Geoff Johns has been bringing all sorts of characters back to life in his tenure at DC. A big part of the Robin series revolved around the boy’s difficult relationship with his father, and then, all of a sudden, his dad’s abruptly killed off by the lamest villain, Captain Boomerang (to see how this happens, read the Identity Crisis graphic novel). Captain Boomerang a few years ago killed Tim Drake’s (the 3rd Robin) semi-invalided dad. If a villain kills a superhero, at least you know that’s the life that superheroes lead, and plus, the superhero will probably come back to life somehow.
As far as I’m concerned, there’s no coming back from that. Second, he crossed a line supervillains shouldn’t cross, and that is, killing off a major non-superhero character. First, he has the dorkiest name (and has even been mocked by Conan O’Brien).
Unfortunately, this graphic novel features the return of my least favorite character in the entire DCU: Captain Boomerang. Mxylpltk? The Rogues just won’t stay down. Other comics in the new century have downplayed the gimmick characters, for instance, when was the last time you saw Mr. What I like about The Rogues is that they’re all kitschy, gimmicky characters, and yet they appear all the time. Every major superhero has a supporting cast of recurring villains, and these are referred to as ‘the rogues gallery,’ except Flash’s enemies have the forthrightness just to call themselves The Rogues.
The name The Rogues is itself a kind of pun. On one side, there’s his wife Iris, and on the other, The Rogues. So The Flash: The Dastardly Death of the Rogues, is about Wally West’s return to the land of the living, and catching up with the people he left behind. After Barry came Wally West, a younger character who carried the series through the 90s until Final Crisis saw Barry Allen return. Then there was Barry Allen, who tapped into the “speed force,” had tons of adventures, then died saving the universe in The Crisis on Infinite Earths. Originally, The Flash was Jay Garrick, the first-generation Golden Age Scarlet Speedster who thankfully wasn’t killed off, and remains as a kind father-figure to all of the superhero community. Even before Flashpoint and the relaunch, Flash has been relaunched quite a few times. The Flash: The Dastardly Death of the Rogues is a graphic novel collecting issues 1-7 and a bonus spin-off issue from Flash’s most recent incarnation with Johns calling the shots. Dick style adventure, complete with time travel and mindgames, then have one of DC’s most popular writers Geoff Johns write it, throw in the stylized artwork of Francis Manapul, and you have a graphic novel worth buying. So take the fastest man alive and put him into a Philip K. Scanned Cover to The Flash: The Dastardly Death of the Rogues Graphic Novel
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