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Convergence #1.3
Convergence: Crisis, Book One
A CONVERGENCE tie-in graphic novel!
Once, there were infinite Earths. Then there came a Crisis…a Zero Hour…a Flashpoint. Worlds lived. Worlds died. But some worlds must now fight for their future—in the Convergence!
The evil alien intelligence known as Brainiac has stolen 50 doomed cities from places throughout time and space and sealed them behind impenetrable domes. Now, after a year, the domes will come down—and the heroes and villains of 50 dead worlds must battle to be the last one standing!
In this
BATMAN AND THE The Dark Knight and his army of allies face the rage of the One Man Army Corps, OMAC!
THE ADVENTURES OF The Man of Steel and his mighty cousin Supergirl combat the criminals of the Phantom Zone and the sentient apes from the world of Kamandi, the Last Boy on Earth!
SUPERBOY AND THE LEGION OF Stranded in the future, young Kal-El and his high-flying friends must save Metropolis from the invasion of the Atomic Knights!
GREEN LANTERN Hal Jordan, John Stewart and Guy Gardner must overcome their differences to defeat the mad gods of the Great Disaster!
Katar Hol and Hawkwoman soar into battle against some of Kamandi’s deadliest foes!
The CRISIS era’s most memorable characters wage war against the classic creations of Jack Kirby, the King of Comics himself, in CRISIS BOOK ONE!
Once, there were infinite Earths. Then there came a Crisis…a Zero Hour…a Flashpoint. Worlds lived. Worlds died. But some worlds must now fight for their future—in the Convergence!
The evil alien intelligence known as Brainiac has stolen 50 doomed cities from places throughout time and space and sealed them behind impenetrable domes. Now, after a year, the domes will come down—and the heroes and villains of 50 dead worlds must battle to be the last one standing!
In this
BATMAN AND THE The Dark Knight and his army of allies face the rage of the One Man Army Corps, OMAC!
THE ADVENTURES OF The Man of Steel and his mighty cousin Supergirl combat the criminals of the Phantom Zone and the sentient apes from the world of Kamandi, the Last Boy on Earth!
SUPERBOY AND THE LEGION OF Stranded in the future, young Kal-El and his high-flying friends must save Metropolis from the invasion of the Atomic Knights!
GREEN LANTERN Hal Jordan, John Stewart and Guy Gardner must overcome their differences to defeat the mad gods of the Great Disaster!
Katar Hol and Hawkwoman soar into battle against some of Kamandi’s deadliest foes!
The CRISIS era’s most memorable characters wage war against the classic creations of Jack Kirby, the King of Comics himself, in CRISIS BOOK ONE!
272 pages, Paperback
First published October 20, 2015
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About the author
Stuart Moore
399 books69 followersSTUART MOORE is a writer, a book editor, and an award-winning comics editor.
Among his current writing projects are THE ZODIAC LEGACY, created and cowritten by Stan Lee and published by Disney, featuring an all-new team of teenaged super heroes in a series of illustrated prose novels and graphic novels; DOMINION: LAST SACRIFICE, a comic book series for Amazon/Jet City; and THANOS: DEATH SENTENCE, an original Marvel prose novel. Recent work includes EGOs, an original comic book series from Image Comics, and GARTER'S BIG SCORE, an original ebook novella for Kindle. He also contributed two series, TEACH and OUT WITH A BANG, to the launch of the online comics app Stela. Other comics work includes WOLVERINE NOIR and NAMOR: THE FIRST MUTANT (Marvel); FIRESTORM (DC Comics); assorted Star Trek and Transformers projects; and the science-fiction graphic novels EARTHLIGHT, PARA, SHADRACH STONE, and MANDALA. Prose writing includes the novel version of Marvel’s CIVIL WAR, and Disney Worldwide's JOHN CARTER: THE MOVIE NOVELIZATION.
