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For a "slug-o-thon" this wasn't bad. I liked the bickering of the Superman's and each version of the hero seemed to have a distinct personality. My biggest problem was how powerful Monarch is. If 3 Superman's, 3 Wonder Woman's, 3 Firestorms, and 3 Green Lanterns, can barely scratch him, I think he's basically the most powerful person in the DC universe. Also not a fan of the art.
Part of Final Crisis
This miniseries, perhaps more than anything else, shows how badly DC wasted the potential of their new multiverse after Infinite Crisis. We get a bunch of characters from these various earths, many of which are interesting concepts (like the magic-themed Earth-13 characters or the metaphysical Superman of Earth-16), only to slaughter most of them in the course of various brawls. (Probably the worst is the Blue Beetle fight - I still have trouble believing something as horrific as the Scarab woul...
Bad. Bad, bad, bad. The very definition of "editorially mandated." Story goes nowhere, except from slugfest to slugfest. Characters are only occasionally recognizable, and its relationship to Countdown proper is impenetrable. The only delight is the tickle in your brain if you actually recognize these multiversal doppelgängers.
Basically a waste of time. It adds literally nothing to the Countdown story and is just an excuse to see different versions of Batman and Wonder Woman duke it out. And I hated the art style, which can best be described as an inferior take on the old DC Animated house style. Entirely pointless.
While the appeal of alternate universes and battle royales are teased in this collection, the series exists to gather together an army of DC icons (from different backgrounds) for a future war. Unfortunately, the end concept never plays out and the book leaves one unfulfilled.
From what I know this adds nearly nothing to the overall plot that it's supposed to tie into but when I picked up 1# as a kid and saw batman fighting vampire batman? I wasn't complaining then And I don't see the point in complaining now. It's not breaking any new ground but it's a fun read I expect especial for younger teens or may be people that are into the elseworlds stories.
Nothing wrong with pure dumb fun like a battle royal. If you're looking for anything more than that then im sure it's not for you. But for anybody else looking to see various heroes duke it out, you'll be in for a rather nice treat.
The ‘Battle Royal’ of alternative versions of superheroes of the 52 different worlds sounds interesting but at the end just a boring fight festival.
Nothing more than pure fun, being able to see three alternate versions of our favorite DC heroes duke it out in battle is enough to get you to read this little treat. It’s not the best story, but sure as hell fun. WARNING though, it ends in a cliffhanger, so might have to consider reading the Countdown to Final Crisis arcs.
Is it as wretched as every other Countdown-related series? Yeah, pretty much. But at least this one tries to have fun with the premise, and after subjecting myself to the joyless slogs of Lord Havok and the Extremists and Salvation Run, this felt like a breath of appropriately goofy air.
I thought the novel ended abruptly but I did enjoy it overall and I hope to get my hands on another graphic novel with answers to what happens.
By far the weakest of the Countdown tie-ins so far. As far as I can tell it adds absolutely no depth to the main series and is really just an excuse to get some of the 'alternate' superheroes in the mix.Very disappointing - as a stand-alone I probably wouldn't have given it more than one star...it gets two only because of the rest of the Countdown series.
An utter and complete waste of time and paper. I honestly can't understand what DC was thinking.
Assorted versions of DC characters (Wild West Wonder Woman, Vampire Batman, lots and lots of Firestorms) gather in an arena and fight it out until there's only one version of each left.Why? We don't find out.It's all entirely pointless.
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