Secret Origins #8
| Writer | Ann Nocenti, Jeff Lemire, Tom King, Tim Seeley |
| Artist | Stephen Mooney, Cliff Richards, Travel Foreman |
| Cover Price | $4.99 |
Three more stars of the DC Universe shine as their origin stories are revealed! Dont miss the DC Comics The New 52 origins of Grayson by Tim Seeley, Tom King and Stephen Mooney; Animal Man by Jeff Lemire and Travel Foreman; and Katana by Ann Nocenti Cliff Richards!
CRITIC REVIEWS
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8.4
Weekly Comic Book Review - Loukas
Dec 30, 2014The GRAYSON origin is strong and useful, and shows what this book might have been. The ANIMAL MAN and KATANA stories are not bad, but aren't particularly necessary or interesting, either. They show what the title actually was, and why it will shortly be gone. Read Full Review
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7.5
Weird Science - Jim Werner
Dec 28, 2014If you are reading Grayson, miss Animal Man or somehow want more Katana, this issue is for you. The Grayson story is a prelude to the current series, Animal Man is a recap of Jeff Lemire's entire New 52 run and Katana is an Ann Nocenti story through and through. For what it's worth, this is one of my favorite Secret Origins issues yet. Read Full Review
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6.5
Batman-News - Joshua McDonald
Dec 28, 2014If this book just featured the Grayson story, I would give it an 8/10. But since there are two other stories that didn't really catch my attention, I have to give this a Read Full Review
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6.0
The Batman Universe - Ryan Blair
Dec 26, 2014Overall, this issue was interesting and I can see the reasoning as to why we got another Grayson origin within this series"but I think we could have focused more on another character to get some time in the spotlight. The issue also includes origins for Animal Man and Katana. Read Full Review
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6.0
DC Comics News - Renee Montoya
Dec 31, 2014This story was the one thing saving this issue of Secret Origins from being in the "don't bother" pile. I hope Mona Shards is in the regular series also. Read Full Review
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8.5
Apart from the Katana story everything was great.
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5.5
Just to note I'm reading this through Grayson the Superspy Omnibus so, this will only be a review of "The Candidate" in the context of that collection. Overall this story was just felt kinda unnecessary, it's just a short establishment of who Dick is and what Spiral is. I fully understand that they wanted to include it because it's still technically part of the story but, even in that context I feel as though it should be towards the back as a bonus not the opening issue to the Omnibus. I can understand the importance of this for somebody who knows absolutely nothing about Dick but for people do, this Is basically the reading equivalent of white bread. Art is serviceable if a little lifeless.
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