Prior issues was pretty good. Not great but I enjoyed it. Everything in this issue feels rushed and almost incoherent. A 5.0 is generous.

Didn’t like the story arc. Overall the issue felt very rushed, and a much ado about nothing. Poor character development as well.

I’m glad it’s finally over. And will be skipping hush 2 so will stick with the other bat books for now.

It’s fine.

Isn’t the point of having a separate Green Lantern Corps book to have this be a Hal Jordan book?

I just don’t feel like this is a well told story. And wonder if this is how Loeb always wrote.

Very generic so far and kind of boring. Not sure where the Dan Watters that wrote Lucifer, 6 fingers and the detective comics back ups. Will keep reading for a few more issues.

I like Dan Watters work a lot but I’m out.

I like the ongoing fantastic four run by North. I found this boring and mediocre. Someone else described it as hollow. That is a good description.

It’s just odd. Why build up a villain like the sovereign and have the take down be like this? Also, to think that the sovereign wouldn’t have the chimp lobotomized is silly. And I’m fine with silly in comics, if it fits your narrative. When I was reading the issue with Diana being starved and having a glass of wine poured over her head, my take was that this wasn’t a silly book. Also, Diana using all allies in the arsenal is enjoyable. But The sovereign would do the same and it would make it more interesting if he did. Showing Diana playing chess and the sovereign playing incompetent is lazy.

This is one frustrating comic. Panels of awesomeness. Tonal shifts that make it fall apart at times. While entertaining, the stuff with Warlord’s bridge just doesn’t fit into the story being told. Some awesome ideas like eclipso trying to fill the darkseid void, foxy the infant cosmos, flash splitting himself with both not being enough.

It’s ok. I Have to go back and reread from issue 1 to see if this held together or not.

I’m enjoying this. Even if the heros come off stupid.

It’s ok.

I don’t like the change in artist (too different from regular artist) and Damian is very different from what I remember. And it’s progressing slow (we are 5 issues in to this story but that’s just modern comics). But I do like it. I liked the Bruce Jason conversation and some of the horrific drug induced imagery.

It’s an ok issue. DC is really padding a lot of stories these days. It would be nice if the writers respected the customers wallets a little more but it is what it is.

It’s marvel’s FF with the flash characters. Wally is the focus of this as much as Reed would be in an FF story (note not Fantastic Four but FF). If you like that then you will like this. I don’t know why they are doing this with the flash title and Wally west, but it’s clearly what DC has wanted for decades now. But The execution doesn’t acknowledge Wally’s childhood quality, which it should as raising children can bring one’s own childhood to the surface. Which would be interesting. But perhaps the creators and editors haven’t read those stories. Looking forward to absolute flash.

It’s good. The art is off in a few spots but overall it’s a good looking book. I really liked the vibe of the last 4 pages

This is a strange book. It reads like old school Claremont X-men. Which is both good and bad. Going to stick with it. At least for a bit.

Some improved art and story progression helped this issue. But I still think the artist is not a good fit for the story being told.

Please replace the artist with someone who better fits the story being told.

Messed up. I would have rated higher if it had a better final act.

Good but not as good as issue 1.

I will continue to read this for now. There is some great art in it. But this issue didn’t give me much from a story perspective. This issue had the feel of a filler to pad out a story arc.

Pretty good. Nothing particularly impressive here. Very straight forward.

I didn’t like this issue as much as others in this series. There was a lot of telling instead of showing. But I like the creative team and will keep reading.

Pretty good setup, but I like X-0 and similar concepts. Let’s see where it goes.

Pretty good. Starting to really like the Hovarth stuff.

Difficult one to review. The Adam strange story is close to a 10. Don’t know who Patrick horvath is but that story is great. Batman story is ok. Love the art by FF but pacing is off and it’s too short.

Joe Chill is alive? I thought he was long dead.

Fun, solid issue. I liked mora’s art more than usual

Best issue of the series so far.

It’s fun. We will see where it goes. Overall I like the different approaches being taken here as well as two face and new gods.

Some clunky pacing in the middle but pretty good overall. My bias to like this pushes it to an 8. Liking the art. Reminds me of Sean Phillips.

Been thinking of dropping this, but I liked this issue. Will see how it goes.

There are still things about the setup that I don’t like. But The last two issues have been better for me. This issue specifically reminds me of Snyders Black Mirror story.

