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Art by: David Williams
So even though we just had the final issue of Phantom Stranger, it looks like we're given a bonus story from the land of Five Years From Now. Now as most readers will know, this is the section where I usually recap the last issue, but it's Futures End and no recap is really needed. What I will do though is give you a brief description of the Stranger in case for some reason you don't already know. The Phantom Stranger is in fact Judas Iscariot, who after betraying the lamb of god was judged by the Council of Eternity to walk the world as a stranger witnessing it's greed and betrayal. That is until the Presence itself tasks the Stranger with missions to ensure that the Presence's plan continues. Mostly this meant betraying people, but for every task completed one of the silver coins he received for betraying Jesus would fall off of him and with it a bit of the guilt and pain would be relieved. So let's check out how the Stranger is fairing Five Years From Now and see how this story will end his series.
For our quick Futures End recap let's talk about how last issue we saw that the Helmeted Superman was really Shazam filling in the Man of Steel and it looks like Lois Lane might have gotten the scoop on that bit of info. Green Arrow was killed in the beginning of this series and we still don't know who was really behind that, but Emiko with the help of Big Barda plan on finding out. Last issue we saw that Cadmus Island was experiencing some glitches in it's system and this point really hit home when the OMACs suddenly went ape shit and the Earth 2 captives were released from their cells. Finally we've been seeing a robotic Brainiac monster killing everything in it's path as it searches for something and it seems like Constantine has found it first and that thing just happens to be the real Man of Steel, who appears to have given up the cape and now farms in the Horn of Africa. So let's get into this week's issue and see if we can get some more answers to our questions.
Art by: Pascal Alixe and Vicente Cifuentes
This is usually where I give a recap of the previous issue, but you know what? I don't have to because it's EVENT MONTH! That's right boys and girls we're putting a pause on our normal fun and games and taking a trip to Five Years From Now. So this is Earth 2: Futures End #1 and while we expect to see Earth 2 heroes and or villains tearing up the pages of this issue, we'll be dealing with Mister Terrific and how things almost went completely wrong for him one night, which leads us to a new mystery on the Futures End front. So let's quit talking about it and........... Well talk about it a little more specifically as we dive into the Futures End Event of Earth 2. Let's check it out.
Future Past
Last time in Justice League, we watched as the new Doom Patrol took on Jessica Cruz and the entity that controlled her "Power Ring". At first I was so happy to see this team in the New 52 kicking ass and taking names, but as I read further I was horrified to find that this version of Chief is reminiscent to Grant Morrison's where he's just a big bag of dicks. So much for my joy. Eventually in the issue, the Justice League showed up and now it looks like both teams will be fighting to see who takes down Power Ring. But I don't think it will be as easy as they intend it to be, because this girl is no pushover. Let's check it out.
Release Date: August 27, 2014
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With Arrow coming back to us in October with it's third season, I guess DC decided to try again and capitalize on the popularity of the show and you know what? That's not a bad thing at all. Even though the first attempt at an Arrow comic didn't fair too well, I have to say creating a tie-in to the actual series was a stroke of brilliance. Now only if they'd promote the comic on commercials during Arrow, we'd have ourselves a hit for comic fans and non comic fans alike, who'd want to see a little bit more into the show they enjoy and who don't want to dive into the actual Green Arrow comic itself. So let's check out this first chapter of Arrow Season 2.5 and see what this next season will have in store for us.
The Z-Files
Last issue of Sinestro we saw our title character, Soranik and a handful of Sinestro Corpsmen take on the anti-emotion cult and actually come out victorious. Even though Sinestro was forced into what the cult call "The Paling", we saw our anti-hero overcome this emotional vasectomy and come back from it kicking ass and taking names. It seems that while they can shield themselves from hard light constructs, they can only do it one emotional spectrum at a time. So it's a good thing Soranik and her Green Lantern ring hung around for as long as she did. In the end Sinestro beat his opponents and saved his people that he came to save, but it seems that his daughter doesn't really think he's up to the task of leading the Korugarians again and contacted the Green Lantern Corps leader to come and assist. That's right all you pretty people out there in interwebs land, it seems that Hal Jordan and Sinestro will go toe to toe again for the first time since Green Lantern #20. Let's see how this meeting of frienemies goes down.
We've got another thrilling issue of origin stories that most people that read DC Comics know, but for this issue we have ourselves a change. That's right, it looks like DC Comics has finally taken my advice (Yeah it's my advice, prove me wrong) and put out an issue that doesn't focus on top tier characters. Now for some, these are fighting words because this issues's first story focuses on Cyborg, one of the founding members of the New 52's Justice League. But let's be honest with ourselves here, Cyborg is DC Comics' red headed step child. Every member of the Justice League has one or more titles dedicated to them and Cyborg is still left out in the cold. Hell even Aquaman has two titles. We'll also be looking at the origin of Red Hood, who is one of my favorite characters and Mera, which is a great choice to have a origin story for because who the hell outside of Aquaman fans knows that info? So let's dive into the first issue of Secret Origins that seems to have a point.
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Release Date: August 27, 2014
