Shadow War

[agentofthebat]

Just got the first shadow wars read. I like it so far. Kinda excited to see where this goes

[Mr. White]

Okay I’m one for liking Brion as the reveal, it makes a lot of sense and I feel like Williamson’s hinted at it throughout the story….but come on you knock him out WITH A ROCK? That’s his power for crying out loud.

That's what makes it funny. The irony.
Though not sure funny is what they were going for but yeah...
The whole event when put together is a tad underhelming so what's one more nail in the coffin?

[The Cool Thatguy]

Okay I’m one for liking Brion as the reveal, it makes a lot of sense and I feel like Williamson’s hinted at it throughout the story….but come on you knock him out WITH A ROCK? That’s his power for crying out loud.

"Your vulnerability made us vulnerable!"

Golly, that's some subtle writing there.

Poor Geoforce. He used to be a step below Superman in power, until he found his own kryptonite.

Synergy.

[sifighter]

spoilers:

So is the implication supposed to be that the great darkness resurrected Slade and made him one of his minions while he was in the Lazarus pit?

end of spoilers

[Morgoth]

I don't know, this was entertaining a little bit, but eventually the whole purpose of this event is just to make another set up for Dark Crisis, this time with Slade. Respawn is just wasted, instead of trying to do something more interesting with him, Williamson just killed him off and used his death to drive Slade even more crazy. It's like another Red-X, where you're making some sort of intrigue about the character, reveal turns out to be weird, and then the character is simply gone, and unlikely will be even remembered in a few years.
I'm glad, that Bruce and Damian finally made amends, but their dynamic here was just awkward.

[Blue22]

Whelp. The event, overall, might have been pretty "meh", but I really enjoyed how it ended. All in all I'd give Shadow War like.....a C+, right on the verge of a B-

There were a lot of fumbles (Respawn and his whole existence being one of the bigger ones) but they at least stuck the landing.

[Felipe Silveira]

A bad event, that's all I can say.

[king81992]

I don't know, this was entertaining a little bit, but eventually the whole purpose of this event is just to make another set up for Dark Crisis, this time with Slade. Respawn is just wasted, instead of trying to do something more interesting with him, Williamson just killed him off and used his death to drive Slade even more crazy. It's like another Red-X, where you're making some sort of intrigue about the character, reveal turns out to be weird, and then the character is simply gone, and unlikely will be even remembered in a few years.
I'm glad, that Bruce and Damian finally made amends, but their dynamic here was just awkward.

They didn't really need to go through all of this to set Slade up for Dark Crisis, in his regular state he would be capable/ crazy enough to carry out the role they've given him.

[The Invincible Beawulf]

spoilers:

So is the implication supposed to be that the great darkness resurrected Slade and made him one of his minions while he was in the Lazarus pit?

end of spoilers

Something like that I presume. Still I'm trying to figure out how Talia was able to kill Deathstroke... (Shouldn't he have been able to heal himself from that stab????) So is Deathstoke now full evil, like really evil?



Poor Geoforce. Poor Respawn. Don't care about Talia.

So Damian has a girlfriend now.

This event was meh.

[Kendrella]

So is Deathstoke now full evil, like really evil?

If something controls him nothing will matter what he do during the Dark Crisis.

[HsssH]

If something controls him nothing will matter what he do during the Dark Crisis.

Good point. Now he can murder bunch of people and DC will again be able to pretend that actually he is not a villain after Dark Crisis ends.

[Restingvoice]

If something controls him nothing will matter what he do during the Dark Crisis.

The solicit says he will feel something dark inside him, so it's not full control (yet) but something that he feel tempted to let it happen

[king81992]

Something like that I presume. Still I'm trying to figure out how Talia was able to kill Deathstroke... (Shouldn't he have been able to heal himself from that stab????) So is Deathstoke now full evil, like really evil?



Poor Geoforce. Poor Respawn. Don't care about Talia.

So Damian has a girlfriend now.

This event was meh.

Slade was always fully evil.

[king81992]

Geo Force was right about the Al Ghuls, Batman always treated them with kid gloves and wound up getting a raw deal. I'm surprised Terra wasn't involved since she's alive and part of the reason why he did all of this. Maybe she breaks him out of Belle Reve later on?

[Frontier]

It's nice to see the Dynamic Duo together again before Tim takes over in Zdarsky's run.

Geo Force was right about the Al Ghuls, Batman always treated them with kid gloves and wound up getting a raw deal. I'm surprised Terra wasn't involved since she's alive and part of the reason why he did all of this. Maybe she breaks him out of Belle Reve later on?

Yeah, it's not like Talia's hands are clean either. He's just incredibly biased in their favor.