52 Vol 2
Overview: DC’s groundbreaking weekly comic 52 – telling the story of a “missing” year in the DC Universe in real time – continues with Volume Two. The cataclysmic events of Infinite Crisis have left the world without its three biggest icons – Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman – and the question is asked: Who will stand up in their absence?
Collecting 52 #14-26
Pages: 304
Writers: Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid.
Artist: Keith Giffen
Pencils: Eddy Barros, Chris Batista, Joe Bennett, Dale Eaglesham, Phil Jimenez, Drew Johnson, Shawn Moll, Patrick Olliffe.
Inks: Drew Geraci, Jack Jdson, Ruy Jose, Andy Lanning, Tom Nguyen, Rob Stull, Ray Snyder, Art Thibert.
Colors: David Baron, Alex Sinclair, Pete Pantazis.
Letters: Phil Balsman, Pat Brosseau, Jared K. Flethcer, Travis Lanham, Ken Lopez, Nick J. Napolitano.
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Review By: Jason Schulte
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This is the second collection of weekly comics that take place in real time during the time that Batman, Superman, and Batman are missing from action. This is about who is going to step up, who is going to try to gain power, and who is going to change the course of the world. There is a mechanic in writing that includes skipping from character to character. Sometimes this works to build tension and to increase the suspense. In many stories, this drives you to keep reading because you are excited to pick up with the new character, and you want to read on, so you can get back to the character that you just left. With this comic, all the jumping around has a couple affects. The first one is that it allows the writers to do this weekly comic in real time and include many characters. The second one is that it makes the comic less enjoyable. I don’t feel that one or two pages here and there really allow you to get a good feel for the characters. It is clear that they have to juggle who gets space as there are so many characters involved in this story. By the time they get back to a few of the smaller stories, I have lost interest in that story. Now it is not all bad as there are several story arcs that drive this book. There is a fair amount of suspense on a few of the arcs, and that is enough to drive the story and keep me reading.
Overall, I just think they are working with a few too many characters, and sometimes it gets to be too much. Still, it is a good read, and it is nice to have DC showcasing new or lesser known characters in this series.