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The Multiversity #1
Multiversity #1 Chris Burnham Var Ed
The biggest adventure in DC's history is here! Join visionary writer Grant Morrison, today's most talented artists, and a cast of unforgettable characters from 52 alternative Earths of the known DC Multiverse! Prepare to meet the Vampire League of Earth-43, the Justice Riders of Earth-18, Superdemon, Doc Fate, the super-sons of Superman and Batman, the rampaging Retaliators of Earth-8, the Atomic Knights of Justice, Dino-Cop, Sister Miracle, Lady Quark, the legion of Sivanas, the Nazi New Reichsmen of Earth-10 and the latest, greatest Super Hero of YOU! Comprising six complete adventures - each set in a different parallel universe - plus a two-part framing story and a comprehensive guidebook to the many worlds of the Multiverse, THE MULTIVERSITY is more than just a multipart comic-book series. It's a cosmos spanning, soul-shaking experience that puts YOU on the frontline in the Battle for All Creation against the demonic destroyers known as the Gentry! In issue #1, President Superman of Earth-23 uncovers a threat to all Reality so apocalyptic it will take a team of incredible heroes from across the Multiverse to face it - including Captain Carrot, like you've never seen him before! But even with a multitude of alternate worlds to choose from, where every variation is possible, can anyone hope to prevail against the onslaught of ultimate evil and undying hatred - in the unstoppable form of a one-time cosmic defender with unimaginable powers?! Join us, if you dare, for the beginning of THE MULTIVERSITY
32 pages, Comic
First published August 20, 2014
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Grant Morrison
1,816 books4,549 followersGrant Morrison has been working with DC Comics for twenty five years, after beginning their American comics career with acclaimed runs on ANIMAL MAN and DOOM PATROL. Since then they have written such best-selling series as JLA, BATMAN and New X-Men, as well as such creator-owned works as THE INVISIBLES, SEAGUY, THE FILTH, WE3 and JOE THE BARBARIAN. In addition to expanding the DC Universe through titles ranging from the Eisner Award-winning SEVEN SOLDIERS and ALL-STAR SUPERMAN to the reality-shattering epic of FINAL CRISIS, they have also reinvented the worlds of the Dark Knight Detective in BATMAN AND ROBIN and BATMAN, INCORPORATED and the Man of Steel in The New 52 ACTION COMICS.
In their secret identity, Morrison is a "counterculture" spokesperson, a musician, an award-winning playwright and a chaos magician. They are also the author of the New York Times bestseller Supergods, a groundbreaking psycho-historic mapping of the superhero as a cultural organism. They divide their time between their homes in Los Angeles and Scotland.
In their secret identity, Morrison is a "counterculture" spokesperson, a musician, an award-winning playwright and a chaos magician. They are also the author of the New York Times bestseller Supergods, a groundbreaking psycho-historic mapping of the superhero as a cultural organism. They divide their time between their homes in Los Angeles and Scotland.
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July 28, 2024
Wow!
This was amazing, I started this issue yesterday, and finished it today.
There was just a lot of things to keep track off, a lot of new heroes from parallel universes, a lot of new designs to watch, a lot of people forget that the art is part of the storytelling in comics, you need to watch and appreciate the art.
I initially wanted to read dark nights metal by Scott Snyder but on reddit someone said read the Multiversity first, and I did, because dark nights metal is infamous with being hard to understand event, and I intend to jump all the hoops to understand it, so I can say for real if it's good or not.
The hero we started the issue with, became the villain by the end of it, which was a very nice touch.
I would love it though if we fight the monsters that made him regret even intervening from the first moment of the fight and they destroyed Earth 7 completely, what are they and what's their power and can they even be defeated? A lot of questions!
Also the Major comics heroes are all ripped off from Marvel heroes, but I think it's intentional, I genuinely wouldn't mind if they had made a deal with Marvel to use their heroes better than the counterfeits being used.
We saw hawkeye, doctor doom, captain america, mr fantastic, there was much more than that but those were the prominent ones.
This was amazing, I started this issue yesterday, and finished it today.
