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Flashpoint Beyond by Jeremy Adams, Tim Sheridan, Geoff Johns
3.0

Flashpoint Beyond is a jumbled mess with some great moments in a otherwise overly long book just setting up the next big multiverse mission.

Which sucks because I actually enjoyed Doomsday Clock alot, and thought Johns did a real solid job with that.

But Flashpoint Beyond basically is a story about Thomas Wayne wanting to erase his universe again after what happened. He remembers Bruce and it all but somehow his universe is back. So he goes to reverse it, not even looking or entertaining the idea his universe still means something. Which leads to a big reveal that's overly long but enjoyable.

Overall looks great, some cool moments with Thomas Wayne and his wife, and Two Faces son, but the multiverse jumble mumble is on full display here, overexplaining how things are what they are now because of certain events, and what could have been summed up in a few panels took 4-5 pages sometimes to explain the "science" behind it.

But overall a decent read, especially if like Flashpoint, but feels half baked.