Reviews

Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year Five - The Complete Collection by Brian Buccellato

talitalazzarini's review

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

4.0

callistodawn's review

2.0

they got sloppy with this one, am i still going to read ground zero? ...yes

robotswithpersonality's review

Oof. This is an inconvenient moment to remember this is all the set up for a video game, which means it doesn't really have a satisfying conclusion. I have no doubt that the preponderance of Harley moments sustained me in this bleakness, smart choice on writers' part. One other point that kept occurring to me through the series: the art styles shift , but there is consistency in transforming Clark Kent's face so that with the stone-faced, implacable, nigh blank visage of the foe, he's not recognizable as anything but a dark version of Superman. I guess I can be happy Bruce never gave up, but damn, did fighting cost him everything. I honestly don't  know whch member of the bat family has the most tragic end, though bizarrely I guess I have to appreciate that the fridging didn't follow traditional gender lines. What makes this series so depressing is the realism - the likelihood that fighting for what's right, being a hero, won't end with a happily ever after, even if you did everything you could, and conversely that you can convince yourself you're doing everything right and keep going farther down the wrong path, denying redemption at every turn. Bleak. It's a powerful warning, but I'm glad to go back to reading a more hopeful Superman. I will miss the grim with purpose (cleverly playing both sides) version of Lex Luthor. A more generous reading of him suggests he's always doing what he thinks is best for humanity, but it's usually done with smugness; these circumstances really stripped him of that. Motivations felt a little more wobbly for Clark's contingent the longer things stretched out. There just didn't seem to be enough reason for Barry or Victor to stay, they had so many scenes expressing doubts. I think Hal only clung on because he'd switched from green to yellow and didn't have a way back. Diana is more compassionate and inspirational when she's not foremost a warrior who does all for the love a dictator; I'm sure fans have previously argued her characterization is dramatically altered for this series. I'm not a video game person so I may have to do some pokng around to see what the possible playthrough options are. Thank goodness this isn't the main continuity.

whatthefawkes's review

4.0

A cliffhanger? No real ending? Oh, how you torment me.

jhouses's review

3.0

Despues de la catástrofe de Year 4 cualquier cosa podría parecer buena. Y en este caso DC salva los muebles con una trama decente en la que la corrupción moral de Superman y la reiterada oposición de Batman escalan el conflicto hasta el universo de al lado, entroncando directamente con el videojuego. Aun así una digna continuación.

sfletcher26's review

2.0

This was one of my favourite comic book series and I've been waiting for Year 5 collectuon for a while. I was therefore looking forward to this. Sadly thought they dropped the ball in the very last chapter. An ending so sparse, complicated and ill explained as to leave me feeling cheated. Frankly a worse ending than GoT.

born_in_a_cardboard_box's review

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

3.5

wendiestwendy's review

4.0

Took me so long to finish this because aaaaaaaaaaaa it felt way too heavy. While the story didn't really feel like it dragged, I literally felt so tired after reading because the Insurgence just kept losing. Their losses were just waay too many and I really hoped they would get at least a glance of a chance at the upperhand by the end of Year 5 (they didn't, needless to say). When will the Insurgence win ba uGH

amck's review

adventurous dark emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

cdurant's review

adventurous dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75