Again, as a reader look up Tom King's book". pick up the last issue of Worlds of War, and settle down with whatever you eat and drink while you read! I'm not sure if I can go back in time now that Future State has reinvented some looks, some angles, some lenses we were not used to. And that".is a good thing! Read Full Review

Future State: Superman: Worlds of War #2continues to explore why Superman matters and the influence his imprisonment on Warworld has on other heroes. With several stories being set up, includingFuture State: Superman-House of El andMister Miracle: The Source of Freedom, this book acts as the perfect launching pad for the upcoming Infinite Frontier initiative in March. Read Full Review

Added in to the value of this issue are some decent backup stories. It is all very well done and this comic is, again, definitely the best of the Future State storyline. Read Full Review

Now, as for our SUPERMAN story, Im going to begin by informing the readers that Phillip Kennedy Johnson is the perfect man for the job as the next SUPERMAN writer. The passion he has for the character leaps of the page and punches you in the gut. This issue was percolating with emotion and sentiment for the MAN OF STEEL. Johnson answers who SUPERMAN is and what he means to the people that read him. Johnson gets the hope he brings forth in comics as well as our daily lives. Frankly, I havent seen this side of SUPERMAN in years. And, if this is any hint as to Johnsons direction for ACTION COMICS and SUPERMAN moving forward, all I can say is take my money now! Read Full Review

Superman seems to be in great hands going forward and Mister Miracles future looks bright making a strong case why its worth picking this issue up. Read Full Review

As is the case with many of the other Future State titles, it provides only partial answers to the questions it raises and leaves the characters in the midst of unfinished business... thus working to raise the appetite for answers and adventures yet to come. I admittedly have no real idea how those answers will come, considering we're back in the past (present!) as of March, but I'm more than willing to give the story a chance to develop and watch all of these plot threads and questions pay off. Read Full Review

All in all, Future State: Superman: Worlds of War #2 is an interesting exploration of different themes for each character. From Black Racer being okay with being the embodiment of death to Superman never giving up, there is something here for fans of each character. Enjoy this for its ability to tell each story apart from continuity and do so on its own terms. Read Full Review

The four stories in this super-sized issue conclude"for now"as Superman and his allies battle to liberate Warworld. First up is the main Superman story by Johnson and Janin, and it's just as compelling as the first chapter. Read Full Review

While you come out of the Superman story knowing that Superman's a hero and inspires others, there's little else that can be taken away from any of the four stories that this comic holds. The art is decent overall but by the end of this book, it didn't feel like it did enough to warrant the cover price and just seemed to pad itself out to fill up its page space. It's a shame because I was looking forward to what Superman and Warworld were up to in the future but even with us getting four tales of Warworld in each issue, you didn't get much of any kind of background about it or where it might be heading. Read Full Review

Future State: Superman: Worlds of War #2 features one of his battles under Mongol's rule, giving Mikel Jann and Jordie Bellaire some close-quarters fighting to depict. The former's tight framing and the latter's use of red and similar colors capture the brutal tone well without coming across as too vicious. Read Full Review

Superman's story was clearly the best of the bunch, cannot wait to read more. The others were pretty good as well.

The Clark Kent story was excellent. Well written and well drawn. It stopped more then it ended, but that's my only complaint.
The Mister Miracle, Midnighter & Black Racer backups aren't as good, but still various degrees of enjoyable.

Superheroes took the place of mythological gods. They're the ones we tell stories about, not Thor, not Zeus, not Chernobog, not Ra. They're the ones that teach us the timeless lessons of doing what's right, of never giving up and always trying to improve and overcome what life throws at us, beating demons both external and internal. Yeah, these are simple lessons we all are familiar with, but their power doesn't lay in their originality. It's in their universality. Anyone can pick up a comic like this one and find some deeper meaning in it. FInd inspiration to stand up and be selfless. We see that in Superman's actions, but we also have a chance to read one of his articles running paralelly to the actual main arc. One that shows how he, himself, was inspired by someone else just like many of us were by his tales. It's simple, but beautiful, and works really well as a self contained mini comic. It is effective.

You know what isn't, though? Mister Miracle's short thrown in here... because. Similarly to many other Future State titles it doesn't really end. It just cuts, leaving things unresolved, and worse of, leaving the audiences completely indifferent to their fate. Whether or not this story ever gets picked up again by someone at DC, I can confidently say that I don't care.

Same applies to Midnighter's tale, which actually will continue. Can't say that I care, nor that I'll be there to witness its future chapters, but I guess if you do, more power to you.

Finally, Black Racer - the last of the three supplementary shorts' protagonists. Similarly to what I mentioned in the first paragraph, talking about modern gods, her comic tries to establish her as one. Does it work? Not particularly, I would say, mostly because it's a simple "blockbuster" type of a comic - spectacular looking, but ultimately hollow. Just like all these superhero movies and main continuity DC series. It falls flat, but at least it has an ending of sorts. One that wouldn't leave you pissed if that's the last thing with Black Racer we've ever got from DC.

Overall I would definitely recommend the titular comic here. Worlds of War is solid, really. What lowers the score is the supplementary unnecessary filler material added to it. more

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RKS - Feb 17, 2021

The majority of the book is filler. I wouldn't classify it as a Superman comic at all.

Nihilist - Feb 17, 2021

I wouldn't go as far as calling it straight up filler, but I feel you. Indeed the Earth cult plot lacks any real plot, and is used to offer us a personal anchor point to unravel the article paralleling Superman's fight.

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The Clark Kent story was a very large improvement over part one. The Mister Miracle story, I couldn't care less about. The Midnighter story was a significant downgrade from part one. The Black Racer story was a whole lot of nothing.

Yeah this was no Planet Hulk. Tne art of Superman on WarWorld was just rushed, and I saw a better telling of this by Bruce Timm in the DCAU.
The story should have focused on tne girl reading Clark's story instead, so much more could have been done if the story would have stayed on Earth.
Definietly did not whet my appetite to read House of El, but both the Miracle Man & Midnighter time travel escapades were interesting enough to have me look forward to their adventures outside of the hell that is Future State.
Black Racer? Sadly a complete afterthought. I love tne art and this girl taking up the mantle, but the story of the Racer now being heroic? Garbage. I would rather have her be an agent of Darkseid than a hero in goofy scenerios. I want seriousness with a Black Racer title. That was so far from here, it's probably in Infinite Frontier !
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There's a trend going around on Tik Tok that asks, "what seems like a cult but isn't..." That's all I could think about while reading the Superman story in this. They're setting him up as some sort of religious figure and it's just making me uncomfortable. That said, I enjoyed the duality of Clark Kent and Superman here. There are some things that Clark is better equipped to deal with and it was on full display.

Skipped Mr. Miracle and Black Racer. Tried it, didn't like it.

Midnighter was... bad? I was just confused throughout the story, and the art wasn't for me.

Yeah, for a Superman book the most you'll get of him is on the cover. Again, PKJ chooses to make even the second issue about someone else than Superman. Janin's art suffered too from this type of story. The Mister Miracle was somewhat fun but ultimately the story goes nowhere. The Midnigher one and the Black Racer are just awful. Overall, given the expectations for this book it is a disappointment.

An unenjoyable read. Hard to call it a Superman story when the character of Superman only appears on 10 pages out of a 21 page story. Only 47% of the 1st story deals with Superman and for the entire book only 17% of it has to do anything with Superman. (I included the 1 page appearance of Jon Kent in this break down to be generous, if you take that out it's 16%)
So I don't know what you want to call this book but it is a Superman title in name only. As for the art the 1st story is well done, but after that it's not very good. Save your money kids.