There was just a lot of things to keep track off, a lot of new heroes from parallel universes, a lot of new designs to watch, a lot of people forget that the art is part of the storytelling in comics, you need to watch and appreciate the art.
I initially wanted to read dark nights metal by Scott Snyder but on reddit someone said read the Multiversity first, and I did, because dark nights metal is infamous with being hard to understand event, and I intend to jump all the hoops to understand it, so I can say for real if it's good or not.
The hero we started the issue with, became the villain by the end of it, which was a very nice touch.
I would love it though if we fight the monsters that made him regret even intervening from the first moment of the fight and they destroyed Earth 7 completely, what are they and what's their power and can they even be defeated? A lot of questions!
Also the Major comics heroes are all ripped off from Marvel heroes, but I think it's intentional, I genuinely wouldn't mind if they had made a deal with Marvel to use their heroes better than the counterfeits being used.
We saw hawkeye, doctor doom, captain america, mr fantastic, there was much more than that but those were the prominent ones.
August 29, 2014
I sometimes think that reviewing a Grant Morrison comic is as much deciding on a position to take on reviewing it as it is reviewing the comic itself. Like, do you adopt the position that he’s a genius and then try to academically (ie. drearily) deconstruct everything in his work, or do you shrug and smile weakly, “well, he’s too brainy for me to ever understand!” and avoid doing any kind of heavy lifting in the review?
Such is the case with The Multiversity #1, Morrison’s years-in-the-making comic that apparently makes Final Crisis look like a spelling test for five year olds. The Multiversity will span 52 worlds in the DC Universe while celebrating the esoterica of DC’s many, many years publishing weird and wonderful superhero comics. You won’t see Batman or Superman here (or will you?), but you’ll see characters who look similar to them.
TM#1, as broadly as I can put it, is about a comics reviewer called Nix Uotan who becomes a superhero, then sacrifices himself to save everyone, and ultimately becomes a supervillain. He also has a chimp sidekick dressed as a pirate called Stubbs (hey, it’s a Grant Morrison comic!). Obama Superman makes an appearance as does Captain Carrot, Aquawoman, and an assortment of familiar uniforms on unfamiliar people.
I’m not going to go into which characters pop up from what era or what comics from the Silver Age, etc. because, really, what’s the point? I guess if you enjoy playing spot-the-easter-egg, and you have as encyclopaedic a knowledge of the DC Universe as Morrison does, you’ll be wetting yourself in excitement, but otherwise? I’m in this for a good story.
And you kind of get that in this issue. There’s some great Morrison bounds of imagination like flying a spaceship playing strings like a guitar, which crop up here and there, and calling this comic “haunted” is funny, but there’s a lot of meta-textual stuff that’s supposed to wow you that instead feels tired and unimpressive. For example, Nix is reviewing a comic that’s the comic he’s in, the pages of the comic in his hands looking exactly like those on the previous pages in our hands. Or later on when Obama Superman reads an issue of Morrison’s New 52 Action Comics starring him - woah. Like, dude.
Hmm... no. That kinda stuff might seem brilliant to a teenager who’s never read Morrison but for longtime readers this stuff is expected of him. And when he throws out captions like “Stop Reading” at the end of the page and you do stop reading because that’s the end of the page, what’s the point? To make you feel that he’s in control? To make you more aware of the present and what you’re doing? The effect is actually more irritating than anything else.
The story itself is actually your standard superhero plotline - there’s a powerful threat, the superheroes unite to stop it, and lots of big action scenes happen, though, of course this being the first issue, the villain won’t be defeated just yet. Ivan Reis’ art adds to that feeling of standard DC superhero fare, having worked on other big DC titles like Justice League. I was hoping Morrison would utilise more unusual artists for this project but he went with a DC regular for the opening issue which is a bit disappointing. (Can you imagine if Jim Woodring drew this? The only man in comics weirder than Grant Morrison - it’d be perfect!)