Among his current writing projects are THE ZODIAC LEGACY, created and cowritten by Stan Lee and published by Disney, featuring an all-new team of teenaged super heroes in a series of illustrated prose novels and graphic novels; DOMINION: LAST SACRIFICE, a comic book series for Amazon/Jet City; and THANOS: DEATH SENTENCE, an original Marvel prose novel. Recent work includes EGOs, an original comic book series from Image Comics, and GARTER'S BIG SCORE, an original ebook novella for Kindle. He also contributed two series, TEACH and OUT WITH A BANG, to the launch of the online comics app Stela. Other comics work includes WOLVERINE NOIR and NAMOR: THE FIRST MUTANT (Marvel); FIRESTORM (DC Comics); assorted Star Trek and Transformers projects; and the science-fiction graphic novels EARTHLIGHT, PARA, SHADRACH STONE, and MANDALA. Prose writing includes the novel version of Marvel’s CIVIL WAR, and Disney Worldwide's JOHN CARTER: THE MOVIE NOVELIZATION.
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April 24, 2022
(B-) 71% | Satisfactory
Notes: Less what-if hero mashup than mishmash monster bash-up, all small-potato foes to fight, recondite and deathly trite.
Notes: Less what-if hero mashup than mishmash monster bash-up, all small-potato foes to fight, recondite and deathly trite.
January 23, 2023
Yikes. That was awful.
So this is basically DC's version of Marvel's Battleworld, however it is even worse (if that's possible).
We get two issues per DC title (Superboy & The Legion of Super Heroes, The Green Lantern Corps, Batman & the Outsiders, The Adventures of Superman, & Hawkman) and they become so tedious and repetitive that the entire book becomes pointless.
In the first issue of each new world we see how terrible life is after a large dome has covered the city for a year leaving all superheroes in that area without their powers. Then a disembodied voice will tell them that they have to fight other cities to the death because....reasons!
In the second issue, battles with completely uninteresting foes ensue.
This might have been something if Batman and the Outsiders were taking on The Green Latern Corps...etc., but it isn't. By the time you get to the final two issues featuring "Hawkman" you are beyond done with the 'story' which is unfortunate since these issues do have the best art.
Overall, the reader finds themselves bored to tears. As they jump from world to world nothing new is learned and they are left with the same questions. In the end you realize you don't really care about the answers.
Save yourself and DO NOT READ!
So this is basically DC's version of Marvel's Battleworld, however it is even worse (if that's possible).
We get two issues per DC title (Superboy & The Legion of Super Heroes, The Green Lantern Corps, Batman & the Outsiders, The Adventures of Superman, & Hawkman) and they become so tedious and repetitive that the entire book becomes pointless.
In the first issue of each new world we see how terrible life is after a large dome has covered the city for a year leaving all superheroes in that area without their powers. Then a disembodied voice will tell them that they have to fight other cities to the death because....reasons!
In the second issue, battles with completely uninteresting foes ensue.
This might have been something if Batman and the Outsiders were taking on The Green Latern Corps...etc., but it isn't. By the time you get to the final two issues featuring "Hawkman" you are beyond done with the 'story' which is unfortunate since these issues do have the best art.
Overall, the reader finds themselves bored to tears. As they jump from world to world nothing new is learned and they are left with the same questions. In the end you realize you don't really care about the answers.
Save yourself and DO NOT READ!
April 5, 2016
Another crappy Convergence tie-in. You'd think I'd learn.
August 29, 2016
Total waste of time. Insanely repetitive. Instantly boring.
Conceptually, it may have seemed like a cool idea, but the execution of these "world vs world" stories falls miles short of its target.
Skip the Convergence tie-in issues and only read the main Convergence storyline.
1/5
Conceptually, it may have seemed like a cool idea, but the execution of these "world vs world" stories falls miles short of its target.
Skip the Convergence tie-in issues and only read the main Convergence storyline.
1/5
May 17, 2024
Convergence: Crisis: Book One
A year "under the dome", a mysterious force which has removed the powers from Earth's mightiest heroes, and suddenly a voice from the stars advises that their cities have been chosen to fight it out between themselves for survival.
Great artwork draws the readers' eyes to the frustration all the heroes feel when they are trapped, leading into a convergence where reality itself hangs in the balance.
A year "under the dome", a mysterious force which has removed the powers from Earth's mightiest heroes, and suddenly a voice from the stars advises that their cities have been chosen to fight it out between themselves for survival.
Great artwork draws the readers' eyes to the frustration all the heroes feel when they are trapped, leading into a convergence where reality itself hangs in the balance.
