This is a good book to read along side Forever Evil. It's not "needed" but it fills in the origins of the Crime Syndicate in pretty fun ways.

The best origins are obviously Ultraman (Superman) and Owlman (Batman) for they have their own whole issues for them. They are both filled with detail and nice strange twist on the original characters. Those two issues alone are very enjoyable.

The other origins aren't nearly as interesting. Johnny comes off as lame and doesn't make sense to be flash in that universe. Atom just a mean bitch. And Grid...well he is a virus, so he's boring. So these issues didn't gel with the others nearly as well.

On the flipside the Machine Men were interesting. We also got a lot of Cyborg time. He's the least interesting character on the team by FAR but he had his moments here. I enjoyed most of his stuff, even if some of it is just long winded. Overall, the ending was satisfying IF you read Forever Evil. Without it, feels...plain?