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Finished Tales From the Dark Multiverse II (hardcover), containing the five one-shots Batman: Hush, Flashpoint, Wonder Woman: War of the Gods, Crisis on Infinite Earths, and Dark Nights: Metal*
The premise for each tale is as follows (no spoilers);
Batman: Hush: Following the murder of his parents, Bruce Wayne is taken in by the Elliots and raised as Thomas Elliot's brother
Flashpoint: Barry Allen's attempts to regain his Flash powers, aided by Thomas Wayne, result in his death
Wonder Woman: War of the Gods: Diana loses the battle for her soul against Hecate
Crisis on Infinite Earths: The Justice League fall, and the Justice Society take on Surtur
Dark Nights: Metal: So... joining hands in a "kumbaya" moment isn't all it takes to save a universe?
Like Vol one, each tale has its own creators;
Batman: Hush: writing by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, art by Dexter Soy and Sergio Davila
Flashpoint: writing and art by Bryan Hitch
Wonder Woman: War of the Gods: writing by Vita Ayala, art by Ariel Olivetti
Crisis on Infinite Earths: writing by Steve Orlando, art by Mike Perkins
Dark Nights: Metal: writing by Scott Snyder, Jackson Lanzing, and Collin Kelly, art by Karl Mostert
When I reviewed Vol one (What's your latest read?) I said I loved the concept for this. I still do. But where the first volume lived up to that, this one doesn't. A sad fact; I finished reading this book two weeks ago - yet when I sat down today to write this, I couldn't remember a thing about the stories. Any of them. The whole thing is just... mediocre. A serious letdown after Vol one. Crisis is the 'best' of the bunch, but that's damning with pretty faint praise. And Metal is easily the worst.
Batman: Hush: plot 7/10, writing 7/10, art 6/10
Flashpoint: plot 7/10, writing 7/10, art 7/10
Wonder Woman: War of the Gods: plot 7/10, writing 7/10, art 7/10
Crisis on Infinite Earths: plot 7/10, writing 8/10, art 7/10
Dark Nights: Metal: plot 6/10, writing 6/10, art 6/10
Overall, 7/10
*Also includes Batman #619, Flashpoint #1, Wonder Woman: War of the Gods #4, Crisis on Infinite Earths #12, and Dark Nights: Metal #6, as a quick revision of the original stories (or as a primer for any who've never read them).
Five more tales of terror from the Dark Multiverse!
The sequel to the bestselling series is here with twisted takes on five more of DC's most iconic and celebrated stories: Batman: Hush, Flashpoint, Wonder Woman: War of the Gods, Crisis on Infinite Earths, and Dark Nights: Metal - the event where the Dark Multiverse was born.
Tempus Fuginaut, who watches over the Dark Multiverse, serves as our guide through the darkness that has befallen some of DC's greatest icons: Batman, the Flash, Wonder Woman, the Justice Society of America, and the Signal.
The premise for each tale is as follows (no spoilers);
Batman: Hush: Following the murder of his parents, Bruce Wayne is taken in by the Elliots and raised as Thomas Elliot's brother
Flashpoint: Barry Allen's attempts to regain his Flash powers, aided by Thomas Wayne, result in his death
Wonder Woman: War of the Gods: Diana loses the battle for her soul against Hecate
Crisis on Infinite Earths: The Justice League fall, and the Justice Society take on Surtur
Dark Nights: Metal: So... joining hands in a "kumbaya" moment isn't all it takes to save a universe?
Like Vol one, each tale has its own creators;
Batman: Hush: writing by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, art by Dexter Soy and Sergio Davila
Flashpoint: writing and art by Bryan Hitch
Wonder Woman: War of the Gods: writing by Vita Ayala, art by Ariel Olivetti
Crisis on Infinite Earths: writing by Steve Orlando, art by Mike Perkins
Dark Nights: Metal: writing by Scott Snyder, Jackson Lanzing, and Collin Kelly, art by Karl Mostert
When I reviewed Vol one (What's your latest read?) I said I loved the concept for this. I still do. But where the first volume lived up to that, this one doesn't. A sad fact; I finished reading this book two weeks ago - yet when I sat down today to write this, I couldn't remember a thing about the stories. Any of them. The whole thing is just... mediocre. A serious letdown after Vol one. Crisis is the 'best' of the bunch, but that's damning with pretty faint praise. And Metal is easily the worst.
Batman: Hush: plot 7/10, writing 7/10, art 6/10
Flashpoint: plot 7/10, writing 7/10, art 7/10
Wonder Woman: War of the Gods: plot 7/10, writing 7/10, art 7/10
Crisis on Infinite Earths: plot 7/10, writing 8/10, art 7/10
Dark Nights: Metal: plot 6/10, writing 6/10, art 6/10
Overall, 7/10
*Also includes Batman #619, Flashpoint #1, Wonder Woman: War of the Gods #4, Crisis on Infinite Earths #12, and Dark Nights: Metal #6, as a quick revision of the original stories (or as a primer for any who've never read them).
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