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katzedecimal replied to your text post: Dick.. Barry… you guys got some explaining to do…

They've gotta get their thrills somehow!

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Spoilers for Absolute Flash #6!

This is the official preview for the issue, which you can also see at Adventures In Poor Taste.

Nice to see that Digger used to be his familiar self in the Absolute universe, and it's interesting that he already had a history with Rudy West before Project Olympus.

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Spoilers for comics in November 2025!

These are from the official solicits for that month, which you can see in full at Adventures In Poor Taste.

There's no mention of the Rogues in the JLU solicit, but they're very prominent on the cover and I wonder how they're involved in the story. Sam's looking beefy. It's not clear if it's James or Axel, but he looks pretty old and of course Waid famously loves James...so we'll see.

JUSTICE LEAGUE UNLIMITED #13 Written by MARK WAID Art and cover by DAN MORA Variant covers by MARCOS MARTÍN, LENIL FRANCIS YU, JEFF SPOKES, and SALVADOR LARROCA $3.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $4.99 US (card stock) ON SALE 11/26/25 The Earth opens up to swallow the JLU! Parademons swarm the Watchtower! The Time Trapper lies near-dead at Metamorpho’s feet?! Any one of these things is catastrophic, but all three simultaneously? Can Armageddon be far behind?

ABSOLUTE FLASH #9 Written by JEFF LEMIRE Art and cover by NICK ROBLES Variant covers by JOHN GIANG, JORGE MOLINA, and HAINING $4.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $5.99 US (card stock) ON SALE 11/19/25 Absolute Flash raids Fort Fox as he tries to get to the bottom of the secrets within!

Absolute Flash has an extremely vague solicitation, but there are Rogues on the cover so who knows.

Hooray for King Ghidorah and Digger!

JUSTICE LEAGUE VS. GODZILLA VS. KONG 2 #5 Written by BRIAN BUCCELLATO Art and cover by CHRISTIAN DUCE Variant covers by CARLO PAGULAYAN, ALAN QUAH, and LUCAS MEYER 1:25 variant cover by KEVIN MAGUIRE $3.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $4.99 US (card stock) ON SALE 11/26/25 King Ghidorah and Rodan join the fight as Godzilla settles an old score with Superman. Foes must unite if the Titan threat is to be overcome. As the battle rages on, Lee Shaw nears the completion of his plans to create his own Titan army.

This next solicit is a reprint of a Silver Age story with Dr Alchemy, the Fiddler, and the Icicle.

JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #21 FACSIMILE EDITION Written by GARDNER FOX Art and cover by MIKE SEKOWSKY Foil variant cover by MIKE SEKOWSKY ($6.99 US) $3.99 US | 36 pages ON SALE 11/12/25 “Crisis on Earth-One!” Witness history in the making as the Justice League of America teams up with the legendary Justice Society of America for the very first time! The two titanic teams will need all the muscle they can muster to take down the combined criminal cohorts of two Earths—the Crime Champions!

And here's the collected edition of the arc with the Shade and the Rogues on the moon.

THE FLASH VOL. 4: BAD MOON RISING Written by SIMON SPURRIER and ALEX PAKNADEL Art by VASCO GEORGIEV and DANIEL BAYLISS Cover by MIKE DEL MUNDO $19.99 US | 176 pages | 6 5/8″ x 10 3/16″ | Softcover | ISBN: 978-1-79950-311-8 ON SALE 12/23/25 An army of Wally Wests stands against a reborn Eclipso! Using his new powers gained after the Justice League’s battle with Darkseid, the Flash splits himself into hundreds of “temps,” spreading himself thinner and thinner in the battle against Eclipso, who has assembled an army — including Flash’s own Rogues — and taken control of the moon in his quest to replace Darkseid as the ultimate evil. But Eclipso isn’t the only one attempting to fill the void left by Darkseid’s death… Collects The Flash #20-25 and The Flash: Bad Moon Rising Special #1.

