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It was fucking terrible. Not that bad my ass.
The most-talked-about miniseries of the year reaches its stunning finale! The mystery behind the murders at Sanctuary is solved, but the mind behind it is one the heroes never expected. With their deepest secrets exposed, the Trinity has to consider how to carry on. Should the tragedy cause them to redouble their efforts to help their hurting comrades, or will they need to close up shop? The answers will be found in the ashes of this final showdown, and the fates of Booster Gold, Harley Quinn and the rest hang in the balance.
Tom King has truly composed a deep and meaningful story. Read Full Review
Was this a happy ending? No. Was it a fitting one? Absolutely. Heroes In Crisis #9 is a painful, uncompromising tale about life. In this world we don't always get a happy ending… that's what the MCU is for. Every now and then I just need a solid kick in the feels, just to wake me up and make me appreciate all that I have. Not everyone's that lucky. Read Full Review
HEROES IN CRISIS #9 is a book we will be talking about for a very long time as the series changes the status quo with the intent of raising the bar of what it means to tell a comic book story. Read Full Review
Really like the series and can live with the ending. Solid work all around. Read Full Review
Like I said, Heroes in Crisis is far from a perfect book, but the message sings true. We invest in these heroes, villains, people, because they are every bit as flawed as we are. No mask, tights, or cape can hide this truth. Heroes in Crisis is not just another gimmick, because a gimmick is sold to you for shock value. When you get past everything tragic, the message in this story is all that matters. Call that being “political”, but this is what it means for your heroes to live in the real world, as we do. Read Full Review
There are plenty of other books out there. But come back to this one during the hard times and see if it resonates. If so, you're not the only one. And you are not alone. Read Full Review
Ultimately and overall I am happy with how this series played out as a whole. We didn't get the super happy ending we all wanted and that's okay because what we were given was a chance to see one of our favorite characters change and grow in a new way. If you, like Wally, have hope, maybe this new chapter in the story of Wally West will make him even stronger and give us even more reasons to believe that our heroes can overcome struggles and that so can we. Read Full Review
The biggest frustration of Heroes in Crisis as it reaches its final issue is that it has occasional flashes of brilliance mixed in with a central plot that doesn't work at all. Read Full Review
Clay Mann's art is beautiful. Every panel and page is filled with beautiful details in both the characters and backgrounds. They do an amazing job of conveying the emotion of the scenes. Read Full Review
Heroes in Crisis wasn't perfect. There were massive issues that some editing and better focus would have corrected. Tom King explored a topic that was far overdue and one the public largely ignores. It did, with issues, what entertainment is supposed to, use allegory to explore our condition and world. Read Full Review
I can't help but think, what if the series didn't meander for nine issues or if the series' selling point wasn't a murder mystery? To like a story for its pieces is not the same as liking it as a whole, and I keep thinking about the fact there were sparks that fully demanded my attention and their long, long stretches of time where I was largely indifferent. Ultimately, Heroes in Crisis simply exists, and I find myself thinking about interludes more than anything else. Read Full Review
While the plot may not stick the cleanest landing possible, this issue features some incredibly powerful moments from multiple characters all rendered with beautiful art. And if youve been enjoying Heroes in Crisis, thats what you are here for. Read Full Review
So, while it feels like Heroes in Crisis is going to be a divisive comic for as long as people are still talking about it, I can say with a fair amount of certainty that I've enjoyed the ride. The whole "superheroes struggle with mental health too" theme is well executed, the artwork is terrific throughout, and even though the "murder mystery" we were promised at the beginning ended up being a bit of a damp squib, I honestly can't be too mad about the way things turned out. Read Full Review
The book was never going to stick the landing. It has a flawed concept and weak character choices, and the turn of the last issue was irresponsible at best. Even so, the art is absolutely phenomenal and there were even a couple heartfelt moments in this issue. Read Full Review
This issue is fine. I like the intentions and the thematic ideas are great. I love what this story has to say about trauma and how King applies that to super heroes. But the issue doesn't have much beyond these ideas. This story doesn't have much to offer in terms of plot or even character development. I'm not sure why Batgirl is even in this or why the Trinity was such a big part of the early issues only to disappear from the narrative. The story comes from a good place and that is worth something even if I didn't find it that engaging to read. Read Full Review
Heroes in Crisis #9 is a disappointing conclusion, one that fails to justify the series' extreme storytelling choices Read Full Review
Heroes in Crisis ends with a whimper, not quite nailing the landing as it fails to really tie everything we've experienced together into one coherent story. Read Full Review