February 3, 2016
So the core Convergence book was quite possibly the worst volume that DC released in 2015. Can the connected mini-series be in better? Yeah, but that's honestly not a very high bar.
The biggest problem is that the conceit for these comics is so constrained that no one can tell good stories. We pretty much get an issue of characterization followed by a call to action and then an issue of fight. Again and again. It was wonderful to see these old, lost characters again, but DC pretty much ruined their return by only allowing mediocre stories through.
Superboy & The Legion of Super-Heroes. A nice take on the Legion, primarily for its focus on Clark and Ayla. The fight with the Atomic Knights is the sort of dull thing that I'm expect we're going to see a lot of in these Convergence books. And, there's some really horrible art in the first issue that makes every ugly, angry, and wan. (It's much better in the second issue, due to some changes in the art team.) If I'd bought this book instead of just borrowing it from the library, it would have been for this story; I'm glad I didn't [4/10].
The Green Lantern Corps. I wonder if this is going to be a trend for these stories: the first issue has great character, then the second issue lets that down. Crisis Guy Gardner is really terrific, playing up the travails of the character, but not his later inanity. The second issue, though, gives us more of a '90s Guy Gardner character, cycling through silly alter egos. It manages to avoid pointless battles with heroes from other cities, but it still offers weak interactions (with Hercules!) and weak fights (with some thing!) [5+/10]
Batman and the Outsiders. This is a long-lost team that it's really delightful to see again, and Andreyko does a good job of characterizing them. Then, he even gives the foes some depth in the inevitable rightful second issue. Things are still pretty skippable when we get to the big fight, but this was an enjoyable read [5+/10].
Adventures of Superman. Wolfman improves on what most of his fellows are doing by actually giving his heroes some agency. Kal and Kara aren't moping around about being stuck Under the Dome (tm), they're journeying off to the Phantom Zone and having adventures that have nothing to do with this contrived crossover. Then, when we have the inevitable invasion, it's a multisided affair with Kamandi against the apes. And of course there's some strong characterization (which is all most of these stories seem to be built on), focused on Kara and what she learns of the future. The shape of this crossover continues to make it shallow, but this is nonetheless one of the better attempts [6/10].
Hawkman. More of the same. Shayera has some nice characterization that doesn't matter because this is a one off and there's a great ending. But otherwise, it's forgettable as all the rest [5+/10].
Even loving many of these old characters, I'm not sure I'm going to waste my time reading the rest of these.
The biggest problem is that the conceit for these comics is so constrained that no one can tell good stories. We pretty much get an issue of characterization followed by a call to action and then an issue of fight. Again and again. It was wonderful to see these old, lost characters again, but DC pretty much ruined their return by only allowing mediocre stories through.
Superboy & The Legion of Super-Heroes. A nice take on the Legion, primarily for its focus on Clark and Ayla. The fight with the Atomic Knights is the sort of dull thing that I'm expect we're going to see a lot of in these Convergence books. And, there's some really horrible art in the first issue that makes every ugly, angry, and wan. (It's much better in the second issue, due to some changes in the art team.) If I'd bought this book instead of just borrowing it from the library, it would have been for this story; I'm glad I didn't [4/10].
The Green Lantern Corps. I wonder if this is going to be a trend for these stories: the first issue has great character, then the second issue lets that down. Crisis Guy Gardner is really terrific, playing up the travails of the character, but not his later inanity. The second issue, though, gives us more of a '90s Guy Gardner character, cycling through silly alter egos. It manages to avoid pointless battles with heroes from other cities, but it still offers weak interactions (with Hercules!) and weak fights (with some thing!) [5+/10]
Batman and the Outsiders. This is a long-lost team that it's really delightful to see again, and Andreyko does a good job of characterizing them. Then, he even gives the foes some depth in the inevitable rightful second issue. Things are still pretty skippable when we get to the big fight, but this was an enjoyable read [5+/10].
Adventures of Superman. Wolfman improves on what most of his fellows are doing by actually giving his heroes some agency. Kal and Kara aren't moping around about being stuck Under the Dome (tm), they're journeying off to the Phantom Zone and having adventures that have nothing to do with this contrived crossover. Then, when we have the inevitable invasion, it's a multisided affair with Kamandi against the apes. And of course there's some strong characterization (which is all most of these stories seem to be built on), focused on Kara and what she learns of the future. The shape of this crossover continues to make it shallow, but this is nonetheless one of the better attempts [6/10].
