I have no idea what they meant by Earth 2 except for the fact that DC stories have almost similar characters across a multitude of parallel universes. So when I saw this in Tradepaperback (collected) format in the book store, what made me actually buy this is the artwork from the front and back (always checked the interior as today there is a fondness for different artists on covers and interiors). As it looked incredibly detailed, lots of action sequences and awesome colouring, I decided to give it a try and I am not disappointed!
First up is the cover and unfortunately Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and their hangers on all DIED (SPOILER SPOILER) within the first few pages. Apparently on Earth 2 the heroes perished in the fight against villains and at first no one expected more supers to come popping out of the woodwork except perhaps for those "engineered" by the government
So naturally to ensure that there is a comic series to tell, the supers started popping up one by one and the best part is that this series wasted no time in doing so with slow moving origin issues. We have the girl with the wings popping up and the origins are left to be revealed in bit and pieces later on ... we have good old Speedy before he became a speedster and his is a tale that is full of action ... and then the obligatory political correctness of a gay couple ... who becomes the lantern ... ah well ... even this is done with a lot BOMBING and EXPLOSIONS (literally)And so for them, there must come a strong opponent in order for them to gel together. Who is it? A new, utterly over-the-top version of Grundy! Seriously! I know very little about the previous chap but this one? Whoa be careful!
I read the entire TPB in one seating - it's that good and remember, I am not a DC Fanatic!
Ratings: 7/10
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