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As i finished the last few pages of this book it hit me like a ton of bricks, my 52 journey has ended. Other books in this series. Regardless this is an exciting read and one that both Aquaman fans and new readers will definitely enjoy. Batwoman fatally wounds Mannheim and survives. It means that individual stories live and die by their own piecemeal executions.
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The story is engaging and well told and the art is amazing! There is no way John's run on Aquaman was going to match the hoopla of his run on GL. This was 2 years on Aquaman as compared to basically a decade on GL. Still, what he has accomplished in those 2 years and specifically for this particular character is nothing short of amazing. Aquaman had been somewhat of a joke for a long time. John's came in and made us believe in this character again. He did it using the same tools he brought to GL. Engaging storytelling, clever plot twists and perhaps most importantly, a great respect for the characters.
I am not sure if I will stick around for Parker's turn at the helm, but I can definately say that this volume closes out the John's run on a very high note. Death of a King spirals out from the fallout of the War for Atlantis story arc in Justice League and Aquaman volume 3. Arthur has resigned himself to taking his place on Atlantis' throne even though most of his people resent him and want his brother, the Ocean Master, back instead. Meanwhile, Mera has returned to Amnesty Bay as she refuses to travel to Atlantis for fear of being executed as a traitor.
The book follows numerous plots that all end up intertwining: Aquaman accidentally awakens the original king of Atlantis so called the Dead King , Tula and two others from Atlantis plan a prison break to save Ocean Master from the surface world's judgement, Mera tries to get by without Arthur but continues her misadventures on land, and the human pirate called the Scavenger launches a bid to take Atlantis from Arthur. The book's main failing is that two of these plots end up going nowhere. Tula and the others are on the verge of their prison break when Scavenger attacks Atlantis with a fleet of submarines.
They abandon their mission to return to Atlantis and help the defense.
Scavenger briefly succeeds in taking Atlantis' throne from Arthur, but his fleet his wiped out by Aquaman and Atlantis' guardian sea monster. Overall, the two stories end up feeling like too much filler since Scavenger disappears after the Dead King story arc takes center stage and the Ocean Master prison break goes nowhere. The main draw is seeing Aquaman tussle with the Dead King. The latter first targets Mera on land which combines their two story arcs. Mera attempts to escape and return to her home of Xebel, but the vengeful prison colony isn't exactly glad to hear their supposed queen never assassinated Atlantis' king.
May 28, Doreen rated it really liked it. Satisfying conclusion to the series. I felt greatly educated, by the end of it, of all the relatively minor DC Universe characters that I hadn't yet encountered, given that my exposure to the mainstream titles had been through Wonder Woman and Gotham-based books oddly, I never read a lot of Batman titles. I did read a lot of Catwoman and Gotham PD books. Story-wise, the reveal with Sobek was a moment of "Holy shit, I can't believe they did that in a mainstream title! I loved what the creators did with Renee Montoya, and her relationship with Vic Sage really resonated with me.
I would love to read of her on-going adventures, as well as those of Ralph Dibny. This volume also confirmed for me what I'd long suspected, especially with the creator comments on the creepy Skeets reveal: I personally like that: Knowing that the characters then undergo some weird personality transplants in the subsequent 52 reboot makes me sad. But this series, at least, was well worth the effort. Aug 03, Frank rated it liked it Shelves: I wasn't sure about this series as it intentionally focused on more supporting characters in the DC Universe no Batman or Superman in the year following the events of Infinite Crisis.
However, the characters they selected proved complex and their storylines compelling. Jul 31, John Yelverton rated it it was amazing. In this book, every page I turned was more amazing than the last.
Mar 12, Jbainnz rated it it was amazing. You know the feeling when you finish a TV series, or movie saga you really love? That empty feeling of utter despair that this beautiful thing you love so much has come to an end, fused with the complete satisfaction that it was everything you ever wanted it to be.
As i finished the last few pages of this book it hit me like a ton of bricks, my 52 journey has ended.
This is to me, the perfect example of what a comic series should be. It had mystery, action, suspense and a whole load of ambition You know the feeling when you finish a TV series, or movie saga you really love? It had mystery, action, suspense and a whole load of ambition to boot. As soon as we start in this volume we see story-lines coming to a close. Since each of these stories are so god damn good I'm going to briefly go through my opinions of each, whether you like it or not!
