Infinite Crisis Omnibus

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Villains United and Day of Vengeance were personal favorites, but I also thoroughly enjoyed the JLA tie-ins and the Superman stories. However, there is quite a lot of multiversy explanations as often in big crisis events (and nowadays even in standard arcs). Issues arise with Checkmate, Brother Eye, the Secret Society, the Secret Six, and the seemingly unprovoked Thanagarian/Rann war that snowball into one huge conspiracy, but it all leads back to one very real problem that the league has: trust. The story wasn’t hard to follow, unlike Morrison’s crisis events however, I’m personally just not a fan when Shazam kicks in with all the magic bullshit. This was better than Crisis of infinite earths in my opinion but, only because Johns took the lead in writing.

It starts like all big stories do, small, with a mystery/espionage story involving Brother I, the spy satellite that Batman creates in his paranoia, as well as the corruption of the Checkmate shadow organization. Když jsem četl jsem hlavní řadu IC, hodně mě bavila - na pár místech jsem se nechytal, ale v jádru dobrý. There has also been some decrying of how the Trinity is characterized during this period; that they are presented to the reader as having too many flaws, ad that that compromises their heroism and role as someone to aspire to. I haven't read Crisis on Infinite Earth, but I thought that enough background and explanations were given not to be too lost in the main event.

It feels like this finale gives us the full scope of Day of Vengeance, as the end of the Ninth Age of Magic and the beginning of the Tenth comes across as truly epic, full of sacrifices (though the Shadowpact are certainly reduced to supporting roles in this finale) [4+/5]. Different generations have periods in comic book history that they hold the dearest (usually those they read when at a young age), and claim should be the blueprint for all present and future comics. These all get answers, but not before a myriad of events lead up to it, only adding even more mystery and suspense to the overall most important question: What the Hell is wrong with the Justice League? It's also very much a product of the Dan Didio and Bob Harras era of DC, where you needed a mega-event every 5 years to reset the status quo (Dan even says this much in the introduction to the omnibus), and that's a mentality I'd like comics to move away from.

And in the middle of it all, a critical moment has divided Earth's three greatest heroes: Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman. The trinity are on full display here but the 4 (no spoilers) are wonderfully reintroduced and their characterizations are fun and meaningful.

I liked a lot, possibly more than the main event, the "Coutdown" arcs with smaller teams and focused plots.