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3.53 AVERAGE
3.53 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Story: This one takes the stories of Wonder Woman, JLA, and Flash while Blackest Night is going on. With the Flash you deal with the Rogue Gallery and Flash family trying to survive the outbreak of Black Lanterns. Then have JLA dealing with returning members saying goodbye or killing the new JLA. Last but not least is Wonder Woman and her story is really only 1 issue before the outbreak and then 2 during the event.
Art: Overall, pretty solid. Especially the shift of the JLA themes, looked dark but well done. I also enjoyed the violence as this event feels like a major zombie outbreak.
Enjoyment: I enjoyed some of the JLA story but even as I know a lot of DC characters, half of them here not too familiar with. but the fights were great. I also liked the Rogue stuff a lot, both sad, and well done. Flash family was solid too.
What didn't work: Wonder Woman story is okay at best. To easy to guess what will happen. Also, some of the JLA story was boring.
Overall, a pretty solid contributing chapter to a fun event. Volume 1 was better but this is a 3 out of 5.
Art: Overall, pretty solid. Especially the shift of the JLA themes, looked dark but well done. I also enjoyed the violence as this event feels like a major zombie outbreak.
Enjoyment: I enjoyed some of the JLA story but even as I know a lot of DC characters, half of them here not too familiar with. but the fights were great. I also liked the Rogue stuff a lot, both sad, and well done. Flash family was solid too.
What didn't work: Wonder Woman story is okay at best. To easy to guess what will happen. Also, some of the JLA story was boring.
Overall, a pretty solid contributing chapter to a fun event. Volume 1 was better but this is a 3 out of 5.
This collection concerns The Flash, The JSA, and Wonder Woman.
The Flash chapters were decent. He's an interesting character. Also he was deputized a Blue Lantern, which was really interesting.
The JSA chapters were too muddled. Knowing nothing about the JSA, there were too many characters for a neophyte to follow.
The Wonder Woman Chapters were worse than The Flash but better than THe JSA. She's a very military influenced character. She also becomes a Star Sapphire, which was unexpected but well done.
I'd say for the sake of completeness in your Blackest Night reading, you should pick this up. But if you don't care for any of the titles here, you really wouldn't miss much by skipping it.
The Flash chapters were decent. He's an interesting character. Also he was deputized a Blue Lantern, which was really interesting.
The JSA chapters were too muddled. Knowing nothing about the JSA, there were too many characters for a neophyte to follow.
The Wonder Woman Chapters were worse than The Flash but better than THe JSA. She's a very military influenced character. She also becomes a Star Sapphire, which was unexpected but well done.
I'd say for the sake of completeness in your Blackest Night reading, you should pick this up. But if you don't care for any of the titles here, you really wouldn't miss much by skipping it.
Having read the first volume, which focused on Batman, Superman, and the Titans, I thought I might enjoy this book equally or more. I've read the earlier Flash books more recently than almost anything else, and this was around the time where I found Wonder Woman the most interesting.
Alas, I thought all three of the stories were okay, but didn't rise to the level of their main series.
I understand it. Johns, who wrote The Flash section was writing the main Blackest Night book, plus Green Lantern, plus serving as overseer on the Green Lantern Corps and all of these side books. He was busy. And I believe the Flash book suffers because of it. Again, it's not terrible, it's just a dip in quality from his previous run, and not as fun as I remember Brightest Day being (but, oh, is it classic literature compared to Flashpoint).
I don't have any particular complaints against any of these stories, I just found them less interesting than some of the other side stories going on at the same time.
Alas, I thought all three of the stories were okay, but didn't rise to the level of their main series.
I understand it. Johns, who wrote The Flash section was writing the main Blackest Night book, plus Green Lantern, plus serving as overseer on the Green Lantern Corps and all of these side books. He was busy. And I believe the Flash book suffers because of it. Again, it's not terrible, it's just a dip in quality from his previous run, and not as fun as I remember Brightest Day being (but, oh, is it classic literature compared to Flashpoint).
I don't have any particular complaints against any of these stories, I just found them less interesting than some of the other side stories going on at the same time.
This collection of three Blackest Night tie-ins was a mixed bag. The Wonder Woman story, by all-star creators Rucka and Scott, was big a let down. It was three random issues that didn't really meld together. I almost felt like they could have been read in any order. The JSA tale was by far the best. Both art and story combined for a very good read. It makes since that the legacy team would have the most trauma with the deceased. The Flash was a decent story but Scot Kollins' art, which I usually enjoy was incredibly rushed. These tie-in books definitely vary in importance but this was good enough for what it was. Overall, a must read for the JSA tale alone but stick around for the others.
This one was more entertaining than Volume 1. A few have mentioned to me that they didn't enjoy Robinson's JSA arc but I found it great. The Flash arc put me to sleep. Snore-fest. The Wonder Woman arc was entertaining and Nicola Scott's art was sharp.
The current goings on with other super heroes and their families and various dead people don't really interest me. If I liked the entire DC universe and was on top of everything then this would be great, but I don't really care about any of these characters and this didn't make me want to read more about them.
When you read all six miniseries, they're pretty redundant. Batman was okay. Superman a hair better. Titans a little less so. Flash the worst. JSA, hard to get invested in, as I don't know the characters at all. Wonder Woman, choppy, too caught up in the main event and various ring permutations Diana goes through.
The trick of seeing the characters in the emotional color spectrum was neat, but over-used.
The trick of seeing the characters in the emotional color spectrum was neat, but over-used.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I liked the Flash story the most, the Justice Society story was interesting, and the Wonder Woman story had a cool payoff but was hard to follow
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Grief
Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Blood, Murder
Minor: Addiction, Sexual harassment
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character