Lobdell is do it again, throws key elements overboard and forces the separation.
The Outlaws of the past and present meet, we were all looking forward to an emotional reunion between Jason and Roy, perhaps a warning, but nothing happened.
The separation of the outlaws hurts, Biz decides to stay on the throne of Trigon whom he murdered, quite incoherent, but it was a group that we loved DC insists on taking away the things that work from Jason and now instead of retaking what Lobdell left and giving a better series will only disintegrate them and fill the series with black people just to please a few, not because we fans really want this change. (I hope they at least do a good job and in a moment we can see Artemis and Jason together)
It was a disappointment from a good previous number to a completely mediocre number (it doesn't compare to Nightwing's though, that's a fact.) more

Just one more score and we will go to Tahi...oh wait, just one more issue and we will get rid of Lobdell. Hopefully, someone better will takes his place.

Who thought it's a good idea to let Aaron write Moon Knight?

Story: 3/10 Batman and Joker are overrated beyond words, and this is just some nonsense with no clear direction. It doesn't seem to be going anywhere despite all of the hype.

Art: 10/10 Jason Fabok never disappoints, his art makes this really enjoyable.

Bonus: 1+ Johns ships Jason and Barbara, didn't see that coming ;)

Is it even surprising quality of the series has not improved a bit compared to previous ones? Afer 15 issues it'd be a miracle if Bendis got his shit together and wrote a complelling Young Justice story.
I'm going to say something totally not controversial now, something that definitely won't trigger a solid chunk of people: I don't like Avengers movies. And you know why is that? Because they're empty spectacles with barely any story, let alone character development for the main heroes. Oh, and their humor is beyond awful.
That's precisely how I feel about this issue - it's big and spectacular looking, features a ton of characters and unfunny comedic scenes, but ultimately there's nothing underneath to be found here. more

A REBEL SCUM will like this.

I can’t get over some lady saying “strike fast”! and Donna being like “Fast! Wally loved to run fast!! He would have loved you!” What even is this.

:/

Tom King somehow is doing decent with C-listers.

Lesbian lost on Planet Lesbian.

Go home Bendis and retire.
You're delusional.

Really good finale with an ending I didn't expect.

this book is incredible!! the artwork is a is a 10 the writing is a 10 the story is a 10! in my opinion daredevil continues to be the best book on the shelves!!

With this issue, actually this whole series puts Zdarsky as one of the top writers on marvel. Inferno was an short but powerful, impactful story arc. Everything from the beginning to the climax was just amazing. I love daredevil. I love zdarsky!

" This my city. And anyone who thinks otherwise... Needs to learn... Respect.... "
- MAYOR FISK

This was a wild ride and I loved it.

Haven't done a review in a while b/c of circumstances, but holy mother of god. What an issue. This entire arc has just been an amazing buildup and payoff, this issue in particular is just the amazing climax that Zdarsky has been building towards since issue 1. Matt is back, and he is better than ever, and the fight scenes are all so amazing. The use of radar sense is also awesome to see again, and the inner thought bubbles are perfectly written. Might be the best way to come back to weekly comics for me :) more

Can't Marvel hire more writers like Chip and more artists like Marco? is it that hard?
This book is just too good to be a 2020 Marvel thing.

"I'm gay"
"no shit"
10/10 writing.

I really want to know what qualifies as good art because this book's art is worse than dogshit.

No...

The apparent culmination of the Game of Thrones-style struggle for DC continuity supremacy is here, and I worry that the least potent of the mix won out.

Tom King fell by the wayside, his Heroes in Crisis devolving into a critical disaster. His Batman couldn't recover from the post-Catwoman non-wedding storylines. Now, his Strange Adventures and his forthcoming Bat/Cat miniseries have been shuffled off to Black Label.

Brian Bendis came on strong ("Bendis is here!"), but his Super-books are losing circulation and his Wonder Comics line isn't taking off. He's now talking on podcasts about winding down on Superman and getting excited about Checkmate.

Dan DiDio was fired.

