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Issue Details

Issue #222
Published July 2005
Cover Price 2.25 USD; 3.00 CAD
Pages 40
Editing Joey Cavalieri; Rachel Gluckstern (Assistant)

Cover Details - "Who's at the Top of the Heap?"

Characters Flash [Wally West]; Captain Cold [Len Snart]; Girder; Mirror Master [Evan McCulloch]; Murmur; Tar Pit; Top [Roscoe Dillon]; Trickster [Axel Walker]; Weather Wizard [Mark Mardon]
Genre superhero
Pencils Howard Porter
Inks John Livesay [as Livesay]
Colors James Sinclair
Reprinted in Flash: Rogue War, The (DC, 2006 series) #nn

22 page Flash story "Rogue War: Chapter 3"

Characters Flash [Wally West]; Ashley Zolomon; Linda Park-West; Heat Wave [Mick Rory]; Pied Piper [Hartley Rathaway]; Trickster [James Jesse]; Captain Boomerang [Owen Harkness]; Captain Cold [Len Snart]; Girder; Mirror Master [Evan McCulloch]; Murmur; Tar Pit; Top [Roscoe Dillon]; Trickster [Axel Walker]; Weather Wizard [Mark Mardon]; Zoom [Hunter Zolomon]; Cameos - Double Down, Plunder
Synopsis The Top tips the balance between the two groups of rogues by returning some of the reformed rogues to their villainous states of mind and then introducing his own band of rogues into the melee. While Captain Cold seemingly kills the Top, James Jesse leads the rogues to Digger Harkness' body and Ashley Zolomon, who is now being protected by Zoom.
Genre Superhero
Script Geoff Johns
Pencils Howard Porter
Inks John Livesay [as Livesay] (ppg 1-14); Howard Porter (ppg 15-22?)
Colors James Sinclair
Letters Pat Brosseau
Notes Apparent death of the Top.
Reprinted in Flash: Rogue War, The (DC, 2006 series) #nn

1 page DC in Demand text article "Dynamic Duos"

Synopsis News blurbs cover: All-Star Batman & Robin; "Crisis of Confidence" in JLA; New art team on Robin; JSA: Classified; Supergirl
Letters Typeset
Notes Hot List: Green Lantern 1; Ousiders 24; Year One: Batman/Scarecrow 1

16 page advertisement "Various"

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Notes The Longest Yard ad is printed on cover stock and is a double gate fold.