DCeased #3
| Writer | Tom Taylor |
| Artist | Trevor Hairsine |
| Cover Price | $3.99 |
Heroes, villains and gods have fallen. Cities have collapsed. The virus threatens to reach below the waves and even to the island of Themyscira. The race to save planet Earth is on! The surviving members of the Justice League have learned the secret to the spread of the virus, but is it already too late to stop it?
CRITIC REVIEWS
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AIPT - Christopher Franey
Jul 03, 2019This was a strong issue that takes us to the midway of the story. The losses in this issue were harder as most of them were main characters and family members, but this hammers home the idea that no one is safe. Read Full Review
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Lyles Movie Files - Jeffrey Lyles
Jul 03, 2019DCeased has definitely exceeded expectations for a horror comic in 2019 thanks to Taylors no favorites approach and Hairsines restrained pencils. Im starving for the next issue. Read Full Review
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But Why Tho? - Kate Snchez
Jul 03, 2019With issue number three down,DCEASED remains one of my favorite comics out right now. It is horrific, it is beautiful, and it is devastating. DCEASED #3 is a story that moves beyond shock and awe and focuses on breaking your heart. Read Full Review
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ComicBook.com - Connor Casey
Jul 03, 2019DCeased #3 continues to pour on the tearjerking emotional moments, as Tom Taylor effortlessly strings together moments between Alfred and the now-dead Bat Family, Harley Quinn and Joke, Damien and John Kent and finally, tragically, Superman and his family as the DC Universe deals with a sudden quasi-zombie-infested apocalypse. Read Full Review
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Kabooooom - Matt Morrison
Jul 06, 2019More than a mere zombie comic, DCeased will pull on your heartstrings and not in the way that the undead eviscerate the living. Read Full Review
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Dark Knight News - Steve J Ray
Jul 08, 2019After issue #1 I didn't think Tom Taylor and the gang could surprise me again. Issue #2 shut me up. DCeased #3 has shown me that this team isn't just entertaining us, they're showing a side of zombie apocalypse comics that no-one has ever thought of depicting before. Never have the heroes of the DC Universe seemed more real, or more human. Read Full Review
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9.9
Black Nerd Problems - Mikkel Snyder
Jul 03, 2019If you like horror, if you like Elseworld-esque conent, if you like comics even a little, you need to be reading DCeased. This is a extraordinary mini-series that feels like it has come out of nowhere, and I am compelled to share it's dark brilliance. Read Full Review
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9.6
You Don't Read Comics - Rick Lopez
Dec 31, 1969While reaching the halfway point, the key element has been conveniently absent from the title. The Taylor and company will have to explain what happened to the Fourth World after Darkseid unleashed this new iteration of the Anti-Life Equation. With answers set to come in future solicitations, this Universe spanning take with be sure to leave no stone unturned as the decay continues to rot from within. Read Full Review
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9.6
The Super Powered Fancast - Deron Generally
Jul 03, 2019Trevor Hairsine knocks it out of the park with the art in both the action scenes and the character-centric ones. All of the characters touched by this tragedy are given somber, beautifully drawn visual moments that tug at the heartstrings. Read Full Review
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9.6
Forces Of Geek - Lenny Schwartz
Jul 03, 2019The art by Trevor Hairsine is tops. He really is the perfect artist for this book. The writing and the art have a certain glee to it, almost as if the creators are saying "can you believe that we are getting away with this?" I'm glad that they are, and I'll be reading whatever they create here. Read Full Review
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9.5
The Brazen Bull - Charlie Chipman
Jul 03, 2019The superhero slaughterfest continues in DCeased (2019-) #3; these blood-soaked pages demand to be read. Read Full Review
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9.0
Comic Book Legion - Jacob Woolsey
Jul 03, 2019Anything can happen in this Elseworld story, and Taylor never gives you the impression that anybody is safe. Read Full Review
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9.0
Comic Watch - Trey Campbell
Jul 06, 2019A pulse-pounding issue filled with emotional drama and horrific action where anything can happen. Read Full Review
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Geek Dad - Ray Goldfield
Jul 03, 2019Tom Taylor's disturbing DC apocalypse thriller gets better with every issue, as we see how the anti-life plague and the ensuing zombie hordes unravel the DCU's reality and claim one major victim after another in DCeased #3. Read Full Review
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Beyond The Panel - Jideobi Odunze
Jul 03, 2019With each passing issue I do find myself feeling more confident in what this story has to offer. DCeased #3 gave us more of an emotional fallout from the first day of this infection. With everyone aware of what's happening around them, this is that chapter where you begin taking in that balance between hope and despair. Read Full Review
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Multiversity Comics - Gregory Ellner
