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Intriguing for sure, but I don't know what the functional purpose was for having this issue be mostly exposition from Lex and Ozymandias. With all the exposition, we still don't know how the Watchmen reality would be saved by Ozy's plan in the DCU being successful. The most compelling part of the story is seeing how the "real world" is responding to the superhero stuff in real time. I appreciate that Putin is taking advantage of the heroes going to Mars, etc. The art is almost flawless, as usual.more

It's an unfocused retread of Infinite Crisis.

Was there really a need to bring everybody to this space party? Did we really need the non-powered punchy types up on Mars?

continuing the worst garbage in print. no connection whatsoever to anything in the DCU that matters. not even going to read more. such utter and complete garbage.

Origin for Roscharch is fine. We still don't have answers !

Meh, its not that great. I know I'm on the outside looking in, maybe I'm missing something, I don't know, but this just is totally underwhelming.

Welcome to the Oblivion Bar where the first round is on me and the pretzels are free! Be warned: like the pickled eggs at the bar, this issue is going to get SPOILED rotten.

This is how a story is written. We get a reveal an issue or two ago that basically told us who Rorschach was.... Reggie. Everyone speculates and basically says"who cares?" Or "So its Malcom Longs son... so... how and why?" Well, we found out in this issue!

John's did a great job of progressing the story and showing us that Rorschach escaped from Arkham but also showed us how he became Rorschach and why. It's not always about the destination but sometimes the journey is more important; especially for comic readers. We want the journey.... we want to know why... we want the connective tissue... we want all the pieces to the puzzle because we invest so much into this amazing medium and escape into this world weekly. We want it to make sense. And this comic gives us that.

Sure, we don't get any closer to our answers for Rebirth BUT we get great answers in THIS story that are meaningful and important while reintroducing a minor Watchmen character and making him important. Even the letters at the end were a fantastic touch to draw you in even more.

This was a well written story from start to finish. They made me care about Reggie more than I thought I could. This is a concept that I feel many writers are lacking currently and whether it be for time constraints, pacing, or whatever the case, we need more stories like this. My only issue is that we didn't get any BIG DC answers.... which is ultimately fine. I think we just need to all be patient, especially if we get great art and fantastic writing like this.

Technically, we FINALLY get Saturn Girl, which will hopefully lead to the Legion. Who knows? And we get feelings throughout this issue from Reggie, to Bryon, and even Viedt. Truly magnificent issue.more

I just am not convinced Johns can fully grapple with what he is doing here. This is Watchmen without subtlety or even really quite grasping what Watchmen was originally about. That especially feels relevant when we have two Joker rip-offs running around. Watchmen didn't need stuff like that because the superheroes were already nightmare people. The whole bank robbery scene was straight up crin ge, and bringing back these characters at all just feels tired. I'm so over all of this, though I will admit I did like the reveal of the flashback and why Veidt is working with the clown couple. Veidt meeting Lex Luthor on the other hand... what are we even doing here?more

All of the Watchmen, none of the substance. Revisiting this, I feel like I'm seeing story beats of a sequel that doesn't need to exist and never had to. The art's cool I suppose but it feels like Geoff Johns can't help but litter it with way too much dialogue and narration. The storytelling feels like a lot of mystery-box behaviour. Lots of vague hints at stuff to come that looking back on, I' m a lot less charitable towards. This just... doesn't work. The DC sensibilities are exactly what Watchmen was satirizing. What is the point of any of this?more

The opening flashback where Bruce has a nightmare that his mom was shot was really well done overall. There are a lot of really strong scenes throughout this comic, like Batman tossing a gang into the water but making sure they all get life jackets. Overall though this arc is a very Snyder script. Lots of cool ideas, lots of cool moments, maybe not the best ending, nor does it necessarily come together into the best thing in the world. Still, it is absolutely a fun new take on Batman. Loved the creepy epilogue, at least.more

Wow, love the art in this issue. It's a little heavy on narration and Snyder sure loves his own writing but Black Mask gets a great moment taking down Batman.