At the end of the last volume Lex Luthor had just obtained meta-human powers. Taking Natasha hostage he calls out Steel to bring it on, and he certainly does bring it. Calling in the remaining Titans to his aid he heads to Lexcorp, once again repping his classic Steel armor. John shows how much of a complete bad-ass he is here and lets loose on all of Luthor's cronies with no restraint. Though it was a satisfying conclusion, it would have been more satisfying if we got to see John give Lex the smack down.
Especially since its been brewing since the first book. After Charlie passed away in the last volume, Renee is still lost and looking for the big answers. We see some interaction with Wonder Woman, Bruce Wayne and Tim Drake in these sections as well which was cool to see, seeming how they haven't really appeared in this series at all. With Renee being forced to go home she is pulled back into action when she finds that Kate Kane has been kidnapped by Intergang.
This series has made me fall head over heels for little Miss Montoya, so much so that I have ordered the first volume of Gotham Central to see how her story starts. What can i say about the Ralph Dibney story that can do it justice? After going on a massive soul searching magic ride with "Dr Fate" we get to what would appear to be the climax.
I mean wow, just wow. When you assemble such amazing writers as you have here, its no wonder they can write such a superb twist. I was so glad to see Ralph get his ultimate savage on in this segment. Showing he is far more than the stretchy man people think he is. Speaking of stretchy we also get to see Ralph back in all his elongated glory here, which is a moment I've been waiting on this moment the entire series, even though it was brief it was so worth it.
We finally get some stories intertwining in this, as you would expect with it coming to an end. Its revealed that the "Science Squad" have been working on weapons to take out the Black Marvel family. Friends turn out to be enemies and heroes fall back into their evil ways.
I really don't want to say too much cause I don't want to ruin anything for any of you, but trust me when I say that Black Adam is one of the most brutal characters in the entire DCU. I had no real opinions of Adam when i began on this journey, now he is one of my most loved characters. There is a massive battle with pretty much all of the heroes against Black Adam, including some other new faves of mine The Justice Society. How have i never paid them any attention before? Their character roster is bloody awesome, so next week I'm going to delve into the series Geoff Johns wrote.
I would expect that we havent seen the last of Lady Stix seeming how it ended, maybe it will come into play in the Countdown to Final Crisis? Last but certainly not least was the Booster Gold story. Now this has Grant Morrison oozing out of it, filled with crazy and leaking his genius.
This story has been brewing slowly since week one and it takes form in something legendary here. Once again the story took a massive side step and caught me right off guard.
I figured the 52 referred to the multiverse, but i didn't know how it would get there. All i can say is well done to the creative team for making this one of the most epic conclusions to a series I've ever read. I had to re-read the last issue to take in all the information, cause its pretty Morrison-heavy in its ambition, but thankfully it lands well. We get to see the formation of different earths in the multiverse. Some of my favorite being earth-3, the resurrection of the Crime Syndicate.
And earth, which is the universe where the events of the mammoth Kingdom Come take place. I've always thought the idea of the multiverse was pure genius, it left so many door open for some fantastic opportunities. Booster Gold thrived in this story and much like Black Adam, he has become one of my favorite heroes. All and all this series was one of the most enjoyable reads I've ever layed eyes on. Being that I jumped into comics with the New 52 I never really understood why people got so butt-hurt when they changed so much of the history of the characters.
Although N52 is still cool to me, I now share the pain of all the non-believers. After bearing witness to some of the rich characters and world changing stories that have taken shape over the last 70 or so years, it seems like such a shame to mostly wipe the slate clean. If you want a great example of an exceptional comic, then this is your go too read. Oct 06, Ross Alon rated it really liked it. Although it is heavily embedded in the old DC's continuety, it is such a fun read.
Jan 17, Matt Smith rated it liked it Shelves: Because this is a series I have praised up and down since it initially came out in issues. It had a way of creeping up on me.
And to my high school self this was very much a seminal, important work in comics at the time. I'd never read anything like it, and by the end the series had left me satisfied, satiated, and impressed. Now that I'm like There are issues all over this, none more glaring 52 is a great example of never meet your heroes.
There are issues all over this, none more glaring than the limitations of comics. Each issue has to cover a "week's" worth of story in the span of 22 pages. And here, this series has to service Basically it means that everyone gets three pages of content per issue, and that's assuming a fair balance across all issues. This is to say nothing of the need to climax all of these disparate storylines, where basically this volume is issue after issue of climactic showdown that are exclusive to each character.
One issue is just to wrap up Steel and Natasha, another is to wrap up Renee Montoya, another is to wrap up Ralph Dibny. And while the individual issues are quite good in particular Renee Montoya's assumption of her new mantle or Ralph Dibny's ultimate showdown with The Devil There has to be a whole issue of Black Adam punching shit and going nuts because that's where we are. If anything, it's just too ambitious, and where other volumes have been impressive in their ability to juggle disparate threads like it's all Game of Thrones , I'm not sure what the point of this is at the end.
