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19 on Earth 2: World's End #1 reviewThis is going to be a doozy. An extra-sized review for an extra-sized issue, and what an issue it was. I came in with trepidation when Future’s End Month came out and it was just a horrifying nightmare of incoherent story, poor artwork, and boring characters. But then came this lovely issue, and provided me…
Welcome back to Earth 2! After the debacle that was Future’s End Month, we’re back to the present and Earth 2 is catching its breath following the death of Bizarro and the attack by Apokolips. I’ll come right out and say it: There’s a lot of recap and a lot of story, which isn’t necessarily…
When I signed on to be a reviewer, I’m pretty sure the main determining factor for why got picked was because I showed a genuine enthusiasm for Justice League 3000. I would’ve been cool with just this book, but the powers that be gave me entrusted me with a whole bunch of others one as…
I never thought I would say it, but I was enthralled with a Future’s End Month issue. The previous issue’s I’ve reviewed have mostly fallen flat or piqued my interest, but overall have failed to capture the essence of what the future holds in store for our heroes. Red Hood, however, manages to knock this…
Where the last two issues have been rather jumbled and spent more time explaining and less time showing any really crisis, this latest issue of Infinite Crisis is focused in a good way. We are given a sense of actual progression through the story, and we’re presented with an action-filled and entertaining romp through the…
I recently participated in a conference call discussion with Bruno Heller, executive producer and writer for FOX’s Gotham. A number of other media outlets were invited to join, and each of us were given roughly two questions to ask. Heller shared his views on not only the Gotham premiere, but the show’s background and what…
Here’s another Future’s End Month issue, but unlike last time I visited five years into the future, I got a bit more of what I was expecting coming into this whole experience. Worlds’ Finest has been getting increasingly better as our heroine pair of Helena Wayne and Karen Starr, better known as Huntress and Power…
I don’t get it. I don’t get all of this. I don’t get the need for this, this Future’s End Month, and quite honestly, I don’t get the purpose behind Future’s End in general. I don’t get why we need to have some years’ long “epic” story, crossing dimensions and killing off a host of…
Red Hood and the Outlaws has had its fair share of intense battles and more somber moments, but overall has been a rather light romp through a series of space adventures and explorations into the supernatural. Fun may not be the right word, but it certainly hasn’t had the gravitas of a Batman or the…
Maybe all it takes is a change in the media form to convince me that this book still has some sort of pulse. Perhaps I have been tricked by the pixelated convenience which is Digital First issues, or, hopefully, Infinite Crisis: Fight for the Multiverse has taken a turn towards being an acceptable book to…
It took a while to get back to Worlds’ Finest, but at long last, our heroines are back on Earth 2. After five years gathering resources on Earth Prime, Huntress and Powergirl find themselves back on their home planet. The only problem is that their world has been torn apart by the war between the…
Promotions for Justice League 3000 set this issue up as the battle between The League and The Five. Although this is partially true, it seems that the struggle between the two pentacular teams is far from over. Last time on Cadmusworld, Terry of the Wonder Twins had revealed himself as leader and creator of The…
The previous issue of Earth 2 earned, in my opinion, a perfect score. I have been writing since high school and have always adhered to the rule that the greater the build-up to the climax of a tale, the greater the payoff has to be. Prior to The New 52, I had read all of…
If Starfire is your heroine of choice, this book is for you. Last time we visited Red Hood and the Outlaws, the team of Jason Todd, Roy Harper, and Koriand’r had been kidnapped by the agents of Dr. Langstrom and taken to the headquarters of S.H.A.D.E. The fellows over at S.H.A.D.E. are in possession of…
This is probably going to be a long review, because I feel obligated to explain the backstory and some of the worlds that are involved in Infinite Crisis: Fight for the Multiverse. The first issue of Infinite Crisis is comprised of the first three digital issues, each with their own Earth and storyline. To make…
It would seem that the entire World’s Finest run has built up to this one issue, with Helena and Karen returning to Earth 2 after being displaced on Earth-Prime for nearly five years. For the full recap of what’s been happening and how I’ve personally felt about this series since the very beginning, there’s the…
Hi there DC, Sean here. We need to have a serious conversation about what you’re doing with these covers for Justice League 3000. In issue 4 you gave away that Flash would return on the cover, only to have him return pretty much on the final page. I thought you would have changed your ways,…
When we last visited Earth 2, Green Lantern and Hawkgirl had initiated a daring escape for the imprisoned Flash, Superman was busy on a date with Red Tornado Lois, and the rest of the Wonders had met up with the World’s Army on Amazonia to plan their counterattack against the forces of Apokolips. Wasting no…
Well I didn’t review Earth 2 Annual 1 seeing as how it revolved around a couple of characters that are going to be pretty much nonfactors in the Earth 2 universe going forward. Al Pratt, The Atom, was last seen freezing to death in Moscow and getting his arm ripped off by Superman, and Batman…
So I’ll be honest with everyone, World’s Finest wasn’t exactly what I signed up for when I joined the review team, but I took it on because it involves characters from Earth 2 and that’s more or less my wheelhouse here. I hadn’t read a word of World’s Finest prior to about a week ago,…
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