Earth 2 Society #22
(W) Dan Abnett (A) Vicente Cifuentes (CA) Bruno Redondo
In Shops: Mar 08, 2017
SRP: $2.99
In this series finale, a new dawn rises on Earth-2. After a terrible struggle, the Wonders have restored their world, better than ever. Can they become the new heroes and caretakers the reborn planet needs to protect it from future threats? And what of the price they paid for peace – what is the final fate of the Earth-2 Batman and his legacy?
Earth 2 Society #21
(W) Dan Abnett (A) Vicente Cifuentes (CA) Bruno Redondo
In Shops: Feb 08, 2017
SRP: $2.99
The Wonders battle the Sandmen army to free the new Earth 2 from a dystopian fate, but the new world Director has unleashed his terrifying secret weapon. Can Batman, Huntress and John, the weakest of the wonders, shut down the Director’s stronghold? It’s a dangerous, last-minute gamble…and the price may be too great to bear.
Earth 2: Society #20
(W) Dan Abnett (A) Vicente Cifuentes (CA) Bruno Redondo, Juan Albarran
RATED T
In Shops: Jan 11, 2017
SRP: $2.99
On the streets of New Metropolis, the Wonders battle the army of Sandmen sent to destroy them. But on this reborn world, no one recognizes the heroes, and their presence sends the citizens into a panic. Behind the scenes, the identity of the world-ruling Director is revealed. And he has a secret weapon that’s equally shocking.
Earth 2: Society #19
(W) Dan Abnett (A) Juan Albarran, Vicente Cifuentes (A/CA) Bruno Redondo
In Shops: Dec 14, 2016
SRP: $2.99
Fury’s gamble has paid off! Earth-2 is born again, but it’s not the world the heroes remember. As outsiders and the only people alive who know what existed before, they struggle to make sense of their new surroundings. On the surface, it seems to be a glorious new world-but from underneath, a hidden menace surfaces.
Earth 2: Society #18
Written by: Dan Abnett
Art by: Bruno Redondo
Cover by: Bruno Redondo
Earth 2 as they knew it is gone, and a ghost world is all that remains. The surviving heroes have failed in their effort to save the world. As they struggle to accept the disaster they have caused, something in the phantom mist begins to hunt for them. In the Ghost World, no heroes can be allowed to exist.
Earth 2 Society #17
Written by: Dan Abnett
Art by: Bruno Redondo
Cover by: Bruno Redondo
Variant cover by: Tony Harris
Earth-2 is dead! Following the climactic battle with Ultra-Humanite and his super-powered army, a handful of the Wonders awaken in a twilight limbo. Are they the only ones to have survived? Has their desperate gambit to save their world ended in total disaster?
Earth 2: Society #16
Written by: Dan Abnett
Art by: Angel Hernandez
Cover by: Bruno Redondo
The Amazonian casket has the potential to remake Earth-2 and end the years of struggle and survival, but is using it too great a risk? The Ultrahumanite doesn’t care. In a last stand, the heroes must stop him from using it to shape a new reality where he is in control—or annihilate Earth-2 entirely. Don’t miss this turning point in Earth-2 history!
Earth 2: Society Annual #1
Written by: Dan Abnett
Art by: Bruno Redondo
Cover by: Bruno Redondo
Earth-2’s Batman is Dick Grayson. Does he have what it takes to be a true Batman and follow in the legacy of Bruce and Thomas Wayne before him? Or will he only ever be a stand-in? Beyond anything else, he has one overriding goal…to find his missing son. Is that a job for the Batman…or is it something only Dick Grayson can do? The Wayne legacy is at stake. This is an epic turning point in the history of Earth-2’s Batman.
The survivors of Earth-2’s war with Apokolips find themselves on a new world, but can Green Lantern, Power Girl, a new Batman and the other heroes of Earth-2 create a new world that’s better than the last, or will their interference and good intentions doom this world, just like the old one?
I missed out on most of the New 52’s Earth 2 related series. From what I hear, I missed out on a solid story. I caught the end of Earth 2: World’s End, and of course Convergence. After those two series, I have to say, this is one of DC’s new series I was looking forward to checking out.
Written by Daniel H. Wilson with art by Jorge Jimenez, Earth 2: Society #1 picks up at various points after the events of Convergence. I expected a series that would be a bit about world building and we sort of get that in an issue that jumps around time wise. We get present, past, etc., as we’re caught up as to what’s happened. You might have expected it to be all good, but boy is it not.
Wilson gives us a first issue that definitely caught me off guard at moments, though there’s some things that maybe could have had a bit more emotional impact. But, what Wilson does that’s awesome is set up a new DC world where anything can really happen. And what’s set up looks really cool. This is a series I want to see where things go. There’s lots of potential here I think.
A lot of that potential comes from the art of Jimenez who gives us designs that look familiar, but at the same time foreign and alien. It’s a cool style that I like and would be awesome in a future DC Comics series, so seeing it here is very cool too. Building up a world from the ground up just opens up so much potential as far as look and design.
The first issue might be helped if you have read what’s come before previously, but there’s tons of potential here. The series sets up what will potentially be cool to see, a comic and world that’s actually being built from the ground up. While I’m not totally jumping up and down yet, there’s lots to go off of, and where it goes from here will be key. This could be a sleeper, that pays off after a bit, the first issue though is a fun read.
Written by: Daniel H. Wilson Art by: Jorge Jimenez
Story: 7 Art: 7.4 Overall: 7.3 Recommendation: Read
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