Review: Earth 2:
Society Annual #1 (Spoilers)
Submitted: Joshua Williams, Comic News Writer
31 August 2016
Submitted: Joshua Williams, Comic News Writer
31 August 2016
Earth
2: Society Annual #1, written by Dan Abnett with art by Bruno
Redondo, picks up on a restored Earth 2.
Superheroes still exist; however, the Ultra-Humanite wants to remake the
New Earth 2 in his own image. Dick
Grayson may hold the key to defeating the Ultra-Humanite, via his son, who has
been brutally turned into a superhero and aged up 10 years by the
Ultra-Humanite’s evil technology.
Abnett does an amazing job with this annual
edition. Though this issue is a
connecting issue, the complexity of the characters is really explored
here. We find out how these complex
characters feel about one another and seemingly how they will react in future issues. Complex characters can work, especially on a
fictional planet where anything can happen and when DC allows anyone to die.
The bonding dialogue between Dick Grayson and his son
delivers the complexity DC fans want and expect. As the father-son conversation continues,
Dick Grayson explains a bit about his training, appreciation, and love for
Huntress. Simultaneously, Huntress is in
a very serious fight. Readers do not
know if she will make it as she battles a physically stronger opponent. The intensity of the father-son conversation
plays perfectly with Huntress’s fight.
It turns out that her opponent is stronger than she is, but is immature
in combat. Abnett adds summary captions
to keep readers clear on the action and the importance of the bigger
picture.
THE
VERDICT: Abnett, really delivers a great annual with this episode. Not only does this annual feed directly into
the overall story-arc, this episode is very well paired with action and lots of
dialogue .
The growing relationship between Dick and his son offers intrigue, while
we have never seen the Huntress in better condition. This is a must-read, as no other episodes are
need to really get into this story-arc.
Lastly, watching Dick Grayson, in his new Batsuit, running together with
his son (like Batman and Robin of Earth) is actually pretty cool. Hopefully, this bodes well for future episodes and Grayson will be able to fully
trust his son.
No comments:
Post a Comment