And that’s it for this extended, bookend first issue in The Multiversity. I expect that we’ll see a lot more variety in forthcoming issues but I also hope Morrison doesn’t forget that most readers will be expecting a story worth reading amidst the weirdness and easter eggs. He’s an ambitious writer and that’s great but he can disappear up his own arse a bit!
The Multiversity #1 is a very Morrison-esque, somewhat enjoyable read that’s quite uneven throughout. Morrison fans will be tickled with it, but critics of Final Crisis would do well to stay away from this, lest they wind up with flashbacks from the last controversial Morrison event comic! Recommended if you want a challenging superhero comic to read.
Such is the case with The Multiversity #1, Morrison’s years-in-the-making comic that apparently makes Final Crisis look like a spelling test for five year olds. The Multiversity will span 52 worlds in the DC Universe while celebrating the esoterica of DC’s many, many years publishing weird and wonderful superhero comics. You won’t see Batman or Superman here (or will you?), but you’ll see characters who look similar to them.
TM#1, as broadly as I can put it, is about a comics reviewer called Nix Uotan who becomes a superhero, then sacrifices himself to save everyone, and ultimately becomes a supervillain. He also has a chimp sidekick dressed as a pirate called Stubbs (hey, it’s a Grant Morrison comic!). Obama Superman makes an appearance as does Captain Carrot, Aquawoman, and an assortment of familiar uniforms on unfamiliar people.
I’m not going to go into which characters pop up from what era or what comics from the Silver Age, etc. because, really, what’s the point? I guess if you enjoy playing spot-the-easter-egg, and you have as encyclopaedic a knowledge of the DC Universe as Morrison does, you’ll be wetting yourself in excitement, but otherwise? I’m in this for a good story.
And you kind of get that in this issue. There’s some great Morrison bounds of imagination like flying a spaceship playing strings like a guitar, which crop up here and there, and calling this comic “haunted” is funny, but there’s a lot of meta-textual stuff that’s supposed to wow you that instead feels tired and unimpressive. For example, Nix is reviewing a comic that’s the comic he’s in, the pages of the comic in his hands looking exactly like those on the previous pages in our hands. Or later on when Obama Superman reads an issue of Morrison’s New 52 Action Comics starring him - woah. Like, dude.
Hmm... no. That kinda stuff might seem brilliant to a teenager who’s never read Morrison but for longtime readers this stuff is expected of him. And when he throws out captions like “Stop Reading” at the end of the page and you do stop reading because that’s the end of the page, what’s the point? To make you feel that he’s in control? To make you more aware of the present and what you’re doing? The effect is actually more irritating than anything else.
The story itself is actually your standard superhero plotline - there’s a powerful threat, the superheroes unite to stop it, and lots of big action scenes happen, though, of course this being the first issue, the villain won’t be defeated just yet. Ivan Reis’ art adds to that feeling of standard DC superhero fare, having worked on other big DC titles like Justice League. I was hoping Morrison would utilise more unusual artists for this project but he went with a DC regular for the opening issue which is a bit disappointing. (Can you imagine if Jim Woodring drew this? The only man in comics weirder than Grant Morrison - it’d be perfect!)
And that’s it for this extended, bookend first issue in The Multiversity. I expect that we’ll see a lot more variety in forthcoming issues but I also hope Morrison doesn’t forget that most readers will be expecting a story worth reading amidst the weirdness and easter eggs. He’s an ambitious writer and that’s great but he can disappear up his own arse a bit!
The Multiversity #1 is a very Morrison-esque, somewhat enjoyable read that’s quite uneven throughout. Morrison fans will be tickled with it, but critics of Final Crisis would do well to stay away from this, lest they wind up with flashbacks from the last controversial Morrison event comic! Recommended if you want a challenging superhero comic to read.
October 1, 2017
Grant Morrison has that unique and literally crazy talent in storytelling that makes readers either nodding in approval from such a weird comic-reading experience or shaking their heads in utter disbelief that Morrison has been given such a huge project.
Let me tell you this then: It takes some time to appreciate a Morrison work. If you do not, then it is perfectly okay.
