@Elaexy Except Trickster (James) was a solo act for the majority of his New Earth career. All of the Rogues are solo criminals who occasionally work together, based on majority lore. I liked when James worked for the federal government. I’d read a mini about agent Trickster going on missions. That said, it wouldn’t be as goofy of a title as I imagine the OP is picturing.

@N8THGR852 James works as a lead character, but I don't think Axel does. Agent Trickster would have worked. But now what would you do with a James Jesse series. It's not like I am not a fan. James is my favorite Rogue and The Greatest Trick of all time is one of my favorite Flash story arcs and maybe even my favorite one featuring a Rogue. I just think that a Rogues series would work much better than a Trickster solo series.

Well what I have read from Flash (everything from 2010 till now) the Rogues work mostly together. That's part of their strength. Occasionally one or two would miss or a new member comes, but they don't steal a bank solo. It would be dumb anyways.

Sounds like modern writers only know how to group the classics together, huh? Each of them has been such a threat in the past that they’ve put Flash (both Barry and Wally, really) in a run for his money. And then once they’re grouped together, their individual threats are nerfed. “The Rogues” was a marketing gimmick to show the villains altogether. Now it’s an in-universe crutch.

As an aside, I think just about anyone could have a mini written on them. DC has done some wild minis in its history.

I don't think that's a bad thing. Making them a villain group specific to a hero makes them unique.

It limits them as individuals. They’re more than their membership of the Rogues. Or at least, they have been and should continue to be.

The only one getting a real solo solo arc was Trickster. I don't know if James is even part of the Rogues currently. But I like the Rogues. I don't think that only because they are a group that they are bad villains. I like that concept to be honest more.

I mean in the third volume of Flash (2010-2011) they also acted more as a group as as individuals.

Yeah, but they acted as a group largely out of necessity. Besides, that volume only had two storylines in it, so having one of them focus on them as a team doesn’t seem all that impressive to me.

Mirror Master (McCulloch) had a handful of solo encounters with Wally before he was finally admitted into the Rogues. Heat Wave reformed in early New Earth and had this whole arc of wanting to be heroic, despite his pyromania trying to take hold. He worked for Cadmus and for a time had his own heroic career in the Midwest before getting involved in government work like James. The Pied Piper was one of the most classic Rogues who completely reformed and had this long character arc about it. Captain Boomerang spent more time with the Suicide Squad than with the Rogues in NE, and the other Rogues largely badmouthed him for how he acted during his time not on the team, as a solo act or otherwise. Honestly, the Rogues barely acted as the Rogues again until the 2000s.

The thing is considering how powerful Speedsters are these days, it's kind of a stretch of how someone like heatwave or Cold could realistically pose any challenge.

I like the Rogues, but thinking that any character only belongs in a team immediately limits their potential. It’s that line of thinking that’s forced Beast Boy to not be able to find a place outside of the Titans. Bigwigs think Gar only belongs with the team to the point that he’s the NTT founder with the fewest solo stories. Gar should have been able to hold his own as a solo/adult hero, but editorial won’t let him because too many readers mirror the thinking that he’s a Titans member above all else and can only exist in that limited capacity. He could be so much more, like other Titans before and after him. I love teams, and I love team stories. But the “X character can only work as part of Y team” idea is dangerous.

Barry and Wally are ridiculously OP these days that they have to constantly make them lose to people who they should beat easily. Bit like Martian Manhunter