogues were accessories to the murder of Bart Allen, the former Kid Flash. They've 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!
Collecting: Final Crisis: Rogues' Revenge 1-3, The Flash 182, 197
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 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!
Collecting: Final Crisis: Rogues' Revenge 1-3, The Flash 182, 197
144 pages, Hardcover
First published July 28, 2009
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About the author
Geoff Johns
2,722 books2,421 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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October 10, 2020
The Rogues were tricked into helping kill Bart Allen and now are on the run. One of Geoff Johns's strong suits on his Flash run was his depiction of the Flash's Rogues. That trend definitely continues here. It's great to see he and Scott Kolins back on a Flash related story. This ventures into some dark territory and I loved it.
August 23, 2021
Collecting: Rogue Revenge, BN The Flash both 1-3
This was so fun and is like about the rogues trying to do one last heist in the midst of Darkseid's final crisis and then we have them fight these fake rogues that come on and dealing with Kid Zoom/Inertia and whatever Libra has got planned and its all very fascinating and I loved every moment of it. I really liked how Johns set them as these people's one last mission and I like how he writes Captain Cold and makes him this compelling character.
Then you have the BN tie-in which deals with the return of Barry and fighting against a BL Reverse flash who he killed ages ago and focuses on their fight and shows them as these opposite entities one filled with hate and the other filled with hope while zombies are rising and also great stuff with Bart and factoring with Wally. There is this B plot with Rogues and Cap Boomerang which was not bad just meh.
Overall its great and like shows Rogues in great light and deals with the return of Barry Allen to the land of the living and the fallout of that and like tie-ing perfectly into two events and makes for a great read and enhances the reading of the events and the art by Kollins is so good!!
This was so fun and is like about the rogues trying to do one last heist in the midst of Darkseid's final crisis and then we have them fight these fake rogues that come on and dealing with Kid Zoom/Inertia and whatever Libra has got planned and its all very fascinating and I loved every moment of it. I really liked how Johns set them as these people's one last mission and I like how he writes Captain Cold and makes him this compelling character.
Then you have the BN tie-in which deals with the return of Barry and fighting against a BL Reverse flash who he killed ages ago and focuses on their fight and shows them as these opposite entities one filled with hate and the other filled with hope while zombies are rising and also great stuff with Bart and factoring with Wally. There is this B plot with Rogues and Cap Boomerang which was not bad just meh.
Overall its great and like shows Rogues in great light and deals with the return of Barry Allen to the land of the living and the fallout of that and like tie-ing perfectly into two events and makes for a great read and enhances the reading of the events and the art by Kollins is so good!!
April 30, 2011
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 villains, usually with a tricked up gun or gizmo as their only weapon. Typical foes for The Flash. Sometimes they band together as The Rogues, which here mainly focuses on Captain Cold and Weather Wizard with Mirror Master and Heat Wave pushed a bit into the background. The rather annoying new Trickster is quite literally this group's fifth wheel. Rogues Revenge really gives Johns the chance to tie up a lot of loose ends from his Flash run. The two one shots from The Flash 182 and 197 feature the motivations, background and origins of Captain Cold and Zoom. Very decent if you don't mind a comic book with the villains topping the roster.
October 4, 2010
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.
May 28, 2019
Man it is good to read the Rouges written by Johns and drawn by Kollins. Its like visiting old, familiar friends, but with more punching and ice kills.
Kollins hasn't missed a step since last being on the Flash books. In fact, he has gotten, dare I say, better than ever before. His detailed art never looks muddy or unclear, and his attention to detail only adds to the overall ambiance and plot of the book.
However the real star is Johns who steps back into the writers seat and starts picking up threads from the overall run to make a highly enjoyable book. The great thing about this tie in is that you don't really need to know about Final Crisis. If anything, knowing more about the Flash is more of a requirement than Final Crisis.
He once again captures the rouges individual voices perfectly, and is able to inject different personalities into each one. Johns manages to put the spotlight on Captain Cold and make him not a villain per say, but more of a grey moral character who can cross the line when need be. In fact all the rouges have some kind of "code' that they adhere to, even if that code doesn't always run parallel to our legal system.
A great revisit of the rouges by one of the best Flash teams ever, this book is a delight to read especially for Flash fans.
Kollins hasn't missed a step since last being on the Flash books. In fact, he has gotten, dare I say, better than ever before. His detailed art never looks muddy or unclear, and his attention to detail only adds to the overall ambiance and plot of the book.
However the real star is Johns who steps back into the writers seat and starts picking up threads from the overall run to make a highly enjoyable book. The great thing about this tie in is that you don't really need to know about Final Crisis. If anything, knowing more about the Flash is more of a requirement than Final Crisis.
