Some Flash and Rogueish stuff

[liabrown]

First of all, we get the cover to Flash #1 (possibly notable because it has a chalk outline of a body, and the first storyline is called "The Dastardly Deaths of the Rogues"). And there's a bit about the upcoming "Brightest Day" event -- you can see more about it in other entries on the DC blog

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[runenklinge]

Gambi will be in "The Flash" in 2010
YES!
Gambi for the win!

Whut? Is he just confirming that the guy has the details right?]
pretty much.
"Thank you, dear comic book reader, you successfully connected two stories. Kudos.
And no, we haven´t thought about that at all.
Barrybarrybarrybarrybarrylenbarrybarrybarry"

"The Dastardly Deaths of the Rogues"
please let that be a reference to either resurrection of BLs or the previous Rogues´deaths - UU etc.
No killing Rogues here...ok, you can have Evan. Grodd. Plunder. Girder.
the rest stays exactly where they are, safe, sound and not dead!

[liabrown]

I can definitely see some BL Rogues getting resurrected, but some others probably won't. I think Lisa and Sam are screwed, unfortunately, because Sam has a more popular successor, and we know Johns loves the dead sister angst.

Roscoe and JJ will probably be back. Roy and Digger, I'm not sure about.

[runenklinge]

Well, JJ falls into the successor-category as well as Owen. However, I think that Owen is different enough from Digger so that two Boomerangs could coexist.
JJ and Axel - I´m not sure - I´d love to have JJ back, but two Tricksters don´t coexist. Axel and JJ yes, two Tricksters - no.

I think Roy is a good guess for resurrection.

Maybe "Johns" decides to make Len happy by resurrecting his sister.

[liabrown]

I think James' death was pointless and stupid enough that he'll be back. Johns has even gone on record saying he didn't like what Countdown did with the Rogues (although he didn't specifically mention Tricks).

Digger is borderline for me because I wonder if anyone at DC wants him back. He has a hip young successor who's surely more popular, and Johns has dissed Digger in the past. And you'll notice he hardly used him during his Flash run.

Roy falls into the same category of "does anyone at DC want him back?", and Johns has also personally dissed him (and killed him). However, he expressed regret for this, so who knows.

Johns specifically said Cold is more interesting with Lisa dead (and he dissed her costume). While he may have changed his mind, I think this one is pretty clear.

Roscoe comes back all the time anyway, so he's a lock. I imagine he'll also be an antagonist for Cold.

[runenklinge]

Johns has even gone on record saying he didn't like what Countdown did with the Rogues (although he didn't specifically mention Tricks
Well, Tricks´ death was the big thing that happened to the Rogues - I hope he´ll fix that.

Roscoe comes back all the time anyway, so he's a lock. I imagine he'll also be an antagonist for Cold.
hmmm... apparently, as long as it is relevant to Len´s character, everything can happen.
We just need to reason why bringing back Digger, JJ and Roy is vital to Len´s character and then they´re safe!

[liabrown]

Honestly, I think a lot of Rogues events/development these days is centred around Len. Maybe I'm not giving Johns enough credit, but when that's the sense I get from interviews, his posts on Twitter/Comicbloc, and the way he writes them.