Absolute Heretic

Outsiders Vol. 3 #46 (May 2007): "Pay As You Go, Part Three: Friends, Lovers & Other Strangers"

Outsiders Annual Vol. 3 #1 (2007): "Pay As You Go: The Wrong to Do the Right"

Outsiders Vol. 3 #34 (May 2006): "The Good Fight, Part One: Cain & Abel"

Outsiders Vol. 3 #35 (June 2006): "The Good Fight, Part Two: Meet the New Boss"

Outsiders Vol. 3 #36 (July 2006): "The Good Fight, Part Three: Gone In A Flash"

Supergirl Vol. 5 #9 (October 2006): "Big Girl Small World"

Supergirl Vol. 5 #10 (November 2006): "Secret Identities"

Supergirl Vol. 5 #11 (December 2006): "Fish Out Of Water"

Supergirl Vol. 5 #12 (January 2007): "Rock On!"

Supergirl Vol. 5 #13 (February 2007): "Love At First Fight"

Supergirl Vol. 5 #14 (March 2007): "Special"

Supergirl Vol. 5 #15 (April 2007): "Love The Ones We Hurt"

Supergirl Vol. 5 #19 (September 2007): "Goodbye, Hello"

Robin vol. 4 #150 (July 2006): "Boy Wanted, Part Three: Hard Answers"

Robin vol. 4 #152 (September 2006): "It All Comes Back Around"

Robin vol. 4 #153 (October 2006): "Run Through The Jungle"

Outsiders Vol. 3 #37 (August 2006): "Silver and Grey, Part One: Familiar Faces"

Outsiders Vol. 3 #38 (September 2006): "Silver and Grey, Part Two: Looking for a Fight"

Outsiders Vol. 3 #39 (October 2006): "Silver and Grey, Part Three: Since You're Here, Why Don't You Stay Awhile"

Outsiders Vol. 3 #40 (November 2006): "Mad Scientists, Part 1: ...You Make Lemonade"

Outsiders Vol. 3 #41 (December 2006): "Mad Scientists, Part 2: Raising the Dead"

Outsiders Vol. 3 #42 (January 2007): "Mad Scientists, Part 3: The Weaving Factories"

Outsiders Vol. 3 #43 (February 2007): "Mad Scientists, Finale: The Man Behind the Curtain"

Outsiders Vol. 3 #44 (March 2007): "Pay As You Go, Part One: The Skeleton Crew"

Checkmate vol.2 #13 (June 2007): "CheckOut, Part 1"

Outsiders Vol. 3 #47 (July 2007): "CheckOut, Part 2"

Checkmate vol.2 #14 (July 2007): "CheckOut, Part 3"

Outsiders Vol. 3 #48 (August 2007): "CheckOut, Part 4"

Checkmate vol.2 #15 (August 2007): "CheckOut, Part 5"

Outsiders Vol. 3 #49 (September 2007): "CheckOut, Conclusion"

All-Flash #1 (September 2007): “Justice, Like Lightning”

Countdown To Final Crisis #39 (October 2007): "Do Not Pass Go"

Outsiders: Five of a Kind: Nightwing and Captain Boomerang, Jr. #1 (October 2007): “Five of a Kind Part 1: Grudge Match”

Suicide Squad: Raise The Flag #3 (January 2008) "Allies" [behind the scenes - Waller discusses using him on Task Force X]

Suicide Squad: Raise The Flag #4 (February 2008) "A Murder Of Crows"

Suicide Squad: Raise The Flag #5 (March 2008) "Scarlet Tears"

Suicide Squad: Raise The Flag #6 (April 2008) "False Start"

Suicide Squad: Raise The Flag #7 (May 2008) "Carnage!"

Suicide Squad: Raise The Flag #8 (June 2008) "Bring Out Your Dead!"

Outsiders Vol. 3 #50 (October 2007): "You Killed The Outsiders!!!"

Green Arrow And Black Canary Wedding Special (November 2007): "And They Said It Wouldn't Last"

Justice League of America Vol. 2 #15 (Jan 2008): "Unlimited, Chapter Four: Unleashed"

Catwoman Vol. 3 #74 (February 2008): "Crime Pays, Part Three"

Salvation Run #2 (February 2008): "Take This World and Shove It!"

Gotham Underground #1 (December 2007): "Book One: Kidnapping!"

Gotham Underground #3 (February 2008): "Book Three: Fancy Meeting You Here"

Justice League of America Vol. 2 #17 (March 2008) - "Sanctuary, Part One"

Justice League of America Vol. 2 #18 (April 2008) - "Sanctuary, Part Two"

Gotham Underground #6 (May 2008): "Book Six: Breaking Out"

Manhunter Vol. 3 #33 (October 2008): "Forgotten, Part Three: Found"

Manhunter Vol. 3 #34 (November 2008): "Forgotten, Part Four"

Manhunter Vol. 3 #35 (December 2008): "Forgotten, Part Five: Unhappy Hunting Grounds"

Manhunter Vol. 3 #36 (January 2009): "Forgotten, Part Six: Full Circle"

DCU Holiday Special 2008 (February 2009): "It's A Wonderful Night"

Blackest Night #1 (September 2009): "Blackest Night"

Blackest Night: The Flash #1 (February 2010): "Blackest Night: The Flash"

Blackest Night: The Flash #2 (March 2010): "Blackest Night: The Flash, Chapter Two"

Blackest Night: The Flash #3 (April 2010): "Blackest Night: The Flash"

Crisis on Infinite Earths #5 (August 1985): "Worlds in Limbo"

Blue Devil #30 (November 1986): "Too Many Rogues"

Legends #3 (January 1987): "Send for... the Suicide Squad!"

