![]() ![]() Manapul's art is lively, making for a comfortable but unchallenging tale. In keeping with the retreat into Silver Age nostalgia that saw Barry Allen's successors pushed aside to reintroduce one of the few fallen heroes whose death seemed both permanent and meaningful, this story resembles a '60s-era tale expanded six-fold. And to an extent, I appreciate Flash: The Dastardly Death of the Rogues, a story about a man who can accomplish things very fast, the most because of how it wastes time - with scene setting, with conversation, with silly bits of humor. Futuristic policemen enforcing draconian, inflexible laws, the Renegades' target is the man who the Renegades' records show will commit murder, a killer better known as the Flash. A bad situation takes a turn for the worse when the Renegades, the 25th-century descendants of the Rogues, arrive. The Flash races out of BLACKEST NIGHT and into the first graphic novel collection of his new monthly title written bycomics hottest writer Geoff Johns. Flash finds a city overrun with costumed villains, in particular the Rogues, both the villains Barry knew and new criminals stepping into established personae. Allen finds a city transformed the population has tripled, the crime rate has quadrupled, and the forensics department is overworked and staffed with burnouts. ![]() Barry Allen, the super-fast superhero the Flash, is back from the dead and rebuilding his life in Central City. FLASH FACT: In THE FLASH: THE DASTARDLY DEATH OF THE ROGUES, New York Times best-selling writer and DC Entertainment Chief Creative Officer Geoff Johns has teamed up acclaimed artist Francis Manapul to capture the essence of the Flash, just as he’s done in his epic six-year run on Green Lantern. ![]()
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