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Last week when it was five years in the future, Frankenstein was recruited back into S.H.A.D.E. so Amethyst and him could blast off into space, but we're still waiting to see Ole Frank in a space suit. We discovered that Tim Drake enjoys the occasional jog with his girlfriend, and isn't happy to see a new Bat in what he believes to be Bruce's never ending war on crime. The shocker of last issue was seeing King Faraday trying to recruit Grifter for a mysterious mission. When Grifter declined the enigmatic King Faraday, he gets shot in the spine for his ingratitude. Don't worry Grifter fans, Faraday says that if Grifter accepts he can un-paralyze him easy. So that was a bit fucked up. Let's see what's going down in the New 52 five years from now and explore our heroes of tomorrow.
Release Date: June 4. 2014
Alright you Multiverse lovers, last time we stepped onto Earth 2 we saw Superman take Lois home to his parents, and it might have been one of the creepiest scenes in this entire series. But that's the creepy, we like two things around here at Weird Science creepy and badass, and boy did last issue deliver. So for the badass part of our twofer we saw the Parademon assault on the Batcave which lead to the death of Red Arrow, and the nuclear blast that apparently the Batcave has as a safeguard self destruct. Overkill much? In the end we saw Green Lantern staying behind with Hawkgirl to make sure the other Wonders made it to safety. Hopefully we didn't get Green Lantern back just to see him vaporized. Let's check it out.
If you listened to ep 11, you heard June Anderson get stabbed. Well, she survived and is back to tell Clark a little thing or two about those shady characters who like setting fires and stabbing women. You know who +-+Page+1.jpg)
So here we are again looking at a book we just know will be a waste of time because they're trying to sell us things we've already seen, and not only that things we've seen lately. So what am I to do? Do I just say the hell with it and not review it? Well that's what I wanted but Jim the co-founder of Weird Science wouldn't let me so here we are. For this month's Secret Origins we'll be looking at Batman, Aquaman, and Starfire. Now I can kind of see Aquaman and Starfire but Batman? Who the hell in this day and age doesn't know Batman's origin? Okay let's dive into this useless book and see if we can squeeze any new knowledge out of it..jpg)
I have been sitting here thinking about this review and Zero Year in general. Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo have done a great job telling their own story of the Dark Knight's early years by giving us a mix of new, twisting some old and paying homage to some of the greatest Bat stories of the past. The problem is that while I love it, I'm growing tired of it. It used to be the first book I read for the week and now it's falling down the list. Don't get me wrong, each issue has been great, but I'm just not excited about it anymore. It just feels plain stale. Don't worry, it's probably just me and I don't think it's catching. The sales say different. Enough about me and my issue...on with the review.
We're going to take a short break this month from King Hiss and his shenanigans with He-Man to jump back in time during King Grayskull's rule, and see how a badass king takes care of his kingdom. Now I know some of you watched the episode of 2002's He-Man and The Masters Of The Universe and are all like "Yeah I saw that episode with King Grayskull what are they going to do that I don't already know?" Well let me tell you this isn't your King Grayskull from that far back time of 2002. Hell no, and I'll tell you why. Let's dive into this badass prequel, to the final moments of the Hordak War.
Okay, let's just say it up front. This issue exists in the shadow of last weeks Batman Beyond 2.0 and it's crazy ending. I toss phrases and cliches around like they're going out of style (see!), but that issue was a game changer. In fact, that's not big enough. It was literally a Universe changer. If you haven't read it yet, go do so now. 