Williamson’s crazy omniverse second act continues on today and with this issue we get a bit more info of overall what’s going on in the grand scheme of things. Oh yeah and there is a Batwoman who laughs now from Earth-11 who appears to have an infinity gauntlet....yeah it’s as weird as it sounds.
Anyway we basically have two stories going on within this issue. The away team from last issue is on Earth-13 of Magic after following Darkseid while the House of Heroes is dealing with both Grail and Kalibak leading a horde of Parademons all while Orion is inside arguing with them on what to do. I will say we get some decent character moments in this issue, Captain Carrot being afraid of magicians is probably my favorite followed by don’t call me Doctor Batman from Thomas. We even get some follow up from Injustice Incarnate from one of its members before we get to real meat of things. Which is the reveal that Darkseid isn’t the only problem such as Asmodel the fallen angel who you might remember from JLA in the 90’s. Because that guy is fighting Darkseid in this issue similar to the fight to the Thanos stand in last issue.
Also we get a reveal of why Darkseid is reality hoping and running around instead of staying and fighting the Incarnate team. Basically every big bad of multiverse is chasing after the multiverse crack and Darkseid has been trying to nab it first before anyone else can. We get to see a wide shot of people Darkseid is competing with, all looking to get to the crack in the multiverse and go beyond it for the power that lies beyond. But we also learn that the crack is causing problems, such as Batwoman who laughs.
Because Dr. Multiverse who can see through the multiverse reveals that it’s not a Batwoman from the Dark Multiverse but instead the actual Batwoman of Earth-11. And no they don’t explain the Infinity Gauntlet, she just has it on her for some reason. Basically parts of the multiverse are being corrupted because of the huge cracks in it, creating another big problem besides the fact that so many powerful people want its power. Hopefully the heroes can take care of it after the big cliffhanger ending.
Overall It’s pretty clear that Williamson wants this to be a huge threat and he’s basically indicating that all Crisis level entities are on the playing field at this moment competing with Darkseid. That said I wish we would see more of that because it really only feels like Darkseid is actually trying. We see him throwing his allies at the multiverse protectors while he’s personally hunting down the crack and fighting those who get in his way. Maybe we could see what some other people are up to is all I’m saying, I see the Gentry/the Empty Hand from Multiversity let him do some stuff at least. I guess what I’m asking for is I’d like to see an evil equal who besides the heroes is also giving Darkseid a tough time.
I also felt like with Darkseid’s whole conspiracy and plotting thing that he was more threatening in Infinite Frontier then he is here because he doesn’t feel much like a tactical genius but instead a big brute just chasing power. But hey it’s only issue 2 of a sequel series that Williamson says is Act 2 of a three act plan so we just have to wait and see how Williamson sticks the landing.