Legends #4 (February 1987): "Cry' Havoc...!"

Legends #5 (March 1987): "Let Slip the Dogs of War"

Legends #6 (April 1987): "Finale!"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #1 (May 1987): "Trial by Blood"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #2 (June 1987): "Trial by Fire"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #3 (July 1987): "Jailbreak"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #4 (August 1987): "William Hell's Overture"

Fury of Firestorm Vol. 1 #64 (October 1987): "Through the Gauntlet"

Firestorm, the Nuclear Man Annual #5 (1987): "Ground Zero"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #5 (September 1987): "The Flight of the Firebird"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #7 (November 1987): "Thrown to the Wolves"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #8 (December 1987): "Personal Files" [commits crimes while dressed as Mirror Master]

Millennium #4 (January 1988): "Forth"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #9 (January 1988): "The Final Price"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #11 (March 1988): "Blood and Snow Part One" [also disguised as Mirror Master]

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #12 (April 1988): "Blood and Snow Part Two"

Justice League International Vol. 1 #13 (May 1988): "Collision Course"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #13 (May 1988): "Battle Lines"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #14 (June 1988): "The Nightshade Odyssey, Part 1: Slipping into Darkness"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #15 (July 1988): "The Nightshade Odyssey, Part 2: Devil to Pay"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #16 (August 1988): "The Nightshade Odyssey, Part 3: Deathzone"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #17 (September 1988): "Battleground Manhattan"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #18 (October 1988): "Manhattan Massacre"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #19 (November 1988): "Personal Files - Amanda Waller" [behind the scenes - report of Mirror Master crimes]

Flash Vol. 2 #19 (December 1988): "A Meeting of Rogues"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 Annual #1 (1988): "Ghosts and Shadows"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #20 (December 1988): "Practice to Deceive" [also disguised as Mirror Master]

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #21 (winter 1988): "Rogues"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #22 (Holiday 1988): "Final Round"

Invasion! #2 (1988): "Battleground Earth"

Invasion! #3 (1989): "World Without Heroes"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #23 (January 1989): "Weird War Tales" [Flashback to the Invasion! war]

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #23 (January 1989): "Weird War Tales"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #24 (February 1989): "Slings and Arrows"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #25 (March 1989): "Sea of Troubles"

Checkmate Vol. 1 #15 (early May 1989): "The Janus Directive, Part 1: Knight Kill"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #27 (early May 1989): "The Janus Directive Part 2: Scattermove"

Checkmate Vol. 1 #16 (late May 1989): "The Janus Directive, Part 3: Shadow Knights"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #29 (early June 1989): "The Janus Directive Part 8: Heavy Squad"

Checkmate Vol. 1 #18 (late June 1989): "The Janus Directive, Part 9: Knight Fight"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #30 (late June 1989): "The Janus Directive Part 10: Endgame"

Firestorm, the Nuclear Man Vol. 1 #87 (July 1989): "Freakstorm"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #31 (July 1989): "Acts Of Contrition"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #32 (August 1989): "Steel Trap"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #33 (September 1989): "Into the Angry Planet"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #34 (October 1989): "Armagetto"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #35 (November 1989): "That Hideous Strength"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #36 (December 1989): "In Final Battle"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #37 (January 1990): "Threads"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #41 (May 1990): "The Phoenix Gambit Part 2: Embers"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #42 (June 1990): "The Phoenix Gambit Part 3: Firefight"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #43 (July 1990): "The Phoenix Gambit Part 4: Black Queen's Mate"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #44 (August 1990): "Grave Matters"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #45 (September 1990): "The Jerusalem Serpent"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #46 (October 1990): "Choice of Evils"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #49 (January 1991): "Out of Control"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #50 (February 1991): "Debt of Honor"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #51 (March 1991): "Fractured Image"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #54 (June 1991): "The Dragon's Hoard, Part II: Divine Wind"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #55 (July 1991): "The Dragon's Hoard Part III: Dead Man's Hand"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #56 (August 1991): "The Dragon's Hoard Part IV: Dragon's Teeth"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #57 (September 1991): "The Dragon's Hoard Part V: Dragon's Blood"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #58 (October 1991): "Suicide Attack"

War of the Gods #3 (November 1991): "Casualties of War"

Wonder Woman Vol. 2 #61 (January 1992): "To Avenge an Amazon"

War of the Gods #4 (December 1991): "In the Beginning... There Was the End" [behind the scenes - is present at the big fight, but isn't shown]

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #59 (November 1991): "Legerdemain, Part One: Forces in Motion"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #61 (January 1992): "Legerdemain, Part 3: Snafu"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #62 (February 1992): "Number the Dead"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #63 (March 1992): "True Minds"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #64 (April 1992): "Nasty As They Want To Be"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #65 (May 1992): "Run Through the Jungle"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #66 (June 1992): "And Be a Villain"

Flash Vol. 2 Annual #5 (1992): "Run-In!"

