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3 reviews for:
Underworld Unleashed
Dennis Janke, Howard Porter, Mick Gray, Mark Waid, J.H. Williams III, Scott Peterson, Dan Green, John Stokes, Phil Jimenez
3.15 AVERAGE
3 reviews for:
Underworld Unleashed
Dennis Janke, Howard Porter, Mick Gray, Mark Waid, J.H. Williams III, Scott Peterson, Dan Green, John Stokes, Phil Jimenez
3.15 AVERAGE
It was Mark Waid's name that caught my eye when I found this in the $5 bin. I'd heard of this forgotten mid-90's crossover but never read it (I wasn't reading much at that time), so what the hell. (Heh, Hell indeed.) Underworld Unleashed is a standard boilerplate crossover that centers on Neron (basically DC's Satan, or Mephisto if we're doing Marvel comparisons), who's offering new powers and wishes come true to the baddest villains in DC in exchange for their souls, all as part of his complex plan to plunge the world into unending evil (y'know, standard stuff). Mark Waid is one of the most revered writers in the industry, especially for his DC work, and he does not disappoint, while Howard Porter's art makes for an excellent warm-up for when he took the reigns on the JLA book a couple years later.
This collection is three large issues, plus an extra one-shot 'Underworld Unleshed: Abyss' (set between part 2 and 3) centering on Alan Scott (formerly the Golden Age Green Lantern, then known as Sentinel) as he assembles a team of sorcerers to confront Neron in order to save his wife's soul. The 'Unleashed' storyline comprised many other crossover issues and one-shots that are not included, but don't detract from the story.
This collection is three large issues, plus an extra one-shot 'Underworld Unleshed: Abyss' (set between part 2 and 3) centering on Alan Scott (formerly the Golden Age Green Lantern, then known as Sentinel) as he assembles a team of sorcerers to confront Neron in order to save his wife's soul. The 'Unleashed' storyline comprised many other crossover issues and one-shots that are not included, but don't detract from the story.
This doesn't hold up well at all. This is a good introduction to the character of Neron but the story was all over the map and this collection was a train wreck. Waid and Porter are comics heavyweights but this was not their best outing. The book also didn't seem finished. Entire panels were without color for no reason. Overall, there are quite a few better read involving a mass amount of villains.
Not bad, but not great
This story had more potential than anything else, but didn't really live up to it, BUT it did have lasting effects to several villains in the DC Universe as well as introducing Neron who seems to have stuck around. It's pretty par for the course at 90s DC which is perfectly acceptable superhero stories, but something is missing to push that into greatness.
This story had more potential than anything else, but didn't really live up to it, BUT it did have lasting effects to several villains in the DC Universe as well as introducing Neron who seems to have stuck around. It's pretty par for the course at 90s DC which is perfectly acceptable superhero stories, but something is missing to push that into greatness.