The world of Injustice is built on tragedy.  Superman in particular lost his wife, his unborn child, and the city he called home.  From that loss he went down a path that few thought he would ever trod, and from there became a man almost completely unrecognizable to his friends and the world at large.…

This issue, above all others, has a thankless task.  As the final issue of a prequel to a game that has been out for some time, it needs to take all the incredible storytelling that Tom Taylor has accomplished and line everything up with the video game's introduction.  While some of that housekeeping has been…

This is not just the wedding of the year, it's the wedding of the decade. No, the century. Nay, the millennium. Yes, Killer Croc and Orca, that most unlikely of couples, tie the knot in this issue of Injustice, and it's about as great as you could imagine. The long-awaited nuptials take up the bulk…

I mentioned in my previous review for Injustice 2 that the series is slowing down as it approaches the end, almost inevitably so.  Tom Taylor is in the unenviable position of having to put the toys back in the toy box, after being given free reign to have an absolute blast for a few years. …

As we approach the finale of the Injustice 2 comic, storylines need to be wrapped up and pieces need to be put into place to lead into the narrative of the video game.  That's becoming ever more clear with issue 33 here, as the big action setpieces of the previous few installments make way for…

Emerald warriors fight valiantly against their crimson-hued foes. A hero, often viewed as a joke, embraces a promise made to a fallen friend. Lobo kicks a space kitty. In any other book those disparate elements might not work, but such is not the case with Injustice.  Once again this book is a massive entertainment, providing…

Some ideas are just so honest, so pure that we see them and wonder "how has this never been done before?"  They make us examine ourselves, our places in the world, and humanity as a whole.  Oftentimes they can make us have a new perspective, a new outlook on life, one that is more hopeful…

Truly, this is the year of Starro.  The psychic space starfish made a huge comeback in the event series Metal, sass-talking his way into our hearts.  The irreverent, sarcastic characterization was totally unexpected, yet it worked in how ridiculous it was. Fast forward to No Justice, where Starro was teamed up with heroes and villains…

Over the course of Injustice, so many characters I love have been killed that it may as well be called Let's Murder Everyone Jay Likes.  Seriously: Dick Grayson, Ted Kord, Animal Man, Tim Drake, every Green Lantern that I actually like.  So many deaths, guys. But the narrative is compelling and the writing is strong,…

“Rage on Harring” brings my tenure on the Injustice series to a close after five years. And what a wild ride it’s been. I have loved every moment of reading and writing about this book and I can only continue to hope and dream that someday Tom Taylor will get to write an in-universe Justice…

And now for something completely different. Hal Jordan has been convicted of crimes under the influence of the yellow ring and sentenced to the penal colony on Harring to do back-breaking labor as atonement for his sins.  To make matters worse, the correctional officer in charge of him is Sinestro’s Green Lantern daughter Soranik. To…

I never would have imagined that Supergirl could take on Amazo by herself and sell it, but Tom Taylor carefully choreographs a scenario just daring enough to pull it off! And this is the great fun of this book: Injustice 2 gives us all the crazy mashups and pit fights we could hope for from…

Tom Taylor’s Injustice 2 continues to pull no punches whatsoever as a new and sort of misaligned Justice League takes on Ra’s al Ghul’s insanely invulnerable Amazo. It’s Wonder Woman and Batman! It’s Green Arrow and Black Adam! And yet somehow it’s still going to take more to put this killing machine down. Digital Firsts…

The sweeping romance of Killer Croc and the Killer Whale continues in Tom Taylor’s tale of bestia--no wait, this is Injustice 2.  Well, actually I guess the statement stands. It’s little details like this oddball, slightly comedic relationship that can keep a reader on their toes in this book. You can never get too comfortable…

The potpourri of characters and situations in this week’s Injustice 2 is a testament to Tom Taylor’s ability to juggle his sizable (and ever-growing) cast and their many intricate motivations, actions, and plans over the course of this thus-far long haul for video-game tie-in (which I think we can pretty much stop referencing at this…

Tom Taylor plays with the lives of the Injustice characters like a cruel and merciless god who occasionally has a good day and decides to do something kind for a change. So while this book deals lots of death blows, it also reaffirms a few lives in that surprising and wholly organic way that Taylor…

Tom Taylor likes to play with our emotions. We know this. He’s killed off untold favorites since the dawn of Injustice: ripping our hearts out with every distress-filled death since Lois Lane was taken out by a narcotized Superman in the very first issue. So it should come as no surprise (though still may be…

Batman and Batgirl suit up in arctic Bat-tle gear to infiltrate Superman’s Fortress of Solitude.  Everyone else just has on their regular day-wear.  It’s a strange choice that Xermanico executes in an otherwise triumphant artistic return to Injustice 2. I tried to justify it by saying they would have “stealth” white batsuits for camouflage, but…

Every now and then I feel like this world of Injustice is played out: the dynamics are on a rinse and repeat cycle that just feels trodden and sodden at this stage in the game and pitting some of these heroes and villains against one another is as formulaic and redundant as it must feel…

It’s a race to free Wonder Woman! As Kara, Antiope, and Phillipus lead a band of sisters to aid Diana, they face stiff opposition. Elsewhere, Barry rights two wrongs—even at the risk of violating Batman's rules. One story ends, and another plays out in its entirety, in Injustice 2 #16. Paradise Lost, Pt. 3 This…