As someone who thoroughly enjoys Manifest Destiny, but never really engaged with my history classes (my worst subject throughout my studies), I was intrigued by the concept of Rough Riders. Then I saw the cover. The cover image in solicits several months back hooked me in, putting Rough Riders #1 on my radar, and I am thankful that my local comic shop was able to put one in my hands. I'm not going to crown this as my new favorite read, but it is smart, self-contained, and action-packed. Thanks to Glass, Oliffe, Eltaeb, Cipriano, and editor Mike Marts, I'm invested. Now, bring on the second issue. Read Full Review

Bringing together such a well-known group of historic figures, Rough Riders is poised to take no prisoners in this action packed romp through an alternate history. This issue has action, build up, comedy relief and more- everything you could ask for in a debut issue. Rough Riders #1 is an excellent start to a very different, original, and welcomed series. Read Full Review

For anyone who likes history, history reimagined, or gets a kick out of historical figures meeting together for the first time, this series is for you. This first issue has already gotten me addicted, and I keep thinking of what'll happen next. I, without a doubt, recommend this issue to anyone interested"even moderately"in the subject matter. Enjoy! Read Full Review

If this debut issue is anything to go by then this is going to be a truly great series, one of those comics that you look forward to every single month. Not necessarily because the story is great – time will tell, I hope it will be – but because it's going to be one of those comics where you are so comfortable with the characters that living through their adventures is going to be a simple pleasure. One you'll look forward to every month. Read Full Review

I'm satisfied and hooked, and can't wait for the next book. Easily worth picking up. Read Full Review

Adam Glass and Pat Olliffe definitely work well together here and the blend of history and the alternate take is definitely appealing. The core concepts are right and I like where it's going with the story and Olliffe seems like he's completely in his element here, with a kind of passion with the detail and layouts that stands out well. The execution of the story is solid but it just needed something a bit more to really give it some bite to demand you come back for more. I'll definitely be back for more since I like this kind of story and all and it's another solid feather in AfterShock's hat as they continue to grab some really interesting books for their launch year that are diverse rather than homogenous. Good stuff and definitely worth checking out if the concepts are up your alley. Read Full Review

Writer Adam Glass' first issue is one where the team is being assembled. After Roosevelt is given a mission to infiltrate Cuba for yet to be revealed reasons, he needs to gather a "phenomenal elite group with a special skill set". That's where the next issue may be headed. After getting Jack Johnson to join his group, Houdini is next on Roosevelt's list. Rough Riders is another solid first issue from Aftershock. Glass and Olliffe have gathered a group of real life characters from history and are approaching the story with a less somber tone than that of Moore's League of Extraordinary Gentlemen books that use fictional characers. Like most of Aftershock's books, I'm excited to see where this series is headed next and will be following this series for at least the first arc. Read Full Review

At issues end, I really enjoyed Rough Riders #1, and look forward to seeing who else joins and how. Glass and Olliffe have chemistry and told a solid story on two fronts, script and art. Fans of DC's Suicide Squad concept, or even films like The Dirty Dozen should latch onto this book pretty easily, as they share some common DNA.This is the first book I have read from relatively new imprint AfterShock, but it has enticed me to try more. Read Full Review

With an abrupt ending, there was very little to dig into here in the first outing, but Rough Riders #1 is still a lot of fun. Read Full Review

Rough Riders is not as bold as many of its Aftershock brethren and it suffers from a lack of a clear identity. If it's a send up, it lacks the extremity to say that parody stands alongside action, but, if it's sincere, it's leaning a little too hard into action movie tropes and overblown writing. Nevertheless, Adam Glass has ably captured one of the most magnetic personalities in American history and thrown him into some mysterious circumstances that will make it hard not to come back and find out more. Read Full Review

Ugh. Steampunk meets historical-figures-as-fictional-characters. If there were any less thought, effort, and creativity put into this the book would be see-thru.