For any other comic fans that happen to be up for the early release at ComiXology and other readers that get their grubby mitts on the book through out the day here we go. A thread to talk about DC's Rebirth and kick off cool discussions and thoughts. You are now hooked on thread thread, right?
The very first story panel with the watch, when I read the time I got the point and it was reinforced by the monologue as every second ticked by. It's finally brought home with the end issue panels as well. This was a nice story telling touch.
After reading this book I think Geoff Johns was honest. It reads like he loved what he was doing. It is a pretty good yarn that leaves me yearning for completion right now but this looks like it is going to play out across a lot of titles for a while. It does a good job of setting up the rebirth event spinning a time altering tale of mystery to be unraveled with an actual out of time stream enemy to fight.
This comic touched on a personal issue with me and that's the number of legacy bearing heroes in DC. They are everywhere. What the writer did here in part was explain the value of them in storytelling as a defining trait for DC comics as a whole and help newer readers come to grips with the idea in a workable fashion.
The art is well done but I still want to describe it as heroic rather than superheroic if that makes sense. It's not a criticism just me looking for a defining style description and having no inner artist of merit to bell cow me toward the right terms.
We end up touching on a lot of characters as Wally (original) wanders the speed force looking for a way to fight back. I thought Wally was going to die a second time here but thankfully Barry saved him.
Bits and pieces:
Jonny Thunder… Bringing back the JSA sometime soon. I am really hating rest homes and mental asylums in comics now though.
We have Doctor Fate, the original no less with Ted Kord and he defines the scarab in Reyes as a magical artifact. And Ted's boggle eyed, goggle eyed, look of disbelief is perfectly drawn with a cool little smirk. Kind of an awesome thing that.
I really hated the dean threatening Choi with deportation.
Who is Mister Oz? That didn't look like a Watchmen character.
I like bearded Superman more than clean cut.
Interesting look for Martian Manhunter with the arm spikes and what I want to call coliseum harness and loin cloth with pants and cape.
Why was I happy when Pandora got poofed de poofied?
I liked the omen from Batman finding the Comedian pin button for what is coming.
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So what are you thinking after reading and what stuck out? Ie your thoughts on the issue. Share! Share! What you want Err… I need a beer. See you in a while.