Previously available in hardcover, the first (and IMO better) half of Geoff Johns’ post-Rebirth run on The Flash is now available as a trade paperback.
Flash: The Dastardly Death of the Rogues
Written by GEOFF JOHNS; Art by FRANCIS MANAPUL and SCOTT KOLINS; Cover by FRANCIS MANAPUL
The Fastest Man Alive must solve the murder of one of his greatest foes and protect his other foes from an elusive killer in this title collection THE FLASH #1–6 7 and THE FLASH SECRET FILES 2010!
Racing out of BLACKEST NIGHT, The Flash returns to his life in Central City – but when one of his Rogues Gallery of foes turns up murdered under mysterious circumstances, it’s up to The Fastest Man Alive to solve this bizarre crime and protect those who are targeted by the killer.
DC Universe 228pg. Color Softcover $14.99 US
An odd note: The hardcover also included The Flash #7, the Captain Boomerang one-shot. Usually DC tends to collect the same material in the hardcover and softcover releases, but it wouldn’t surprise me at all to see that the inevitable softcover of The Road to Flashpoint starts with #7 instead of #8.
It also wouldn’t surprise me if this is a copy-paste misprint, and this book does include #7, since the solicitation text for the hardcover also listed only Flash #1-6. Update: It’s a misprint, as Jason points out in the comments.
Much, much better than the volume that followed it. If only the Flash title could have kept on the way it was going.
I still think it was odd that the “Secret Files” story was placed at the end of the collection when it was pretty clear that it takes place before it.
I bought this trade last week & it does include 7, the SFO story is at the end (odd), & all those awesome Secret Files & Origins? Not here. Those great Francis & Scott pages featuring both hero & Rogue alike are absent from this collection. 🙁
OK, so it’s just a typo in the description. Thanks!