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DC 52 Omnibus
by Mark Waid, Grant Morrison, Geoff Johns
Set during the events right after Infinite Crisis, Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman are no more. Well, not no more, they just not around to lead the world of superheroes. That means others have to step up and save it, but are they worthy?
This was a 52 week event, meaning ever week for a year, a issue came out. It was actually pretty smart, and having heavy hitters like Greg Rucka, Mark Waid, Geoff Johns, and Morrison to write this event/series. And each issue has usually had multiple stories going on, sometimes only 2-3 pages for each character per issue. This was a experiment on DC part, but for most people it paid off, and people ate it up.
We have many threads going on with Black Adam having enough of this world's villains and showcasing what he can do to them on national telavsion. But then his story turns into love when he finds a wife, and soon a brother in law whom he loves. But you know that won't last, but still great to watch and probably the strongest story in this collection.
The other great highlight of this book is the Question storyline. Especially reading Vic's adventure in his early years last year in his omnibus, to watch him again, and then dealing with a very real disease like Cancer with Renee Montaya was wonderful. It was touching, some badass detective moments, and a well crafted ending.
The Steel storyline is shaky at points, but Irons family dynamic with his Niece is solid and the second half kicks into high gear and really shows who Lex is, and if you didn't know, Lex is a loser piece of shit who deserves nothing more than a swift kick in the nuts till he can't breath anymore but that's just me.
There's a lot more in here, but my praise dwindles as we go on. Booster Golds story starts well enough with a lot of interesting ideas but as it gets more convoluted and nonsensical to the point I just didn't care by the last third, and was ready to get it over with.
Then you have probably the worst storyline for me which is anything to do with Lobo. Why? Cause Lobo fucking sucks. But that's besides the point. The storyline itself isn't all that interesting. It's basically Animal Man, Starfire, and Adam Strange trying to get home, which starts off interesting enough with them on a different planet, but never does much and the ending, again, is just strange as hell.
Overall, this series didn't 100% nail the feeling of "other heroes and their life and fight" for me. I enjoyed parts a lot, like I mentioned, but this is 52 issues, with so many storylines, and the duds are really, well, boring for me. And I could care less what some of these characters were doing, and minute men are never good, we don't need them here. But yeah overall, it's a interesting experiment, and most people seem to love this book, but I guess I'm the odd one out on this one. A 2.5 out of 5.
This was a 52 week event, meaning ever week for a year, a issue came out. It was actually pretty smart, and having heavy hitters like Greg Rucka, Mark Waid, Geoff Johns, and Morrison to write this event/series. And each issue has usually had multiple stories going on, sometimes only 2-3 pages for each character per issue. This was a experiment on DC part, but for most people it paid off, and people ate it up.
We have many threads going on with Black Adam having enough of this world's villains and showcasing what he can do to them on national telavsion. But then his story turns into love when he finds a wife, and soon a brother in law whom he loves. But you know that won't last, but still great to watch and probably the strongest story in this collection.
The other great highlight of this book is the Question storyline. Especially reading Vic's adventure in his early years last year in his omnibus, to watch him again, and then dealing with a very real disease like Cancer with Renee Montaya was wonderful. It was touching, some badass detective moments, and a well crafted ending.
The Steel storyline is shaky at points, but Irons family dynamic with his Niece is solid and the second half kicks into high gear and really shows who Lex is, and if you didn't know, Lex is a loser piece of shit who deserves nothing more than a swift kick in the nuts till he can't breath anymore but that's just me.
There's a lot more in here, but my praise dwindles as we go on. Booster Golds story starts well enough with a lot of interesting ideas but as it gets more convoluted and nonsensical to the point I just didn't care by the last third, and was ready to get it over with.
Then you have probably the worst storyline for me which is anything to do with Lobo. Why? Cause Lobo fucking sucks. But that's besides the point. The storyline itself isn't all that interesting. It's basically Animal Man, Starfire, and Adam Strange trying to get home, which starts off interesting enough with them on a different planet, but never does much and the ending, again, is just strange as hell.
Overall, this series didn't 100% nail the feeling of "other heroes and their life and fight" for me. I enjoyed parts a lot, like I mentioned, but this is 52 issues, with so many storylines, and the duds are really, well, boring for me. And I could care less what some of these characters were doing, and minute men are never good, we don't need them here. But yeah overall, it's a interesting experiment, and most people seem to love this book, but I guess I'm the odd one out on this one. A 2.5 out of 5.