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A review by aceinit
Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year Five, Vol. 1 by Brian Buccellato
2.0
Review is for the individual online comics that make up this collection.
I’ve fallen a little out of love with Injustice with each progressive installment, and though Year 5 is not quite as disappointing as Year 4, it still feels like the creative team isn’t quite sure how to end the series. It’s still more of the same with a battered Insurgency taking on the Regime, and more of bringing in every possible character from the DC Universe that can be fit in within the pages. Telling a tight “what-if” story feels as though it has been abandoned for quantity (both in terms of issues and character over-saturation) over quality. There’s no big build-up to the grand climax, no sense of moving towards something momentous. I keep waiting for a big moment, and it keeps not coming.
I’ve fallen a little out of love with Injustice with each progressive installment, and though Year 5 is not quite as disappointing as Year 4, it still feels like the creative team isn’t quite sure how to end the series. It’s still more of the same with a battered Insurgency taking on the Regime, and more of bringing in every possible character from the DC Universe that can be fit in within the pages. Telling a tight “what-if” story feels as though it has been abandoned for quantity (both in terms of issues and character over-saturation) over quality. There’s no big build-up to the grand climax, no sense of moving towards something momentous. I keep waiting for a big moment, and it keeps not coming.