And here it is. The comic I’ve been looking forward to the most since they launched absolute. I like it. Do I like it as much as flash 1 by Mike Baron from 1987? No. Because that book was a 10 and still is one of the greatest comics ever. This was never going to live up to my expectations. I will stick with this as I prefer pre dad energy Wally West. Broadly speaking, the main dcu wally west hero’s journey feels like it’s over. So it begins again with a different vision of what that journey looks like without his mentor. Frankly it may be time for the current DCU to go the way of earth 2 re: Adventure Comics from the late 1970s. And let absolute take over as main continuity.

Not my favorite issue of this run but still really enjoying it.

One of the better issues in this story, if not the best.

Good stuff.

This would be higher if the art was better. It’s not bad but needed someone like Kevin McGuire on the faces.

Much better than the last issue. But This will be a seriously polarizing issue. I appreciate spurrier because he tries different things. And I feel like the art fits the book and what he is trying. The villain appears absurdly out of character until you get to the last few pages. Then it’s just bizarre and I like that. But some will hate the tone and everything about this.

Just getting around to reading this. Crazy messed up book and I like it.

Picked this up randomly. Intriguing start.

The twice was visible a 100 miles away but that’s ok. I still like it. Cool art and colors.

Bob Quinn is a very good storyteller. And Mark Russell writing was better here. This is probably one of the better issues.

Very cool new vision for the character. I really enjoyed it. Amazing art.

I don’t have a lot of expectations of an aquaman book because I’m not a long time reader of the character. For me this is a very good book.

This is a cool and different book. Worth checking out.

Great!

Very enjoyable.

Continues to be my favorite marvel book, carried by the writing and Done in one format. Art is good, but I still don’t think they’ve found the perfect artist for this book.

It’s a 9 and not a 10 because I feel like the art on this book still doesn’t serve the script the best. Writing is a 10.

Wow some people hate this. I thought it was pretty well done. To each their own.

One of the best issues in the run. Still not perfect. Can’t help saying that we appear to be in the late stage of the current version of the DCU. The Flash is the title that signals this the most through DC history. The young man who was Wally West who was not a very nice person has turned into a family man and leads the fantastic flash four and shares the stage with them all. Feels like the narrative end for the character that transported a transplant heart in exchange for healthcare. very late in the narrative now… At least his end state was better than what the pre crisis Barry got… but I guess DC still has time to kill everybody. Absolute is perhaps the stealth reboot hiding in plain sight. If only Absolute Batman was better.

The best issue so far. There was some proper tension building and menace in this issue. I preferred the art as well.

The best issue of the run so far. It’s an old school approach and I like it. And probably the issue where the art and story really jelled for the first time. Some people may not like the numerous plots and characters but it works for me.

A fun issue and a step up from the prior issue.

Good ending to a solid mini series.

Probably the best book of the week for me. Starks has some great pacing here. And Piazzalunga art reminds me of Norm Breyfogle.

One of the better issues of the run so far.

As much as I don’t want to like it because I don’t like the design of Batman, and I don’t like the setup of the childhood friends, the rest is pretty great.

What a great comic.

Awesome book.

It’s a Legend of the Dark Knight!

Whoa

“This happens to be a private moment! Someone else’ s private moment, admittedly but the principle stands!” Line of the week. Al Ewing is in Zombo mode. Which people will love or hate. And Lieber is on fire.

Awesome

Much better than last issue. And I don’t think it’s pretentious at all. Just a really great book.

This is one crazy comic. Best issue of the mini series so far.

A near perfect first issue. I really enjoyed this.

It’s fantastic.

I’ve been a bit of a wait and see on the Absolute line because I don’t trust DC to not screw it up. They’ve been screwing these things up since immediately post crisis (Now I feel old). I picked up and read the first four issues of this today. This is great and a nice change from the legacy DC titles which have become overly focused on everyone’s extended family. the bat family. Super family. Wonder family. Flash family. Whatever the mess of characters Green lantern is. All of those legacy books have lost focus on their core characters and for me are lesser for it. So I will go to absolute for the focus on the core characters (and will ignore Snyders card game scene in issue 2 of absolute Batman which made me want to go blind). I will also go to this as I prefer the overall approach to the art versus what I’m seeing in JLU, Batman, Superman, and worlds finest. I realize people like the artists on those books but for me it all looks the same - fast paced with very limited sequential storytelling. Very Jim Lee influenced style, who I’ve never really been a fan of. Personal preference. I’m “all in” on the absolute titles until they start crossing over with the main universe, change the creative teams, or start forcing alignment with the legacy universe. I don’t want that flash of two worlds until absolute flash 123. But doubt they will wait that long. Pretty impressive that Batman is probably third best of this launch.

This is why you read comics.

For me this was perfect.