Author Jeff John The new golden age It tries to cross the line of being frustratingly impenetrable to casual readings and is persuasive enough that people can check out what’s new American Justice Association series, star girl Whatever big upcoming events are in the pipeline. But even if you’ve read all this comic requires reading,flash pointAnd the ignition point afterAnd the Doomsday ClockA passing acquaintance with Helena Wayne as Huntress and JSA and Doctor Fates and whatever the hell is going on guards—I still need to draw a diagram to understand it all.
In an effort to extend the story through the centuries, Johns has jumped the book through dozens of different time periods with a variety of characters. But it only gives a specific year at some time, while in other places it simply gives readers lines like “thirteen years ago” and “eighteen years from now” while leaving you to guess when “now” is supposed to be relevant. Does this sound confusing enough yet? Now try putting that together without doing all the reading required.
On the other hand, I can’t completely blame Johns for taking his own crack at telling stories in the timeline’s sprawling “Dawn of X” style. Even as the most casual X-Men fan, I remember how much to praise Jonathan Hickman for how he created this run. But it was all done across the span of 12 issues and two series before splitting into roughly a dozen other issues. All of this has been attempted in just one case and it all effectively boils down to “someone kidnapping the superhero kids and trying to kill every Dr. Viet” and “we’re focusing on Helena Wayne’s Huntress again.” Everything else feels like it should drown out static readers for focus.
If there is any blessing to saving the comics it is that their team of artists do a great job of distinguishing between different time periods. There are some legitimately excellent paintings that range from hyperviolent to quiet, even bizarre. So, if you can’t make heads or tails for that comic book for the first 25 pages, at least it looks great.
maybe for some The new golden age It will be the same kind of refreshing one shot Revitalization of the capital It was years ago. But if you’re not particularly familiar or emotionally attached to these characters, you might click long before the comics try to make their point.
Posted by DC Comics
on me November 8, 2022
written by Jeff Jones
art through Diego Olortigi, JP Mayer, Scott Hanna, Jerry Ordway, Steve Lieber, Todd Nauk, Scott Collins, Victo Bogdanovich, Brandon Peterson, Gray Frank
Colors by Nick Villardi, John Callis, Matt Hermes, Jordan Boyd, and Brad Anderson
Messages by Rob Lee
cover by Mikel Janine
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