While the art in this book is great, that's about the only thing that I really enjoy out of it. The story just comes to an end and it takes its page count to show you how they'll make everything work time wise....... even though there's no reason any of what we have should have gone down. Just a downer of a series that focused on murder and death instead of inspiring hope. Read Full Review
I recognize that even nine issues is a limited amount of space to explore complicated issues in a comic book, but Heroes in Crisis #9 ends on such a profoundly unsatisfying and hollow note that it makes the rest of the series feel pointless in retrospect as well. This series could have passed on the twists and turns of Wally evading capture by Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman, and focused instead on what led him to lose control — or what can be done to provide our heroes the emotional support they need to make sure it never happens again. Instead, Heroes in Crisis doesn’t so much miss the mark, so much as it fails to land on anything substantial at all. Read Full Review
As with most controversial events, people kept saying that readers should wait for the story to reach completion to pass judgment. But as in most cases, this ending didn't actually make a difference. Read Full Review
Tom King's Heroes in Crisis is a failure as far as I'm concerned. The book damages a great, legacy character, and this final issue fails to deliver a satisfying conclusion. I think we all know what Tom was going for here, but it didn't happen. Whether you blame Tom himself for this, Dan Didio, the "murder mystery," mistreatment of characters, editorial mandates" Whatever. They're all part of this, and the sum of these parts just don't work. This issue, in particular, is just the nail in the coffin. Read Full Review
Is this really the message that Tom King and DC want to put out there to their readers, any of whom could be having a mental health moment. When dealing with real life problems, I find this outcome wholly unsatisfactory and wholly irresponsible. Through comics, in fact all entertainment, you have an opportunity to reach people and change minds. Heroes in Crisis, in the very end, only manages to re-establish the stigma of mental health. Read Full Review
Overall: Heroes in Crisis #9 was a complete fail. King ends this big event with a massive face-plant. DC should be embarrassed that they ever green-lit Heroes in Crisis in the first place. It is obvious that King had a little passion project that had enough content for a four issue mini-series and that is it. Either DC's editorial or King decided that this big event needed to be nine issues long. It clearly did not. On top of that, King then put out a story of low quality. Heroes in Crisis easily grabs the crown as DC's worst big event of all time. Read Full Review
Puerile instead of insightful and trashy posing as deep and meaningful,Heroes in Crisis limps across the finish line and does nothing at all to redeem itself and the sins it wrought upon Wally West... and readers' wallets. This is a story best forgotten, a cautionary tale of what happens when an ambitious writer sets his sights too high and editorial falls asleep at the wheel. Read Full Review
Heroes in Crisis is going to go down as one of those well-intentioned series that never quite clicked. Exploring heroes mental health is a great idea, but King never managed to find the right approach. If you stuck with the series hoping for a good payoff this one is a huge disappoint, which encapsulates the series as a whole. Read Full Review
If the point of this series is to make a grand statement on trauma and those suffering from it"Heroes in Crisis miserably fails. Instead, it's insulting and offensive. If the point of this series is to be entertaining with a semblance of a good narrative"this series fails once again. Hopefully this mostly panned series will force King to reconsider his style. Read Full Review
Ultimately I can't find anything more to say that I haven't said already. This comic is unsatisfying, contrived, pandering, and boring. Other, better comics delve into their characters' psyche in a much more profound and unique way. Seek those out. Read Full Review
It ends, much as it began, with the seeds of a strong idea smothered by its own pretensions and a muddy method of delivery, leaving a trail of senseless death caused by one moment of weakness. Read Full Review
When it comes to Mann and Tomeu Morey's art, it's just as tactile as previous issues, the level of clarity and detail brought to each panel is an artistic approach that could've been utilized so much better if it was allowed to focus in on the more tender, heartfelt and emotional material that the book hasn't really dealt with. Read Full Review
Heroes in Crisis ends as it began, answering serious questions with cheap bromides. Read Full Review
Can't recommend this one at all. Read Full Review
not perfect, but very good series. ratings have been unfair
It's not that bad guys........but it was disappointing.
This was pretty rough, but there was a good message buried in there and I can't lie and say I didn't enjoy it.
Mann's art is beyond fantastic and King writes some great character moments but overall I'm on the fence with this series. It's not that I don't like it; I'll have to let this story digest in my mind and revisit it in the future.
I understand why many hate this story but it's not as bad as Spider-Man: One More Day or Frank Miller's Holy Terror.
