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Issue Details

Issue #41
Published June 1989
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 1.50 USD; 1.85 CAD; 0.60 GBP
Pages 52
Editing Mark Waid

Cover Details

Characters Flash; Weather Wizard; Heat Wave; Trickster; Pied Piper; Captain Cold; Captain Boomerang
Genre Superhero
Pencils Mike Mignola
Inks Mike Mignola
Notes The cover is based on the classic Nov. 1967 cover from Flash, The (DC, 1959 Series) #174 by Carmine Infantino.

7 page Flash's Rogues' Gallery story "A Rogue By Any Other Name, Chapter 1"

Characters Paul Gambi; Gorilla Grodd (in human form)
Synopsis A man with no memories enters the shop of Paul Gambi, a Central City tailor to the super-villains, who decides to help the man try to remember by recounting the origins of some of the Flash's Rogues.
Genre Superhero
Script Dan Mishkin; Gary Cohn
Pencils Paris Cullins
Inks Tim Dzon
Colors Helen Vesik
Letters Janice Chiang

5 page Flash's Rogues' Gallery story "A Rogue By Any Other Name, Chapter 2: The Trickster"

Characters Paul Gambi; Gorilla Grodd (in human form); Trickster; Booster Gold
Synopsis Paul Gambi tells the origin of circus performer turned villain, the Trickster.
Genre Superhero
Script Dan Mishkin; Gary Cohn
Pencils Grant Miehm
Inks Ian Akin; Brian Garvey
Colors Helen Vesik
Letters Janice Chiang

6 page Flash's Rogues' Gallery story "A Rogue By Any Other Name, Chapter 3: The Pied Piper"

Characters Paul Gambi; Gorilla Grodd (in human form); Pied Piper; Trickster
Synopsis Paul Gambi tells the origin of the spoiled rich Pied Piper. Trickster calls on the Piper for help.
Genre Superhero
Script Dan Mishkin; Gary Cohn
Pencils Howard Simpson
Inks Anthony Van Bruggen
Colors Helen Vesik
Letters Janice Chiang

7 page Flash's Rogues' Gallery story "A Rogue By Any Other Name, Chapter 4: Captain Cold and Heat Wave"

Characters Paul Gambi; Gorilla Grodd (in human form); Captain Cold; Heat Wave; Trickster; Pied Piper
Synopsis Paul Gambi tells the origins of petty thief Captain Cold and pyromaniac Heat Wave. After Heat Wave performs a heroic act, he and Captain Cold join up with Trickster and Piper.
Genre Superhero
Script Dan Mishkin; Gary Cohn
Pencils Ian Carr
Inks Kevin Branch
Colors Helen Vesik
Letters Janice Chiang

4 page Flash's Rogues' Gallery story "A Rogue By Any Other Name, Chapter 5: Captain Boomerang and the Weather Wizard"

Characters Paul Gambi; Gorilla Grodd (in human form); Weather Wizard (flashback)
Synopsis Paul Gambi tells the origins of criminal inventor Captain Boomerang and two-bit burglar Weather Wizard. Upon hearing of the super-hero, Flash, the mysterious stranger finally remembers who he is.
Genre Superhero
Script Dan Mishkin; Gary Cohn
Pencils Trevor von Eeden
Inks Trevor von Eeden
Colors Helen Vesik
Letters Janice Chiang

9 page Flash's Rogues' Gallery story "A Rogue By Any Other Name, Chapter 6: Rally Round the Rogues!"

Characters Trickster; Captain Boomerang; Captain Cold; Heat Wave; Weather Wizard; Pied Piper; Gorilla Grodd; Paul Gambi; Solovar
Synopsis The Rogues, having received a telepathic message from Solovar, arrive at Paul Gambi's shop to stop Gorilla Grodd.
Genre Superhero
Script Dan Mishkin; Gary Cohn
Pencils Don Simpson
Inks Don Simpson
Colors Helen Vesik
Letters Don Simpson