Pro: My God…YES.
Con: Batman, you
bitch.
The Bottom Line:
I’d like the world to know RIGHT NOW that I side with Superman. Granted, I’m
sure things get nastier later, but as we start out, I’m with the Man of Steel.
As per usual at work, I find myself faced with a lot of
things I want to read. On one particularly slow morning, I thumbed open the
first volume of Injustice. I knew all about the video game and the central plot
surrounding it (tyrannical Superman + half of the Justice League vs. Batman +
everyone else), but was curious as to how it all went down. This graphic novel
provides the answers.
It starts with the Joker (as, let’s face it, all good, terrible things
do), and for once, one of his nefarious plans makes it to fruition. Only this
plan was against Superman. Hence the reason it succeeded. But what followed was
a domino effect, complete with plenty of surprises in interesting little twists
to moi, the girl who, while I may
claim allegiance to geekdom and be a DC person, has never read a graphic novel
in her life. (Don’t judge, I only ever saw all the movies and every single
animated episode – and that shit was good. Er, the animated stuff, not all the
movies. We all know about certain of those movies…)
Alas, this is the story of how Superman fell and how he took
a good chunk of the JLA with him. And you know what? I’m with him. Given the
dance that Batman does with all his enemies all the time (though, to be fair,
that’s pretty much every hero and villain in every graphic novel), Superman’s
actions had me going, “Oh YEAH! FINALLY someone does it!” And it made sense. I
see both sides – what Bats is getting at and what Superman is aiming for. But
in the end, I’m not all about protecting mass murdering psychopaths who
literally have zero inclination to fix themselves. And in the end, pretty much
every Gotham bad guy should have been handed the death sentence 20 times over
and Bats ought to realize this. But, my ideologies aside, I’d absolutely be Wonder
Woman in this scenario – except without the pining after Superman part.
It won’t take you long to read – at all. I picked this up at
the library around 4:45, got home a wee bit after 5, and was done by 6 after
plenty of interruptions by my dog and a bouncy ball. Unfortunately, now I’m
waiting for the second volume to be available, and this stuff is addictive. Fun
writing, quality artistry, and a solid story all come together very nicely for
sheer enjoyment. This is the kind of thing that, if done right, really ought to be the Batman vs. Superman
movie, but we all know Hollywood is dumb, so right now we’ll just leave it in
the hands of smart videogame developers and talented graphic novelists.
Works for me.
NT
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