Justice League: The New 52 Omnibus 2

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This one was honestly a head-scratcher for me, and I managed to make head and tails of Final Crisis!

We could've gotten a better sense of what's going on in Grail's head, but instead, there's a weird interlude in the middle where the Justice Leaguers gain godlike powers and spend some time being gods.Their characters and environments have a cinematic look to them, while also having a nice level of detail. And the fact that they had to reboot the universe again left some plot threads lingering, never to be resolved (or maybe they in rebirth, I really haven’t read much past the new 52). Although I liked certain elements of Darkseid War, I was ultimately disappoint with the lack of Darkseid. Also, the Anti Life Equation isn't an actual equation anymore either - it's yet another energy burst-ish ability that's stronger than all the others. Geoff recently became a New York Times Bestselling author with the graphic novel Superman: Brainiac with art by Gary Frank.

Through perseverance, Geoff ended up as the assistant to Richard Donner, working on Conspiracy Theory and Lethal Weapon 4.

Volume 1 was a setup volume, Geoff Johns took it slow and allowed you to get to know or even fall in love with each of these characters individually, even the B and C-list characters as well, but in this volume, Geoff takes them to HIGHER heights. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Johns was born in Detroit and studied media arts, screenwriting, and film at Michigan State University. As this evil version of the Justice League takes over the DC Universe, no one stands in the way of them and complete domination… no one except for Lex Luthor. Now, I actually wasn't aware of this when I bought the omni, but the DC Universe: Rebirth one shot is included here!

I don't get why it had to be this way when Johns had five years to establish these core elements of his climactic arc. This character, Grail, has really conflicting motivations that pivot like three times within the climax of this storyline.It’s a thrilling combination of largely character driven story and near cinema like artwork that evokes the work of a Bryan Hitch. Over that last year, I've really gotten into DC comics, Justice League, Swamp Thing and Aquaman soo far. The events of Forever Evil give this run an actual narrative thrust that makes it feel more cohesive. Johns also isn't as distracted by the other going ons in the DCU at this point, so it feels like he's actually focused on the characters of his own book. Lex’s arrogance and ego have always been staples of his character, and having those be the reason he wants to defeat the Crime Sydicate makes for a fun read.