He once again captures the rouges individual voices perfectly, and is able to inject different personalities into each one. Johns manages to put the spotlight on Captain Cold and make him not a villain per say, but more of a grey moral character who can cross the line when need be. In fact all the rouges have some kind of "code' that they adhere to, even if that code doesn't always run parallel to our legal system.
A great revisit of the rouges by one of the best Flash teams ever, this book is a delight to read especially for Flash fans.
February 17, 2019
The main story is a nice return for Johns (and Kolins). The Rogues were always the best part of his run, and here he gets to return to all of them, even his Zoom and Piper. He also gets to clean up a bit of the grotesque damage done by later authors, by at least avenging Impulse's death. A great story, not for Libra and his repetitive Secret Society, but to see the original Rogues one last time before they got destroyed by Flashpoint [4/5].
I was disappointed that the last two stories of the volume are reprints, though they're among Johns' best [5/5]
I was disappointed that the last two stories of the volume are reprints, though they're among Johns' best [5/5]
February 27, 2012
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.
November 22, 2018
I reviewed Final Crisis: Rogues' Revenge as part of my Throwback Thursday series where I republish old reviews, re-review books I've read before or review older books I have only just had a chance to read.
In the midst of the 2008 DC Comic crossover event Final Crisis lies this often overlooked and foolishly underappreciated miniseries, Final Crisis: Rogues’ Revenge, which focuses on the Flash’s most enduring villains, the Rogues.
Final Crisis was the big DC comic event of 2008, and is memorable for a number of key events, such as the apparent death of Batman, the death of the Martian Manhunter and the return of the original Flash, Barry Allen. In addition to this main series, DC also released a number of miniseries and one-shots that served as tie-ins to the main Final Crisis storyline and which are often forgotten in light of Final Crisis big events. I have to admit that I have never been a particularly big fan of the Final Crisis series, mainly because of the over-the-top and unnecessarily complicated storyline (you know, typical Grant Morrison writing). However, I did really enjoy the tie-in miniseries, including the dark comic Revelations, which focuses on the Spectre and contains the horrifying image of Dr Light being turned into a candle, and the massive Legion of 3 Worlds miniseries, which saw the return of two great characters. However, my favourite of all these miniseries has to be the subject of this review, Rogues’ Revenge, by iconic The Flash contributors Geoff Johns and Scott Kolins.
In Rogues’ Revenge, the core remaining Rogues, Captain Cold, Heatwave, Weather Wizard and the second Mirror Master, have been having one hell of a year after breaking their number one rule: never kill a speedster. Tricked by the young psychopathic speedster Inertia, the Rogues attacked the Flash when he lost his powers and actually managed to kill him, which they never wanted to do. Worst, the Flash that they killed was only a kid, Bart Allen, the former Impulse and Kid Flash, who had been aged up by his time in the Speed Force. As the most wanted criminals in the world, the Rogues have spent the year being hunted by as fugitives by the collected superheroes. Briefly imprisoned on an alien planet with the rest of the world’s supervillains, the Rogues escaped and have returned to Keystone City, once again fugitives.
The Rogues are planning to permanently retire after their terrible mistake. However, when Inertia escapes from his imprisonment, the Rogues decide to go on one last mission and seek revenge for Inertia’s trickery. Joining forces with the new young and immature Trickster, the Rogues set out to break their number one rule just one more time.
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In the midst of the 2008 DC Comic crossover event Final Crisis lies this often overlooked and foolishly underappreciated miniseries, Final Crisis: Rogues’ Revenge, which focuses on the Flash’s most enduring villains, the Rogues.
Final Crisis was the big DC comic event of 2008, and is memorable for a number of key events, such as the apparent death of Batman, the death of the Martian Manhunter and the return of the original Flash, Barry Allen. In addition to this main series, DC also released a number of miniseries and one-shots that served as tie-ins to the main Final Crisis storyline and which are often forgotten in light of Final Crisis big events. I have to admit that I have never been a particularly big fan of the Final Crisis series, mainly because of the over-the-top and unnecessarily complicated storyline (you know, typical Grant Morrison writing). However, I did really enjoy the tie-in miniseries, including the dark comic Revelations, which focuses on the Spectre and contains the horrifying image of Dr Light being turned into a candle, and the massive Legion of 3 Worlds miniseries, which saw the return of two great characters. However, my favourite of all these miniseries has to be the subject of this review, Rogues’ Revenge, by iconic The Flash contributors Geoff Johns and Scott Kolins.
