This was a slog to get through.

Great story by PKD that's given me hope for his upcoming run.

Midnighter was really fun as well but Gleb Melnikov's art was def the standout.

The Black Racer and Shilo Norman stories just didn't feel Fourth World enough.

Breakout writer of 2020 takes on Swamp Thing!

Very intriguing and well written story; Mike Perkins' art really complements it. Will definitely be picking up next issue as well as the ongoing.

What's the fucking point?

Korra + Wonder Woman = Yara Flor.

Art was great, writing was slightly of off-putting, but very creative and original.

Thank god it's over.

They lost me the minute Wonder Woman hits Batkek with the literal Hand of Creation.

This is truly an "Anti-Crisis" because everything a Crisis gets right, Death Metal gets wrong.

Sure the symbolism and themes are there; the over indulgent writing and the high stakes, but you can't just gift wrap a pile of shit and sprinkle it with glitter expecting that it will turn into a pot of gold.

Death Metal doesn't merely jump the shark, its the shark attempting to jump over itself and accidentally pulling a muscle.

Also, just because it's self aware ("A Slap in the Face", jesus christ) doesn't make it good!

If there's one thing I've learned from reading Scott Snyder, it's that every story he's told has been done better by Morrison. If you want the last stand of the DC Universe, just go read Final Crisis!

At least Batkek is gone. Hopefully... more

This was an experience.

I've never felt this way reading a comic besides going through Pre-Flashpoint stories and runs. Generations Shattered succeeds because it's a comic that is aware of the universe it exists in; it doesn't pander or stoop to hold your hand, it just tries to have fun with DC's vast continuity. You could put this in a collection of the 2006 Booster Gold series and no one would bat an eye.

A return to form for DC. more

I liked the Constantine story. That's pretty much it though...

This is something I can call "dumb fun".

Looking back over the second wave of "Tales from the Dark Multiverse" One Shots, the only word that can describe my sentiment is "meh". Hush was definitely the standout, while COIE and Flashpoint were without a doubt lacking. The only way to end this saga is with the nightmare alternate of the OG: Dark Nights Metal.

This was exactly what I expected it to be but we did get a couple interesting takes: Duke's return, Bobo/Tornado merge, Parall-Axe, and another Batkek execution that leaves me hungry for more. more

More of a "Tales of the Dark Multiverse: Last Days of the Justice Society" than COIE but I'll take it. Very depressing tho, with the JSA jobbing harder than ever before, especially to a one off villain from an 80's single issue special.

Sholly Fisch League of Shadows story was wonderful, and I also really liked the Batman Beyond Gray Ghost story as well.

As for the Booster Gold story; many people forget that before The Omac Project, Maxwell Lord was shady businessman turned ally to the JLI for a good decade and a half. Great story overall.

Everything else is either boring or garbage; Tom King still can't write without using brainyquote.com and The Bible, and jeez the Bizarro stories... YAWN. more

Making a Dark Multiverse nightmare analogue out of an already nightmare alternate reality like Flashpoint doesn't make a lot of sense to me, but I guess "Barda is" so who cares.

k i n o

Geoff Johns Final Thesis: Fuck Comics, go outside.

The highlight of my month.

Worlds will die, hearts will break, and the union of will and love shall shock the multiverse like never before. Multi-Crisis on Intimate Earths!

Lmao what a fucking joke.

This is embarrassing, DC.

Better than the last one, but though it has some great writers and great stories, it also has some shit ones too.

Together = 8/10
I liked everything besides the fact that they shafted Damian and continue to shit all over him. Fuck you Adam Glass, and fuck you DC editorial.

Last Knights = 8/10
Hal and Sinestro story is always fun and Lemire knows the characters.
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The Question = 5/10
Yawn.

Dust of a Distant Storm = 10/10
Perfect. Gail Simone really struck out with this one, and the art is fantastic too.

Whale Fall = 3/10
Yawn.

We Fight For Love = 4/10
Cecil Castellucci is an awful writer. I've also never liked Dick and Babs together; I think that him and Starfire were always a much healthier couple.

Man of Tomorrow = 9/10
Mark Waid. That's all. more

This is not good.

I personally have no problems with disjointed, nonlinear, or triptych storytelling. What I do have a problem with is when an incompetent writer makes a mockery out of the technique.

Clay Mann's art is wasted on this series. Just a clip-show of ass shots and Bat/Cat tongue hockey.

I like Mask of the Phantasm and BTAS but they've never been the "greatest Batman adaptation" in my eyes (I save that for The Brave & The Bold). I could really care less for Andrea Beaumont, but I do think that King will end up butchering her and other lifts from BTAS.

Regardless, King's Batman is not for me and in general far from what the Caped Crusader should be. I'm still sticking with Strange Adventures for now but I've already dropped Rorschach; might have to lose the dead weight from my pull list. In the end...

