Get ready for one of the biggest Justice League epics in recent years. The ruler of Apokolips once came to earth that prompted the formation of the Justice League and the Anti-Monitor, the universe destroying creature that the Crime Syndicate of earth 3 fled from in the Forever Evil story. These seeds that had been sown have finally come to fruition. The opening chapter is a prologue to the events of the Darkseid War, setting the stakes for what’s to come, while giving the reader some background the history of the DC Universe and introduces Grail, the daughter of Darkseid that’s joining the war against her father. There is some fantastic artwork in this opening chapter that depicts various timeline resets illustrated by guest artists throughout the issue, the recreation of the Crisis on Infinite Earths is stunning. It’s pretty heavy on the narrative before the main events of the story are set into motion.
In a Terminatior esque opening, two evil new gods track and kill every woman that shares the name of their target that draws in the Justice League and the introduction of Mr. Miracle on Apokolips sets a foreboding tone of thigs to come. Things go to another level as the Justice League come into contact with Metron, the new god who observes events of the universe. The scale of the story is the biggest of the series the conflict on the two giant godlike beings having there war on earth where all most of the league can do is watch, elsewhere Superman continues his mistrust of Lex Luthor and the two are thrown into a situation where they are forced to work together, even though there missing out on the main action there is subplot is interesting with its own share of action and intrigue. The New Gods and the Amazons are one of the more interesting aspects of DC Universe, the two seemingly unconnected facets that this story originates from. Most chapters are narrated by Wonder Woman, it’s great seeing her as a front and centre along with her new costume redesign by Fabok in the last arc gives the character a welcomed focus while her narration adds that extra layer of gravitas to the conflict. Much of the league have great character moments, some even going through a vast transformation as they become more than human. While many stories claim that they takes the heroes in a new direction, here it’s an understatement, you’ve never seen Superman, Batman and the Flash like this before. Artist Jason Fabok made a spectacular debut in the previous story-line and he’s in finer form here, his dark but no less heroic art style gives an epic quality, blending intricate details and powerful superhero physiques while possessing a strong ability to convey emotions and moods.
Even though the last volume was ten issues long this book is only half as long and ends on a pretty shocking cliff hanger. It would have been great to get the complete story in one volume but ending it here allows readers to get into companion piece graphic novel Justice League: Darkseid War - Power of the Gods, consisting of one shots of the heroes with their new abilities and roles. Ever since the launch of the New 52 DC Comics flagship title has been getting bigger and better, the Darkseid War is becoming Johns' epic finale in this best-selling and acclaimed series. With all the series of the New 52 the Justice League has the most benefited of the relaunch with many different having a fresh start from what’s happening in their own respective titles.
For the first part of the Darkseid War, it’s shaping up to be one of the finest Justice League story lines by Geoff Johns. It's epic superhero action on an unprecedented scale. Johns has been setting the story in motion for an over a year now and anytime they bring Darkseid into the mix you know it is going to be an epic story, and this one is no different. Usually stories of this scale become big crossovers, but this is a self-contained story. It’s another dark and superhero spectacle with epic confrontations, dramatic plot twists and cinematic art that isn’t just another Darkseid conflict, this is bigger and more unpredictable.
Even though the last volume was ten issues long this book is only half as long and ends on a pretty shocking cliff hanger. It would have been great to get the complete story in one volume but ending it here allows readers to get into companion piece graphic novel Justice League: Darkseid War - Power of the Gods, consisting of one shots of the heroes with their new abilities and roles. Ever since the launch of the New 52 DC Comics flagship title has been getting bigger and better, the Darkseid War is becoming Johns' epic finale in this best-selling and acclaimed series. With all the series of the New 52 the Justice League has the most benefited of the relaunch with many different having a fresh start from what’s happening in their own respective titles.
For the first part of the Darkseid War, it’s shaping up to be one of the finest Justice League story lines by Geoff Johns. It's epic superhero action on an unprecedented scale. Johns has been setting the story in motion for an over a year now and anytime they bring Darkseid into the mix you know it is going to be an epic story, and this one is no different. Usually stories of this scale become big crossovers, but this is a self-contained story. It’s another dark and superhero spectacle with epic confrontations, dramatic plot twists and cinematic art that isn’t just another Darkseid conflict, this is bigger and more unpredictable.