In Rogues’ Revenge, the core remaining Rogues, Captain Cold, Heatwave, Weather Wizard and the second Mirror Master, have been having one hell of a year after breaking their number one rule: never kill a speedster. Tricked by the young psychopathic speedster Inertia, the Rogues attacked the Flash when he lost his powers and actually managed to kill him, which they never wanted to do. Worst, the Flash that they killed was only a kid, Bart Allen, the former Impulse and Kid Flash, who had been aged up by his time in the Speed Force. As the most wanted criminals in the world, the Rogues have spent the year being hunted by as fugitives by the collected superheroes. Briefly imprisoned on an alien planet with the rest of the world’s supervillains, the Rogues escaped and have returned to Keystone City, once again fugitives.
The Rogues are planning to permanently retire after their terrible mistake. However, when Inertia escapes from his imprisonment, the Rogues decide to go on one last mission and seek revenge for Inertia’s trickery. Joining forces with the new young and immature Trickster, the Rogues set out to break their number one rule just one more time.
View the full review at:
https://unseenlibrary.com/2018/11/22/...
Or visit my blog at:
https://unseenlibrary.com/
May 15, 2012
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.
September 2, 2015
I'm really disappointed, normally DC never let me down and I love their books. However that wasn't the case with this story. The one redeeming feature about the book is the character of Leonard Snart, the way he was portrayed I thought was really good. The story itself I found quit weak and I just wasn't that into it.
May 1, 2012
This was one of the few books that came out of "Final Crisis" that was actually worth reading.
January 9, 2017
(Warning: may not be as engaging to people who don't geek over the Flash Rogues Gallery the way I do.)
April 25, 2019
This was a good old fashioned romp of a story, with the Rogues taking centre stage. Geoff Johns clearly likes these characters and works hard to define them, to give them all clear personalities and motivations. The main part of the book deals with Libra, Professor Zoom and the very nasty Innertia, thing into Final Crisis, and that is resolved nicely. The 2 ‘bonus’ stories are very nice character studies of Captain Cold, which I really enjoyed, and Professor Zoom. Both prove Stan Lee’s idea that there are no heroes or villains, just people who are different shades of grey.
Recommended read.
Recommended read.
March 25, 2018
Flash has some of the best villains in comic books. Seriously. They are infinitely more interesting than the Flash himself. In this book the villains get to be the protagonists. I won't call them heroes. Geoff Johns' writing is great here. He understands what makes these villains tick. Scott Kolins does some excellent work on the art. The collection only gets four stars because the two stand alone stories at the end featuring Captain Cold and Zoom, respectively, aren't as interesting to read.
February 17, 2022
Geoff Johns' mastery of the Rogues is on full display here. Its like a crime drama playing out just with super powers and costumes. Captain Cold is always the star but Weather Wizard and Heatwave also shine. I wished there was more of who Libra is and why/what he's doing. Scott Kollins' art isn't for everyone but he is my Flash artist so I really enjoyed it. Overall, there was some big picture DC stuff going on but it didn't matter for the well done story being told.
July 12, 2022
This was REALLY dark and gritty, which totally makes sense for a villain vs villain story and also for a villains on the run from a really angry superhero story. I didn't have access to the 2 earlier comics from this graphic novel until today, but I went back and looked over the original 3 (that I had read in March) and it all made sense. Love the background of Captain Cold and how it kind of wraps up in this mini-series.
March 6, 2019
Zábavný! A strašně mi sedla ilustrace Scotta Kolinse. Asi ale záleží na rozpoložení, dokážu si představit, že bych jí jindy hejtil :D Rozhodně mi tenhle tie-in přijde lepší, než první dvě issues Final Crisis, který mu pŕedchází.
January 31, 2019
I don't know much about The Flash at all. The story is not hugely captivating, and I'm not sure these are particularly exciting villains.
April 17, 2020
Very dark, especially the Captain Cold storyline.
June 3, 2020
Decent story, but the art got in the way of telling it. Why was everything wet?
November 12, 2021
I remember this being a good enough read. I love the Rogues. Three stars because I abhor Scott Kolins' sloppy artwork.
April 22, 2025
Tie-In de Flash de Final Crisis con gran galería de villanos.
April 24, 2025
Una venganza cruel pero justa. Un tie-in de Final Crisis que no tiene mucho que ver con la saga principal pero sí con la muerte de Flash de la época.
April 25, 2025
Una tapa tétrica y engañosa para una venganza digna de los Rogues.
July 31, 2025
Tres cpapítulos de Rogue's Revenge en un número único especial.
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August 7, 2025really great villain-focused book
June 8, 2015
Tricked into taking part in the murder of Bart Allen, the Flash's Rogues plan revenge on Inertia, the evil Kid Flash from the future. Inertia in turn has been recruited by Zoom, the current Reverse-Flash, who is attempting to indoctrinate Inertia with his twisted philosophy of making heroes "better."
Villains are usually what makes these kinds of comics fun, and this miniseries features nothing but villains. I enjoyed the contrast of the conflicted Rogues with the super-evil Libra, who still wants them to join his Secret Society, and with Zoom, who thinks he is doing something ultimately good by forcing heroes to experience tragedy.
