If you have fallen off the Injustice wagon, you might be missing out on Brian Buccellatto’s best work on this series: Digital Firsts No. 5 “Bait” & 6 “Decoy” deepen the intrigue as Catwoman is held hostage, Damian confronts his past, and the newly reassembled Batfamily (sans the aforementioned Damian, of course, because he’s a…

Year Five isn’t pulling any punches as the collected Digital Firsts No. 3 & 4 will testify. Last we saw, Superman had his hands full with Doomsday, Yellow Lantern Hal was wrassling with Parasite, and Batman was secretly enlisting for his underground Resistance. This go-round we see the return of Wonder Woman, who has been…

Could this be the final year of Injustice? We are heading into the events that immediately precede the action of the video game with Batman’s small band somewhat dispersed and dejected and the Resistance building, but failing to counter Superman’s rule. If you picked up the Year Four Annual (which you should have), you know…

Injustice went on hiatus at the conclusion of Year Four in October, but this month we got a belated Christmas present (or early New Year’s gift) in the form the Year Four Annual, which brings Tom Taylor back as the writer of a tale that sets up the forward action of Year Five!  Note: Year…

Year Four concludes in this final installment that collects Digital Firsts 23 & 24, “Last Stand” and “Between the Gods”.  Let’s just cut to the chase: the first half of this book seems to be setting up some brilliant cataclysm, but the back end just doesn’t deliver. It’s representative of the whole of Year Four,…

This penultimate issue for Year Four includes Digital Firsts 21 & 22, “Going Dark” and “Darker Sides”. And while it’s got some big action that’s sure to please, Year Four’s weakest point hasn’t been a lack of action or stunning battle eye-candy--it’s been a lack of genuine surprise and awe. Ironic, when you’re dealing with…

This issue follows two distinct storylines: Digital First 19 presents us with “Stupid Tartarus”, which is the best title yet in Year Four. This half features Harley Quinn, Billy Batson, and Hippolyta as they attempt to escape from the Prison of the Damned. Digital First 20, “Retreat”, returns us to Themyscira and that crashing wave…

Remember when Injustice: Gods Among Us was basically a book about Superman against Batman and the two teams (with a few rogue exceptions) were easily discerned based on who approved of Superman’s death-dealing blow to Joker after he accidentally killed Lois? Since the advent of Year Four, the lines have gotten increasingly blurry. Not only…

The collected issue of Digital Firsts 15 & 16, “Exile” and “God of War” develops the intrigues between gods and mortals and provides some background on Ares, including insight as to why he is playing both sides (aside from just the sheer love of creating chaos through war). The Good There’s a lot that happens…

The collected issue of Digital Firsts 13 & 14, “Strength of Hercules” and “The Old and the New” brings Shazam back to upset a tentative power balance between Superman’s cranky band of dictators and the gods themselves. Don’t expect it to last, though (nothing in Injustice ever does). Brian Buccellato had a whole lot of…

This week brings more pummeling and proclamations as Superman’s team takes on the gods in Digital First chapters 11 & 12, “Ultimatums” and “Throwdown”. Is it me or are these titles getting to be a bit too pithy? It used to be that they were at least a matched set, but lately they just seem…

If watching members of the Justice League punch each other to bloody pulp is your thing, than digital chapters 9 & 10, “Willpower” and “Mayhem” is sure to delight you. Superman and Wonder Woman have been matched for judgment by combat at the will of Zeus, who is kind of irritated at how things on…

Digital chapters 7 & 8, “Bargains” and “Broken” combine to bring full light to the underhanded dealings that will set the major action of this Year in motion. We finally see what’s motivating Lex Luthor, Batman’s deal with Ares, Hera and Hippolyta’s contretemps concluded, Diana’s negotiation for a Death by Combat to resolve the problem…

Did I mention last issue that Injustice feels like the good old days? Because it bears repeating. Whatever plot points took us far afield in Year Three, we’ve returned to (literal) solid ground here in Year Four and it’s great to feel the thrill of picking up each new Digital First issue again. This time…

Buccellato is winning me over after Year Three’s less-than-spectacular conclusion by keeping the adrenaline pumping and the plot barreling forward. Two print issues in, the description in the solicits make it sound like we’ve been treading water, but actually there’s plenty in motion and much of it is still cloaked in mystery. Digital Firsts 3…

Year Four comes out of the gate swinging with the collected issue of Digital Firsts 1 & 2, “The Gods Themselves” and “What Fools these Mortals Are”. With Buccellato now driving the story entirely, we will get to see what he can truly bring to this series and he gives us an aperitif that’s definitely…

For Year Three’s Injustice Annual we get two stories: “A Proper Mage” and “Fall of the Titans”. Both are filler stories that happen before the events of Year Three even begin, so it might feel a little strange reaching back into the recesses of memory to place these tales in their proper context. “A Proper…

We conclude Year Three with the collected issue of Digital Firsts 23 & 24, “Maelstrom” and “Endgame”. This issue not only delivers the final resolution to the problem of all this out-of-control magic, but reveals Constantine’s motivation for getting involved in Batman’s Rebellion in the first place (you all have to have known he had…

This issue collects Digital Firsts 21 & 22 respectively titled “Goodbyes and Farewells” and “Hellfire and Damnation”. This is the penultimate issue to Year Three before Injustice goes dark for a little nap during the Convergence event that will subsume everything until DC is neatly ensconced on the opposite coast. We should be gearing up…

This issue collects Digital Firsts 19 & 20 respectively titled “House of Mystery” and “House of Secrets”. We’re in the middle of a big brawl with Mxyzptlk and Trigon trading thunderbolts and hellfire while Superman and Batman square off down below. Team Batman looks to have a momentary upper hand, but a very annoyed Swamp…