Gladly, I have read lots of Morrison stuff before reading Multiversity #1. All I can say is it is good and crazy. Sh*t's happening in the DC Multiverse and it's the job for the heroes of different Universes to save it. Sounds familiar? Maybe, but this read is unique.
Some notable stuff: The Avengers knock-off characters are hilarious! Captain Carrot ftw! There are no Earth-1 characters in this issue, but it's still a great one.
Let me tell you this then: It takes some time to appreciate a Morrison work. If you do not, then it is perfectly okay.
Gladly, I have read lots of Morrison stuff before reading Multiversity #1. All I can say is it is good and crazy. Sh*t's happening in the DC Multiverse and it's the job for the heroes of different Universes to save it. Sounds familiar? Maybe, but this read is unique.
Some notable stuff: The Avengers knock-off characters are hilarious! Captain Carrot ftw! There are no Earth-1 characters in this issue, but it's still a great one.
February 10, 2018
Strong start to the book. I hope this is gunna be the Morrison I can just about get my head around because what he sets up here seems really promising. It's kind of like a different take on a Crisis storyline? But with the obscurest of DC characters!
December 16, 2020
Arranque de Multiversity, con personajes de las Tierras 0, 5, 7, 8, 11, 16, 23, 26, 36, 41, 42, 44 y 48.
November 13, 2014
Honey, get the Multiverse: Cosmic Neighborhood Watch crew together because we're having a BBQ.
Look, I know that some people are going to have some difficulty with this series, this comic in particular. It's got a lot of moving pieces (there's 51 earths in this multiverse afterall) and they're all being intangled together. I started out with "Multiversity the Just" it only has one planet highlighted on the side. Then I read Multiversity the Society of Super-Heroes, which has 2. I actually didn't start to read those until Multiversity the Multiversity came out, but I still saved it for last (it had just come out for you later review readers).
I was a little disappointed with myself because I was like "how could I have been such an idiot to miss work by Morrison?" But I got over it pretty quick. The order that I read it in is what makes the most sense to me, it's like a slow drip from one planet to many planets being combined. But A LOT of stuff in the comics won't make sense to folks, and to that I'm gonna say "duh" they're combining universes and even parodying Marvel Comics in it also. If you're combining dozens of universes into a handful of comics, a lot of it will be confusing, and a lot of it isn't intended to make sense.
I think that this particular issue suffers from being a little choppy. It feels very rushed, where as the other two felt like a smooth ride into their climax. But that doesn't mean that it's not one hell of a fun ride because it's meant to be confusing after all. Imagine being the characters in the comic and being thrown around from one world to another, unsure of the inhabitants and what you're going to run into. Morrison is making you suffer with them. Remember, the comic is communicating with you and you're being sucked into it... Just like every other character who is reading comics, in their comic.
Don't let other reviews on this comic discourage you from reading it. It introduces a VERY important character. Plus, it introduces black Superman. He's my all time favorite Superman because he's practical, he's smart and he's got a kind of grit I haven't found from other Supes. He's not the only one though, a slew of other well known and veritable characters are brought into this "monster mash".
Stick around for the ride. I don't want to give any spoilers because every page is pretty darn awesome. Get this issue.
Look, I know that some people are going to have some difficulty with this series, this comic in particular. It's got a lot of moving pieces (there's 51 earths in this multiverse afterall) and they're all being intangled together. I started out with "Multiversity the Just" it only has one planet highlighted on the side. Then I read Multiversity the Society of Super-Heroes, which has 2. I actually didn't start to read those until Multiversity the Multiversity came out, but I still saved it for last (it had just come out for you later review readers).
I was a little disappointed with myself because I was like "how could I have been such an idiot to miss work by Morrison?" But I got over it pretty quick. The order that I read it in is what makes the most sense to me, it's like a slow drip from one planet to many planets being combined. But A LOT of stuff in the comics won't make sense to folks, and to that I'm gonna say "duh" they're combining universes and even parodying Marvel Comics in it also. If you're combining dozens of universes into a handful of comics, a lot of it will be confusing, and a lot of it isn't intended to make sense.
