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Post by Deleted on Sept 11, 2014 23:01:50 GMT -5
Geoff Johns has recently said in an interview that after The Amazo Virus storyline in Justice League, the next big arc will be the Justice League caught in a battle between the Anti-Monitor and Darkseid called "The Darkseid War". This sounds freaking amazing by itself, Darkseid being my favourite villain and also having just finished Crisis on Infinite Earths and Legion of Super-Heroes: The Great Darkness Saga, both the Anti-Monitor and Darkseid and genuinely frightening villains. But what stood out in the interview was him saying it won't be a cross-over event, purely a Justice League storyline. Geoff Johns writes great events (Infinite Crisis, Blackets Night, Forever Evil proof of this) but the fact that this huge storyling will only be in one series is a huge relief on my wallet. It's nice to know huge battles and conflicts can be written without "changing the universe forever".
I also feel like Darkseid was underused in the first arc in the JL New 52 run, so this is a good opportunity to build on his character some more instead of being a big punch-up. His Villains Month tie-in was surprisingly amazing.
What are some other great Darkseid stories everybody likes? Not just comics. Animated series etc. The above mentioned Legion of Superheroes is amazing. I also absolutely love Superman/Batman: Supergirl by Jeph Loeb. But the story in Justice League Unlimited towards the end of the series where Darkseid returns and battles Superman has to be my favourite. Great monologue by Superman in the final fight.
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Post by ashank51 on Sept 12, 2014 7:49:36 GMT -5
I like Darkseid when he is in the New Gods book. it feels like there is a lot more weight to the charter when they focus on the Hitler space god aspect.
As a big fan of Geoff Johns and the way he gets characters i'm extremely excited for the Darkseid war, However i was very suprosed because i thought all this Darkseid and Anti-Monitor stuff was leading up the New 52 Crisis event which they have been hinting at for quite some time. I now have no idea what that will be about.
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Post by BatFonz on Sept 13, 2014 14:46:29 GMT -5
I'm with you I Lurved the Darkseid / Superman fight in Justice League Unlimited - the line from superman about 'not having to hold back, you can take it can't you' is fantastic reminds me of silver age superman who you never really knew quite how powerful he was, but I liked how they portrayed him as being constantly on guard ensuring he doesn't accidently hurt anyone.
A Darkseid War sounds excellent, I just hope they can expand on him as a character and it not be another 'evil for evils sake' type story, he is portrayed as measured and intelligent in the books but why is he so fascinated with Earth, is it just that the earth as resisted his powerful touch or is there more to it...can't wait to find out!!!
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Post by gbryantlucas on Sept 17, 2014 10:52:27 GMT -5
Yeah... I'm freakin' pumped about this story!
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Post by jas on Feb 13, 2015 21:14:20 GMT -5
Yes I'm excited for it, but it was always my understanding the the Anti monitor was way out of the League of Darkseid. I hope they do not reduce his power again. Since crisis his showings have been good but not up to pare with what he used to be. I hope this is not another power decrease of his making him equal with darkseid would be a huge loss on his end
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Post by arcticbeast on Mar 19, 2015 0:28:02 GMT -5
I'm looking forward to this arc as well. I'm curious how owlman, superwoman and her baby play in to this if at all. What's Owlman been up to all this time and when is that baby coming.
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Post by BatFonz on Jun 4, 2015 2:46:06 GMT -5
Picked up Justice League #41 this week - the art for this story is stellar, I think we can safely say that this isn't going to be a slow burn kinda story lol
I think Johns is in a perfectly suited playground right now, he has all the toys but is skilled and knowledgeable enough about each that he can bring their unique voices out and I love how he drops little surprises into the mix e.g. Cyborg's evolution / Lena Luthor.
This is going to be an amped up storyline, all the players are already on the board and I think Mr Miracles story is still heartbreaking especially the way his origin has now been retold with the futility of his father giving him up.
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Post by jonathansoko on Jun 4, 2015 9:37:43 GMT -5
JL41 Was incredible!!!!! My ONLY issue is a certain someone crawling out of Flash's mouth, using him as a gateway.... that made 0 sense to me.
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Post by BatFonz on Jun 5, 2015 2:21:44 GMT -5
Yes it was tenuous, I guessed / assumed it was due to his link to the Speed Force which crosses dimensional barriers but like you I was like eh?!?
I'm sure it was more a 'let's have a visually interesting entrance' than well thought through though...
Poor Barry being dimensionally raped, the only positive is that there are worse holes she could of popped out of!
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