Forever Evil: Rogues Rebellion #6 Review

The final bow.

Now that’s how you write a finale.

Climatic against-the-odds battle.

Check.

Last minute help.

Check.

The Rogues are awesome.

Check.

I have to hand it to Buccelleto, he managed to write a finale that was epic on scale and in quality. It hasn’t been a smooth ride, but with the Rogues, what is?

Everything I wanted from a Rogues title was here. One of the better Forever Evil tie-ins, despite some questionable actions and artwork, this brought the Rogues back to the pedestal of the Johns era.

SPOILERS FOLLOW……………….

The Rogues: Mirror Master, Weather Wizard, Trickster

The Opponents: Gorilla Grodd, Amazo, Parasite, Plastique’s team and some crazy short dude (sorry, don’t know his name).

Bloodbath. For the opponents.

The Rogues are heavily outnumbered but we see Central City has rallied behind them, taking out the villains however they can.

Buccelleto interesting this time goes into the head of Pied Piper, a former Rogue who’s protecting Lisa Snart aka Golden Glider.

He remembers his days with the Rogues, and in turn gives up a good glimpse into the outsider’s view of the Rogues.

As he decides to stand alongside the Rogues, it’s an organic progress and despite being absent from almost the entire event, Piper’s beliefs give us a great view of the Rogues mentality and it feels right.

Even then, the Rogues fight a losing battle. I’m a little saddened that Amazo got the short stiff here as Grodd is the focus.

Apparently, the Pied Piper is able to awaken Lisa, who gives the team the impetus they needed. Suddenly everything clicks.

Sam Scudder is able to form a mirror wall expertly, Lisa makes them intangible, Weather Wizard creates a hurricane and for the finale, Trickster destroys the wall to make escape impossible.

The great thing about this is immediately Trickster turns around and says, in short, this was a kind of deus ex machina. Sam suddenly managed to be a Mirror ‘Master’ again, Lisa woke up and the Piper joined at the right moment.

But that’s the Rogues. Emotional but loyal to a fault.

Evil is relative. Just ask these guys.

SPOILERS END………………..

An excellent finale to cap off what has been a proper Rogues story set in a time when absolute evil reigns.

The art needed work, but overall, it wasn’t bad.

So, I give it 9.0 out of 10

+Some great Rogues moments

+A great team combo

+Piper’s outsider view was used expertly

+The artwork was suited.

-Amazo was given the short straw