So who won? Scott Snyder, apparently. He now has free reign to trash the proposed "5G"/"Generations" event with its rethinking of DC continuity in a linear, historical perspective and replace it with the apparent capstone to his Dark Knights: Metal/Justice League run...the one that so many fans felt was a hot mess of baffling multiversal conflict where his heroes keep screwing up, making mistakes and losing. Where the once-almighty Monitor now has an even more-almighty mother in Perpetua and siblings (!) in the Anti-Monitor and World Forger. Because DC doesn't have enough bloat at the top of the multiversal pyramid.

But that's the backstory.

Death Metal #1 is a simple story - a silly story, perhaps a dumb story - but a simple one nonetheless all dressed up with "rock and roll!" dressing. Perpetua has awarded the Batman Who Laughs the Mr. Earth pageant sash and crown, beating out Luthor. (As I said, silly and perhaps dumb...but it is what it is.) But Perpetua doesn't really care about the Earth, she just wants to destroy stuff. So BWL sets up a hell on earth environment that has not been seen anywhere in recent continuity, providing a jarring transition from "same old, same old DC" to "Holy crap, it's a pop-up Hellscape!"

At this point, the story gets really small. Superman is off-page (of course he is, because he's so powerful that this story wouldn't get to happen otherwise), and Batman and Wonder Woman conspire how to fight back when BWL has them pinned down in a life of misery. It's a life that is nowhere reflected in any other DC book, but I digress.

Wally West, who unfortunately has the Watchmen's Doctor Manhattan juju wrapped up in him to become all seeing/knowing/powerful but is a pitiful prisoner in this title, shows up. He suggests a way for the superheroes to win, trying to explain the multiversal mess that is DC in a couple of pages. After having has character shellacked by Tom King in "Heroes in Crisis," Snyder gets to revive West's statue as a beacon of hope. Hero revolt slowly ensues. End issue 1. Seriously, that's it.

This was not a good story. This does not appear to be a good title. But it IS DC's tentpole title for 2020, so DC readers have to get it simply to understand what is going on in their shared universe. For that, I'm more than a little bitter. If you want to see what a GOOD event book is like for comparison's sake, go read Wolfman's "Crisis on Infinite Earths" #1. You'll see how far things have fallen.

Technically, DC's maddening decision to force BWL's word balloons to be red chicken-scratch against a black background continues. BWL's lettering is largely illegible as a result. That's right, it's nearly impossible to read what the lead baddie of this book is saying.

The sole high point of the book is Greg Capullo. He is a very talented artist, and his renditions of fire, brimstone, madness and everything else "rock and roll" are on point -- given the subject matter he has to work with. His characters look solid, his layouts are vibrant and exciting.

Scott Snyder, on the other hand, baffles me. He IS a decent writer, something I continually have to remind myself throughout this book. His Batman "Court of Owls" story is quite good. His "Undiscovered Country," co-written with Charles Soule for Image, is pretty good, too. His JL, however, was convoluted and a chore to read. That carries forward to this book. Perhaps he's just out of his league on stories of this nature. Very few writers can pull off a blockbuster event. He can't. Well, he hasn't so far. Sadly, I apparently will have to keep reading to find out.

Snyder won the Game of Thrones at DC. It's his universe to mold, to make everything count. And, with his first move as the prima dona of DC, he's fallen flat on his face. Maybe King was lucky to get banished to Black Label, and hopefully Bendis can continue to do his own thing. Me? I think I'll be spending a lot more time reading back issues if this is what we'll be getting from DC going forward.

2.5/10 on the basis of Capullo's art alone. I would go a touch higher but have to deduct points for the unintelligible lettering on BWL.

Do better, DC. more

I used to like Batman.
But I hate him now. Everything is about him.

I wish they leave Diana alone; let her be an interesting character with proper stories, character-trait-flaws, vulnerable, and decent personality; with stories about overcoming odds and overwhelming situations. But nope, f**k that, she's just an icon of feminism and strong independent wahman. They just don't realize by writing a good story and making her understandable they're doing that.

So what's next?

MK has f**ked Doom's mom and has his powers.
MK has Spider-man's powers.
MK has Franklin Richards' powers.

Man, I love Moon Knight but this is absolute shit.

Jason Aaron is a joke.