OH MY GOD I LOVED DARKSEID WAR!However, it seems that about half of my friends were less than impressed with this, so take my enthusiasm with a grain of salt...But not really, because they're obviously crazy. Listen to meeeee! Exactly, Diana!Ok, I don't want to spoil the the story for anyone, but I do wanna mention the part that I thought was reallyreallycool. So, turn away now if you want to know nothing about the plot before you read it.*waits patiently*Ook, so one thing that we always talk ab...

The Darkseid War begins! I got this in its single comic book issues, but I chosen this TPB edition to be able of writing a better overall review.This TPB collects “Justice League” #40-44 plus a part of “Divergence” #1 (Free Comic Book Day issue).Creative Team:Writer: Geoff JohnsIllustrator: Jason FabokGuest Illustrators (for issue #40): Kevin Maguire, Phil Jimenez, Dan Jurgens, Jerry Ordway, Scott Kolins & Jim Lee. NERVOUS CRISIS Reality cannot survive another crisis. The New52 era is co

Great volume. So far this has it all great story, great artwork, and great characters, and even more importantly great interaction between the characters. My only criticism of this is that it finished too quickily. I would have loved another couple of issues, but with the ending I know why they chose to end it there.This is the story that has been set up since the Forever Evil storyline. Who and what is the Anti-Monitor? All we know about his so far, is he is the being that had the Ultra-man and...

I finally thought this Justice League run pulled off a good story. Several of the team members really get to shine in this issue. I mean Batman probably has the best part in this story. Superman and Lex Luthor get beamed to another world where there is no red sun so Superman is losing his power. Everyone is in peril and Darkseid seems unstoppable. Wonder Woman is leading the battle again Darkseid and I mean who else could really do it. We haven't really seen the Flash shine in this one yet, but

Y’all ready for this?Bum bum bum buh-buh-buh-buh bum bum bum bah-bah-bah-bah – Darkseid vs The Anti-Monitor! Who? Why? Uh… because… Mobius, the Anti-Monitor, wants war with Darkseid because he says the New Gods are over while Darkseid wants to eat Superman’s soul – both of which make them sound like complete idiots. How that translates to the two fighting each other is anyone’s guess. There are a couple of new female characters: Grail, Darkseid’s daughter, who wants to kill her dad, probably for...

Jason Fabok's art is top shelf and he is clicking on all cylinders with Geoff Johns. Johns has given the New Gods a makeover and the characters have generally been redesigned for the better. Darkseid's minions especially have had some exceptionally goofy costumes in the past. I liked how he tied the New Gods into the Amazon mythos.Received an advance copy from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

I ain't even gonna pretend i knew what the fuck was happening in half of this, which is probably my own fault. I did take a break reading this so maybe i lost off somewhere.But all hell is breaking lose and a shit ton of characters show up that you must need the fucking DC encyclopaedia to know what their business is, and where is aquaman? I can't remember where his fishy ass is but it has gone swimming cause Johns has given up entirely with him. I'm not saying this is bad because what i underst...

This was a really good volume of the New 52 Justice League. Darkseid is just one of the Justice League's problems. There are many and their villains are ruthless with no respect for life. The JL has their hands full and I really thought most of them were goners more than once in this book. I hope my library gets the next volume soon.

THIS WAS EPIC!It starts with the arrival of Grail and Anti-Monitor on earth and we see their origins and like whatever is going on with them and their motives and I love the twist Johns pulls with Grail and showcasing her dark origins but its when he fleshes her out that it becomes epic and the arrival of Darkseid and the big war thats happening and the death of one and the birth of New Gods aka JL and its so well done.This is one of those stories that he has been building to and its so well don...

The JLA deals with Darkseid and his spawn as he tries to dominate Earth once more. Some of our JLA heroes pick up special powers that compromise them.This one took some risks so higher grade for expanding the genre. OVERALL GRADE: B to B plus.

