K Sharath rated Justice League #56 Feb 17, 2023
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“Doom Metal” part four of five! In this Dark Nights: Death Metal tie-in issue, the Justice League has nowhere left to hide from the agents of Perpetua. The towering, nightmarish Omega Knight hunts them to the edges of Brimstone Bay and will stop at nothing until the team is obliterated! And all the while, above Perpetua’s throne, Hawkgirl bat...
K Sharath rated Justice League #55 Feb 17, 2023
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The motley crew of “Doom Metal” sets sail for the cliffs of insanity, captained by Nightwing-or so he thinks! The team fractures, and Detective Chimp reveals the horrible secret wish in his heart. And speaking of hearts, Hawkgirl will stop at nothing to find Martian Manhunter, even if she jeopardizes the League’s mission and their souls. Part...
K Sharath rated Justice League #54 Feb 17, 2023
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“Doom Metal” part two of five storms the stage in this essential Dark Nights: Death Metal tie-in! It’s the Titans reunion you've been clamoring for when Starfire and Cyborg join Nightwing in this twisted Justice League. The team is hell-bent for Brimstone Bay to free the Legion of Doom, but what horrors and desires will the Valley of Starros ...
K Sharath rated Justice League #53 Feb 17, 2023
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“Doom Metal” part one of five-the Dark Nights: Death Metal tie-in that will directly impact the finale of that event! Nightwing’s on a mission to free the Legion of Doom from Perpetua’s clutches. But to do so, he’ll need the help of none other than…Lex Luthor?! The surprises are only just beginning, as Nightwing, Lex, and a new Justic...
K Sharath reviewed Action Comics #1046 Feb 11, 2023
Worth a comeback, the whole Hercules/Kratos quest vibes was too much to ask for. Plus the twists, artwork, ending and much more was pure out of the moon stuff. Really got fascinated with this one. Waiting for an epic finale
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The climactic battle for the fate of Warworld is fast approaching, and the Authority is finally reunited...but no longer as allies! As Superman fights to retrieve a mythical ancient weapon that can free the people of Warworld, Natasha Irons, Midnighter, and O.M.A.C. fight for the souls of their own teammates. Meanwhile, in the Fortress of Solitude:...
K Sharath reviewed Action Comics #1045 Feb 11, 2023
Worth a comeback, the whole Hercules/Kratos quest vibes was too much to ask for. Plus the twists, artwork, ending and much more was pure out of the moon stuff. Really got fascinated with this one. Waiting for an epic finale
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The Warworld Revolution escalates as Superman gains the upper hand, forcing Mongul to take desperate measures. Meanwhile, a fallen ally of Superman is resurrected...at a terrible cost. A new connection to Jack Kirby's Fourth World is revealed as the Warworld Saga's mind-blowing conclusion nears! Then, in A World Without Clark Kent-Lois Lane and Joh...
K Sharath reviewed Action Comics: Warworld Apocalypse #1 Feb 11, 2023
The finale that focuses on all characters was a sight to watch, good involvement from other characters,action sequences and all the twists and sacrifices make this one worth an end.The climax was light hearted and delivered pure superman vibes. However, a lot of questions to be answered in the future.
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It has all led to this: the final battle between Superman and Mongul, and between the Authority and Mongul’s Unmade Champions! The identity of the hooded stranger has been revealed, uncovering a shocking betrayal that threatens to crush Superman’s rebellion forever! But as the fate of Warworld relies on Superman, the last chance to return his p...
K Sharath reviewed Action Comics Vol. 2: The Arena Feb 10, 2023
Superman's efforts to motivate a massive crowd and provide them hope is portrayed quite beautifully. The greek style artwork hits it out of the park. A lot of surprises, the description of warworld and much more adds to the quality of the story.
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Art by Daniel Sampere, Miguel Mendonca, Riccardo Federici, Dale Eaglesham, Will Conrad Superman's greatest battle is only beginning! After learning of an enslaved race with mysterious ties to Krypton, Superman and the Authority travel across space to dethrone the new Mongul and liberate Warworld. But Mongul and his champions are prepared! Now Super...
K Sharath reviewed Action Comics #1043 Feb 10, 2023
More to the story, more depth myth of mongul and much more developments, everything teases a grand end
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The next chapter of the Warworld Saga begins! Following the first victory by Superman and the Phaelosians, the Warworld Rebellion has begun. But Mongul has become more merciless than ever, cracking down on his enemies with unspeakable cruelty. With Superman’s people suffering and his options dwindling, his thoughts turn to the mythical necropolis...
K Sharath reviewed Action Comics #1044 Feb 10, 2023
Why prolong the final clash like this using some unwanted supernatural elements and a misleading cover. Tyrant Mongul actions and artwork saves the day from much worse situation
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The Warworld Revolution is here! With the Genesis Stone feeding Kal-El a portion of his long-dormant powers, the quest to overthrow Mongul's tyrannical rule is well under way...but can Superman convince the war-torn combat-ants of this hellish nightmare planet that kindness can best cruelty? All this, plus Midnighter stabs some fools who had it com...
