Injustice 2 #22
(W) Tom Taylor (A) Mike S. Miller (A/CA) Bruno Redondo, Juan Albarran
In Shops: Mar 21, 2018
SRP: $2.99
The Gorilla City rebellion explodes, putting Ra’s al Ghul and his mission in jeopardy. It’s up to the Suicide Squad to get him out alive-but Ra’s has a trick or two up his sleeve. Later, Amazo is sent on another mission of mass destruction, but a new champion wearing the “S” shield is out to stop him.
Injustice 2 #21
Story: Tom Taylor Art: Daniel Sampere, Mike S. Miller Cover Art: Tyler Kirkham
Color: Rex Lokus, J. Nanjan Letterer: Wes Abbott
Editor: Jim Chadwick Assistant Editor: Liz Erickson
In Shops: Mar 07, 2018
SRP: $2.99
Booster Gold trains Blue Beetle, while over in Kahndaq, Wonder Woman trains Supergirl. Damian heads to Gorilla City to join Ra’s al Ghul and his allies, only to walk into the middle of Grodd’s rebellion against King Solovar.
Injustice 2 #15
(W) Tom Taylor (A/CA) Mike S. Miller
RATED T+
In Shops: Dec 06, 2017
SRP: $2.99
Mission: bust Wonder Woman out of a Themysciran prison. After being trained by Black Adam and Damian Wayne in Kandaq, Kara Zor-El is sent out to try and free her cousin’s most loyal ally. Is she up for the challenge? Several surprises await her.
Injustice 2 #13
(W) Tom Taylor (A/CA) Mike S. Miller
In Shops: Nov 01, 2017
SRP: $2.99
In Kahndaq, Kara Zor-el continues her tutelage under the watchful eye of Black Adam. But Damian Wayne, visiting as an emissary of Ra’s al Ghul, decides that it’s time for Kara to begin her training, leading to the two of them out of the kingdom without Adam’s knowledge or approval. Damian risks exposing another super-powered Kryptonian to a hostile world still recovering from the reign of Superman, and himself to wrath of Black Adam.
Injustice 2 #6
(W) Tom Taylor (A/CA) Mike S. Miller
In Shops: Jul 19, 2017
SRP: $2.99
Get ready for the Origin of Supergirl! Jump back in time to see the early life of Kara Zor-el and the destruction of Krypton. Sent to Earth to be her infant cousin Kal-el’s protector, an accident delays her by decades. She’s met upon her eventual arrival by a most unexpected benefactor and learns a very different version of the story of Superman’s regime.
It’s a battle to the death at the Fortress of Solitude between Bizarro and a mind-controlled Doomsday. Only one will walk away from this battle.
Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year Five – Chapter 20 sees Bizarro’s story arc come to a climatic end. I’ve only read a bit of Injustice: Gods Among Us, so haven’t regularly been following the series and this had me coming into this latest story arc in its last chapter. On its own, the issue won’t be all that interesting to new readers, but for those who have been keeping up, I’d guess the issue has a lot they might find interesting.
It’s hard to completely recommend the issue because it’s just not new reader friendly by it’s an entertaining read for those who enjoy superhero smack downs. Almost the entire story is dedicated towards a two way (and at points three way) dance of a fight between Superman, Doomsday, and Bizarro. Writer Brian Buccellato does give us more than just that though. There’s some subtle actions by characters that make the digital comic have a bit more depth than the usual drag out fights. That’s good enough to get me to want to see what’s come before at least and see how we got to this point. But, on its own it’s not quite enough to sell it for new readers.
There is one issue I have and that’s the writing of Bizarro. I find he’s a character that seems to be rather difficult to write for and here we have a stunted speech pattern as opposed to the opposite of everything we should be getting (if that’s this one’s shtick).
The art by Mike S. Miller is pretty solid with some dynamic moments that play out nicely on digital devices. None of it is game changing but Miller’s Superman and Doomsday both are solid. I’m not quite sold on Bizarro though with his look not consistent enough for me and at times not looking enough like Superman.
