What do you do after the most death-defying act of your escape artist career? You go to war, of course! Scott Free has skipped out on his trip to the great beyond and taken a boom tube to New Genesis instead, where he and his wife, Big Barda, take on the invading hordes of Apokolips. Things are a little off, however, and Mister Miracle starts to doubt why he's fighting when Orion takes over the mantle of Highfather. It's enough to make a New God miss Granny Goodness's orphanage! From Eisner Award-nominated writer Tom King and artist Mitch Gerads, the team that brought you THE SHERIFF OF BABYLON and the recent Swamp Thing crossover in BATMAN #23!
Portentous, pretentious, depressing, dull, padded, poorly paced. Why is everyone raving about this? There was about six seconds of interesting plot development, but this is otherwise another overrated dud from King, whose work has gone from incredible to miserable in three short years.
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What's your progression of incredible to miserable?
Incredible: most of Grayson, and King's contribution to The Darkseid War, where he wrote a great Hal. Good: Omega Men, though there were times that the series got a bit convoluted. And the first arc in Batman. Decent: the second arc in Batman until the big reveal about Bruce's childhood suicide attempt, and the first issue of Mister M. Miserable: Batman since that reveal, and the issue of Mister M at hand. Still need to try The Vision.
I didn't read any of Grayson, and I didn't know he had any contributions to Darkseid War, though I read the arc and enjoyed it. I can see why some people dislike some of his run on Batman. He's got a tough job following Snyder's run, which a lot of people perceive as one of the greatest runs on Batman of all time. Batman fans seem to have a tendency of being extremely critical. The Vision is absolutely excellent, and don't forget the first season of Sheriff of Babylon, which is also spectacular.
The Vision was fantastic and Sheriff of Babylon was also great, but everything after that by him was mediocre at best. Beside the Catwoman-centered issues, which I really like.
I'm with you king' s gone from great from miserable... but I did like the 1st arc of Batman