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Spectre dc batman9/1/2023 One can only hope to be proven wrong.ĭISCLAIMER: DC Comics provided Batman News with a copy of this comic for the purposes of this review.DC Showcase: The Spectre is the first animated short film in DC Showcase Original Shorts Collection focused on The Spectre. If this issue is any indication, the final conflict with Erebos will no doubt be a horrific battle that won’t mean anything at all. Yes, the zombie story has overplayed its hand, overstayed its welcome, and is difficult to enjoy. Additionally, the book is ugly, depressing, and wildly superficial at times. While I find Alfred and Cyborg’s story arcs to be among its strengths, Undead Gods cannot put the hope back into this story. It truly believes its big and gory action scenes are enough to supplement the flaws in the storytelling. War of the Undead Gods operates like a cheap action horror. Looking for mindless entertainment on the page.Admittedly, it is sort of like having creative scenes in a film with terrible blocking and CGI. For instance, the battle information and set pieces are readable. However, I have been taking note of various examples of effective visual communication wherever I can. It still has distorted inconsistencies in the facial renders, generally unpleasant renders, and sparse underdrawn backgrounds. Trevor Hairsine’s art has not improved in the least. Lobo’s immunity made him an extremely valuable ally, but what he does with Darkseid doesn’t take advantage of any of the set up. Secondly, Tom Taylor places Lobo in the conflict to be a major savior, but with less contribution than I was led to believe. Furthermore, what makes it worse is the use of her home of Kandor and the other Kryptonians without involving her. She is noticeably absent, despite having a huge introduction in the first issue. One in particular involves the use of Kara Zor-El. The story features several personal narrative let downs. At the very least, readers could walk away wondering if this was an example of love enduring, but even if that were true, it didn’t add very much to the conversation. Part of me understands the perspective of a parent not wanting to harm their child, but I also wonder how an escape artist couldn’t figure a way out of this scenario altogether. Unfortunately, instead of fighting their loved one, they tragically let him tear them apart. During the battle with the Anti-living, Scott and Barda finally learn their son’s fate as another mindless assailant. When Undead Gods began, Scott Free and Big Barda were reasonably fearful for their son’s safety. As far as arcs go, Cyborg’s retribution feels the most complete.įinally, the least effective thread involves Mr. Moreover, while his tech was once his biggest vulnerability in the beginning, it becomes a key redeeming asset in the end. After Brainiac fails to make his move on Darkseid and War World, Cyborg gets a unique opportunity to settle the score. In the original run of DCeased, Cyborg was the first person to succumb to Anti-life. Regardless, Jon’s hero moment feels like a full circle but somewhat generic sacrifice.Ĭonsequently, Cyborg has the most significant full circle moment in the entire series. I know Jon leaves for the sake of the others, but it felt like the Spectre already hit the same beat. The conceit is that War World itself is one of the Anti-living, and not equivalent to zombies piloting the Death Star from Star Wars. Albeit, it’s hard to know exactly how mindless the Anti-living are. Honestly, I can’t blame Jon Kent for thinking War World targeting the earth looks like a job for Superman. Superman leaves the earth for his own reasons as well. Rather, Alfred is literally used to drag out a major deus ex machina. As a result, the Spectre leaves the people he loves high and dry to attend to the bigger picture. However, the power of the Spectre comes with bigger responsibilities to interests outside of his own. Fortunately, Alfred now has the power he needs to avoid the same outcome. Especially since earth’s heroes seem to be dying left and right. When the Anti-living infect Damian and Leslie, facing the fear seems unavoidable. As Darkseid and the forces of Anti-living reach Earth-2, the good guys make their desperate last stand.Īfter Alfred Pennyworth made the choice to kill the final members of his family, repeating the mistake has become his greatest fear. The penultimate chapter of DCeased: War of the Undead Gods has begun! Every story thread spun from the beginning finally leads into a big conflict.
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