The fact that they're able to deliver consistently on a monthly basis means they stuck around for long periods on the book, so the artwork doesn't keep changing all the time. Forever Evil is kind of a silly concept for an event - a group that is referred to in the book as 'evil Justice League' takes over the world, and only the villains can stop them! In a flash of light, the world's most powerful heroes vanish as the Crime Syndicate arrives from Earth-3! The Justice League first came together years ago to stop Darkseid and his Parademon army from invading our Earth.

Volume two collects the rest of Johns's Justice League issues plus the Forever Evil and Darkseid War story lines, all leading up to DC's Rebirth event. This character, Grail, has really conflicting motivations that pivot like three times within the climax of this storyline. The storyline was easy to follow, the characters were pretty great, and it pays off some of the tension in the first half of this run.The only way to liberate himself and go back to normal is to kill Darkseid - and that's what happens. Enjoyed Batman sitting in the Mobius chair but, the entire flashpoint shit towards the end was confusing.

Although I liked certain elements of Darkseid War, I was ultimately disappoint with the lack of Darkseid. In 2011, DC’s “New 52” era ushered in daring reinventions of pop culture’s greatest characters with the Justice League at the forefront! Lex as a hero is a smart idea, and having him do it purely out of ego and narcissism (and not an actual want to help people) is just brilliant. Fabok is one my my favourite comic artists and his versions of Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman are incredible to see. In 2011, DC s New 52 era ushered in daring reinventions of pop culture s greatest characters with the Justice League at the forefront!Lex’s arrogance and ego have always been staples of his character, and having those be the reason he wants to defeat the Crime Sydicate makes for a fun read. As this evil version of the Justice League takes over the DC Universe, no one stands in the way of them and complete domination…no one except for Lex Luthor. Over that last year, I've really gotten into DC comics, Justice League, Swamp Thing and Aquaman soo far.

Johns was born in Detroit and studied media arts, screenwriting, and film at Michigan State University. Also, the Anti Life Equation isn't an actual equation anymore either - it's yet another energy burst-ish ability that's stronger than all the others. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. Their characters and environments have a cinematic look to them, while also having a nice level of detail.The omni includes those, but for some reason, it leaves out the ARGUS, Arkham War and Rogues Rebellion miniseries that set up some important aspects of the main Forever Evil storyline. The Crime Syndicates take over, defeat of the Justice League, and then subsequent loss by having Lex Luthor rise up as Earths champion is just fantastic. I don't get why it had to be this way when Johns had five years to establish these core elements of his climactic arc. Through perseverance, Geoff ended up as the assistant to Richard Donner, working on Conspiracy Theory and Lethal Weapon 4. Luckily, both of those subplots are pretty compelling - Jessica might be Johns' best new character, and seeing Lex toe the line between good and evil was also interesting.

This one was honestly a head-scratcher for me, and I managed to make head and tails of Final Crisis! It seems these arcs exist mainly for two reasons: spending time with Lex Luthor in the Justice League, and setting up Jessica Cruz to eventually become Earth's latest Green Lantern. In a flash of light, the world’s most powerful heroes vanish as the Crime Syndicate arrives from Earth-3! He belittles his foes (and his allies) and takes on an almost “Iron Man” role in the League (without any of Tony’s charm or actual heroism).

Speaking of that bit, though, the issues showing the backstories of the Crime Syndicate were cool, but kinda inessential.