K Sharath reviewed Action Comics #1042 Feb 8, 2023
Great artwork but why delay it when it can happen faster. The rebellion is slowed down for god knowz why.
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The origins of Mongul, his mysterious champions, and Midnighter's underground rebellion stand revealed! When another of Superman's truest allies is killed, will the tragic loss end the rebellion before it begins? Or will it be the spark that finally unites Superman's forces against the unstoppable Mongul?The Warworld Revolution begins! Also featuri...
K Sharath reviewed Dark Nights: Death Metal #4 Feb 8, 2023
Things were going fine but how dare they skip the escape especially after putting them in situations like that.
Wonder Woman, Batman, and Superman are trapped in nightmare worlds within the Dark Multiverse! They’ll need to face down their fiercest foes once again if they hope to accomplish their mission and bring back a power capable of stopping the Darkest Knight. But what horrors has he unleased on Earth while they’ve been locked away?!
K Sharath reviewed Dark Nights: Death Metal: Death Metal Metaverse's End #1 Feb 8, 2023
Captain carrot character hits right but the rest look bland. Especially the cartoon artwork during history was too weird to accept. The issue however finds life in the end with the Owlman side actions.
Perpetua, mother of all existence, has culled all life and creation in the Multiverse, condensing all beings to one planet: Earth-Prime. In her quest for power and dominance, she rules absolutely and in totality, using her children-the Monitors and Anti-Monitors-as her heralds and destructors. But a group of heroes has banded together across multip...
K Sharath reviewed Dark Nights: Death Metal: Speed Metal #1 Feb 7, 2023
Just a bizarre take on how far can the speed force be exploited. The level of artwork is massive
It's the drag race from hell in this one-shot tie-in to Dark Nights: Death Metal! Taking place after the events of Dark Nights: Death Metal #3, the Darkest Knight is after Wally West and his Dr. Manhattan powers. Thankfully, Wally has backup in the form of Barry Allen, Jay Garrick, and Wallace West! It's a knockdown, drag-out race through the Waste...
K Sharath rated Justice League Vol. 1: Origin Feb 4, 2023
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Now in trade paperback from comics superstars Geoff Johns and Jim Lee! In a universe where Super Heroes are strange and new, Batman has discovered a dark evil that requires him to unite the World Greatest Heroes! Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Aquaman, The Flash and Cyborg unite for the first time to form the JUSTICE LEAGUE! Dont mi...
K Sharath reviewed Dark Nights: Death Metal: Death Metal Guidebook #1 Feb 4, 2023
Stories in perspective of multiple characters have helped giving a clearer picture about the mainstream storyline which is otherwise just some chaotic mess. The varying artwork was lovable and provides some unique feel to each stories.
Earth is turned upside down, shrouded in a realm of darkness after the Justice League's defeat by the cosmic goddess Perpetua. Now the Batman Who Laughs and his army of Dark Knights rule the planet, wreaking havoc on humanity and raining destruction on the world. As Wonder Woman, Superman, Batman, and other heroes fight to survive in this strange n...
K Sharath reviewed Dark Nights: Death Metal #3 Feb 4, 2023
Everything is finally coming together,return of superman and much more to look forward. Saved by all the explanations they have given about this bizarre setting
All aboard! When the Justice League launches its assault on New Apokolips, the team’s goal is to free Superman from his solar prison. But it’s all going off the rails when they learn that the Man of Steel is gone for good thanks to the Anti-Life Equation. Plus, the deep secret of the Darkest Knight is revealed-but how much darker could the Batm...
K Sharath reviewed Dark Nights: Death Metal: Trinity Crisis #1 Feb 4, 2023
That twist, that turn filled with action showing the efforts of what remains to save the world. Hell of an dope item, the climax was a mindblower which was unexpected.
With Superman freed from his New Apokolips prison, the classic Trinity lineup is reunited and ready to rock! Wonder Woman, Batman, and Superman amp up their power to launch an assault on Castle Bat, and that’s just the warm-up act! Three walking nightmares are hidden deep inside the fortress-but these Dark Multiverse versions of the Anti-Monitor,...
K Sharath reviewed Dark Nights: Death Metal: Legends of the Dark Knights #1 Feb 4, 2023
Real bizarre item with variable artwork hits it out of the part compared to the mainstream dull storyline. All the flashbacks revealing the origins of different Batman's. Esepcially Robin King and Manhattan origins are hell of an exploration.
The DC Universe has become engulfed by the Dark Multiverse, where demons dwell and reality is overrun by monstrous versions of the Dark Knight, all ruled by the Batman Who Laughs. In this collection of short tales, learn the terrifying secrets of these new Bats out of hell and other creatures of the night like Robin King, whose origin is just the w...