Showcase '94 #6/2 (early June 1994): "Allure of New Orleans"

Outsiders Vol. 2 #9 (July 1994): "Breakout"

Adventures of Superman #520 (February 1995): "Christmas Thieves"

Superboy Vol. 3 #13 (March 1995): "Watery Grave: Suicidal Tendencies"

Superboy Vol. 3 #14 (April 1995): "Watery Grave: Kill Them All"

Superboy Vol. 3 #15 (May 1995): "Watery Grave: Honor Among Thieves"

Underworld Unleashed #1 (November 1995): "Underworld Unleashed"

Flash Vol. 2 #120 (December 1996): "Presidential Race, Ch. 1: Circular Logic" [behind the scenes - the undead Rogues steal back their weapons]

Flash Vol. 2 #121 (January 1997): "Presidential Race, Ch. 2: Down To The Wire"

Flash Vol. 2 #123 (March 1997): "The Flash of Two Cities"

Flash Vol. 2 #125 (May 1997): "Cause and Effect"

Flash Vol. 2 #126 (June 1997): "Trial Run"

Flash Vol. 2 #127 (July 1997): "Hell to Pay, Part 1: Hell Breaks Loose"

Flash Vol. 2 #128 (August 1997): "Hell to Pay, Part 2: Heart and Souls"

Flash Vol. 2 #129 (September 1997): "Hell to Pay, Part 3: An Attack of Conscience"

Flash Vol. 2 #134 (February 1998): "Still Life in the Fast Lane"

New Year's Evil: The Rogues #1 (February 1998): "Men & Gods"

Flash Vol. 2 #138 (June 1998): "The Human Race, Part III: Home Run"

Flash Vol. 2 #140 (August 1998): "The Black Flash, Part II"

Flash 80-Page Giant #1/4 (August 1998): "The Professional"

Adventures of Superman #565 (March 1999): "The World Is My Backyard"

Robin Vol. 2 #62 (March 1999): "Faster Than Anything!"

Robin Vol. 2 #63 (April 1999): "The Blink of an Eye"

Robin Vol. 2 #64 (May 1999): "Stop Me If You've Heard This One"

Flash Secret Files & Origins #2 (November 1999): "Twenty-First Century Rogue"

Flash Vol. 2 #179 (December 2001): "Smile for the Camera"

Flash Vol. 2 #183 (April 2002): "Crossfire, Prologue: Tricked!"

Flash Vol. 2 #208 (May 2004): "Red Carpet" [behind the scenes - left messages with Trickster for a loan]

Flash Vol. 2 #213 (October 2004): "Slow Motion"

Identity Crisis #2 (September 2004): "House of Lies"

Identity Crisis #3 (October 2004): "Serial Killer"

Identity Crisis #4 (November 2004): "Who Benefits"

Flash Vol. 2 #215 (December 2004): "The Secret of Barry Allen, Part Two: Reformed"

Identity Crisis #5 (December 2004): "Father's Day"

Identity Crisis #6 (January 2005): "Husbands and Wives" [as a corpse; the Rogues are informed of his death]

Flash Vol. 2 #216 (January 2005): "The Secret of Barry Allen, Part Three: Spinning" [the Rogues are informed of his death; scene identical to Identity Crisis #6]

Flash Vol. 2 #217 (February 2005): "Post-Crisis" [as a corpse]

Flash Vol. 2 #220 (May 2005): "Rogue War Chapter 1" [as a corpse]

Flash Vol. 2 #221 (June 2005): "Rogue War Chapter 2" [as a corpse]

Flash Vol. 2 #222 (July 2005): "Rogue War Chapter 3" [as a corpse]

Flash Vol. 2 #223 (August 2005): "Rogue War Chapter 4" [as a corpse]

Flash Vol. 2 #225 (October 2005): "Rogue War Conclusion" [buried]

Blackest Night #8 (May 2010): "Blackest Night" [returns to life]

Brightest Day #0 (June 2010): "Carpe Diem"

Red Robin #15 (October 2010): "The Hit List, Part Three: Secret Identity Crisis"

Red Robin #16 (November 2010): "The Hit List, Part Four: The Best-Laid Plans"

Flash Vol. 3 #1 (June 2010): "Case One: The Dastardly Death of the Rogues"

Flash Vol. 3 #2 (July 2010): "Case One: The Dastardly Death of the Rogues"

Flash Vol. 3 #3 (August 2010): "Case One: The Dastardly Death of the Rogues, Part Three"

Flash Vol. 3 #4 (September 2010): "Case One: The Dastardly Death of the Rogues, Part Four"

Flash Vol. 3 #5 (November 2010): "Case One: The Dastardly Death of the Rogues, Part Four"

Flash Vol. 3 #6 (early January 2011): "Case One: The Dastardly Death of the Rogues, Part Six"

Brightest Day #7 (October 2010): "The Secret Of Life"

Flash Vol. 3 #7 (late January 2011): "What Goes Around, Comes Around"

Brightest Day #18 (late March 2011): "Easy Come Easy Go"

Brightest Day #23 (early June 2011): "Rise and Fall"

Brightest Day #24 (late June 2011): "Brightest Day"

Red Robin #26 (October 2011): "What Goes Around..."

Chronology Uncertain

It is uncertain where these stories fit into his chronology.

Batman #645 (November 2005): "Show Me Yesterday, For I Can't Find Today" [Flashback - during Jason Todd's stint as Robin]

Flash Vol. 2 #224 (September 2005): "Rogue War Chapter 5" [Flashback - Digger sent to the future and meets Meloni Thawne]

Secret Origins Vol. 2 #41 (June 1989): "A Rogue by Any Other Name"

Superman Secret Files and Origins 2004 (August 2004): "Suicide Watch"

DC Retro-Active: The Flash: 1980s (Oct 2011): "The Path Of True Love"

JLA 80-Page Giant #1 (1998): "The Secret Society of Super-Villains"

JLA 80-Page Giant #2 (1999): "With Friends Like These..."

