Overall: While this issue brings together almost every diverging storyline, there are still some serious flaws that this book will have to overcome. Story-breaking leaps in logic, an insane time span that has zero explanation, and editing issues take away from the popping artwork and immersive premise. Read Full Review

For a book called Earth 2: World's End, it seems to be going to an awful lot of effort to be keeping a mediocre event alive long past the self-imposed expiry date. These final weeks will see the title limp along to its inevitable conclusion, where if prognostications of doom are right, then any progress that this series does make will be all for naught anyway. Read Full Review

The Hornblower, we are told, is approaching Earth 2. This isn't the character from C. S. Forester's Napoleonic-era novels of naval adventure, but rather a planet that heralds doom. Given what we now know of DC's publishing strategy, the Hornblower is likely Telos, the planet that is a villain. For one thing, Telos is a Greek word meaning “end” or “purpose” so Hornblower, something that signifies the end, would fit. For another, we know from solicits for the upcoming Convergence event that several of the main characters from Earth 2 are going to wind up on Telos. Read Full Review

When did Earth 2 and all things relating to it become bullshit?  For a long time now this weekly series has done it's best to destroy everything that James Robinson and Tom Taylor created that made Earth 2 one of my favorite series.  Even though this issue had some of the strongest art that I've seen come out of this series, it feels like the writers have given up and simply want World's End to end and at this point, so do I. Read Full Review

Why should I want to read about weekly defeat? It gets old.