Hawkman. More of the same. Shayera has some nice characterization that doesn't matter because this is a one off and there's a great ending. But otherwise, it's forgettable as all the rest [5+/10].
Even loving many of these old characters, I'm not sure I'm going to waste my time reading the rest of these.
May 14, 2018
Convergence is a two-month weekly comic book event that cumulates the weekly series Earth 2: World's End and The New 52: Futures End maxi-series. This trade paperback pits Crisis characters against those created by Jack Kirby – the King of Comics and collects five of the forty tie-in issues: Convergence: Batman and the Outsiders #1–2, Convergence: The Adventures of Superman #1–2, Convergence: Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes #1–2, Convergence: Green Lantern Corps #1–2, and Convergence: Hawkman #1–2.
Convergence: Batman and the Outsiders is a two-part tie-in written by Marc Andreyko and penciled by Carlos D'anda. The issue opens up with Batman patrolling the domed Gotham City while trying to figure out the mystery behind the dome with no success. His team the Outsiders (Black Lightning, Geo-Force, Halo, Katana, and Metamorpho) have adapted to their new realities. With the exception of Rex Mason (Metamorpho), who is now depowered and human, is the only one in Gotham City who couldn't care less if the dome falls down. Until it did with the challenge is issued by Telos and the powerless regained their powers – including Rex Mason who became Metamorpho once again. It was then that Geo-Force noticed that OMAC from Earth-AD is heading straight towards them.
Separated from Brother Eye and under the control of Godmother OMAC and his team of monsters attacks Gotham City. However, Batman quickly assembles that Outsiders and in no time incapacitated OMAC while the monsters without their leaders ran away. Despite winning the challenge Batman fears that there is a greater evil out there – Telos.
Convergence: The Adventures of Superman is a two-part tie-in written by Marv Wolfamn and penciled by Roberto Viacava and Andy Owens. While trapped in Gotham City when the dome went up, Superman and Supergirl of Earth-One plans to enter the Phantom Zone with the help of Lucius Fox and find another door outside the dome. However the moment they enter the Phantom Zone, the dome comes down and the challenged was issued by Telos. Ape-Men from Earth-AD start attacking Gotham City while inside the Phantom Zone the criminals start attacking the two Kryptonians.
Superman and Supergirl manages to escape the Phantom Zone thanks to Supergirl who managed to escape dragged Superman out, just in time to fight the Ape-Men attacking Gotham City. With the help of Kamandi, the Last Boy on Earth, of Earth-AD the three of them manages to defeat General Symian of the Ape-Men – winning the challenged put forth by Telos. Left alone, Superman and Supergirl determined to take the fight to their kidnappers.
Convergence: Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes is a two-part tie-in written by Stuart Moore and penciled by Gus Storms and Mark Farmer. The issue opens up with Superboy (Clark Kent) telling the people of future Metropolis to keep their spirits up and not to give up hope, because the Legionnaires (Colossal Boy, Ultra Boy, Sun Boy, Lightning Lass, Brainiac 5, Invisible Kid, Shadow Lass, and Wildfire) are doing everything in their powers – albeit powerless to get them free. Apparently while visiting the future, Superboy was trapped when the dome went up. Eventually the dome went down, the challenge was issued by Telos, and the powers returned to the Legionnaires. While surveying the city they encountered the Atomic Knights of Earth-86.
Being out numbered and out-powered the Atomic Knights are the underdog of the fight. Despite the fact in order to save their city they are willing to destroy futuristic Metropolis among themselves by unleashing Morticoccus – the ultimate bioweapon, if the Atomic Knights unleashes it everything in the city would be dead within minutes. Superboy talks to Gardner Grayle – the leader of the Atomic Knights telling him that killing a city of millions to save a city with just over two hundred people, just because a disembodied voice told them to, didn't make any sense. He adds that sometimes killing is a tough decision to make, but sometimes not killing is even tougher. Together they enter into an alliance to face Telos together.