The chapter is entertaining in many ways but definitely not new reader friendly. Not too shocking since it’s the last chapter for the latest arc. It’s enough to make me want to go back though and see if the next chapter and arc might be a bit easier spot to start from.
Story: Brian Buccellato Art: Mike S. Miller
Story: 6.7 Art: 6.1 Overall: 6.65 Recommendation: Pass
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This is it: the final year of Injustice: Gods Among Us, leading into the storyline of the hit videogame! Having defeated the Green Lantern Corps, the forces of magic, and now the gods themselves, the Regime seems to have eliminated all threats. Yet uneasy lies the crown on the head of Emperor Superman. Still obsessed with the outlaw Batman and worried about having enough troops to police his world, The Man of Steel begins to recruit some of Earth’s deadliest villains to his side. Does the Dark Knight have any chance of ending the Man of Steel’s rule?
I played the game when it first came out, and vaguely know the general story, but I came in to Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year Five #1 without really knowing what happened in the previous four years, just the basics of the first.
Writer Brian Buccellato has done a decent job of making it so you don’t need to know much going in. Batman is on one side, Superman is a fascist and on the other. That’s basically it, and the story works well as an Elseworlds type tale mixed with the depth of video game narrative. We’re not talking deep things here, but there’s lots of punching as if you can picture the players off page mashing buttons. And, the comic is split in a way with the first half playing catch up for new readers and the latter half getting to the punching.
That latter half has some entertainment to it thanks to the art by Mike S. Miller and Iban Coello. Compared to the video game (from what I remember) the comic doesn’t quite hold up, but the style is decent and I especially like the design of the various costumes, Superman’s especially. There’s a decent mix of quiet moments and action, but there’s some minor quibbles here and there for me. It’s passable art, not great, and as the series is originally a digital one, maybe it works better there.
Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year Five #1 is a fun, though not deep, first issue that’s worthy picking up if you want to see Batman versus Superman where anything can happen. I wasn’t expecting much depth going in, and it doesn’t try to sell itself as. As far as a video game to comic adaptation, it’s actually good, and the first issue has me wanting to see what comes next at least, if nothing else to just see this take on these characters.
Story: Brian Buccellato Art: Mike S. Miller, Iban Coello
Story: 6.8 Art: 6.8 Overall: 6.8 Recommendation: Read
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Game of Thrones #23
George R.R. Martin, Daniel Abraham (w)
Tommy Patterson (a)
Mike S. Miller (c)
FC • 32 pages • $3.99 • Mature
In Winterfell, Bran, troubled by strange dreams of a three-eyed crow, learns from Maester Luwin of the children of the forest, the original inhabitants of Westeros. But his lesson is interrupted by another bird—a raven, bearing grim news from King’s Landing: Lord Eddard is dead. Meanwhile, it is to that once-proud city, now stained with blood and madness, that Tyrion Lannister is dispatched by his father, Tywin, to rule as regent for the young King Joffrey. And across the sea, Daenerys learns that her son is dead… and her husband worse than dead.
Game of Thrones #22
George R.R. Martin, Daniel Abraham (w)
Tommy Patterson (a)
Mike S. Miller (c)
FC • 32 pages • $3.99 • Mature
Drogo is dying of his wounds. Daenerys will do anything to save him, even if it means embracing forbidden bloodmagic. But such spells carry a deadly price and, as the pregnant Dany is about to learn, that price can be far harder to bear than any graveside grieving. Now Sansa Stark, still betrothed to the mad young King Joffrey, yet no longer in love with him, finds herself as much a prisoner as Lord Eddard was, facing a fate as cruel and capricious . . . and as final.
If there break out stars from Guardians of the Galaxy, it would be Rocket Raccoon and Groot (especially Groot). Walk around any convention and you’ll see the two adorning numerous fan made prints, posters, hand made bobbles…. lots of stuff. As if the two couldn’t get any cooler, artist Mike S. Miller has decided to mash up the two with Bill Watterson’s Calvin and Hobbes.
The below results are amazing.
You can find more at his Facebook page.
(via AV Club)
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