The Year of Magic is over, and the stalemate between Superman's regime and Batman's resistance continues. But some mysteries remain to be explained, like the true start of John Constantine's involvement. What secret role did Dr. Occult play? And what have the Titans been up to all this time?
Brian Buccellato and Ray Fawkes get fans ready for Year Four of Injustice by showing us new stories from the past. Year Three fans will love (and hate) Ray Fawkes' story of what Constantine did to start the Year of Magic and Brian Buccellato shows us the lengths Superman will go to get his way. Xermanico and Sergio Davila do a really good job on art and in the end, this Annual has me pumped up for Year Four to start. Read Full Review
Year Three's annual is about what you might expect after a somewhat lackluster finale to Year Three. Injustice is still a great title and well worth the read, but there's nothing "must-buy" about this pair of filler tales and the second one I found pretty shocking for all the wrong reasons…which made it especially disappointing for what was a really promising premise. The next year of Injustice kicks off digitally next week, so I hope you are collectively clicking your heels and wishing good things for the coming Year Four. Read Full Review
Unfortunately, while the quality of the main Injustice comic has remained pretty consistent, the same can't really be said for the annual issues. This comic has some interesting elements, but it fails to add much to the larger Injustice universe. Worse, the poor characterization of Superman in the second story derails what could have been a terrific examination of the Clark/Conner dynamic. Read Full Review
You know, I just assumed that the Ray Fawkes story would be the problem here, but that one ended up being pretty good in the end. Not great, but good enough. The second story, which serves to presumably retcon characters back into the story for Year Four, is just so contrived. Unreasonably so.
As for Year Three overall, I think I liked it more than Year Two. I liked the focus on magic. You can definitely feel the writers stretching themselves out trying to figure out new ways to keep this story going at this point. I hope Year Four can reinvent the title and keep things fresh.
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