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 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!

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.