DC Comics Presents: The Flash (October 2004): "The Fastest Man--Dead!"

Evan McCulloch debuted in 1989 in Animal Man #8, which was written by the actually-Scottish Grant Morrison. And he talked like this:

Haw! Howzitgaun, pal! Name's McCulloch. But you can call me the Mirror Master. Awright? Well, come on, pal. Don't just sit there like a fart in a trance! Get up and fight!...."Uh"? "Whuh"? That's what I love about America, by the way. The high standard of education. Pure dead brilliant, so it is! And away and put some clothes on, you big dough-ball! I've just not got the heart to shoot a guy that look like a refugee toley-poker from Kelvinide!...Well, bugger this for a game of sojies! If you're not down here in three seconds flat, I'm coming up after you!....Well, you've been a bit of a troublemaker, haven't you? Messing up a military research program, assisting subversive animal rights groups. The people I work for want to teach you a wee lesson. They want you to know they can get you. Disny matter what you're doing or where you are. Your family as well. Distance no object.....That's something I forgot to mention about this place. It can get a wee bit confusing sometimes....What's up, pal? Wee bit too much of the bevvy? Here. Let me give you a hand.....Never mind, pal. Things might get a wee bit spooky when I'm about, but I'll let you in on a secret. It's all done with mirrors!

Heh! What a tosser!..Awright, awright. Keep your knickers on, hen. You're a right wee stoatir, eh?.....You're what you might call a human looking glass now....Serves you right as well, ya mental bastard! Anyway, hope you don't mind me using this family heirloom as a getaway mirror, but it's time I was on my weary way. Just you remember, this was only a warning. I'll leave you to reflect on that for a wee while. 

Then, in Animal Man #21, Morrison gave us more of the accent, as well as McCulloch's moral code:

 What have you done to your hair?...Aye, well, I suppose that's one way of putting it. What did you use? A combine harvester? Awright, awright. Now it's like what I told you...there's three of these guys, right? Corporate high heegins that didn't like the way their business was being hit by all youse environmentalists and greens and what-have-you. So they set up this wee boys club to help put the wind up people they thought might turn out to be dangerous. That's you we're talking about. A superhero fighting for animals? No way! So then they hires me to frighten you. But you wouldn't take a telling, so they decided to teach you a big lesson. When I said there was no way I was going to kill a woman and her weans, they gave my job to this other guy, right? "Lennox", the "White Owl"...don't know his real name. You listening to me?   Eh...the phone might've been me. I tried to get in touch to warn you, like. I mean, I'd have done it sooner but the bastards at British Telecom cut my phone off after I never paid the bill...Aye. Right. Fair enough. Just don't kill them all until I've got back the money they owe me. Well? Come on and we'll do some damage....That's the place there. I managed to plant one of my special mirrors in the men's lavvies...that's the executive washroom to you. You listening? What you up to?...I'm getting worried about you, by the way. I mean, what's the game with that chib you've got in your pocket? Somebody could get a nasty cut off that thing, eh? I don't know....the goodies are worse than the baddies these days....You talk some amount of mince, pal. I'll tell you that for nothing. Planet Earth is calling, awright? Now, you see this here? All these mirrored windows everywhere these days. Pure magic, so it is! They're doing my job for me! You coming, then? I'm for a total rammy!...Howzitgaun, Mr. Brumley?...Naw, you can keep your heart condition. We just want your money! There you go, see? I've even brought your jaisket for you. And what's this? You 'blankety-blank" checkbook, and pen, if I'm not mistaken. And where's Mr. Lennox, by the by?....Aw, you don't say? Much is that you're giving me? On your bike, pal! That's sweetie-money. You can easy afford ten times that amount. And while we're at it, we'll have a million for Greenpeace. Gesture of goodwill, you might say. Aye, you're a saint, Mr. Brumley!....What in the name of...aw naw!... What? Ha! You must be joking!....I don't know. I'm still not sure how that one works. Right. I'm going to have a wee root around. See if there's anything worth nicking....Animal Man? That's me on my weary way now. Animal Man?....Aye. Well, you've made a right dog's dinner with old Lennox, eh? 

Morrison also wrote McCulloch in one issue of the Flash (specifically, Flash vol. 2 #133):

Forget it, pal. She's away in a world of her own. Typical lassie, eh? It's what you might call a mirror dimension. Time goes backwards in there. And the further back you get, the faster it goes, know? So...the short story is I'm not sure when you guys started dating, but at the speed she's going, I'd say you've got about fifteen minutes before your classy bird there reverses right out of your life, big man. So think fast...Aye. Can't hear you. Can't see you. Can't feel you. Can't even smell your sweaty yellow boots anymore, Flash. Your wee lady here is in a world of her own. By the way, big man---I didn't save up for the shiny toys and the fancy dress for a lark, y'know. The name's Mirror Master, awright? Mind now? Flash versus Mirror Master. Just like the good ol' days, eh?....Ah, you greetin'-faced toilie! You should know the score by now. We're second-generation super-people. We're supposed to have a bad attitude. That's the keech in your coffee, pal...You try spending time in Hell. Watch this. Fast-breeding, self-reflecting holograms generated by a single code. Press the button and they breed like tims. Excellent, so they are....Eleven minutes? I thought you were the Flash. Eleven minutes is like a fortnight in Rothesay to you....But I'm not even here, pal. See?...Nine minutes. Ding-dong! Avon calling!.....You, pal, are talking to a Scottish creep, and believe me, its a proud family tradition. Check the mirrors. There was something that old-fashioned guy said on the Hogmannay show, what was it again? Something about seeing ourselves as others see us? That's what all youse see now when you look in the mirrors. It's a hypnotic induction code, they call it. All done with subliminal lights on my suit. Scary biscuits, eh?