While this book continues from past events and ties in with the Final Crisis, it fills you in on everything you need to know and shouldn't be confusing if read on its own. In addition to the three issue Rogues' Revenge miniseries, it also includes the Rogue Profile issues on Captain Cold and Zoom. I don't know why the Heat Wave issue was left out.
Villains are usually what makes these kinds of comics fun, and this miniseries features nothing but villains. I enjoyed the contrast of the conflicted Rogues with the super-evil Libra, who still wants them to join his Secret Society, and with Zoom, who thinks he is doing something ultimately good by forcing heroes to experience tragedy.
While this book continues from past events and ties in with the Final Crisis, it fills you in on everything you need to know and shouldn't be confusing if read on its own. In addition to the three issue Rogues' Revenge miniseries, it also includes the Rogue Profile issues on Captain Cold and Zoom. I don't know why the Heat Wave issue was left out.
October 16, 2018
Amazing. The events of DC’s Final Crisis have brought forward a plethora of stories dealing with Darkseid’s attempt to rule the Universe. Earth is caught up in this disaster all the while the rest of the superheroes do their best to contain this nightmare.
None strikes as hard as on Keystone City where the Flash is taking a licking amidst all the chaos caused. But as he recovers, his rivals the Rogues are doing what they can to survive.
Having problems due to their accidental murder of Bart Allen, they are wondering if they should go on after violating their rule in no killing as well as being manipulated by an evil speedster in Malcolm Thawne, Bart Allen’s clone. All this leads to the Rogues obtaining payback, while others in Keystone do what they can to survive. From Linda and her children, Keystone’s finest and more.
Interesting that this collection includes some old reissues of Hunter Zolomon/Reverse Flash II as well as Captain Cold’s revenge against a man that murdered his sister Lisa Snart aka the Golden Glider.
Not bad at all. C+
None strikes as hard as on Keystone City where the Flash is taking a licking amidst all the chaos caused. But as he recovers, his rivals the Rogues are doing what they can to survive.
Having problems due to their accidental murder of Bart Allen, they are wondering if they should go on after violating their rule in no killing as well as being manipulated by an evil speedster in Malcolm Thawne, Bart Allen’s clone. All this leads to the Rogues obtaining payback, while others in Keystone do what they can to survive. From Linda and her children, Keystone’s finest and more.
Interesting that this collection includes some old reissues of Hunter Zolomon/Reverse Flash II as well as Captain Cold’s revenge against a man that murdered his sister Lisa Snart aka the Golden Glider.
Not bad at all. C+
July 3, 2014
This starts in a dark place and only continues down that road - and I admit I do kind of love it.
In the events of Final Crisis, someone used the Rogues and made them break the one rule they're never supposed to break. A Speedster is dead, the whole system is falling apart for the Rogues, and they decide to pull one last job before disbanding.
They're on the warpath and not even Flash is going to be able to stop them.
In the end, there's not a lot *too* this book. They even had to pad out the book with a story about Captain Cold (that was really good) and one about the new Professor Zoom (which was not, since it's a retread of something not too far back in this run). But what's there is grim in the good way - people doing what they perceive as the only thing they can do, happy for it to be the last thing they do if it comes to that, because there are scales in need of balancing. That it's villains who are doing that doesn't take anything away from the story and I love it.
In the events of Final Crisis, someone used the Rogues and made them break the one rule they're never supposed to break. A Speedster is dead, the whole system is falling apart for the Rogues, and they decide to pull one last job before disbanding.
They're on the warpath and not even Flash is going to be able to stop them.
In the end, there's not a lot *too* this book. They even had to pad out the book with a story about Captain Cold (that was really good) and one about the new Professor Zoom (which was not, since it's a retread of something not too far back in this run). But what's there is grim in the good way - people doing what they perceive as the only thing they can do, happy for it to be the last thing they do if it comes to that, because there are scales in need of balancing. That it's villains who are doing that doesn't take anything away from the story and I love it.
July 13, 2013
This might be the best look at the Rogues ever. Captain Cold has always been a fascinating character to me because he's not evil, but just a shade of Grey, as he sees everything in shades. They are all in a sort of Anti-Hero state here, not interested in Libra/Darkseid's consumption of the planet for evil, but also not interested in Inertia/Kid Zoom and in fact, regretful for the death of Barry Allen. This seems to reveal a humanity in the Rogues that was always sort of hinted at, and in many ways they always seemed like a bit of a joke, but this work by Geoff Johns totally makes them legit in many eyes. I would have enjoyed knowing a bit more of the previous events in Flash, but I read this as a tie in with Final Crisis, which I've already read. A solid solid look at the Flash Rogues, great work focusing on people and who they are instead of crazy shit.
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