There's no unifying theme or thread that brings them all together. It basically is about these different people on their different journeys over the course of a year. But that's not particularly engaging. It means that individual stories live and die by their own piecemeal executions. It means that Montoya's storyline works because it's a thrilling new direction for that character. It means Booster Gold's doesn't because the vast majority of this series has been about him sitting on the sidelines waiting for the end of the year so he can get the entire overstuffed final issue to himself.
And sure, I get it. I get that the people who made this comic are limited by the nature of the format they're working in. And I get that they intended this series to come out once a week, but the truth is that it doesn't hold together all as one, and when you read it all at once all of its flaws come together. Moments are good, some of it is interesting, but it doesn't feel like the deep dive it could have been and you can tell that towards the end it's almost as if you can see the seams bursting by the time we get to the end.
And honestly, it's really disappointing. It continues on the thread of difficulty I've had with superhero comics, and the thing that's keeping me from jumping back into them full bore. This final volume retroactively colors all the other volumes in a poorer light. And man is that disappointing given that I so much wanted this series to be something that it ultimately was not. Jul 09, victoria. The best part, as in the other three volumes, is Renee's story.
I especially liked her team-up with Dick. They should work together more often, especially with Kate. Way to make things interesting, Lex. I felt bad that Kory was stuck in such an uninteresting plotline, and I disliked the island of mad scientists, but the thing that kept me from truly loving this book was Black Adam's story. I really wanted his redemption to stick and I reall The best part, as in the other three volumes, is Renee's story.
I really wanted his redemption to stick and I really didn't like how that story played out. Predictable and also gross in terms of fridging Isis. I will say that Booster's return didn't suck, and he definitely had moments where I liked him - mostly his concern for Skeets and the scene with Ted. I think he's probably only really bearable when Ted is around to balance him out.
Diana and Renee should team up sometime when they're not in mourning or flux because I would love to see them work together. Lastly, it was nice, if by nice you mean heartbreaking but also happy-making from a shippy point of view, and I do, to see the actual canon moment where Tim says his new uni is in honor of Kon. May 21, Michelle Cristiani rated it it was amazing Shelves: Oh, how I loved this series.
I am a little sad to finally read the last one. The artwork was phenomenal, the story was gripping, and the layouts and plotlines were seamless - even for one easily confused as I. What a dream team of writers. I'm late to the party, because this came out on , but I am happy to see the DC 'multiverse' back. Mark Waid writes in the comments that the line 'welcome home' is his favorite in the series. He says, "'Home,' both to us as writers and to our characters, is Oh, how I loved this series.
He says, "'Home,' both to us as writers and to our characters, is not a constriction of rules and regulations in which only one 'definiteve' interpretation of the DC heroes can exist And I am happy this story influenced much of that in DC comic lore. And, they managed to do it without the 'big 3.
Nov 13, Jake rated it it was amazing Shelves: Five stars for this volume, five stars for the series as a whole. I think this series has more character development than any series I've ever read. It's all great and really well-written. I highly recommend this series to anyone who loves superhero comics. And Keith Giffen's breakd Five stars for this volume, five stars for the series as a whole. And Keith Giffen's breakdowns are brilliant! But definitely save your money and get 52 in the paperback volumes.
Or the omnibus, but I don't know how much that is. Dec 02, Kirk Kiefer rated it really liked it Shelves: I would rate this volume 3. I understand why, given the number of threads that had to be tied up and the limited amount of space they had to do it, but it still was a bit repetitious to have so many expository scenes so close together. That aside, it was still a fun ride and well worth my time and money. As a Bat-fan it was nice to see the early adventures of Batwoman even if some of the back story he I would rate this volume 3.
As a Bat-fan it was nice to see the early adventures of Batwoman even if some of the back story here was retconned later , how Montoya becomes The Question, where Tim's last Robin costume came from, Bruce's Thogal ritual etc. But beyond that, it took a number of lesser characters I had no experience with and made me interested.
What more can you ask for? Feb 29, Kaotic rated it really liked it Shelves: That was quite the read. The Silver Age Vol. Review quote "Executed with a level of sophistication that few superhero comics could hope to rival. Any reader can easily jump on board. Manapul was born in Manila, Philippines and currently calls Toronto, Canada his home. Book ratings by Goodreads. Goodreads is the world's largest site for readers with over 50 million reviews.
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