I enjoyed this for the most part, it’s really well written and the art was great. I guess the issue is with me personally, I don’t know much about Rann or Thanagar outside of the cartoons, hell I barley know cosmic DC in general. So I was very lost with my lack of knowledge, but I’m sure someone who knows a lot about the characters featured in here will appreciate this story.

I read Infinite Crisis some years ago, but I never got around to reading this so-called prelude. There's a scene in The OMAC Project (an actual prelude to Infinite Crisis) where Adam Strange (a main character in Rann-Thanagar War) calls the Justice League watchtower for backup in a war between the Rannians and the Thanagarians. I was under the impression that this book would pick up right where that scene left off. But no, it seems to take place at a different time. I'm not going to hold that ag...

Maybe it's my fault. I don't know much about any of the assorted Hawk people, or Adam Strange, or really anything in the DCU that's off Earth. Or maybe it was just a mediocre story. At any rate, this edition of Countdown to Infinite Crisis didn't do anything for me, and I'm not exactly sure how it's going to play into the larger story later. It's probably more a stroke of marketing savvy to tie it into the bigger crossover to increase readership, and sales. But it seems to me that it's a very sk...

As part of the Countdown to Infinite Crisis: I read the comic books Rann-Thanagar War #1-6, Green Lantern Recharge #1-5, Superman #223 and Hawkman #46, that cover this so-so war in its entirety. 5 out of 12.

By far the weakest of the Infinite Crisis preludes. This one doesn't even have much to do with it. This is just nonstop fighting between a Thanagarian death cult and a bunch of alien races, mainly the Rannians. There's not much else in the way of a plot and there's not any resolution as this ends on a cliff hanger. Dave Gibbons has never been that skilled of a writer. I'd prefer he stick to drawing as he's a hell of an artist.

I like the DC space heroes more than the Marvel space heroes, so I was really excited when DC's third Crisis arc focused so much on Adam Strange, Hawkman, the Green Lanterns and other space faring cultures.First I want to point out the cons of this TPB. This is actually part two of a multi-arc story. "Adam Strange : Planet Heist" is part one, and while reading it first is recommended, this book does fill you in on what happened. The worst part is that while the main story in this issue does have...

My god, why is the dialogue so hard on the ears? Is it the stupid, dreamed-up-by-a-retarded-child mythology surrounding Rann & Thanagar? (I mean, who would even bother trying to rationlize the experience of an emotionally stunted tool with a wing harness and a friggin *mace*?)Or us it Gibbons' writing that makes everything sound like something out of a bad high school play?I'm skimming this book (to preserve some dignity and sense of self-respect for reading comics), and I'm only through the fir...

This is a really cool cosmic story. It reminds me of Marvel’s Annihilation event. The villain is a massive, Galactus like monster named Onimar Synn, and he was evil and scary. I dug him. Ivan Reis is an amazing artist.My biggest issue was Dave Gibbons’ wooden writing. He just didn’t pack a lot of energy into his dialogue, and I felt like he missed some opportunities to capitalize on the drama.Overall, this is pretty cool and definitely worth reading, but there are some lulls in the action that m...

While the other crisis tie-ins were standalone pieces that set up a bigger event, this beautifully drawn mini-series starts and ends abruptly. You need a lot of background lore for this. I liked the politics and intrigue and it would have been better if it were about characters that were more established.

My main problem with this book is that it has no room to breathe. We’re thrown right into the deep end of the story without some much needed character introductions. On top of that what we do get is told to us instead of being shown. The only reason it gets 2 stars is due to Ivan Reis’ great art.

I want my money back.

I read Infinite Crisis and I am trying to read the side collections to that event. This is one of them. In this one, Thanagarians are living on Rann because their world is inhabitable. The Thanagarians want Rann for themselves.My rating is probably more of a reflection on me. I am not the most versed in the DC universe but I am a completionist. I would like to read everything connected to Infinite Crisis. I will start with the positive first. The artwork is terrific whether it shows the scope of...

If the story was so preposterous, it might have actually been good.

Excellent art by Ivan Reis cannot make up for awful writing by Dave Gibbons. Characters only talk to move the plot along and there’s endless fighting, leaving no room for the story to breathe. On top of that, Gibbons piles on character after character with little explanation as to why they're there. I'm a DC nerd, so I know these characters and their history (more or less), but imagine giving this to a non-DC reader. This is nothing less than continuity porn, a prime example of why people say it...

Two powerful alien races and all of their allies clash, while an ancient, dangerous deity regains his power. Rann-Thanagar War is an action-packed book that's gorgeous to look at, but isn't all that fun to actually read or all that memorable when you're done.I'm sure at least part of my general disinterest in this book has to do with my complete lack of knowledge about any of the central characters here save Hawkgirl and Hawkman. Kilowogg and Kyle Rayner also make an appearance, and the two spac...

Rann-Thangar War. Definitely the weakest of the Infinite Crisis preludes; in short, it's a muddy, momentum-less book. That problem begins with the book's intro, which info-dumps a pile of confusing information from Adam Strange: Planet Heist. From there we get a rather wonderful gathering of DC's cosmic characters, but they all just seem to be fighting endless fights with no feeling of progress. After six issues of this, the story anticlimaxes, sacrificing any conclusion upon the altar of Infini...

This one's not my bag to start with, but I tried to be open-minded. Even so, it's jumbled and messy, with too many cuts and too much going on to make it feel epic at the expense of story.

While the title says Rann-Thanagar War, it really should be called Hawkman, Hawkgirl, Hawkwoman and Adam Strange. This book is branded as a lead in to the DC Comics Infinite Crisis event although the Infinite Crisis bit doesn't kick in until the very end (isn't that always the way?) But make no mistake about it, this book is mainly about Hawkman and Adam Strange, with the big bad being a villain from the JSA restart that was curated by the likes of James Robinson, David Goyer and eventually Geof...

The Countdown to Infinite Crisis has around 10 books in the collection and I have absolutely loved reading these stories, especially OMAC Project.Since reading Infinite Crisis a few years ago and feeling on the one hand that I enjoyed it, but on the other hand, lost and confused and not really getting the full impact...Like reading the last page of a famous novel, it leaves you feeling bit empty...Infinite Crisis was a good story but it's a mistake to read it without at least first reading OMAC

I fear my rating for this book suffered for my lack of really advanced knowledge of the Rannians and Thanagarians and their histories. Though I’ve recently read a chunk of Adam Strange stories including the 2004 series that was the lead-in to this event, it was not enough to help me navigate every detail. I grasped most of the general plot, but even so it remained rather boring at best, and hard to follow otherwise. That said, it’s seriously gorgeous to look at.