Convergence: Green Lantern Corps is a two-part tie-in written by David Gallaher and penciled by Steve Ellis and Ande Parks. The issues open with Guy Gardner who has recently woken up in a domed Gotham City from a coma, trying to get his life in order. In order to do so, he must confront his demons about being a Green Lantern, by finding Hal Jordan. He went through Carol Ferris and John Stewart to find him. In a midst of a fight with him, the dome comes down, the challenged issued by Telos was given, and the Green Lantern Power Battery returns. However, instead of sharing the power of the battery with Guy Gardner, Hal Jordan takes the battery after recharging his ring, leaving Gardner alone.
Determined, Guy Gardner travels to the battle site powerless. He encounters Hercules and Jennifer Monore of Earth-86 and after beating Hercules in an arm-wrestling competition they aided him in his quest. Meanwhile, Green Lanterns Hal Jordan and John Stewart are fighting Anti-God of Earth-86 with little success. It wasn't until Guy Gardner reaches the site and helped the duo – did the three overcome their differences (with a few fisticuffs) and defeat the Anti-God.
Convergence: Hawkman is a two-part tie-in written by Jeff Parker and penciled by Tim Truman and Enrique Alcatena. The issue opens up with Hawkman and Hawkwoman trapped in Gotham City trying to stop a riot, when Hawkwoman was attack by a Thanagarian weapon – meaning that the sleeper agents that they stopped earlier are back. They fight Manhawks and eventually found the base of the Thanagarian sleeper agents that planned on taking over the Earth. When the dome comes down and the challenge issued by Telos was proclaimed.
In spite of facing doom, Hawkman and Hawkwoman decided to face it head on. While doing some recognizance they were attacked by Bat-Men from Earth-AD. They fight for a while until they are hit with a weapon fired by the Rat-Men of Earth-AD. Apparently, while on the same side the Bat-Men and Rat-Men are mortal enemies. Captured, a weaponless Hawkman and Hawkwoman await their doom, but they manage to escape and the Bat-Men attacked their foes as a distraction – making the Thanagarian in the middle of a war. However, encouraged by Hawkman words, the Thanagarian sleeper agents comes to the rescue and defeated the two warring groups.
For the most part, I rather liked most of the tie-ins thematic wise with Convergence: Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes being the outlier of the five. While the issues follow the same formulaic pattern with most tie-ins in this event – it felt slightly different. Convergence: Green Lantern Corps and Convergence: Hawkman didn't announce their opponents until the second issue. However execution of said themes seems to be problematic with this series. The penciling is rather inconsistent as well, but that's par for the course for having so many different pencilers in one trade paperback, so the quality and consistency of the penciling would vary.
All in all, Convergence: Crisis, Book One is a somewhat adequate collection of tie-ins for the Convergence event. The writing and penciling varies, but that's par for the course for multiple writers and pencilers.
Convergence: Batman and the Outsiders is a two-part tie-in written by Marc Andreyko and penciled by Carlos D'anda. The issue opens up with Batman patrolling the domed Gotham City while trying to figure out the mystery behind the dome with no success. His team the Outsiders (Black Lightning, Geo-Force, Halo, Katana, and Metamorpho) have adapted to their new realities. With the exception of Rex Mason (Metamorpho), who is now depowered and human, is the only one in Gotham City who couldn't care less if the dome falls down. Until it did with the challenge is issued by Telos and the powerless regained their powers – including Rex Mason who became Metamorpho once again. It was then that Geo-Force noticed that OMAC from Earth-AD is heading straight towards them.
Separated from Brother Eye and under the control of Godmother OMAC and his team of monsters attacks Gotham City. However, Batman quickly assembles that Outsiders and in no time incapacitated OMAC while the monsters without their leaders ran away. Despite winning the challenge Batman fears that there is a greater evil out there – Telos.
Convergence: The Adventures of Superman is a two-part tie-in written by Marv Wolfamn and penciled by Roberto Viacava and Andy Owens. While trapped in Gotham City when the dome went up, Superman and Supergirl of Earth-One plans to enter the Phantom Zone with the help of Lucius Fox and find another door outside the dome. However the moment they enter the Phantom Zone, the dome comes down and the challenged was issued by Telos. Ape-Men from Earth-AD start attacking Gotham City while inside the Phantom Zone the criminals start attacking the two Kryptonians.