Occh, shut up. There's loads of good books in Braille. Like Playboy, big man. Ha Ha! Ha Ha! Only joking. Look at this, eh? Sorry, you can't look, can you? Hold on. I'll try and describe it: these wee gizmos do the business, man. They reflect empty space. Aw, its mad physics, know? Look at that, eh? Surrealism! That's like a ten jelly trip to some of these wee guys in the schemes! So where's the super-polis? Cause I'm right out the window with everybody's money in a minute. Ahh...the bank that likes tae say yes. As they say on the telly, Is the manager in? Seven and a half minutes on the clock, Flash. Guy's a total spastic. Bet he's still tryin to figure out how to et out of that rainbow Flash trap. I'm just thinking about him running about like a loony, man. SU-perb. Know something? They're right about money bein the root of  evil and all that. Cause I'm telling you, man. I take one look at this and I'm feeling like a right evil swine. Gaun yourself, McCulloch....Away and raffle yourself! I'd like to see you do any better with the wall mirrors and a old filling. Get stuck into him, wee man!...Awright, man? How's it going?....I didn't expect you for another two seconds. That wee mirror world is excellent, isn't it? The backwards signs are a dead giveaway though. Still, never mind. Your card's marked now. Cheerio.... Eh?...Are you a head-case or something? I can't do hee-haw without the central processor!...Aye. I'm serious. Awright...the stolen dosh, the escape plan, the lassie moving backwards in time...that wee dollybird you're going out with is going to disappear back into her maw's belly if I don't find the gadgets to get this working again. Kudzu Tech in Singapore's the only place that makes them...What's the matter with you? English your second language or something? I said the wee one!...That's the boy. Were in business again. A whole minute left to save your sex life.....You don't. That's the choice you have to make, big man. Me or the bird.....Why does anybody do anything? The money, man. We do it for the money. A guy can never have enough notes in his pockets. To buy better gizmos and pull bigger jobs to make more money to buy better gizmos and pull bigger jobs. It's a bit like two mirrors reflecting into infinity, know?...But I'm a man of my word. Tell that wee doll of yours I was asking for her....The game's a bogy! None of the gizmos are working!...Eh? Are you joking? Is a wee polis cell with no windows supposed to put my gas at a peep? I've got the brains and the toys to turn this whole city into something out of Salvador Dali, man!...Aw, c'mon.....Aye, fair enough. The thing with the lights was a wee cracker. You win fair and square.  

As you can see, Morrison's take on Evan McCulloch talked a lot, and with a very distinctive Glasgow burr--but without the extensive phonetic spelling that other writers used to make it clear that the character was, in fact, Scottish. Instead, Morrison primarily relies on cultural references and regionally specific slang. Since Morrison is from Scotland, it isn't surprising that the depiction comes across as authentic, even if I have no idea what McCulloch is supposed to be saying at least a quarter of the time.

Unfortunately for later writers, Morrison's voice for Evan was extremely distinctive, and very difficult for writers from other backgrounds to copy.

Thus, a recurring parade of (mostly) American authors vs the Glasgow burr began.

Mark Waid was first, in Flash vol. 2 #105:

 Hurn...hurn...Believe me, Flash--a' did not know there were such dangerous creatures in this place. Hurn...hurn...All a' did was smash one wee mirror--an' it started a chain reaction. Before a' knew it there was a beastie after me....A' need your help, laddie....No, laddie. That's not the problem. The problem is...a'm in love. Do ye think only lads on th' right side of th' law c'n take a fancy t' someone?

Then I found somethin’ left by ma predecessor--the first Mirror Master--as a’ was muckin about his old lab. A sheaf o’ notes, y’see. Representin’ his research into somethin' called anti-tachyons. The kind o’ notes that might give a smart lad like me a door into the flippin’ mirror dimension. Mind ye, it took courage to make th journey. But a' could not live in my predecessor’s shadow forever.....Still a’ was struck dumb by what a' saw, ma poor heart pumpin' so hard a' thought it'd burst. It was th' flip side t' every reflective surface on Earth--every bit o' glass an' chrome an' soda water. The first Mirror Master must have spied on his marks here.

As you can see, the phonetic spelling becomes much more prominent when Waid attempts to write the accent, and Evan's casual, almost rambling style of conversation is swapped out for something more serious and straightforward.

Waid also, unfortunately, kind of mucks up Evan's moral code by making him a predatory stalker.

Then Geoff Johns took his crack at the accent.