I think that this particular issue suffers from being a little choppy. It feels very rushed, where as the other two felt like a smooth ride into their climax. But that doesn't mean that it's not one hell of a fun ride because it's meant to be confusing after all. Imagine being the characters in the comic and being thrown around from one world to another, unsure of the inhabitants and what you're going to run into. Morrison is making you suffer with them. Remember, the comic is communicating with you and you're being sucked into it... Just like every other character who is reading comics, in their comic.
Don't let other reviews on this comic discourage you from reading it. It introduces a VERY important character. Plus, it introduces black Superman. He's my all time favorite Superman because he's practical, he's smart and he's got a kind of grit I haven't found from other Supes. He's not the only one though, a slew of other well known and veritable characters are brought into this "monster mash".
Stick around for the ride. I don't want to give any spoilers because every page is pretty darn awesome. Get this issue.
October 20, 2024
Me encanta cuando los cómics rompen la cuarta pared entre el lector y las viñetas. Y esta vez, se trata de un cómic dentro del cómic, en el que supuestamente, el cómic está maldito y nos advierte constantemente que no lo leamos. Que lo soltemos. Me encantó ver a Capitán Zanahoria, Superman de Tierra 23, Aquawoman de Tierra 1, la referencia a Harbinger de Crisis en Tierras Infinitas, a los Monitores, a Marvel Cómics (nombrada como Major Cómics, que relata la historia de los homólogos de la editorial roja en la Tierra 8 del Multiverso DC), etc. Está precioso.
October 11, 2019
A challenging but rewarding read for hardcore DC comic enthusiasts, or for anyone willing to dive into the deep end. Be sure to have your thumb on the Wikipedia search bar unless you have some knowledge of writer Grant Morrison's previous stories told at DC. Art is fantastic, and the individual stories are really great. As always, Grant Morrison has some interesting observations on the medium of comic books.
September 27, 2017
L'opera più ambiziosa della DC si risolve in una storiella velocissima, che affonda in tutti i riferimenti fumettistici dotti di cui vuole rimpinzarla il suo strambo autore, e utilizza un bravo disegnatore per poi vederlo spesso, forse sommerso dagli input dello sceneggiatore, in affanno, con tavole molto meno ispirate del solito. I prossimi numeri saranno migliori? Vedremo.
February 8, 2019
Strong start to this story
love the new and obscure characters
funny and interesting story with jaw dropping moments
A very good read.
love the new and obscure characters
funny and interesting story with jaw dropping moments
A very good read.
December 26, 2020
Comienza a formarse Justicia Encarnada en un multiverso que se desangra por la herida.
November 6, 2021
It is the start of the Multiversity event. It is OK, though I really hoped they used the original Prime Earth DC characters instead of these analogues.
January 31, 2022
(aplausos)
December 21, 2015
Entre los muchos fracasos y frustraciones que llevo acumulados este año, algo me dice que se va a sumar a la lista el no llegar a leer los 444 libros que me puse como piso para este 2015 que acaba tan agridulce. Aun así, voy a procurar terminarme esta serie (que ahora que Goodreads considera "single issues" como que al final SÍ SON BOOKS -al menos los que tienen ISBN, como es el caso de esta edición española-) en los 10 días que le quedan al año, ya que aunque el primer número no me convenció del todo sí prometía mucha diversión y delirios morrisonianos en este loco loco multiverso deceíta que tanto amodio intermitentemente, así que quién te dice si con esa ayuda y la de otras lecturas "tramposas" no termino arañando los 400 por lo menos. Siempre y cuando obligaciones laborales no me fuercen a posponer lecturas ociosas por otras más urgentes (que, aunque a veces sean igual de placenteras, siempre se hacen más cargosas).
February 20, 2015
It's so Grant Morrison-y that it makes my brain hurt. But it hurts so good. If you love him, you'll love this. If you still see Final Crisis when you close your eyes, approach with extreme caution.
I personally hated Final Crisis but Morrison trapped me once again... reading a comic about a comic that knows it's a comic that tells the true stories of other worlds but this one is a haunted comic and one of its worlds is folding in on itself as the demons between universes look to eliminate multi-trillions of lives as we travel through multiverses via sound vibrations on a ship made of music with a rabbit hero... yeah. That all happens in this.