K Sharath rated Year of the Villain: Hell Arisen Collected Feb 3, 2023
DC's "Year of the Villain" leaps into its final phase as the ultimate battle between Lex Luthor and the Batman Who Laughs rages! On one side are the super-powered "Apex" Lex's forces of injustice-Captain Cold, Oracle, Solomon Grundy, Black Manta, and Lobo-and on the other are the Batman Who Laughs' Infected, corrupted versions of heroes Supergirl, ...
K Sharath rated Year of the Villain: Hell Arisen #1 Feb 3, 2023
DC's "Year of the Villain" begins its sinister conclusion! Lex Luthor has brought Perpetua back from her cosmic grave and restored her power! Now the Multiverse lives in fear that she might wipe out all existence. The only thing that could stop her are the forces of the Dark Multiverse- which means it's Luthor's mission to defeat the Batman Who Lau...
K Sharath rated Year of the Villain: Hell Arisen #2 Feb 3, 2023
Apex predator Lex Luthor is on the hunt for the Batman Who Laughs. To catch his prey, he must follow a trail of broken heroes... leading him to Jim Gordon, one of the victims of the Batman Who Laughs' deadly virus that turned the heroic police commissioner into the worst version of himself. The trail leads Lex to a lonely cell in the Hall of Justic...
K Sharath rated Year of the Villain: Hell Arisen #3 Feb 3, 2023
Apex Lex Luthor's first run-in with the Infected didn't go as planned, and the Batman Who Laughs' influence is continuing to spread. Now Lex must find out who in the world can think like the Batman Who Laughs-and there are only two folks who come to mind. The first is Batman, who probably has his own ideas for Lex; the other is The Joker, who also ...
K Sharath rated Year of the Villain: Hell Arisen #4 Feb 3, 2023
This is it! Lex Luthor has gathered a strike force of villains he's leveled up to be the baddest bad guys around-Captain Cold, Oracle, Solomon Grundy, Black Manta, and Lobo, each and every one a recipient of one of Lex's dark gifts.
But the Batman Who Laughs has his own army of infected heroes. Six hundred sixty-six of them, all transformed int...
K Sharath rated Year of the Villain: Special #1 Feb 3, 2023
Evil is winning! Lex Luthor and The Legion of Doom conspire with Cosmic Gods, bending mankind toward a dark destiny. Elsewhere, the scourge of Leviathan spreads unchecked, seizing power in every corner of the world. And all the while the Batman Who Laughs busies himself in the shadows, aligned with no one-yet with sinister plans for all.
The c...
K Sharath reviewed Dark Nights: Death Metal #2 Feb 3, 2023
Bizarre fantasy is good but once it crosses the border of enjoyment it is a disaster. So is this one
Get ready to scream! Wonder Woman roars across the horrifying Dark Multiverse landscape in the world’s most demented monster truck, with Swamp Thing riding shotgun! The two arrive at the ghoulish cemetery base of Batman and his army of zombies, but can the former friends stand each other long enough to form a plan and take back the planet? Plus, ...
K Sharath reviewed Dark Nights: Death Metal #1 Feb 3, 2023
After the great buildup of the The Year Of Villain arc this one feels like a Muddled up confusing a lot bizarre ride. Sad to say, could not cope up with this one
Get ready for the earth-shattering encore! The legendary team behind Dark Nights: Metal and Batman: Last Knight on Earth take center stage and reunite for one last tour. When the Earth is enveloped by the Dark Multiverse, the Justice League is at the mercy of the Batman Who Laughs. Humanity struggles to survive in a hellish landscape twisted beyond...
K Sharath rated Action Comics #1041 Feb 3, 2023
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REMATCH! Superman puts what he's learned on Warworld to the test as he faces Mongul's unstoppable, reanimated warrior known as the Unmade. But it may be too late for Mongul to salvage his empire before an ancient prophecy is fulfilled. One of Superman's inner circle will fall, another will be resurrected at a terrible cost, and the Authority's trai...
K Sharath rated Action Comics #1040 Jan 29, 2023
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Superman has become a force to be reckoned with inside Warworld’s arena, and Mongul questions his decision to keep his enemies alive. As Superman’s new Phaelosian ally Kryl-Ux teaches him new ways to fight without powers, he starts to win Warzoons over to his cause…but someone within his inner circle finds their allegiances tested. Meanwhile,...
K Sharath rated Action Comics #1039 Jan 29, 2023
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“The Warworld Saga, Part III.” Everything has changed. After the heart-stopping events of Action Comics #1037, Superman and the surviving members of the Authority see a side of Warworld they never knew existed. In the lower catacombs, Superman finds another survivor of the lost Phaelosian race of Krypton, a scientist turned enslaved gladiator w...
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