The ABSOLUTE universe has allowed writers like Jeff Lemire to turn the history of the DCU on its ear. Now, Gorilla Grodd is a good guy? Yes! What about the Rogues? Well, what ABOUT the Rogues? That’s what we will learn more about in this issue. At least we can always count on two things: Wally West is a hero, and anyone named Thawne has GOT to be bad news! Wanna know more? Follow us after the jump!
ONLY MILD SPOILERS AHEAD!
The Rogues have asked Wally to join them. They are loyal to Wally’s dad, but Wally isn’t sure if he can trust them yet. Grodd can help – Grodd has been a saving grace for several issues now. Eventually, Wally learns that the Rogue’s loyalty to Rudy West is greater than any pull Fort Fox may have. At least, that’s true for most of the Rogues.
There is one wild card in the Rogues, but you’ll need to read the issue to find out more about that. The bottom line is that Eleanor Thawne remains several steps ahead of everyone else in this part of the ABSOLUTE universe, and her plans appear to be going ahead full speed!
Wally continues to have flashes (pun not intended) of strange experiences with the forces that have given him his speed, and we’ll see more of what that means next issue.
And we have a tease…for the ABSOLUTE version of a very famous piece of Flash lore coming up in issue #10!
SUMMARY:
This is another excellent issue of ABSOLUTE FLASH. Jeff Lemire’s scripts continue to excel, and the artwork is mind-bendingly awesome. The only thing for readers to know is that you cannot just jump in with issue #9 – but thankfully you can grab all the issues from your LCS or online. This is MUST reading – don’t miss it! I’ll give this issue a 9/10 – of course, that’s just my opinion. What do YOU think? Leave your comments below!