Does anyone want my issues of Futures End? I have the entire series. They are well-read and kind of worn from the many hours I've spent flipping back and forth between issues, looking for plot points, digging for clues, hoping for something good. Why am I ditching my issues? Because the whole thing, in my mind, was…

This issue was trippy. This is the second-to-last issue of Futures End, so one would —and should!— expect a comic that is firing on all cylinders, but this issue is not. It's rife with awful dialogue, awkward pacing, and abysmal artwork, yet... the entire issue remains interesting throughout. Forget all those "other" story lines going on in…

Futures End is fast approaching its own end with only two more issues left. Judging from the pace of this issue and its contents, I'm having a hard time believing that there will be any type of satisfactory conclusion within these pages. My very own future here at Batman-News will end with issue 48, so I'm…

After the semi-dramatic resolve of the threat from Brainiac, this issue picks up on several other story lines that many of us are sure to have forgotten about. Frankenstein and Amethyst have a remarkable opening section, the Justice League picks up the rubble, Faraday does the usual weird/misunderstood/boring stuff we're used to, while Brother Eye…

Futures End is really surprising me. There's been a ton of build-up leading toward both the Brother Eye and Brainiac story lines, and this issue offers an interesting clash between these two "big bads". The temporary resolve of the Brainiac threat is both interesting and a slight let-down, though if there's one thing I've learned from…

The quickening of pace during the past several issues of Futures End has been enjoyable. Seeing Brainiac land in New York, Superman return to the world, and Bruce becoming more involved has made the series pretty enjoyable; lots of big stuff has happened. So when I read this issue, I wasn't dismayed by the attention to small(ish)…

I have to admit it: this review is nearly a week late. What makes it so bad is that it's coming at a time when Futures End is actually offering some legitimate, heavy-hitting action. There is very little in the way of "quiet moments" to be had in the pages of this issue. The story's moving --and…

I was fully prepared for the usual Futures End protocol of bombing horribly after a good issue like last week. I'm happy to be wrong in my prejudgment; this issue was actually fairly good. That makes two weeks in a row where the score will be more than the average winner's score in soccer. This issue…

Lordy Lordy! Look who's 40! It's Futures End of course! We're a hefty 40 issues deep (41 if you count the zero issue) and the story is ramping up hard in this issue. If there's been one consistent negative about this series, it's been the extreme lack of follow through. For example, how awesome were those first few…

King Kong attacks! Not really. Allow me to paint the picture for what exactly this issue is. Imagine a movie scene. It is three minutes to midnight. The living room of a house is sparsely lit by the light of a pine-infused Scentsy brand wax warmer. You hear the muted and shaking voice of a…

If you were looking for this week's Futures End to disappoint, well, you won't be disappointed. And what I mean is that you won't be sad that you got your hopes up because you knew better and kept those worn out hopes low. The big fight with Batman, Batman Beyond, Tim Drake, and JokerBats is teased as something…

This week in Futures End: Amethyst's quest to save Frankenstein is extended for another issue or two, Firestorm screws up a replica experiment and falls to the floor (will she survive?!?!?!), Fifty Sue and the DNA vault make appearances, and a trio of Bat-characters converge (again). I rarely read solicits, but I checked out February's and I…

You can't judge a book by its cover, they say. However, in this case, this issue is about as exciting as the cover. Everyone is standing around looking scared. Behind them is a strange vault. Fifty Sue is smiling. Ehh... yes, Ryan Sook portrayed this comic well on this cover. Props to you sir! In…

My first thought when I saw this cover was about Terry's suit. I know it's some sort of malleable exoskeleton of circuitry that gives him a wide variety of abilities, but what I'm wondering is: how is he kissing her? Does the suit cover his tongue? How far back does it go in his mouth? If it…

As happy as I've been about Sook's covers, this one's the worst I've seen. Well, either this one or the one with Lois jumping out of a plane. I understand the cover, but I "unobjectively" didn't care for it. This issue features a truck-turned-teddy-bear, a ripped and raging Ray Palmer, a set-up for a search…

We've talked about a variety of issues that plague this series. From convoluted story lines to snail-like pacing, what could have been a tighter, more exciting story is, in my opinion, a jumbled money-grab for what appears to be yet another prologue for a major DC event. The whole series isn't an entire wash I guess,…