War For Earth-3 #1
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| Writer | Dennis Hopeless, Robbie Thompson |
| Artist | Steve Pugh |
| Cover Price | $5.99 |
The Teen Titans, the Flash and the Suicide Squad all collide on Earth-3-home of the evil Crime Syndicate-on the hunt for former Task Force X mastermind Amanda Waller. As Waller tries to take over the alternate Earth and dethrone evil versions of Superman, Wonder Woman, Batman, and other heroes that rule it, her former partner-Rick Flag-arrives on E-3 bent on making Waller pay for her crimes, while the Titans and Flash hunt for a missing academy student they believe was kidnapped by Waller to form her mysterious Justice Squad.
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8.6
Comic Watch - B. Radtz
Mar 01, 2022Mr. Toad had less exciting, and wild rides than what weve had over the last year with Thompsons Suicide Squad, and this looks like its going to just get weirder. Wallers tipping her hand, and shes going to show us just why the acronym of HBIC was created. Read Full Review
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8.0
But Why Tho? - William Tucker
Jan 01, 1970War for Earth-3 #1 is an explosive continuation of multiple ideas. With both the Crime Syndicate and Suicide Squad books flowing into this larger river, this comic is the result of the collision course the groups have been set on. Hopeless and Thompson script a heavy metal comic that delights in devastation, with the artists gloriously fuelling the fire. Read Full Review
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8.0
Lyles Movie Files - Jeffrey Lyles
Mar 01, 2022This was a solid opening act for the yearlong Suicide Squad arc. The third faction in this event didnt show up yet so War for Earth-3 is only going to heat up in upcoming installments. Read Full Review
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7.5
Weird Science - Eric Shea
Mar 01, 2022For our first part in the War For Earth-3, I think the writers have come at this hard in trying to pique our interest and as far as the Earth-3 stuff is concerned they totally did. The only faults I really have with this book are the Rick Flag stuff, which is funny because in the Suicide Squad on-going, that's the part that I couldn't wait to see. The art is cool throughout and there's a very worrisome cliffhanger and ultimately, while parts of this book left me disappointed, everything Earth-3 here makes me can't wait to read the next issue. Read Full Review
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7.5
Geek Dad - Ray Goldfield
Mar 01, 2022Overall, this story is just an oversized, more explosive version of the story playing out in Suicide Squad, but with the same writers on every upcoming issue, it's likely to at least remain consistent. Read Full Review
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7.0
AIPT - Ben Morin
Mar 01, 2022Overall, the War For Earth-3event is off to an action-packed start. Set so far apart from the main continuity, it truly feels as if anything can happen here. The story also makes enough sense as a jumping on point for someone like me who's not caught up on the main Suicide Squad title. I do wish there could have been more art style consistency across the issue, especially before we get into the actual event that will span entirely different books helmed by even more creative teams. Despite this and the high cover price, I still enjoyed the issue and look forward to what's to come. Read Full Review
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7.0
Nerdly - Dean Fuller
Mar 03, 2022Although this was quite entertaining, I didn't enjoy it as much as I wanted to. Ultraman and The Crime Syndicate are just being written as Homelander and The Boys now it seems, which is ironic as they may have been part of the original inspiration for that book back in the day. No nuances at all, just evil archetypes, albeit amusing and moderately interesting ones. I never really cared for any of the characters, not a good sign for any book. Apart from Waller, most characters got a few panels tops, so it was hard to get fully drawn into everything. The changing art styles didn't help either, adding to the general feeling of choppiness and instability. Despite all that, there was something here, a glimmer that the second issue might yet pull this over the line. Read Full Review
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6.5
Multiversity Comics - Gregory Ellner
Mar 04, 2022An interesting opening conflicts with the story's promises in this event debut. Read Full Review
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6.0
ComicBook.com - Nicole Drum
Mar 02, 2022War for Earth-3 #1 is a decent enough book. There's plenty of action, a lot of interesting payoffs for those who have been following Suicide Squad, and it's just removed enough from the "main" continuity that there's space for pretty much anything to happen. But with the hard shifts between narratives, and a sort of "drop in" feeling, the issue can be disorienting and requires an adjustment that detracts from the overall fun of events. Read Full Review
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5.0
Razorfine - Alan Rapp
Mar 07, 2022While Waller's team takes down Power Ring and then Owlman, Ultraman is distracted by the sex games of Owlman and Superwoman providing the Squad with just the opening they need and Waller time to make her pitch to the world's most dangerous man. Aside from the seedy Owlman / Superwoman / Ultraman stuff, ick, there is plenty of action (although nowhere near $6 worth) and Waller does have a plan which her team executes leading to a new status quo. The war has begun. Hmm, okay? Read Full Review
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4.7
Major Spoilers - Matthew Peterson
Mar 07, 2022This issue features two writers, six artists, hundreds of superhumans and a ton of back-stabbing, coming together into an explosive (and not entirely coherent) whole that doesn't really earn its price tag. Read Full Review
USER REVIEWS Back to Top
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9.0
As a huge SS reader and non titan reader I can understand why folks are pissed about the weak presence of the titans or flash. Still, I loved this start.
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8.5
i liked this. even though the Titans didn't appear but i also understand this is a short event in fact only 5 parts or issues and also mainly a suicide squad event. there's no reason to be angry about it cause I'm sure they are gonna appear in their own book. also Please get hopeless out of here, his writing is bad. I'm pretty sure the bad dialogues in this issue comes from him.
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8.0
a solid issue to this mini-event. While the art is inconsistent, the story is still interesting.
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8.0
This was an enjoyable first chapter of this little mini event. I can't help but wonder what people who just decided to pick this up think of this issue. There's no easing into the insanity of this Suicide Squad series.
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7.0
Blockbuster, popcorn-type event
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7.0
It was fun but it felt like a major step down from the ongoing suicide squad run, its a shame as i was very excited for this event. Also the crime syndicate felt very out of character when compared to how they written in their recent series (especially power ring)
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6.5
A capa pode enganar na primeira edição DC, mas não na segunda.
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6.0
Schizophrenic event, and not in the fun Final Crisis type way. Cast is starting to get unmanageable, the pacing is terrible, and the art is mediocre. This version of the Syndicate is very uninteresting. Fucking mid book.
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5.5
This crossover doesn't really work for mostly TT/ Flash readers. This issue was entirely focused on Earth-3 characters and the suicide squad, without even hinting at any involvement of either the Titans or the Flash. Actually, together with the suicide squad issue today we're 2/5 into this event, and there are no Titans no Flash yet. Owlman's characterization was also very weird. Since when is he stupid or incompetent? Isn't he suppose to be Batman's equal? I'd have probably skipped this issue and the entire event if I knew who it would focus mainly on the suicide squad and Earth-3 characters.
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3.5
Seems more like a cash grap than anything else. Too long, too expensive, and too chaotic. So much time spent with Task Force X characters we've never even seen before - I have no idea who any of the new ones are and no reason to care. They don't even get named, but they do get dialog. So - nothing for anyone. Suicide Squad readers? Too much Task Force X that we don't know and don't care about. Flash readers, or Teen Titans readers? Nothing at all for you.
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1.0
Well John Stewart is a thief indeed. First he replaced Hal in Crime Syndicate, then he stole Hal's villains, Sinestro and Black Hand. Does he have anything belong to himself?
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