Jul 08, 2019Emotional ups and downs, magnificent pacing, and a fantastic illustration-colors team lend themselves to one of the most horrifying stories DC Comics has put out in a long time. Read Full Review
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The Fandom Post - Chris Beveridge
Jul 09, 2019A six-issue book like this is just what I needed, to be quite honest. I spend most of my time on fringe DC books and not the mainstream stuff so getting to see them in dire situations like this and to have it play out as brutally as it does is an enjoyable experience to work through. The challenges are intense as Taylor puts them to the task while Hairsine and Gaudino put together a beautiful looking book. I really like the smaller moments here, especially Jon and Damian, as well as what we get through a quick visit to Atlantis. There's a lot to like here and I'm really excited to see how the back half unfolds as it gets underway. Read Full Review
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Weird Science - Branden Murray
Jul 03, 2019Overall, while DCeased's general story as a whole hasn't moved forward too much over the course of the last few months, I am still having a great time with the story because of the solid character moments each month. I still look forward to continuing to follow where this book ventures off to from here, and find the art, especially in the battle sequences, works well with the story at hand ... I just also wish the characters besides Superman would get off the roof and do something to help out here. Read Full Review
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8.0
Newsarama - Adrian Care
Jul 05, 2019Perhaps it’s not the fault of the book itself, but that the zombie genre feels as though it has increasingly little new to say. For what it is, DCeased is great without being an outright triumph. Taylor's writing overshadows Hairsine’s solid but inconsistent art. The characterizations and character moments make the book and most of the shocks still land. But with no lasting consequences, this book still shuffles across the finish line as an entertaining, but disposable, romp. Read Full Review
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8.0
The Batman Universe - Tony Hammack
Jul 05, 2019Plot-wise, this issue did not introduce anything new. However, this moment is filled with man emotional beats with these characters and I loved it. Read Full Review
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DC Comics News - Danny Saab
Jul 06, 2019DCeased #3 was a great read, but expected more this far into the story, especially in a series that will end in 3 more issues (4 if you include the one shot). Still, this issue had emotion, and demonstrated the sheer magnitude of the virus not yet seen in previous issues. Combine that with great art, its definitely worth a read. Read Full Review
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Comic Book Revolution - Kevin Lainez
Jul 06, 2019DCeased #3 is another phenomenal issue in what has quickly become one of the best comic books that DC Comics is publishing. Tom Taylor and Trevor Hairsine hit all the right emotional notes with the crisis facing the entire DC Universe. The ending with Superman forced to make an incredibly heartbreaking decision punctuated an issue filled with strong character moments involving those who have become Anti-Living. Read Full Review
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Horror DNA - James Ferguson
Jul 18, 2019Every sequence in DCeased #3 would be terrifying enough on its own. Put together with everything else going on in this story and the overall chaos it's created and you have yourself a nail-biter of a read. It's clear that no one is safe and anything can happen in this world. More importantly, the heroes that have protected this planet from threats big and small and practically powerless against this threat and that's a chilling notion. Read Full Review
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6.7
Major Spoilers - Robert Mammone
Jul 06, 2019Tired tropes, missed opportunities, and a hankering for spectacle over human emotion leave DCeased feeling decidedly underwhelming and a bit pallid. A drab snack instead of the banquet it might have been. Read Full Review
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6.5
Batman-News - Casper Rudolph
Jul 03, 2019The Superman scenes are great, though, if somewhat predictable because it's so typically Superman. However, this book also seems to get rather formulaic really fast, and just seeing heroes die left and right isn't enough for me. There needs to be a twist in the story. So far there is no such twist. Read Full Review
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6.2
Sequential Planet - Steven Martinez
Jul 04, 2019DCeased (2019-) #3 continues the story of this zombie apocalypse in the DC Universe, but at a shuffling pace that a zombie can keep up with. The art is good in some places, matching the tone of the story, but lacking details in others. Read Full Review
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Man I never expected such good story from Tom Taylor. The series has been an absolute blast for me.
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Fantastic and engaging.
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Both the beginning and ending of this issue were perfect. This is easily the best issue because of that.
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The art is great. Taylor understands these characters so well. The plot is awesome. The narration is fantastic. But DCeased's best quality is the ability to make you feel so so sad. It's really really really great. Please read
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So much feels.
