DC Comics

Eighty percent garbage, like most of the other Future State collections, but I did like the manga-esque treatment of Legion of Super-Heroes and the tantalizing glimpse of Superman's descendants in the House of El.

But all the side character stories featuring Lex Luthor and Midnighter (why is he in a Superman book?) and new versions of Mister Miracle, Guardian, and Black Racer were all but unreadable. The Jon Kent segments and Superman on Warworld story at least look nice. I don't understand show more why the Kara Zor-El version of Superwoman looks like she's dressed to make a guest appearance on "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel."

What really annoyed me though was the story order: most of the two-parters appear back-to-back but others are separated by dozens of pages or more. Do not ask me to try to remember what dumb thing Mister Miracle was doing twenty minutes ago. show less

If you don't mind DC's notorious retconning, this is what I consider a fairly decent comic covering the Cheetah. This comic highlights some of the more iconic appearances of the Cheetah from over 75 years and gives attention to each of the different Cheetah villains. The stories aren't that cohesive since they feature different stories/characters from different time periods, but if you like this character it showcases some of the character history and art evolution well. I'm not really a show more Wonder Woman fan, but The Cheetah is One of my overall favorite DC Villains, so I'd recommend this comic! show less

Four two-issue mini-series by 10 writers and 11 artists are collected in this anthology of superhero gobbledygook. Following the most recent big crossover event -- Dark Nights: Death Metal, which I haven't read yet -- we're given an epilogue of a possible future peopled with new people taking up the mantles of classic heroes like Wonder Woman, Batman, Superman, Aquaman, etc. Everything is all dark and bleak, but the new heroes hammer home the theme of hope in the face of doom.

The art is a show more fine enough example of house style adherence, but the writing is pretty mediocre, with the Flash chapters being almost unreadable.

I know there's a complex history of aborted storylines and editorial 180s behind this, but it mostly stinks of the old let's throw everything at the wall and see what sticks approach to comic book publishing. It's a funny coincidence that I'm currently posting #ThrowbackThursday reviews from DC's similar Tangent Comics event from the 1990s that imagined a world of new characters bearing familiar old names. show less

Overall, a solid issue that will sadly be overshadowed by how truly terrible Devin Grayson's Jon Kent one-shot was. Kevin Conroy's memoir piece was devastating and beautiful, and, alone, is worth the price of admission and why (in addition to a few other excellent pieces, including Ro Stein and Ted Brandt's piece on Connor Hawke) I've rated this so high.

Grayson, on the other hand and, as usual, should be ashamed. Pride has "been a party," not a riot, "for decades"? Damian wanting to break show more up a Pride parade? Jon wearing a straight pride flag? Fucking yikes. show less