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9.5
I really loved each story in this book in its own way. After Metal, I wasn't so much looking forward to No Justice and the new Justice League teams, but I'm kinda into it now. Bendis' Clark Kent short was great and introduces a new rogue (of some kind). And Tom King is just the best there is right now.
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9.0
Idk what to say... if the purpose of this book is to get me excited about all 3 of these books, well 2 succeeded and one was just a great short story. I had a discussion with a friend about Bendis' Superman story and her problem with the issue was that it doesn't explain anything, and I definitely agree with her, however Bendis gives a lot of details in interviews and I was able to piece it all together save for what happened with Lois Lane. Personally, I think Bendis did a pretty acceptable job.
Tom King's story was short and sweet, and No Justice Prelude had some incredible art and visuals and did a good job introducing the teams. I hope the event itself won't be too cluttered. Totally worth the 25 cents.
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9.0
A little tricky to rate a free (digital copy) issue that has A+ writers and A+ artists (Garcia-Lopez and Jimenez happen to be my favorites) but here goes nothing: Bendis made for an interesting enough premise heading into Man of Steel, and Snyder et al went FULL SNYDER in their JL team introductions, but King's incredibly focused tale is the highlight here. I am imagining little kids opening up a free issue with Batman on the cover and getting THAT ONE Clay Mann Joker panel, and the ending to the story and...(Joker voice) that's funny!
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8.5
Wow, Tom King can write a Joker story after all. That was creepier than Snyder's Joker. Super excited for the relaunch of Justice League and the wild looking No Justice event. Wish I could say the same about Superman but after reading the Action special and the Supes story in DC Nation #0, I'm starting to really wonder why they would end Gleason and Tomasi's run and ruin a good thing??
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8.0
Batman story was great, if King can continue that in the main book, then the Batman book will be better than ever. Superman story was better than I've actually expected, though it did not do much besides introducing a new character and setting up some plot regarding Lois Lane. No Justice was very good, even if a bit too crowded. Good thing we're getting the first issue of that story next Wednesday. For 25 cents, this book is a steal.
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8.0
Welcome to the Oblivion Bar where the first round is on me and the pretzels are free! Be warned: like the pickled eggs at the bar, this issue is going to get SPOILED rotten.
DC Nation was made up of 3 stories. I’m going to go over them in order of least favorite to most favorite. Ready? The first one I’ll discuss is Bendis and Superman. Basically, we get a prelude to Man of Steel which seems boring. Honestly, if we get an Action Comics centered around the Daily Planet every issue, I think I’m going to bounce from Action.
What Jurgens/ Tomasi/ Gleason have given us is far better than this. That said; I’m still excited to see what Bendis can do and hope this was just a slow build to something amazing. Anyway, in this story, we get a new character introduced to the Planet and we find out that Lois is not working at the Planet anymore. That’s it. I really hope Man of Steel has more action than this did. (6.5/10)
My second favorite story was Snyder’s “No Justice” Prelude. It had action, adventure, and an intro to each team, as well as an ending very similar to Avengers 1 by Jason Aaron this very week. We end the prelude with 4 Celestial beings from beyond the source wall hovering over Earth while our 4 league teams are out fighting on Colu, the home Planet of Brianac. I wonder which cane first, “No Justice” or “Avengers 1”? Beats me? And maybe it’s just a weird coincidence? But Avengers 1 extends from Marvel Legacy 1, which was released in September 2017. So..... just sayin’....
The teams are still very curious to me and I’m still excited to see how Snyder’s going to weave the teams together. I just hope this makes more sense and is more straightforward than Metal was, especially the end of Metal. Metal started off amazing and interesting but got confusing, weird, and out of control towards the end. Give me good action with creative and new story telling and I’m in! Oh, and did I mention that the art was great! more
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8.0
Tempted to give a higher grade just for being a really good free comic, but have to temper my praise with concerns over just where things are headed.
Joker: Given my overall dislike for King's Batman run - and the sheer stupidity that it's Batman and Catwoman getting married and not Bruce and Selina, and that it's something the Joker could even know - it's a good Joker story. Not Dini-level good, but better than what we've seen from Snyder (a better writer than King but someone who really doesn't get the Joker). Great art, as well. (Great art is the constant here.)
The Man of Steel preview is a bit confusing since we are once again dropped into the middle of the story, but it feels a lot more like a Superman comic than the preview in Action. Bendis gets Perry's voice and is close to getting Clark's voice. This is promising. Though the Mysterious Woman Seeking to Take Over the Planet does nothing for me. But if Bendis can write a convincing newsroom the way he did in Ult-Spidey, we are off to a good start.
The No Justice preview is about what we'd expect from these writers. Over the top, oddly on the money, and entertaining. This miniseries and the latest refresh of the JL brand might work well.
And did I mention how thrilled I am that Garcia-Lopez is still around and kicking? more
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7.5
Don't be mistaken when you pick up this comic - it's a teaser of what's to come, not a stand-alone story, or three of the mfor that matter. It's promising, especially when you follow DC's bigger events and arcs, but it feels like it lacks proper context, set-up, introduction.
Pick it up if you're not sure if you're interested in the upcoming Bendis' takeover of Superman run, marriage of Batman and Catwoman, and finally the No Justice event.
