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3.92 AVERAGE
3.92 AVERAGE
A really good mystery. I really enjoyed this one. :)
This story was very dark and psychologically creepy. Both the villain and certain members of the Justice League make questionable choices that call their morals into question. In the case of the Justice League, it's hard to know what is right or wrong. The story is enthralling and hard to put down.
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This was almost impressively misogynistic. Took fridge-ing to a whole new level. Almost every woman in this narrative is leveraged as a plot device to further the emotional pain of the men in her life with little in the way of depth offered to her own pathology. Lots of dramatic twists and turns for shock value with so little of interest to say.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Death of parent
Haven't read a graphic novel in ages, but wow what a great one to start off with.
adventurous
dark
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Great, almost five stars. Enjoyed this one more than I did the book version, different story completely though.
This was awesome. A legitimate murder mystery with the Justice League? Rad. It was well done, and it moved along a lot of storylines. It's actually pretty incredibly done. It's two separate entities as one narrative, and it totally works. Dug it.
Brief introduction: I’m half way through Infinite Crisis and I had a suspicion that the view the Earth 2 have of the main D.C. Earth being pernicious and ugly was intended both as a reaction to the events of this book and also the book itself. A lot of Infinite Crisis appears to be about the main universe of D.C. heroes trying to explain that there never can be a “perfect” universe, but that there’s enough good in it for such a search to be pointless. Which feels to me a reaction to the absolute ugliness of this grim, horrible comic
Because make no mistake it’s one of the grimmest mainstream comics I have ever read. Annoyingly, it’s very well written in a way I often find D.C. doesn’t do well at: it’s pacy and well plotted and clarifies the ideas and seems to understand how to make the characters work with the plot they’re given. It’s just that said plot is spectacularly tasteless and crass. Quite rightly, Alan Moore has had a fair bit of kickback against his over reliance of rape as a plot mechanism in far too many of his comics. I’m not saying Moore is a misogynist and that he doesn’t treat the repercussions of these without some of the weight they necessitate, but the fact he sees the best way to get from Plot A to Plot C is via rape is a problem. But this? This? This is another fucking league of tastelessness
The idea of a superhero murder mystery is in itself compelling, but it starts with one of the most egregious examples of fridging I have ever read. It’s just breathtakingly crass. There are countless ways to kickstart a plot like this which doesn’t involve “maybe we should use the innocent wife of a superhero, kill her and then also have a plot about how she was once raped?” That idea should as soon as it goes on paper make a writer think “hmm, maybe this is the tiniest bit offensive” and then prompt them to find another way to start the plot. The death of Tim Drake’s father is treated far more carefully which absolutely beggars belief. But that the whole reason for this book to exist is because another superhero’s ex wife wants her husband back so she’ll just pick on an innocent woman to fuck about with is EXTRAORDINARY
At no point did anyone say “oh hang on, this is a bit much?” Even EastEnders would justifiably get kickback for doing this. But no, wallop it out and make a huge noise about it. Make it a bestseller! Give it a legacy edition! It’s all fine! Larks and shenanigans involving innocent murder and rapes and shrew like jealousy… no problem at all. The kids will lap it up. I have read many crass moments in mainstream comics in my life but dear god, this is like if Meltzer thought fridging was too subtle and nuanced and needed something a little more robust instead. It’s a fucking disgrace
The worst thing I can say about this book is that even Mark Millar - Mark Fucking Millar!!! - manages to find a far less tasteless way of kickstarting superhero discord in Civil War than this does. And when you can say that about a comic you’re in big trouble
Because make no mistake it’s one of the grimmest mainstream comics I have ever read. Annoyingly, it’s very well written in a way I often find D.C. doesn’t do well at: it’s pacy and well plotted and clarifies the ideas and seems to understand how to make the characters work with the plot they’re given. It’s just that said plot is spectacularly tasteless and crass. Quite rightly, Alan Moore has had a fair bit of kickback against his over reliance of rape as a plot mechanism in far too many of his comics. I’m not saying Moore is a misogynist and that he doesn’t treat the repercussions of these without some of the weight they necessitate, but the fact he sees the best way to get from Plot A to Plot C is via rape is a problem. But this? This? This is another fucking league of tastelessness
The idea of a superhero murder mystery is in itself compelling, but it starts with one of the most egregious examples of fridging I have ever read. It’s just breathtakingly crass. There are countless ways to kickstart a plot like this which doesn’t involve “maybe we should use the innocent wife of a superhero, kill her and then also have a plot about how she was once raped?” That idea should as soon as it goes on paper make a writer think “hmm, maybe this is the tiniest bit offensive” and then prompt them to find another way to start the plot. The death of Tim Drake’s father is treated far more carefully which absolutely beggars belief. But that the whole reason for this book to exist is because another superhero’s ex wife wants her husband back so she’ll just pick on an innocent woman to fuck about with is EXTRAORDINARY
At no point did anyone say “oh hang on, this is a bit much?” Even EastEnders would justifiably get kickback for doing this. But no, wallop it out and make a huge noise about it. Make it a bestseller! Give it a legacy edition! It’s all fine! Larks and shenanigans involving innocent murder and rapes and shrew like jealousy… no problem at all. The kids will lap it up. I have read many crass moments in mainstream comics in my life but dear god, this is like if Meltzer thought fridging was too subtle and nuanced and needed something a little more robust instead. It’s a fucking disgrace
The worst thing I can say about this book is that even Mark Millar - Mark Fucking Millar!!! - manages to find a far less tasteless way of kickstarting superhero discord in Civil War than this does. And when you can say that about a comic you’re in big trouble