Please respect my opinion as I am with yours'.
While sometimes things are not as satisfying as we'd want, what really hurts is how much this series has missed the point regarding PTSD. The art is phenomenal. Why would Hal Jordan question what will is? I think he knows. The panels running through DCU heroes teases what could have been a better series.
Heroes in Crisis is finally over an what are we left with? What was the point of it all?
I've reviewed all 9 issues of the series and my enthusiasm for the event and conclusion had all but waned. Likewise, my reverence for Tom King and his writing has been replaced with open skepticism.
Tom King was in the news a lot this week. First, he was dropped as lead writer of Batman. It was then announced that he would be getting a new series featuring Batman & Catwoman. This gesture is presumably a courtesy to the creator and a way for him to finish his long-running story although he will not be writing the flagship Batman title anymore.
The biggest news for Tom King this week was that he would be Co-Writing a more
What a poor conclusion
Good art, Clay Mann draws incredible butts. I've quite enjoyed the series at first, but it turned out to be very disappointing. I hope this will be forgotten very soon.
I don’t think this issue is that bad& looking back at the whole story it gave us a realistic take on what happens, when humans are confronted with things, that goes beyond their understanding& capacity. What I never liked about Rebirth was the idea, that the heroes just would be fine with having the memories of 2 separated lives. I can’t think of anyone staying sane& being able to deal with that. It was just bad writing back then. HIC finally adressed this issue& it’s good to see, that at least Wally seemed to have learned something about how selfish& irresponsible time travel is. Barry is responsible for what Wally did as well. This irresponsibility or rather stupidity has cost many lives. Something similar happened in Cosmic Odyssey more
It’s all ogre now.
As the series concludes, I can’t help but think of the initial intent with the series. It was a book that was supposed to highlight the importance of maintaining positive mental health and seeking help when appropriate. For that, we have to acknowledge that King meant well and I applaud him for it.
The unfortunate thing is, every character was painted with the same brush. There is no differentiating between characters because they all talk and sound so similar. If mental health issues can be labelled as anything, it certainly wouldn’t be universal. Such a personal thing doesn’t affect all people the same. Not to mention, an addict does not have the same challenges to face as a PTSD sufferer more
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I have to say as much as a like Tom King's take on Mr Miracle, probably one of my favorite comic books ever, the mental health theme here didn't really work, in general it feels weak and poorly portrayed, especially the BatFam members (Meow...), this issue itself is kind of a mess but that has been for the last 3 or 4. I can't stop thinking behind all this mess is a good story to tell but it wasn't the case. You could've have done alot of things diferently, hell they could've saved everyone, they had the resources... I get it King wanted death to mean something, i guess, but what does really meant? Why all this "therapy" if you're just talking to a robot or bashing yourself all the time and then all gets deleted? That's not really therapy t more
Well, thanks to Mr. Mann for the gorgeous art. Otherwise it was pointless and underwhelming event.
After a disastrous issue #8, this issue ends with a big giant “meh”. It could have been so much more. The interview panels were actually really good here though.
Honestly, in the end, "Heroes In Crisis" fails in almost everything it tried to do. From the story to exploring mental health, it was unsatisfying and boring.
The only thing that this series did "good" (besides the amazing art) was making Wally, a very likable character, an unlikable piece of garbage. I really feel bad for his fans, he got treated like shit the whole event.
What a shame! definitely the biggest disappointment of the year for me.
i’m Struggling to understand why I dislike HoC. I believe superheroes comics should, in the end, be about hope and healing. Nevertheless, classics like watchman and sandman have a nihilist approach and I love them just the same. What I am trying to say is that even if I disapprove HoC dark tone and focus on trauma, I can respect Tom King’s artistic choices. The plot holes, easy solutions and bad characterizations, on the other hand, serve no artistic purpose and hinder the narrative. To summarize, I dont think HoC is bad because it seeks to pervert the expectations of the superheroes genre, I think it is bad because of poor plot and strange characterizations.
"It was a mistake"
Is it really over? Has the nightmare finally ended? It has indeed.
Heroes in Crisis finally reached its conclusion and it continued, to the very last page, to be the waste of a good artist and many beloved characters. If you ever want to give someone the definition of pointless and unnecessary, show him this title.
This issue has literally nothing going for it. Even the art feels lazy at times. And the patients' interviews, something that for the most part was the strongest aspect of every issue, range here from stupid to moronic. Every Robin has an identity crisis, Catwoman can't speak like a normal person, Vixen is weird and Hal Jordan doesn't know what will power is. Really?! The only o more
I know! Let's use Time Travel to fix the problem!!!!