He started out effectively doing a variation on Waid's version of the accent, as seen in the Wonderland arc:

 It does look a wee bit bad on my part, don't it? But yer as much at fault as I am, Cold......Y'know they aren't real, don't ye? Nothing in this place is, Flash! Just smoke and mirrors. Hard light constructions. An exact copy a' the real world, with a few alterations. A virtual prison...or paradise depending on your point of view. And that's what all matter and light really is. Reality is just an objective point of view.....'Ere's the one...that'll do me....We've got ta get out soon, Flash. Like I told ye, our presence is gonna cause this place ta fold in on itself. That glimmer there, it's the start. I just need a large, reflective surface ta---.......It was taken. Yeah, "lifted up", awright? When something travels ta another world via the mirror lands, it leaves a kind a' soot behind. Nasty stuff, like this.....Light waves have been striking this sign all day. By twisting the photon impressions and expanding them into the visible spectrum, well....it's like watching yer TV at fast forward. 

McCulloch also briefly became a comic book science exposition machine.

Then the accent starts becoming a bit more erratic, as seen in Flash vol. 2 #212 (Johns' Evan spotlight issue):

 I know what a lot of 'em say about us. 'Bout the Rogues. Dressin’ in these bleedin’ costumes. Playing snakes and ladders with the Flash. Howzitgaun, Alice?...O'er here, Alice.....That's seven years bad luck. Or.. it woulda been.....I don't have too many memories from early on. Nothin' before those days at the orphanage in Kirkcaldy. It was like them Anderson fairy tales. The real ones. Nasty stories a' revenge and death and all. Not them kiddie versions. I was left on the doorstep, wrapped in a blanket. A picture of m' parents slipped inside. A real tear-jerker, eh? Miss McCulloch was th' one who found me there. She ran that house like the old lady who lived in a shoe. Tried ta be a mother to us all. Still remember that smell of hers. Like cinnamon and soap. From the cookin' and the cleanin'. Aye. Cinnamon and soap...made the world awright.....I still send Miss McCulloch a share from every job I pull. Help keep that place up. S'all anonymous a' course. Every Scotsman knows--ye never do a good deed just ta brag about it, do ye? Ye just do it cuz it's right. 

 Next thing I know, I run inta this fellah named Weather Wizard. One of the Rogues. Bunch a' thieves and such. Always goin' up against the Flash. Welcomes me ta the game. Says we oughta team up....Fightin' the Flash. Fastest Man Alive. Ain't so fast ta me. I weave webs a' light. Hero versus villain. Villain versus hero. That's what I do now. Th' great American way. 

Naw, Cold. Got me own plans tonight....The real world...S'just not for me. Spat on my face, took my life and twisted it around. Made me inta somethin' I didn' choose ta be. I ain't ever goin' back. I ain't ever leaving Wonderland.

Note: Evan's "plans" are doing cocaine in a gross bathroom. And his accent seems to vacillate between Scottish and "tough guy American" between sentences.

Eventually, Johns apparently just quit trying altogether, which gave us the utterly bizarre hodgepodge accent we saw in Rogues Revenge #2:

No one’s said no to ’im....Who done it, Gambi?...Aye. There yeh are. Stupid %$&@#s.....Aye. Quit yer whinin', eh?....Kid might not be James Jesse...but ah'm not Sam Scudder. Difference between us and yeh carryin' on...our predecessors aren't breathin', eh?.....Aye. Yoor father's waitin'....What don't yeh get?....We went light on 'em considerin' what they did ta Gambi and diggin' up Cold's old man. Take uh long look at them pretenders, eh? Yeh think the Rogues jus' welcomed me in wit' open arms 'cause I wuz wearin' this getup? There wuz another Mirror Master before me, and takin' his place weren't nothin' easy. They made me earn it. Yeh want to stick around insteada endin' up like those pretenders...yeh gotta earn it too....Yeh don't tell Cold why yeh wanna be here--yeh tell him why ya need ta be here. 

I think he has like 5 different accents here. In particular, "gotta" does not seem as though it would read super naturally with a Scottish accent, and "Who done it, Gambi?", feels more like a working-class American accent.

Most recently, Si Spurrier took a crack at the accent:

Och---how about that? Set a big aul' bear trap in case one o' youse speedsters tracks us doon--instead we catch a scrawny wee rodent. Yeh weren't invited, lass....Aye. But well-informed or otherwise, I've no use for a bairn playin' the big shot. Be a terrible waste o' all this tech, lettin' a wee brat like ye ruin the operation. Time to shut it doon. And ye can just bloody burn, eh?....Well, well, well. What do we have here? A pair o' wee bugs, caught between th’ walls....Heh. The bairn cannae hear ye, lass. Astral membranes, y’see? Parabolic mirrors, makin’ loops ootae light and space...even aul’ Wally couldnae get close....Oh, aye. This is all for him. Isolatin’ him...breakin’ him doon...showin’ him what he needs to see. Be a real pain in the jacksie if not fer th’ reward...Heh. Youse two are cute. And right. In about three seconds Little Miss Science Class there's due tae make a wee breakthrough with, ahh...interestin' side effects...Hah! Not me, laddie. Her. She's tinkerin' wi' cosmic craziness now. I just...focused it a wee bit. Funny thing is, this is exactly how I lured aul' Wally into a trap the first time round. Hah! And you know the best part? She thinks it's all her idea! Enjoy yer new wavelengths, kiddies. And, eh...say hullo to the other lads. 

I think he's got the best version of the accent we've seen since Morrison--although given how bizarre Johns' take was, that might not be saying all that much.

Digger serves as an interesting counterpoint to Evan, because, while he is Australian, he was not created by an Australian writer, so his accent does not have a "normal" or "mostly correct" baseline. Instead, we get an accumulation of writers gradually remembering that Australian people have different accents from Americans and attempting to demonstrate that fact.