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This book totally kicks butt. Top to bottom, every scene -- fantastic reading. Fast paced story, great dialogue, real consequences. The opening scene with Harley Quinn was a grizzly laugh riot, and the closing scene with Superman was powerful material. Art fits the book to a T. 9.0/10, and I don't give that out lightly. This is DC's top selling book by a country mile for a reason. Only thing that comes close to it, quality-wise, is the Freedom Fighters miniseries. This is the DC crossover event that they didn't know they had when they patched Year of the Villain together.
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This issue continues to build up the hopelessness of the situation and really keeps the reader engaged.
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And you thought nobody was safe in Injustice.
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"Superman has somewhere to be. He was faster than speeding bullet. But he was too late."
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Excellent series. Trevor's art is amazing work imo as well.
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Another amazing issue. To see Superman put his infected father to sleep, it was so sad it could just rip the heart out. In Gotham Alfred departs Wayne Manor leaving his dead family behind to see Damian while the comic quickly moves on to HQ battling Joker and then Birds of Prey. Atlantis is being devoured by Aquaman as Mera devises a quick escape plan, not even the Ocean's safe. Superman is at his best both mentally and physically, he wastes no time. To see Black Lightning and his family have survived, that offers some relief in a painstakingly wretched world it has become.
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Dceased was one of the top-selling series of 2019. It's easy to see why. Zombies have been a fan favorite of the horror genre for years now and Superheroes are the king of American comics. The combination of genres is a no-brainer. I won't pretend that Marvel Zombies doesn't exist or that it didn't come first but DCeased has been a better series so far. This installment of DCeased feels like a filler issue. There's a couple of major deaths and Zombies revealed in the comic but nothing that caught me off guard. You're basically here for the atmosphere and story progression. It's an excellent single issue but I don't really have much to say without giving away reveals about deaths and potential spoilers. The story is engaging and more
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"He isn't here" Marvel is canceling The Walking Dead, but no worries. DCeased is here to fill in the zombie void. This is a good read and a really fast one at that. With fitting art that helps sell the atmosphere. It starts with "the most cathartic thing ever", which was a really good and surprisingly funny scene. We see some other heroes, including Batgirl. I'm so glad that they choose her Burnside costume, which the best one. But then the issue goes into a more serious direction. A direction that culminates with a very sad, borderline on depressing, ending. An ending that is mostly silent, without a lot of dialogue, and it stays with you for some time. I am so surprised by how much I enjoy this title. It's great.
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THE GOOD: -This was good. I liked it. It's definitely my least favorite issue thus far, but still, not bad. -The art was pretty great. I'm loving the look of this book. -I think the first page was my favorite part. Amazing emotion, with very few words. Well done. -Zombie Birds of Prey was a great moment. -The Atlantis scene, while mostly used just to give us an update on that character, was still pretty damn awesome. -Zombie Clayface may be the best zombie yet. Just such a cool portrayal. Also, genuinely creepy. -Damn, can this man write endings or what? THE BAD: -I didn't really like Harley Quinn here. I thought her portrayal was good in the last issue, but here she was really annoying. Still miles better th more
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Only time will tell if this event is based on a shallow gimmick, or is it something surprisingly deep and complex. Look at Injustice - a simple concept quickly evolved into a long multiversal conflict. DCeased has all the potential to become a new elseworldwith its own mythos, but it also can end up being a self contained one-off story. The story didn't progress much in this issue, which actually was a good creative choice. We have a chance to delve into few main characters' lives, and see how are they dealing with this global disaster. That's a very important narrative element, which good writers utilize properly (look at Geoff Johns' Doomsday Clock) and bad ones either ignore completely (Scott Snyder's No Justice, for example) or don't more
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For me this issue was filler. Let's go already Superman's been trying to accomplish one task for 3 issues. Him sealing his dad and Alfred mourning his boys was a strong couple of scenes despite the lackluster issue.
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While the first issue& maybe the second were still fresh, we don't have much of a plot yet. It's already issue 3 from 6& it's getting repetitive. All we are seeing are multiple DC characters getting killed or infected, while others are just shocked. Superman is doing some work, but not much that actually is helpful. Nobody is trying to find a cure& I think they gave up way too fast on the infected by making the conclusion, that the infected must be killed. That's not how you deal with a disease. Especially because it's a disease mixed with the Antilife Equation. Since Desaad was immune to it in issue 1 I find it sad, that Taylor just killed him off instead of making a more interesting plot out of it. Up until now it's just a slasher witho more
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