Earth 2 #15

Earth 2 #15 was very disappointing.  We were promised at the end of the last issue a good fight.  Instead the good guys going after Steppenwolf are defeated worst yet we learn the story in a bad flashback.  The dialog is terrible.  If the good guys were going to lose at least we could have seen the fight.   So that part of the comic ends after much buildup in a very disappointing cliffhanger as the world army moves to be destroyed by the three new villains.  We then see Hawkgirl captured without fuss.  We then see the fight in Gotham continue only to be accompanied by dialog that even the writers of the X-Men would consider bad.  The fight is interrupted by the Red Tornado (one of many robots made apparently).  I was rather disappointed by this issue so much of the old plot lines abandoned so that the heroes could go to war and though the war buildup story we got was interesting.  But now the creative team is just jumping past this to something else.  So very disappointed.

Earth 2 #14

Earth 2 #14 – I really enjoyed reading this comic.  The war with Steppenwolf and the country he seized.  Green Lantern, Doctor Fate and the Flash attacked first followed by a standoff with a “stealth force” of other super powered people.  They agree to work together when they are attacked by Steppenwolf’s hounds.  There was a very interesting conversation between Khan and General Foster.  Their talking was a bit of catch up as the Earth 2 storyline jumps ahead and character development for action.  So far this story continues to entertain.

Earth 2 #13

Earth 2 number 13 continues the interesting storyline started in recent issues.  Captain Steel enters the giant fire pit in Rio de Janeiro – there is a long backstory told by Commander Khan of the Earth Army to some world government paper pusher it is interesting but it is just backstory and does nothing to actually advance the plot.  We just learn that yes Captain Steel is very powerful.   We then go to Hawkgirl who is still investigating the death of the Green Lantern’s boyfriend, where she fights some evil mutants with some help of the new Batman of Earth 2.  The comic ends on a cliff hanger with Captain Steel exiting the pit in bad shape and with a warning that the Red Lantern is here and they must save the world from her.  Overall this was a good comic information is good and the story still advanced.

Earth 2 Annual #1

Earth 2 Annual #1 was good it was entertaining and just plain fun.  While the cover of this issue has a strange looking Batman (Earth 2 Batman #2?) the real story follows the Atom.  We get an origin story for the Earth 2 Atom which is kind of interesting and makes him a more interesting and sympathetic character.  We follow him on a mission to catch a war criminal hiding in a less lawful part of the world.  The fight was interesting, but then we move on to following other heroes.  We see Steel, we see the new Batman and we meet two of the former soldiers of Steppenwolf.  It was all very cool and interesting it was nice to see some backfilling of the Earth 2 history up to current events, even with the silly cliffhanger it looks like a story jump is coming and the creative team used this annual as the bridge.  Things are about to get interesting and I am hoping the creative team does not mess it up.

Earth 2 #12

Earth 2 #12 was good it was a nice entertaining conclusion to the three part Doctor Fate story.  We get a bit of the story out of order and not because of magic but that is a minor complaint.  Doctor Fate fights Wotan, while Green Lantern and the Flash keep the world army away from the fight.  They do manage to save the Flash’s mother.  Hawkgirl has a quick cameo but that was more of a way to introduce Green Lantern into the story again.  Doctor Fate wins the fight even while arguing with the soul of the original Doctor Fate.  The group ends up in Green Lantern’s home (minus Hawkgirl) in the skyscraper he owns they are planning on what to do next when breaking news happens.  The World Army has learned Steppenwolf had taken over the country of Dheran war had been declared and the world was about to attack.

Earth 2 Issue #10 Tower of Fate Begins!

Earth 2 #10 or the Tower of Fate Begins.  This was an interesting story as in this comic; we get a little more background on the Earth 2 Dr. Fate as well as Hawkgirl and the new person who can wear the helm of fate.  We also follow Green Lantern for a few pages where he continues to mourn for his lover.  The main villain Karel Wotan kidnaping Dr. Fate, the Flash and the Flash’s mother.  With the mom as hostage the heroes would go into the Tower of Fate in order to claim the helm of Fate and all the power it contains.  The journey through the tower was artistically interesting in an Escher like effect of weird dimensions.  The issue ends with a great shot of the Great Beast of the tower – a well-drawn demon looking thing.

Earth 2!

Earth 2 #8: And Steppenwolf was not returned to his world when the war was won.  This new story arc could be very interesting.  He has Wonder Woman’s Daughter! Named her Fury and turned her against her own world.  We shall see how this turns out.

Comcis! DC Comics!

I am finally getting to some of last week’s comic books.  DC Comics Earth 2 started out great, but the current issue (number seven) had a noticeable lack of super heroes or action.  If the comic continues this slide in to X-men like whiny talking between the Hero and Villain (we know he is the villain from issue zero) I am going to drop this book.  It is a shame because I have so far really liked the different “wonders” and how different they are from what the Heroes are like in the main line DC Universe.

Worlds’ Finest Huntress / Power Girl number seven is entertaining.  This series has been good from issue one (even if a bit disjointed).  I really like the current story with the Robin (Damian Wayne) the interaction with the Huntress’s other world family could have been sappier and I am glad it was not.  It will be interesting to see if our worlds Batman has noticed or figured all this out yet.  I am kind of interested how Batman and Huntress meeting would be handled by the writer.