I am so tired of stories relying on time travel to fix problems. I just see it as poor writing.
It's hard to rate this book as a standalone as it is the culmination of the entire story.
As a single issue, it had professional artwork and, occasionally, snappy banter.
But did the larger story achieve the aims of the larger miniseries? Was there a (hopefully satisfying) resolution?
In a word, NO.
I've tried writing a reasonable analysis of this series three different times, but the conclusion I will instead go with is: The series is DONE. It is over. Let's move on.
Hopefully, DC Comics will conveniently forget that the title ever existed and just move on.
3.0/10, for the art and the dialogue high spots. Cannot overcome the awful premise, lousy plot and regretta more
Thank God its finally over
A bad ending to an infuriating event.
This ending isn't going to solve any of the problems this 'story' had, nor is it going to provide a satisfying conclusion to most.
Just let this story die.
This comic was a realy realy bulshit...I've never read a comic as awful as this...Tom King screw up every thing and he shoul get the hell out off DC...
Finally this piece of crap is over and we can move on with our lives. Forget about it, and its awfulness. Apparently not much changed with this event - Ivy's back and her fan-fic relationship with Harley still exists (sigh...), Wally is alive, well and not insane... Hell, I have a feeling that other than few deaths, nothing happened in Heroes in Crisis. I guess that's a good thing, considering how bad it was.
If I tried to find a fitting analogy, Heroes in Crisis would be a hooker. Pretty on the outside, because if there's one outstanding thing about this trainwreck, it'd be beautiful art. Yet rotten inside, infected with syphilis and so shallow minded, it makes you wonder how can she walk and talk at the same time.
The sad more
I was going to write a long drawn out review of why this comic was a slap in the face. Instead, Mr. King, I'll give you the same amount of respect you gave Wally.
Fuck you.
Sorry for the influx of comic book reviews I have pouring in, but I just found this website a few months ago and I'm trying to review all the comics I read.
For this book, well what can I say? The worst modern DC Comic book of all time, and arguably the worst. This ruined Wally West (why would he frame a murder) forever, and it took a really long time for him to recover. The only thing that made this story not a complete 0 out of 10 is the art.
So this was a thing that didn't happen. Or it did? The narrative by Tom King was convoluted and complicated yet completely simply to follow. The deconstruction of Wally West would be interesting to watch, if it didn't completely come out of left field to sell some comics. And the main reason I bought into this series, Booster Gold, was a complete let down. Do you even understand who these characters are, Mr. King? Booster has made a lot of progress, both emotionally and as a hero, over the time since his stint in the weekly 52 series and Booster Gold Volume 2, yet here in this series he is relegated to a moron again. While I loved the Bwa-ha-ha days, even there Booster showed more character development than Tom King would even care t more
If it wasnt for the cool art this whole series was horrendous. If I wasnt such a sticklerfor completing series I start I would have dropped this after issue 2. I just dont get it. The whole sanctuary concept to me was treated as low level story line through out. It became just panels of heroes saying random lines that eventually I started skipping those pages. The whole murder angle could have been done in any other form of story but this series was pitched at an inside look into the inner workimgs of heroes ptsd and I just didnt get any of that from this book. Its like they abandoned the story just to tell this dumb murder tale that wasnt even good. I could go on but im just glad its over.
Disturbing
“I just want you to understand, and I cannot stress this enough, that people who have mental health issues will absolutely lose control and hurt you.” I learned nothing about any of the characters. I somehow unlearned things I knew about mental health. I hated every moment of it. Let us never speak of this again.
Story wise the conclusion to the above mentioned title was less than captivating. As an avid reader of The Flash you can imagine my disappointment to see a beloved character turned into this.
I completely understand the point of the story but felt it losing its way near issue 4 to be honest. I have no issue with a troubled hero or even that they were responsible in the end as even our heroes make mistakes however to see him fall so far for no real reason other than to tie up a story filled with plot holes was devastating.
I have no issue with good guys turning bad bad guys turning good or even grey but this run lacked sense and proper meaning and completely missed the point King was trying to make. This run will defini more
SPOILERS FOR LAST ISSUE BELOW!
THE GOOD:
-As atrocious as this issue is, I did enjoy the "Bros before heroes" line.
THE BAD:
-With a few exceptions, the therapy sessions were really not very good.
-I'll be honest, the art wasn't my favorite here. I don't really know why, something about it seemed just seemed stiff I suppose.