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Same, and these are just great :)

i have never loved a normal fictional man once not one single time

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mick being largely ambivalent to fatherhood versus len absolutely fearing it versus mark running away from it versus james desperately trying to be a good dad versus roscoe not even considering it as a possibility versus digger becoming like his okay send tumble

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Fantastic work with painting, and this looks really cool!

yet again no easy way to take a holistic pic, but here's the one, the only, PIPSTER POT!!!! 🤩🤩🤩

would it had been funny to paint them kissing? yes, but i wanted to stick to recreating comic panels. that said, would it had been even funnier to paint the frame where james gets shot in the head? yes, yes it would have.

reference panels! ↓

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Trickster issue where James stabs Barry with this and Barry is just like "Wow... WOW! I just don't think you're even trying anymore..."

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These all turned out really well, and I think this style suits them :) Very expressive!

The Rogues

i really like to draw in this style!!

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These are all delightful...I especially love Len's and Mick's faces in the second pic :)

This precious little fiend has invaded my thoughts.

Extra: Had to draw Hartley with the headphones too. I don’t make the rules.

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Honestly, that sounds like it'd be a pretty fitting power for him. Even if it's only done in a one-off humour AU.

Fascinating to see the differences between the preliminary design and the final published cover. Does this mean Kadabra was originally in the story instead of Roy, or did the artist just feel like putting him on the cover?

No idea who the guy is in Lisa's place, but it turns out the final cover has her arm up in the same pose (it's covered by the "bonus book" ad). And where'd the dog come from, lol.

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A very good question! I was talking about this post with my spouse, and he noted that 80s and 90s TV had a common trope of 'cop tastes mystery substance while on the case', so maybe the Nightwing panel stems from that. The Barry comic is from 1979, so a bit before then, but maybe the trope actually started earlier than we thought, because we haven't watched a lot of `70s media (we're old but not that old). But my guess is it stems from TV and movies.

nice detective work dick, next time try coming to a conclusion without Eating Heroin Off The Fucking Ground

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Flash villain jam page, drawn by different artists. The second image is the rough design layout showing where each Rogue will be.

In order of creation:

Charles Paul Wilson III designed the layout and drew the Flash's arm.

Scott Kolins drew Captain Cold

Bella Rachlin drew Reverse Flash

Keith Williams drew Heat Wave

Tom Mandrake drew Captain Boomerang (edited to add: I belatedly remembered he drew Digger in Batman #388)

Darren Auck drew Gorilla Grodd

Adriana Melo drew Mirror Master

Jim Balent drew Trickster; you may recall he drew the famous story with Catwoman.

Stuart Sayger drew Abra Kadabra

Lynne Yoshii drew Pied Piper

Scott Hanna drew Weather Wizard

Joe Staton drew the Top

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She turned out beautifully, and this is an amazing action pose! Very intense, too, and I can imagine her about to lop someone's ear off with that `rang :)

Honestly, she's probably the only alternate version of a Rogues member I like ♪⁠～⁠(⁠´⁠ε⁠｀⁠ ⁠)

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propaganda:

James Jesse/Hartley Rathaway:

Hartley has been out as gay since the early 90’s, and James has been repressed for equally as long. They reform about the same time, so kind of become a duo within the Rogues, and James is often somewhat protective of Hartley, and to be honest, with how Countdown ends you can see threads of him being in love with Hartley going right back to at least 1989. During Countdown, Trickster and Piper wind up being chained together, and Trickster starts acting like the most closeted man alive, only to eventually seem to come to terms with being in love with him, calling him by his first name for the first time, and then, when Deadshot attempts to murder Hartley, he throws himself in front of him while shouting "not him, not now!"

DC editorial was, incidentally, completely blindsided by this, weren't even aware James was going to die, and proceeded to refuse to allow him to have any major role in any comic for nearly a decade, which is incredibly suspicious you have to admit.

And throwing himself between Piper and danger isn't anything new (from a 90s comic):

(pictured: World's Most Closeted Man being Completely Useless)

Diana of Themyscira/Barbara Minerva:

no propaganda submitted

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By Armando Ramirez.

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For sure, but the fact that he knows what it tastes/feels like indicates he's done this before...possibly before he got his powers 🤭

nice detective work dick, next time try coming to a conclusion without Eating Heroin Off The Fucking Ground