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7.0
The story with the Joker awaiting his invitation to Batman and Catwoman's wedding is beyond awesome--it is a tightrope throughout, but I also felt the nervous tension made it more funny as well, in a weird way--Tom King does a great job of capturing the Joker's disconnectedness from reality. It's a bit different than most of the takes I've seen on the Joker lately, which was interesting. The Clay Mann art here was also incredible. Tom King continues to show himself to be a master of short tales--he has done a number of great one-shots in "Batman," and this and other shorter stories like "Good Boy" show he can tell a great story in even a limited number of pages. So, I loved this story. There were also two other stories that were noisy with dialogue, and busy in design, and boring in character. I kind of was reduced to skipping by the end of the last two stories because they were dull and I didn't care. I've come to realize that I have grown to really dislike Scott Snyder's bombastic post-Batman stuff. "Heavy Metal" was an incomprehensible mess, and it seems like most of Snyder's writing in the last couple years leans in that direction. This used to be a guy who could tell stories with subtlety. His new stuff, it's not for me. But 25 cents for a wicked Tom King/Clay Mann Joker short? Fuck yeah! more
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7.0
Superman story was really really boring, but the rest of the book was awesome !
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7.0
King/Mann: 9
Bendis/Garcia-Lopez: 7
Snyder/Jimenez: 5
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7.0
Joker Story: super creepy, super fun, super good. King at his best and the art was terrifying at times.
Supes story: gets up to speed people who weren't following (like me) and the new threat looks promising, if not especially unique. Bendis's writing looks fine. Art kinda sucks.
No Justice story: not even one month after the stupid-ass Dark Nights: Metal, here we are back at cosmic threats, impossible odds and obviously dumb endings that will make everything fine once again. I do not like the turn Snyder has taken recently because of all that and I would love for him to go back to his "Batman" self. Also, I would like to note how convenient the additions to the various new teams are, but that goes without saying. The manga-like art is not amazing, except for the last panel, which is jaw-dropping. more
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7.0
Preview for Batman's wedding was great. Both in art and in writing. Joker waiting for his invitation was creepy and chilling, especially when he told his joke about a letter without a stamp. He is going to mess up that wedding or maybe he will officiate it.
Preview for No Justice also has me hooked for that mini-series and later Justice League titles, especially with Jorge Jimenez art. It is just amazing.
As for the preview for Man of Steel it just confused the heck out of me. With the other two we had some bits and pieces of info to latch onto. But here it felt like we were dropped in the middle of the story without any clue to what's exactly going on.
I just hope it won't be the case for the whole Man of Steel mini-series. more
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6.5
I'm curious as to why DC copped out of FCBD in favor of a 25 cent issue. As far as prologue issues go, it works quite well.
BATMAN / YOUR BIG DAY: The highlight of the book. A well executed, creepy sit-down with the Joker. Something about Tom King's Joker still doesn't land with me though. I've always like my Joker crazy, but crazy like a fox in that his insanity served a larger scheme. King's Joker just seems crazy for the sake of crazy. Mann and Bellaire's artwork is excellent, I particularly like the interesting angles used in the layouts.
SUPERMAN / OFFICE SPACE: Bendis has the character voices down but nothing hooks me plot-wise.
THE JUSTICE LEAGUE / NO JUSTICE: a decent introduction to what promises to be a crowded, unsatisfying clusterfuck. more
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6.5
It's free. But not great. 2 stories are cool. But Bendis...... get a grip man.
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6.5
I will take No Justice so I didn't wanted miss some huge part of the story. So I take this comics.
A story About a mad Joker, really weird, really discomforting, but my favorite. Then a story about Superman. Not bad, but a little boring. And I didn't understand. Lois have disappear ? The last is the weird encounter between Batman & the Colu. I wasn't teased at all.
Cover - Nice & related 2/2
Writing - The first story is the better, the two following wasn't really good. 1.5/3
Arts - All panel was really good. 3/3
Feeling - I wonder if No Justice will not boring m. 0/2
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6.0
The only story worth reading is the Scott Snyder Justice League story which is epic and magnificent. Some of his handling of the Big Three is still too reverential and a little corny but the story works, the different teams are great, the stakes are monumental and the ending is a knockout.
The Joker story wants to be nihilistic and brilliant, but it ends up just being sadistic and pointless and not a bit pretentious. If you like King’s run you will probably like it though.
The Superman story is truly awful, and it feels like a throwback in the worst way to the Clark Kent and Daily Planet of the 70s and 80s. Bendis doesn’t show much of a feel for either Superman or Clark Kent, as this could easily be a Perry White story. Has there ever been a superstar journalist for a newspaper? Which journalist dresses like Clark Kent dressses here nowadays? Hopefully this is a mistep, and we will see Avengers Bendis and not Iron Man Bendis here. What Rebirt did was to bring back the best aspects of Superman from the past, the nobility, the heroism, the epic scope. There is a reason why the anachronistic Daily Planet dynamics were not a big part of Rebirth. Let’s hope it’s just a faux pass. more
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5.5
Tom Kings Joker story was fantastic. JT’s was good also. BMB was wordy, confusing, and dull. But that’s pretty much his writing style so good luck with that DC.
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5.0
Bendis please, go home.
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4.0
Woof!
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