-The issue sure gives us all our signature dose of cringe worthy Tom King dialogue.
-The characters are all just really poor here.
-Wally's speech was really bad. Like, really bad. Maybe worse than his whole confession last issue.
-This whole thing got really convoluted in the end, with the complicated time travel mec more
This is fucking stupid, you guys.
Finally! (This crap shit reached its end) our battle will be legendary!!
1 point is for Mann's beautiful artwork.
One of the worst comics I've ever read in a long, LONG, time. About as bad as One More Day and Sins Past.
in the words of Jim Corrigan, The Spectre. according to Tom King . . .
“i asked the lord our god why we suffer. he didn’t answer. he couldn’t speak through the tears.”
😆😆😆BWAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! 😆😆😆😆
is he joking with this crap????! 😆
anyway....
i just hope this garbage gets swept under the rug.
especially all the crap they did to Wally. an utter disgrace of a comic.
Wasted 9 months of my life reading this garbage and I spent 35.91 paying for this GARBAGE! What was the point of this series! If they wanted to kill off some sidekicks should have done it with a better writer!
More garbage from Tom King. DC...again, I beg you to get him off of your books! He's awaful.
Honestly, I just can't see what Tom King saw in this one. This book has been such a downer, from start to finish, but for all the wrong reasons. This isn't some sort of provocative, grounded event like Identity Crisis, nor does this serve as an effective study/meditation on mental health. All we got was a flash in the pan at the start, with an opening plot line that we were already made aware of months in advance, a slog of filler issues and a drawn out narrative that took up the winter months (between this and Knightmares, King rung in the new year with two scoops of garbage), and a frustrating ending that turns Wally West into a walking cautionary tale for mental health. Really? They took one of the most important characters of the Rebirt more
Wally West sends his regards.
Absolutely the worst event I’ve read. King knows jack shit about any of the characters and has zero business writing them. Wally killed and mutilated his friends because he was sad. Tried to kill himself after delaying the investigation for 5 days for reasons. Not any that make sense, just reasons. King has no grasp on how time trace works in any other comic book and tries to explain it in the most convoluted way and even puts in the comic how it doesn’t make sense. If you don’t understand it, don’t write about it. This goes even more for the entire mental health aspect which it is abundantly clear King knows nothing about. Boosters whole purpose in this comic was to get a body in the end and he seemed cool with it. No one is writte more
the last issue is the wosrt issue
heh
the number of fillers, the 9 panels pages, is insane and unnecessary, not to mention that everything on these pages is either silly or simply wrong or meaningless
"Wait for the final issue" "You just don't get the story" "You are too stupid to understand it"
"Everyone loves HiC and those who don't are clickbaiters"
Well. Here we are. HiC is a collection of tropes coupled with some really nice (yet problematic) art. You can see that the artists, especially Mann - despite finding his portrayal of women problematic - loved working with this and put time and effort.
But there is no plot. There is nothing. Just an incredibly offensive portrayal of mental health and mental health treatment. It's 2019. It's time to leave behind hurtful tropes of the past regarding mental health. HiC is not smart. It pretends to be in order to hide enormous plot holes, bad characterization and lazy writing. It more
To the people who said “wait for the final issue, you can’t judge an incomplete title”. We did and to no one’s surprise it did nothing to change how it’s perceived. This title is garbage, plain and simple. The worst “crisis” since Identity and wholly underserving of that moniker.
The real crisis was King’s writing. There is nothing this issue did to resolve the various egregious faults of the issues preceding it and instead added more with what were infuriating and nonsensical therapy panels that purely showcase what little grasp he has of some of DC’s characters.
The best part about this issue is that ends this abysmal, asinine event. It’s not worth reading, do not even entertain the notion of buy more
Wasted months for this crap. Nothing changed. Only Thing is that Wally is ruined.
:/
Let the healing begin.
Seen people say that Heroes in Crisis is hated because they don't get the subtext -- you know, Wally dealing with loss and so on -- but if it really was about that, then we should have had a book that dealt with that. If that was really the case, why is that particular thing a small percentage of the story? Why is it a bad murder mystery that is not even resolved, but for a taped confession?
In the end, we just get the heroes stopping Wally from killing himself, gets some hugs, and gets placed in JL jail... hooray *sarcasm*
It's so weird that King can do an excellent book on anxiety and mental illness in Mister Miracle, and completely screw the pooch on the same topic just months later. The highest of highs, the lowes more
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