Well, turns out that a couple of DC characters have some skeletons in the closet -- secret relatives, secret rivals -- and they are coming home to kick ass and chew bubble gum. And guess what's running low?Ends in a cliff-hanger, with at least Three Very Bad Happenings: Darkseid may have underestimated his counterpart; Superman has had his moral compass %>-ed with, big time; and Flash isn't alone inside that scarlet speed-suit anymore.

5 starsVery good book. Darkseid is dead. What?! The Anti-God (Mobius) sounds very weird. Hope Bruce will do okay on the chair. Also hope they will be able to stop the Anti-God. Interesting that Darkseid had a daughter, Grail. Can't wait to read the next Darkseid War book!!!

4.5 starsIt's been quite some time since I read the volumes preceding this but I still remembered a good bit about the storyline. I just couldn't get my library to get a copy for a long time.The narration for this was a little jagged and chaotic at times but it was easy enough to pick up on after the first issue. I loved how far this reached into the multiversity and that's been one of my favorite things about DC since I read Crisis on Infinite Earths (reading that before Darkseid War is a sligh...

The Darkseid War Part 1 keeps Justice League at the forefront of “big hero” comic book storytelling.In The Darkseid War, the Justice League finds itself in the crossfire of a brewing conflict between two insanely powerful villains. In one camp is arch-villain Darkseid and his legions of assassins, parademons and various brutal minions. In the other is the Anti-Monitor, a being of incredible destructive power (revealed as the entity that laid waste to Earth 3 in Forever Evil) determined to kill D...

Oh man...I wanted to love this. But I didn't. So there's something big coming. The war to end all wars. Darkseid (Do you pronouce his name darkside?) and the Anti-Monitor. Now maybe because I'm not a HUGE DC reader, and only really began getting deep into their mythology the last year and a half, but I had no clue who the fuck the Anti dude was. Like he looks like Darkseid except not as cool. Anyway our heroes are really just like little bugs in this. Even Superman feels weak against these two m...

What in the world is this story?On paper, I agree it seems like a great idea...Darkseid vs another evil titan and this conflict taking place on Earth.But the reality was more like...Some barely comprehensible backstory (I had to reread it to get the whole exchanging sons thing)Some randomly distributed murders by Darkseid's generalissimo (or is it Antimonitor's, I forget)Followed by this completely badass Darkseid's daughter character (Grail?) whose motivations I don't fully understandSome more

Darkseid War is the very definition of EPIC, its Darkseid vs. the Anti-Monitor, it makes me want to clench my fists up in the air and shout FUCK YEAH! Seriously, I recommend this to every superhero fan out there, bear in mind though, you need to have at least some basic knowledge about the Crisis events, the Fourth World lore, and the Forever Evil storyline, but it's really not that hard to follow. Zack Snyder was clearly taking inspiration from this book for the Justice League movie, but he tot...

Much like the latest entry in DC's cinematic grimverse, this volume has an excess of cataclysm and a shortage of engaging story. Some of the art was nice, I guess, but I don't generally read comics just for the visuals but for the ideas and conflicts they represent.I've enjoyed reading the new 52 thus far because I felt at least some desultory efforts were being made to rejuvenate old characters and shake up the lore, but volumes like this feel like a major step backwards. Who is this supposed t...

I was surprised by how much I liked this one. I mean, the story is a bit all over the place, but it was really fun to read. And the concept of JL members becoming actual gods is pretty intriguing. The artwork's good, too.

This series opened by quoting Gandhi and then went into a murderous rampage.Earth is caught between between the Scylla and Charybdis of Anti-Monitor and Darkseid, for overly complicated reasons and it is upto Justice League to save the planet off this battlefield, again. Story does actually deliver the big tease from the final pages of Forever Evil, but fails to hold the lure for long. In fact, Apokolips and New Genesis lore were solid to begin with, till New Gods started interfering. To me, the...