Warning! Preview pages ahead for Absolute Flash #6!DC Comics’Absolute Flashhas spent a lot of time focusing on Wally West, and now it’s time for his enemies, the Rogues, to take the spotlight. In this world,the Rogues are an elite unitworking for Project Olympus, a shadowy military operation. But how did this team assemble, and what will it mean for the Flash?
InAbsolute Flash #6by Jeff Lemire and Nick Robles, a flashback takes readers six months into the past. A bar is shown and inside, Rogues’ member Digger Harkness is flirting with a woman. However, her brother interferes and literally throws Digger out of the bar. As Harkness collects himself,he’s approached by the Flash’s father, Colonel Rudy West.
The mood is tense between the two and West acknowledges that their bad blood can’t be so easily forgiven. But West extends a proposal to Harkness, offering to wipe his slate clean. Digger resists at first, but when he’s informed that he’ll get a chance to play with some seriously powerful and explosive toys, he agrees to West’s offer.
The Flash’s Father Assembled the Absolute Rogues
The Scarlet Speedster’s Greatest Enemies Background is Revealed
A lot of things areupside down in the Absolute Universe. In Flash’s case, his powers weren’t granted by the Speed Force, but rather, the result of an accident at Fort Fox. Ever since Wally was granted his speed, he’s been on the run, pursued by his father, who has roped the Rogues into tracking and bringing his boy home.
Fans knew that thisworld’s version of the Rogueswere working for Colonel West. But this flashback reveals that he was the one that personally selected them. It also seems like he’s reaching out to people he’s worked with in the past in various military operations, a major shift to the Rogues’ relationship with Flash compared to the Prime DCU.
Will Absolute Flash and The Rogues Ever See Eye to Eye?
Or Are They Too Loyal to Flash’s Father?
Generally, the Flash and the Roguescanwork together. But in this world, the Rogues have history with Colonel West. Are they ride and die for their former military superior? Or, like Flash, will they too rebel, finding common ground with Wally? This look at the Rogues’ past poses a lot of interesting questions for their future with theFlash.