This is not good at all. more

I've had displeasure to follow King's Batman run since #1, and I admit, I enjoyed first two story arcs of it. That's the reason why for such a long time I've been giving him a second, and third, and fourth, and nth chance, hoping this time he's going to lead the story... somewhere, anywhere, really. But nope. His run was a hollow and meaningless soap opera with plotline after plotline getting cut halfway, to either be picked up in a lazily written half assed crossover like The Button, or be forgotten for good with no resolution.
Sufficed to say, I've been there, and seen what King does to pretend he has a story to tell. His use of repetition, public domain poems/songs, disjoint sequences, retrospections and out of character dialogues have all become pretty infamous among those who saw through the 85 issues worth of almost nothing he spawned.

And now the circle repeats. The new series begins, and it's as hollow, as disjointed, as soap opera-ish as his main run, which begs the question "why"? It seems like neither he nor anyone at DC's editorial have read a word of constructive criticism regarding his main Batman run, considering this comic inherited its every single flaw I can name.

Now, in normal circumstances I'd say I shouldn't judge the book by its cover, but at this point I know King's Batman, and I can bet half of the disorganized mess he presented here won't even find any proper conclusion, heck, causality. I was hoping King will think the entire project through, not being forced to write two issues per month (which I could imagine was beyond tough), and crafts a comelling, engaging and most importantly coherent script. Instead, we get this. And this is by no means an acceptable comic. Shame, because those who don't learn from the history are doomed to repeat its mistakes. Or, in this, case, repeat their own. more

It perplexes me as to how even with endless possibilities and potential for stories brought upon with the medium of the Dark Multiverse, DC can't seem to hire anyone with a single shred of imagination!

These are the stories in this book:

-"Scary Stories to tell in the Dark Multiverse" = More Snyder Robin King projection.

-"Feeding the Beast" = DC gave Patton Oswald a Zsasz story; but who gives a shit because I fell asleep reading it.

-"The Super-Threats!" = Just another zombie story, but this time it has the Super Pets.

-"Hard Traveled" = Waste of pages #1; Hal and Oliver have a disagreement. Nothing story.

-"The Fear Index" = Waste of pages #2; John Henry Irons and a kid talk about fear. Nothing story.

This whole book is packed with the most uninspired shit I've ever seen. Grant Morrison could take a dump and it would be more interesting than this anthology. Burning money here DC, Jesus Christ. more

I could really care less about this bland assembly of uninspired characters.

I hope Taylor enjoyed jerking himself off for 11 issues while making established DC characters get bitched around by his shitty OCs.

So boring. Not surprising though, just look at DCeased.

I'm really starting to get annoyed with how this series is written. It's like every single issue is its own thing, and it makes as much sense as it can in its own context. But there is an overarching story that I just can't figure out. I see the hardcore fans of this series praising these issues as revolutionary, and they also allude to this vague overarching narrative that I feel like I'm only realizing in the most surface level sense. If someone wants to comment and explain what the fuck the narrative is, be my guest. This issue has its moments. I think incel Hal is fine. I think the art is cool at times. That's about it though. I find the story kinda boring. more

I would have loved this back in 7th grade.

This is just too much. It feels like all of these past issues has been constant set up and exposition with little happening. The only cool stuff has been in the tie-ins (especially Speed Metal and Multiverse's End).

Snyder tries to fill the book with cool and deep metaphors to add some kind gravity and eloquence to the constant stream of so called edgy in-your-face "dumb fun" (look at Robin King if you think I'm lying).

The worst thing about it; its boring. more

MULTI-CRISIS ON INTIMATE EARTHS

Never did I think I would see a Green Lantern book that looked like a flagship Vertigo title. Sharp & Morrison are revolutionaries as far a I see it.

Incel Lantern made my week.

As the Wedding of Hyperboy and Princess Illistra enthralls the denizens of Kranaltine, the true Union of the Trillenium shocks the Multiverse as Will and Love remain in constant synchrony across endless worlds. more

This is top tier capeshit.

This shouldn't have been cancelled (but still ended beautifully).

This is what DC needs to put out more.

This is worth my money.

This is worth my time.

This needs an omnibus.

So good but the ending really hurt it for me.

I've never been a huge fan of the original Hush storyline, but this was a great tale of hostile bat factions battling for hold over Gotham (some cool lore as well).

Holy shit this is absolutely fantastic.

What a shame to end this run, but at least it'll go out with a bang.

Omnibus please!

"It would be far easier to consider this a dream. But how can I? For in my hand...I hold the Bat-Radia. And I...I am the Batman."

"What we are about to do will be a work of art. Nothing less than the complete and utter ruination of a noble human spirit."

"We are operators at the highest level."

"Believe me, everything you've heard about the Black glove is true. Call me Doctor Hurt. Come, take your place for the Danse Macabre."

"Damian is a wonderchild. And Batman, his father, belongs to me. Not to her."