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Hey bud, I know nothing about Waid other than him being one of the better writers these days. What's his deal?
BARE-KNUCKLE BRAWL FOR THE POWER OF THE DCU! As the last remaining resistance fighters fight tooth and nail on the bloody island of Gamorra, Batman and Superman find themselves at bitter odds! Amanda Waller has come too far to give up now--it's time to call in the reinforcements...from beyond the multiversal veil?! The fate of our heroes--and the future of the DC Universe--will forever be changed in this shocking grand finale to the Absolute Power saga as, from the ashes, justice is reborn...
Absolute Power #4 is a masterclass in epic event storytelling. From the thrilling script by Mark Waid to the stunning visuals by Dan Mora, Alejandro Snchez, and Adriana Maher, this issue delivers on every front. The creative team comes together to provide a conclusion that is not only satisfying but also promises exciting things for the future of the DC Universe. For fans of DC Comics, this is a must-pull. Read Full Review
Absolute Power #4 had a strong payoff with a few potentially very interesting twists that will largely depend on future creative team's abilities to pull off and a fitting consequence for the big bad. Not bad for an event that when it was announced didn't have an overwhelming surge of excitement. The AP creative team certainly made this event work and hands the baton off to the All-In initiative to keep readers engaged further after this better than anticipated arc. Read Full Review
Absolute Power #4 was an amazing way to conclude the latest DC Universe. From character arcs to storylines, Mark Waid and Dan Mora did an incredible job paying off everything that was built during the Dawn of DC direction. When all was said and done it truly felt like the end of a giant story and the beginning of a brand new and exciting journey. Leaving the reader feeling that way makes Absolute Power exemplify what big comic book events should be. Read Full Review
Absolute Power comes to a close with Absolute Power #4, though things are far from over. Readers can usually come to expect that things will be resolved by the end in big events like this, and that is true here. However, Waid shook things up just a little while putting the toys back in the toybox and set the stage for some big things to come. Readers are in for a treat for what comes next. This is a wonderful time to be a fan of DC. Read Full Review
There are just enough huge status quo changes here that it feels like the perfect lead-in to All In but I think even bigger is coming. Read Full Review
Absolute Power #4 is the end of one thread, and the start of the next. Read DC's All in #1 on Sale now for the next chapter! Reviewed by yours truly here on Dark Knight News! Read Full Review
Overall, Absolute Power #4 is a thrilling and satisfying conclusion to a compelling series. Waid and Mora have crafted a complex and engaging story that explores the nature of power, the importance of friendship, and the sacrifices that must be made to protect the world. Read Full Review
DC's latest landmark event culminates in a brilliantly constructed and satisfying-enough fashion. Read Full Review
Absolute Power #4 is a rather predictable comic overall, but it has specifics that are still surprises. The ending leaves things in an interesting spot and sets up what's to come in multiple ways. It's a comic that ends one chapter for DC while setting up the next one to come. Read Full Review
Absolute Power #4 delivers on all fronts. Nothing is left unanswered, and the various plot threads are brought in for this final push. Read Full Review
Absolute Power #4 is a good finale that wraps up key elements and establishes new directions for heroes and villains. It all comes together and makes sense, not feeling ham-fisted or made up on the spot. It does, however, struggle to deliver these revelations clearly or, in some cases, in interesting visual ways. A lot of exposition makes one wonder if this series could have been five issues to let scenes breath and get more visually interesting moments, but as the final issue before DC's "All In" initiative, it does a lot. Read Full Review
Absolute Power #4technically wraps up DC's biggest event of the year by putting almost everyone and everything back the way it was, confirming the mountain of tie-ins and interruptions was completely pointless. Absolute Power isn't a multi-month, epic crossover to shake the pillars of the DC Universe. Absolute Power is a three-part miniseries that got blown way out of proportion and cost with little to show for it. Read Full Review
Overall, Absolute Power #4 is pretty boring. It was never that interesting from the beginning and the need to read all the tie ins takes away from whatever impact this series had potential to have. Waid seems handcuffed by the approach to this series and he had very little plot to work with throughout. This is one of those pointless series that never needed to happen Read Full Review
I certainly can't recommend this comic. It has no value and, unfortunately, this seems to be the case with far too many DC books these days. Everything feels redundant, solutions come too easy, there's no development, and there's nothing deeper to the story than the surface-level fights you see on the page. Read Full Review
Nightwing is so cool, the art is great.
Good finale, interesting way to overcome seemingly impossible odds. The art was fantastic. Huge implications on the future of the DC universe as well, very significant event with a satisfying conclusion. Looking forward to where this goes and this will probably make me give more DC books a look than I normally would, just to see what's different. Great stuff.
Good ending. Mark Waid is a trash person but he really seems to get DC much better than he does Marvel. Too bad this event was lost in the shuffle but what do you expect when there are around ten events a year per company. Too many chances given on trash= no one cares anymore.
I really liked this but the event was so rushed that everything happens too fast to carry as much emotional weight as it could have. This story could have been much better had it been 6 issues.
this ending finally made up for it. I am sad that this is the last crossover event that features the 2016 DC Logo (since thats my favorite logo and I'm not a big fan of the new current DC Logo) but I like how Amanda Waller faces justice and how the heroes save the day. Overall, I would definitely buy this book once it comes out in trades and has all the tie-ins into it. I dont mind buying an omnibus as long as I can appreciate the whole story
Still good but so rushed
Not as good as the previous issues. This issue probably should have been two issues. There is too much expository and not enough showing. That said, the art is great and the story is solid.
This event, as a whole, feels like a more competent version of the lackluster events DC has been plagued with since Infinite Frontier (Not that Death Metal was good, just that these newer events have a feel to them that Death Metal did not). It always seems like these events are an afterthought. DC doesn't really seem to have a plan, but the quarter is about over, and they needed some extra cash. Everything from the start of Infinite Frontier has led to this point and... when you look back at the journey, do you feel like it was worthwhile? I don't. And this finale kinda exemplifies why. We don't really get a conclusion here, not a real one. Sure, Amanda Waller is stopped and the day is momentarily saved, but did the characters really learn more
Mark Waid has forgotten that comics should be poetry. He is now debasing his craft to write brain-dead smash-em ups that cannibalize the Silver Age in the most uninteresting ways. This is truly the darkest era in DC Comics history.
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