The Flash, Vol. 7: Rogue War
By N. Durham "Big Evil" (Philadelphia, PA)
Like Mark Waid before him, Geoff Johns managed to breathe new life into the Flash during his long run on the series, particularly his re-vamping of the scarlet speedster's rogues gallery. Rogue War culminates Johns' monumental run on the series, bringing the long brewing war between the reformed villains and the Rogues to a head, with the Flash and Keystone City smack in the middle. Rogue War starts off with glimpses at the various Rogues and reformed villains: Mirror Master, Heat Wave, Captain Cold, the Trickster (new and old), the Top, etc.; as well as a startling revelation about the mother of the new Captain Boomerang. Everything comes to a close when Zoom returns to the scene, and Wally, Jay Garrick, and Kid Flash find themselves over their heads surrounded on all sides, and an ally returns to help them one last time. Though it takes what would be an otherwise hokey turn, Rogue War's conclusion and climax work surprisingly well. The art by Howard Porter and Livesay is great as always as well, helping make this package all the sweeter. All in all, you'll most likely read better super hero sagas, but you can certainly do far, far worse than Rogue War, which further cements fan favorite writer Geoff Johns as the best thing to happen to the Flash since Mark Waid.
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