This is a fantastic start to the event, with all three stories setting up fascinating future plots. Read Full Review

Absolute Power: Ground Zero #1was a great, exciting, punchy read that has left me super hyped for the entire "Absolute Power event. Which I will be reviewing for you, my loyal readers! Stay tuned, the stage is set, the players are in position, and the war begins in Absolute Power #1! Read Full Review

Absolute Power: Ground Zero #1 is a must-read for DC fans. It's a thrilling set-up that lays the foundation for a high-stakes event. With a complex villainous alliance, the potential for surprising hero dynamics, and captivating art, this first issue promises an epic clash to come. However, as a prelude issue, Absolute Power: Ground Zero #1 focuses heavily on set-up, leaving some readers wanting more immediate action. Additionally, with its ties to multiple storylines, new readers might feel a bit lost jumping in here. Overall, Absolute Power: Ground Zero #1 is a strong opening salvo for DC's summer event. With its intriguing premise, well-developed villains, and stunning art, this issue is sure to leave fans excited for the upcoming conflict. Read Full Review

Absolute Power: Ground Zero #1 is a nice chapter to the event that will likely get people interested in what's to come. It does feel like it'd have had greater impact as the Free Comic Book Day release, but as is, it does a good job of keeping long time readers engaged and introducing what's coming to new readers. It's a tease of a potentially solid event to come. Read Full Review

Absolute Power: Ground Zero #1 delivers three short stories to explain how three individuals came to be in Amanda Waller's service as a lead-up to the Absolute Power event. Of the three, Williamson's take on the Brainiac Queen has the best mix of art and story, but the overall anthology is relatively solid. Read Full Review

A tantalising teaser for the Absolute Power event. Each of these three stories superbly sets the foundations for Waller's grand plan to rid the DCU of metahumans. Three great creative teams at the top of their game. Read Full Review

Overall, Absolute Power: Ground Zero #1 is an engaging and exciting introduction to Wallers plan and the Absolute Power event as a whole. The three sections in this issue give readers an excellent look at what to expect with the main title and tie-ins but also does an incredible job of depicting just how far Waller is willing to go. Read Full Review

Welcome to a new era of danger courtesy of Amanda Waller. Each stage serves as a compliment to previous stories, but is a solid entry point for new readers. The writing goes to great lengths to amplify what Waller is capable of. The art plays off the emotional pull of the reluctant characters turned pawns in the quest for Absolute Power. Read Full Review

A trio of short preludes to DC's next biggest event, Ground Zero could, by its very nature, be something of a mixed bag. The end result definitely is, but never in a way that is fundamentally disinteresting, instead setting the stage for Waller's massive conflict against the superheroes of the world. Read Full Review

Its going to be a huge crossover. Waid and company have clearly staked out the specifics of their territory in a crossover thats meant to be the culmination of a few other crossover evernts that have happened in the recent past. Theres no way its going to live-up to its intended intensity, but judging from the opening chapter, its going to be fun to watch everything develop anyway. DC is clearly moving around the talent quite well in terms of opening issue.  Read Full Review

Absolute Power: Ground Zero #1 did exactly what it needed to do to establish the Trinity of Evil with Amanda Waller as its leader. In doing so the creative team behind this one-shot were able to bring together various DC Universe storylines to work under the united timeline seen in the Absolute Power. This is certainly a comic book fans interested in DC Comics latest big event must pick up to understand what is about to happen. Read Full Review

'Absolute Power: Ground Zero' #1 hastily sets up DC's next big event with three short stories, each highlighting a major villain and what their motivations are going forward. Read Full Review

It's been a while since DC has tried to pull off a unified crossover like this, tying into events in the ongoing books rather than vice versa, but this is interesting. If you can get past Amanda Waller becoming everything she hates, this one looks to have legs. Read Full Review

The art was adequate to tell the stories though none truly stood out. Absolute Power feels like a tough sell to start for DC and Ground Zero didn't do enough to assuage any of those fears. Read Full Review

This comic still sits squarely in the realm of prelude but by the time it's over it does feel like we're properly primed for the actual event. On the other hand, the stories contained are not all strong, so despite the fact that it is an important part of the buildup, I think my ability to recommend it depends heavily on a reader's context. If you're jumping into the event proper without reading Batman, Suicide Squad, or House of Brainiac I don't think this is a necessary read. If you have been following all the outside context, there is some value to be had here. At the end of the day, this is more of a curiosity rather than an essential comic and that's fine. I'm just looking forward to the event truly getting underway. Read Full Review

I thought this was a pretty good prelude issue to the event. I'm glad Zdarsky and Williamson got stories in here relating to their, respective, current runs on Batman and Superman, though I'm a little confused as to why King didn't have something with Wonder Woman, considering she's part of the heroic trinity with the two aforementioned heroes. It's not like her series doesn't have any tie-in issues for the event. Either way, I thought everything here was built up well, and I thought all three stories were good, especially in terms of balancing being a lead-in to Absolute Power and being a solid story by itself. The way Jay acted in the first story was a little annoying, though.

Fun set up. Interesting dynamic with Waller and the Brainiac child.

Nicole Maines is an actress, not a writer and that continues to be apparent, even when she's coupled with Mark Waid. Even the other characters are saying what a crap character she is. Jon's boyfriend gets shot in the ankle which would have taken his entire foot off. They instantly forget that the Brainic Queen is the Galactus of the DC Universe. The fact that she should be devouring everything in sight isn't even mentioned. This book does nothing to get me excited for the event.

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I'm no fan of cross-over/tie-in events. But the premise of this did pique my curiosity. Unfortunately I didn't find anything in this comic to convince me to invest is the large list of multiple titles spanning several issue across the next few months.

The only portion that I'm planning to read are the Superman tie-ins by Joshua Williamson. Other than that I'll more than likely skip the rest of this event.