Rogues (DC)
The Rogues are a team that features in DC Comics.
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History
Origin
The Rogues are a collective name for the "classic" foes of the Flash, including Captain Cold, Heat Wave, Weather Wizard, the Trickster, Captain Boomerang, Mirror Master, and Doctor Alchemy. The group sometimes worked together, as they were linked by their common beliefs- all of them (except the second Mirror Master) saw supervillainy as an adventurous pursuit, and their battles with the Flash had always been like a game.
Captain Cold and Trickster escaped prison on the same day to commit the same crime, the robbery of a charity function sponsored by the Picture News, that any of them ever worked together. Although they initially had no intention of combining forces, they found that they made a good team, especially since they were facing not only one, but two Flashes, as Jay Garrick had briefly come out of retirement. Although the two were able to elude capture initially, they were eventually lured into a trap by the two speedsters, playing on their desire for wealth. (The Flash v1 #129)
Thus began a series of frequent partnerships among the Flash's foes, who would come to be known as the Rogues Gallery. Barry Allen has even admitted that the Rogues are formidable. (The Flash v1 #244)
Some time after the Zero Hour crisis, five of the Rogues- Captain Cold, Heat Wave, Weather Wizard, Captain Boomerang, and Mirror Master- became pawns of the demon Neron, who gave them upgraded weaponry in exchange for their souls and an errand of destruction. Unfortunately, their actions also led to their deaths, while giving Neron wider access to Earth to begin his plans. Later, Neron resurrected the five Rogues as soulless destroyers, trying to force the third Flash to make a deal with him in exchange for fully restoring them. (Underworld Unleashed v1 #1)
The Rogues regained their souls, but were all affected by their stay in Hell. The five later made efforts to prevent their ever returning to Neron's realm. Still later, the actions of the mysterious fourth Flash (such as causing an explosion that nearly killed Captain Boomerang) led the frightened Rogues to create Replicant, for the sake of their own survival.
A new version of the Rogues came to be established by the Blacksmith who formed them as part of her underground black market Network that was operating in Keystone City. This recruited a number of supervillains that included Girder, Magenta, Murmur and Plunder. They were later joined by the new Trickster Axel Walker who helped steal vital information from the police that would have exposed the Network's operations. (Flash v2 #183) They later struck against the Flash where Murmur came to infect the speedster with his frenzy virus. (Flash v2 #184) Their attack coincided with a similar attack by the Thinker who was looking to take over Keystone City. (Flash v2 #185)
Inertia brought together Captain Cold, Heat Wave, Abra Kadabra, Mirror Master, Weather Wizard, Pied Piper, and the Trickster, claiming that he was building a device that would allow them to stop time and wreak havoc on the world. In actuality, he was using them as bait for the new Flash, and the machine was designed to transfer the Speed Force from the Flash to Inertia. (The Flash: The Fastest Man Alive v1 #12) When the Scarlet Speedster showed up to stop them, his powers were stripped and the Rogues killed him. (The Flash: The Fastest Man Alive v1 #13)
Post-Flashpoint
Following the Flashpoint, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events.
A year and a half ago, the Rogues were involved in a bank robbery when they were thwarted by the Flash though the speedster failed to arrest them as Mirror Master pulled them to safety. Afterwards, there were arguments at their lair as the Rogues blamed one another for the defeat with Captain Cold going out for a moment. Whilst out, he was approached by Darwin Elias who offered to give the Rogues superpowers in order to compete against the Flash. This involved the use of a genome recoder that would impart superpowers from their equipment. An explosion occurred during the use of the machine which left each of the Rogues overwhelmed with their new powers and saw Golden Glider was left in coma. (The Flash Annual v4 #1)
After defeating the Rogues, the Flash had them taken to Ironheights where Captain Cold along with the Rogues quickly established themselves as the leader of the gang of supervillains that were detained in the prison. (The Flash v5 #17)
Overview
Members
- Captain Cold :
- Mirror Master :
- Captain Boomerang :
- Trickster :
- Weather Wizard :
- Golden Glider :
Notes
- The Rogues were created by John Broome and Carmine Infantino where they made their first appearance in The Flash v1 #130 (August, 1962).
In other media
Television
- In The Flash, the Rogues made an appearance in the 2014 live-action series set in the Arrowverse. The episode "Rogue Time", the Flash referred to Snarts group as a 'rogues gallery' with Captain Cold liking the name.
Films
- In Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox, the Rogues appeared as minor antagonists in the animated film.
Video games
- In DC Universe Online, the Rogues appeared as sub-bosses in the setting of the MMORPG video game.
Appearances
- The Flash v1: (1962)
- The Flash v2:
- The lash v3:
- Final Crisis: Rogues' Revenge v1:
- The Flash v4:
- The Flash Annual v4:
- Forever Evil: Rogues Rebellion v1:
- The Flash v5:
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