Dceased: War of the Undead Gods

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Hairsine's always been a good fit for the visceral storytelling, though he can lose a bit of coherency as the number of characters in panels increases. Honestly, I can’t blame Jon Kent for thinking War World targeting the earth looks like a job for Superman.

Superman smashed through the construct and punched Ganthet, knocking him out, causing a fight to break out. And after several years and several other mini-series ( Unkillables, Hope At World’s End, Dead Planet), the tale finally came to War Of The Undead Gods, the arc that was set to wrap up the DCeased story.

Speaking of Taylor’s style in this issue, he must be feeling guilty and generous, as we get some characters back from the side of the Undead. I liked that Alfred play a larger role, and I liked that other characters were able to step up, but it seemed like you were getting pretty close to the bottom of the barrel considering I don't remember seeing Aquaman, Booster Gold, the Question, or Constantine.

Taylor also gives me something I didn’t realize I was missing: the relationship between Damian and Alfred. I appreciate that DC haven't decided to drag this out past its sell-by date, especially given how successful it's been for them, and let Taylor finish his story his way.Sacrifices are made and the true meaning of heroism is displayed when heroes and villains join forces in the final battle to save their universe. Albeit, the story only really accomplishes this after killing whole families and civilizations for impact.

The next day, probes from Brainiac himself were fast approaching Earth-2, causing Jessica Cruz to alert the lanterns stationed there, but before they could come to her aid, both Clark and Jon were already engaging them in orbit. While more of a writing issue, it was probably the weirdest thing about the action sequences in the book. It gets even more epic when you see which other heroes are infected and the twist with Brainiac and what will Superman and other heroes do to save the universe?It is a dramatic end, but the journey from the first few issues to here is a worthy ride, and one that deserves to be experienced from start to finish. The biggest going on I missed is covered pretty extensively early in this series, and that is that the heroes have found a cure!