I personally hated Final Crisis but Morrison trapped me once again... reading a comic about a comic that knows it's a comic that tells the true stories of other worlds but this one is a haunted comic and one of its worlds is folding in on itself as the demons between universes look to eliminate multi-trillions of lives as we travel through multiverses via sound vibrations on a ship made of music with a rabbit hero... yeah. That all happens in this.
September 11, 2014
What can I say...it's written by Grant Morrison so of course it's amazing!!! This is a must read issue/series I can't wait for the rest of the issues because Morrison does it again! Not only does he brake the 4th dimension, but he writes in a way that some times, as he puts it "makes you feel like you're on 7 trips of acid" (SDCC 2014 Multiversity panel) THIS IS A MUST READ for all Morrison, DC, and comic fans.
August 12, 2015
Mind-bending fun thanks to the eccentric genius that is Grant Morrison. This is a love letter to decades of DC (both familiar and obscure) as well as to the culture of comics in general. Kooky, tongue in cheek story telling masks a cataclysm that threatens all 52 worlds! This peculiar book has whetted my appetite for more!
June 13, 2016
Una historia que engancha desde la pag 2, el dibujo de Grant Morrison es fantástico y en esta edición pese a su bajisimo precio ( 1€)esta muy bien cuidado. La historia es un poco liante, pero doy gracias a su magnifico mapa ^^
Voy a soltar un SPOILER : me encanta la nave de la "casa de los héroes", ese parecido a la estrella de la muerte, me fascinó.
Voy a soltar un SPOILER : me encanta la nave de la "casa de los héroes", ese parecido a la estrella de la muerte, me fascinó.
August 30, 2014
Grantmorrisonesco : dícese de aquellos cómics que generan gran expectativa pero que al final nadie entiende dando lugar a que muchos digan que son geniales. Ejemplos: All-Star Superman, Final Crisis, The Multiversity son grantmorrisonescos.
September 8, 2014
Behemoth: Smash Bunny!
Captain Carrot: OH YEAH?
Behemoth: YEAH! URRN?
*SPROING sound effect.. bounces back up after being flattened*
Captain Carrot: YEAH! *punches Behemoth* YEAH! THREE TIMES YEAH!
Captain Carrot: Who Else wants to Argue with Cartoon Physics?
Captain Carrot: OH YEAH?
Behemoth: YEAH! URRN?
*SPROING sound effect.. bounces back up after being flattened*
Captain Carrot: YEAH! *punches Behemoth* YEAH! THREE TIMES YEAH!
Captain Carrot: Who Else wants to Argue with Cartoon Physics?
February 22, 2015
Decent intro issue. Sets up the coming bad thing, shows us a couple worlds and introduces a diverse cast of characters.
Don't entirely get Grant's current obsession with Obama-Superman, but I really enjoyed how he wrote Captain Carrot.
Don't entirely get Grant's current obsession with Obama-Superman, but I really enjoyed how he wrote Captain Carrot.
August 26, 2014
I think this whole issue went over my head. I literally have no idea what's going on.
November 6, 2014
Excellent
Grant Morrison at his best
A good start for us good old comic book geeks.
Pick it up. You won't be sorry
Grant Morrison at his best
A good start for us good old comic book geeks.
Pick it up. You won't be sorry
January 1, 2015
Grant Morrison and the multiverse, what could go wrong. Nothing. I have no complaints, except I didn't pick it up as soon as it came out.
February 21, 2015
Um começo excelente. Abrindo o leque multiversal da DC Comics de volta, em grande estilo. E como dizem do Ultra Comics: não leia esse quadrinho!
E Capitão Cenoura > all
E Capitão Cenoura > all
March 6, 2015
Once more I embrak upon a trippy tale with Grant Morrison
March 21, 2015
Not really sure what to think of this for now...
March 27, 2015
Grant Morrison cuando esta inspirado, es muy pero que muy grande.
August 8, 2015
This whole series was the bees knees!
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