John Broome (first appearance, Flash vol. 1 #117 in 1960): Well, sink me if this isn't an incredible coincidence! Here I was just prepared to launch myself on a new chapter of my criminal career--using a boomerang--when I read this advertisement! "Will become national celebrity"!...Hmmm! I intended to do that anyway but this will make it easy! And I shouldn't have any trouble landing the job considering the years I spent in the Australian bush hiding out from the law....Tip-top, Mr. Wiggins!....I couldn't have designed a better one if I'd done it myself!....Yes, sir---so far everything is working out great! I've got the job---and the uniform! From now on my plan ought to roll....The police? Ha ha! Small chance they have of catching me! I've thought of everything. Even if the Flash should get on my tail--I have a plan for that too! 

If he didn't mention the Australian bush, you wouldn't know he was Australian at all.

Cary Bates, Flash vol. 1 #227 (1974): Blimey! I was enjoying the ride to the new state pen! So why this stopover?....Good! I hope you get blown up instead of me! Hey, how about taking off this bloody straightjacket while I'm locked up here?...Thanks a heap, creep!...I have to hand it to myself for planning ahead for tough times like this! Last year I went to every jail within a hundred miles of Central City, secretly planting special getaway boomerangs! As each getawayrang was tossed into a cell, it dropped out of sight, where it would remain unexpected till an emergency rose. And me in a straightjacket on the way to the choky sure ranks in the emergency department!.....From me to you, Barry Allen...for rubbing me the wrong way! Huh? The bloke popped out of sight!...Th-the Flash? Where from down under did he come from?

Cary Bates realizes that Digger is supposed to have an accent. Unfortunately, his ability to indicate that in this issue is limited to "blimey", "bloke", and "bloody", none of which are exclusively Australian, and which ultimately leaves him sounding...arguably kind of British.

This issue also introduced us to Digger's Pre-Crisis dad, Aussie Green, who, in spite of his name, sounded even more British than his son:

Ha! Even if those bobbies check out every nut and bolt on that wagon, they'll find no bomb. The call was a hoax, engineered to get Digger off the street and into police headquarters.....He's wakin' up, son. You sure he won't be vibratin' himself loose?....Bully! It makes the perfect ending for my scrapbook!

"Bully"? Is this guy Theodore Roosevelt or what? And "bobbies", of course, is slang for London police officers.

Bates continued to attempt the accent, but it quickly became clear that the only words he knew to indicate "Australian" were the aforementioned "bloody", "blimey", and "bloke", plus "fair dinkum" and "mate":

Flash vol. 1 #243-244, Bates: But what did the old boy in?...I've always pegged Flash for a millionaire playboy!....Blimey! That rat's gonna take Central City with him!....Ah, there you are, old foe! Perfect timing, I must say!...How droll! But it will take more than quick quips to help you now!...Too stunned for words, Flash? It's just what it looks like--a remote-controlled fleet of flying boomerangs!...That's it, Flash. Go into your old routine--launch a protective air-break with your super-speed--because it's your super-speed that's powering the special batteries in my boomerangs. That now makes them as fast as you--and more deadly.....Easy for you to say, Weather Wizard. Obviously you didn't run into the Flash--since he was busy fighting me!....And less than half a day until zero hour! Fellow Rogues, it's going to be a squeaker!....After all, the poor bloke is dead!.....Blimey, mate! Don't you recognize the voice of Weather Wizard when you hear it?...Aren't you cutting this short? In six minutes, the city goes boom!...That's fair dinkum, Wiz!

"How droll" is especially hilarious. That's a very posh exclamation there, Digger.

Bates again, Flash vol. 1 #278: Blimey! I can hardly contain myself--I'm so anxious to see my new acquisitions! Ah! These incredibly rare necklaces of crimson pearls are even more breathtaking than my underworld snitch said they were! Yes, indeed! I'll wager every costumed villain in Central City had their eye on these beauties--but not one of them acted fast enough to beat me to the punch!...You got me, Flash--dead to rights! I know from past experience it would be foolish for me to go up against your speed in a situation like this! I'm all yours, bloke! That is, heh heh, if you'll be in any condition to take me!.....Impressive, eh, Flash! My electro-boomerangs emit spark-trails carrying a deadly 5,000 volts apiece!....That's just to keep you occupied while their two companions swoop in to do their thing!....A-all right, Flash. You foiled my escape---but I'm not through fightin'--.... I was just there to party and pick pockets! Murdering a woman is beneath a gentleman like me, Flash!...Blimey! What's he up to? 

I miss non-murderous pseudo-gentlemanly thief Digger. Even if he sounded like an American guy pretending to be Australian by using vague slang.

Bates again, #310: W.W. Wiggins is the man solely responsible for all the great monetary gain I've acquired since I left the Outback and came to America. True, I've made and lost several fortunes over the years, but such are the pratfalls of a master criminal's life. Still, I never would've amounted to anything more than a petty thief--if it wasn't for the way Willard Wiggins took me under his wing years ago! I owe the man--and now that this Colonel Computron bloke is out to nail his hide, now is the time for Digger Harkness to repay an old debt! Chin up, WW! A helping hand is on the way!....It's been quite a few toy-seasons, hasn't it, WW, since you hired an out-of-work Australian to become the public spokesperson for your first big seller--the Wiggins boomerang! I'm indebted to you, WW...and Digger Harkness--alias Captain Boomerang--always repays a debt! Little did I know the costume you created for me that season would inspire me to become a first-class criminal!...Appreciate the compliment, mate! But as I said, I'm here to balance the books after all these years...What you need is protection! The kind only I can provide!...Well, WW...if you insist on paying me for my services....Appreciate the poignant sentiment, Flash--but this scorpion is about to fly! Many thanks, old foe! I couldn't have managed this getaway without you!...Blimey! Shot down by Colonel Computron!....Computron, you're a corrupt and wicked bloke---which means you have all the makings of a splendid accomplice! 

