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FLASH SECRET FILES #3 November 2001 [$4.95] Cover Credits: Scott Kolins (pencils, inks, color; signed); Digital Chameleon (separations)

First Story: "Rogues" (22 Pages)

Credits: Geoff Johns (plot, script); Scott Kolins (pencils); Jose Marzan Jr. (inks); Kurt Hathaway (letters); Tom McCraw (colors); Digital Chameleon (color separations); Joey Cavalieri (edits)

Feature Character: Flash III (last in Flash Vol. 2 #177)

Supporting Characters: Hunter Zolomon (first appearance; last in flashback in Flash Vol. 2 #197; next in Flash Vol. 2 #181); Keith Kenyon (last in Flash: Our Worlds at War #1; next in Flash Vol. 2 #178); Fred Chyre, Jared Morillo (both between Flash Vol. 2 #177 and #178); Linda West (last in Flash: Iron Heights; next in Flash Vol. 2 #178)

Villains: Magenta (next in Flash Vol. 2 #178), Blacksmith (next in Flash Vol. 2 #181), Murmur, Girder, Weather Wizard (latter three next in Flash Vol. 2 #183; latter five last in Flash: Iron Heights), Mirror Master II (between Flash Vol. 2 #177 and #178), Plunder (between Flash Vol. 2 #177 and #181; all seven teamed as the Rogues); The Thinker

Other Characters: Ricky (first appearance; a KSSS disc jockey); Morillo's wife (behind the scenes; between Flash Vol. 2 #173 and #181); Josh Jackam (between Flash Vol. 2 #176 and #180); Cyborg (last in Flash: Our Worlds at War #1; next in Flash Vol. 2 #180)

Synopsis:

Metahuman profiler Hunter Zolomon comes to Keystone City to begin working with Chyre and Morillo; he arrives in the midst of a murderous spree by the newly escaped Murmur. The three of them work with the Flash to predict Murmur's next action - an attack on a radio station where he used to answer callers' questions. Flash, Chyre and Morillo race to the scene and prevent at least one murder and the relase of airborne Anthrax. They are also confronted by Girder and Magenta, who trash the place before vanishing into a window, probably with the help of the Mirror Master.

Elsewhere, Blacksmith organises her new Rogues in their master plan, while from afar the Thinker watches it all and thinks of how Keystone will belong utterly to him.

Featurette: "Flash Facts" (1 Page)

Credits: Ian Edginton (plot, script); Jason Johnson (pencils); Aaron Sowd (inks); Steve Dutro (letters); Tom McCraw (colors); Digital Chameleon (separations)

Feature Characters: Max Mercury, Impulse

Comment: This featurette shows how Impulse really doesn't pay any attention to his education at the hands of Max Mercury, even when the subject is speed.

Second Story: "Moments Too Late" (6 Pages)

Credits: Dan Curtis Johnson and J.H. Williams III (plot); Dan Curtis Johnson (script); Diego Barreto (pencils); Mick Gray (inks); Comicraft (letters); Tom McCraw (colors); Digital Chameleon (separations)

Feature Character: Cameron Chase

Guest Star: Flash III (next in Flash Vol. 2 #178)

Supporting Characters: Agent Cliff Hansen (first name revealed; next in flashback in Joker: Last Laugh Secret Files #1/2), Dr Collins, Agent Sandy Barrett (all three last in JSA Secret Files #2/2)

Villain: Grodd (behind the scenes; next in flashback in Joker: Last Laugh Secret Files #1/2)

Synopsis:

While Agent Hansen and Dr Collins are assigned to capture Grodd, Chase is assigned to Keystone both to check up on rumours of missing alien hardware and to talk to the Flash. When it comes down to it, the Flash visits her in New York, where he tells her to beware of Grodd, because intelligent as he may be, he's also an animal.

When Grodd arrives in America sooner than expected, Hansen and his team are hurried into action, not long before Chase receives information on Grodd's activities - experimentation on wildlife and devastating bacterial advances. She may have the information too late to warn her colleagues...

Who's Who Pages:

Credits: Geoff Johns (text); Scott McDaniel (pencils, Chyre and Morillo); Aaron Sowd (inks, Chyre and Morillo); Pascal Alixe (pencils, inks, Rogues Gallery); Sean Phillips (pencils, inks, Cicada); Bryan Talbot (pencils, inks, Iron Heights/Gregory Wolfe); Liam McCormack-Sharp (pencils, inks, Tar Pit); Paul Rivoche (pencils, inks, Goldface); Scott Kolins (pencils, inks, Captain Cold); Tom McCraw (colors)

Comment: Brief biographies scattered between the other features, featuring: Fred Chyre and Jared Morillo, The Rogues Gallery, Cicada, Iron Heights and Gregory Wolfe, Tar Pit, Goldface and Captain Cold.