You know Digger is Australian because he says he's Australian and says "mate".

In all seriousness, I actually find pre-Crisis Digger's insistence on paying debts--both positive and negative---really interesting.

Flash #311, still Bates: A boomerang, WW! I knew you wouldn't mind if I smoked!...Greetings, old foe! I had every confidence it wouldn't take long at all for my latest toy to attract your attention!.....Uh oh! This must be where Flash and I get off! The boomerang was primed to fling us several centuries into the past...we couldn't be very precise! Regardless of the exact year, we calculated the arrival would take place somewhere over the South Pacific--which means a splashdown in the ocean--and my parents never taught little Digger how to swim!...Well, blow me down! It appears we've lucked out and snagged ourselves in the sails of an 18th-century pirate ship on the South Seas!.....(Here he starts doing his best pirate voice) Avast, mateys--that scarlet swab is with me--Digger the Deadly!...Er...look ahoy! That's my ship up there! I'm a sky-pirate-I sail the clouds!...(Back to normal) Captain Boomerang is the name--and boomerangs are my game, you scurvy degenerates!...Limey? How dare you accuse me of being a lowly Englishman? If you wretches had any culture you'd be able to tell I'm a proud Australian...I have a confession for you, Flash. If Computron hadn't double-crossed me first, I would've finked out on him--as soon as we boomeranged you out of the picture! You see, I owe someone else a debt!....Blimey!

Digger adopting the stereotypical pirate accent (which is, from my understanding, a variation/exaggeration of the British West Country accent) is hilarious, because now we have a supposedly Australian guy who talks like a confused American attempting a British accent who is putting on a West Country accent. Are you confused yet?

Also, hey, Bates expanded his slang roster to include the word "limey!"

I think Bates had never talked to an Australian person in his life. Which is why Digger's dad is British and Digger is...all the accents. 

If Bates knew a total of six slang words and used them on rotation, Len Wein apparently looked up "Australian slang" and then used every term he could find:

Len Wein, 1980 Batman comic: Okay, cobbers! That's far enough!...I gave you a chance, mates, but if it's a fight you want--Captain Boomerang will be more than happy to give you one! Tell your boss that was only a warning! He owes me one million dollars--and he's got 24 hours to pay me!....Wrong, cobber! I've barely begun! Lor', but I hate this cronky town! I never would've come here from Central City if it wasn't for my million quid! That swag was my retirement fund--and I'll not see it stolen by any fast-talking high-living silvertail! It's really rum--downright ironic! The one time I play the game by their rules--and it's me who gets taken for a sucker! Well, nobody crosses Digger Harkness and gets away with it! I took the simple weapon of the Australian bushmen---and made the use of it an art! I'm a jack who always pays his debts--and always delivers! That fat spruiker owes me, and he's going to pay me--one way or the other!...Aye, a fair dinkum choice indeed, for a last meal! It's taken me a long time to find you, mat--I've come for my money!... That's as close as you come, cobber! I know all about you...As I've heard it, you can kill a jack with your bare hands--so you'll forgive me if I cosh you before you can lay those hands on me! Now get your big duff out of that chair, fat man--and get me my money!...You sold short the stock I had all my retirement swag in--and the barmy thing collapsed!... (after knocking out Batman) You gave it a fair dinkum try, cobber--but fair isn't good enough when you're dealing with the likes of me!...Nothin' permanent, mate--you're simply tied to my giant rocket-powered boomerang...But you needn't worry about dying of asphyxiation, mate!

CAN YOU TELL HE'S AUSTRALIAN YET?

Conversely, Doug Moench basically didn't bother with the accent at all:

Batman #388, 1985, written by Doug Moench: You fool, Mirror Master! The night guard was almost here---before my boomerang made a round-trip visit to his noggin...Revenge, mate. A score to settle...Listen, ace! This boomerang was good enough to....Of course, mate. But I'm tellin' ya, the Batman--....I hear ya, Mirror Master!...Yeah? Have fun looking in your mirrors, chump--after I've humiliated you!...Yoicks!....Scudder's a vain, arrogant fool--not caring if everyone in Gotham's underworld knew he was in town, and not even bothering to keep his hideout a secret. Mirrors everywhere, of course....Understand, mate?

If he didn't say "mate" one time he would sound entirely American.

Finally, around 1987, John Ostrander got ahold of the character for Suicide Squad, and effectively pinned down the character's "modern" accent:

John Ostrander, Suicide Squad #44; 1990: Yuh. Listen, mate--make it George while we're here. It's only my bleedin' name, after all. Strewth, I'm bloody surprised it's here at all….Well, g'day yourself, ya bloody great goolah!....Ta, mate!....Get stuffed. You don't own me. You never did. You never did a bloody thing for me when I was a kid, so don't come all high and bloody mighty now!...It's fair dinkum! You know it!....You want to barney? Come on, galah! I've had it with you Yanks! You can all stuff it!