Superman and Supergirl manages to escape the Phantom Zone thanks to Supergirl who managed to escape dragged Superman out, just in time to fight the Ape-Men attacking Gotham City. With the help of Kamandi, the Last Boy on Earth, of Earth-AD the three of them manages to defeat General Symian of the Ape-Men – winning the challenged put forth by Telos. Left alone, Superman and Supergirl determined to take the fight to their kidnappers.
Convergence: Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes is a two-part tie-in written by Stuart Moore and penciled by Gus Storms and Mark Farmer. The issue opens up with Superboy (Clark Kent) telling the people of future Metropolis to keep their spirits up and not to give up hope, because the Legionnaires (Colossal Boy, Ultra Boy, Sun Boy, Lightning Lass, Brainiac 5, Invisible Kid, Shadow Lass, and Wildfire) are doing everything in their powers – albeit powerless to get them free. Apparently while visiting the future, Superboy was trapped when the dome went up. Eventually the dome went down, the challenge was issued by Telos, and the powers returned to the Legionnaires. While surveying the city they encountered the Atomic Knights of Earth-86.
Being out numbered and out-powered the Atomic Knights are the underdog of the fight. Despite the fact in order to save their city they are willing to destroy futuristic Metropolis among themselves by unleashing Morticoccus – the ultimate bioweapon, if the Atomic Knights unleashes it everything in the city would be dead within minutes. Superboy talks to Gardner Grayle – the leader of the Atomic Knights telling him that killing a city of millions to save a city with just over two hundred people, just because a disembodied voice told them to, didn't make any sense. He adds that sometimes killing is a tough decision to make, but sometimes not killing is even tougher. Together they enter into an alliance to face Telos together.
Convergence: Green Lantern Corps is a two-part tie-in written by David Gallaher and penciled by Steve Ellis and Ande Parks. The issues open with Guy Gardner who has recently woken up in a domed Gotham City from a coma, trying to get his life in order. In order to do so, he must confront his demons about being a Green Lantern, by finding Hal Jordan. He went through Carol Ferris and John Stewart to find him. In a midst of a fight with him, the dome comes down, the challenged issued by Telos was given, and the Green Lantern Power Battery returns. However, instead of sharing the power of the battery with Guy Gardner, Hal Jordan takes the battery after recharging his ring, leaving Gardner alone.
Determined, Guy Gardner travels to the battle site powerless. He encounters Hercules and Jennifer Monore of Earth-86 and after beating Hercules in an arm-wrestling competition they aided him in his quest. Meanwhile, Green Lanterns Hal Jordan and John Stewart are fighting Anti-God of Earth-86 with little success. It wasn't until Guy Gardner reaches the site and helped the duo – did the three overcome their differences (with a few fisticuffs) and defeat the Anti-God.
Convergence: Hawkman is a two-part tie-in written by Jeff Parker and penciled by Tim Truman and Enrique Alcatena. The issue opens up with Hawkman and Hawkwoman trapped in Gotham City trying to stop a riot, when Hawkwoman was attack by a Thanagarian weapon – meaning that the sleeper agents that they stopped earlier are back. They fight Manhawks and eventually found the base of the Thanagarian sleeper agents that planned on taking over the Earth. When the dome comes down and the challenge issued by Telos was proclaimed.
In spite of facing doom, Hawkman and Hawkwoman decided to face it head on. While doing some recognizance they were attacked by Bat-Men from Earth-AD. They fight for a while until they are hit with a weapon fired by the Rat-Men of Earth-AD. Apparently, while on the same side the Bat-Men and Rat-Men are mortal enemies. Captured, a weaponless Hawkman and Hawkwoman await their doom, but they manage to escape and the Bat-Men attacked their foes as a distraction – making the Thanagarian in the middle of a war. However, encouraged by Hawkman words, the Thanagarian sleeper agents comes to the rescue and defeated the two warring groups.
For the most part, I rather liked most of the tie-ins thematic wise with Convergence: Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes being the outlier of the five. While the issues follow the same formulaic pattern with most tie-ins in this event – it felt slightly different. Convergence: Green Lantern Corps and Convergence: Hawkman didn't announce their opponents until the second issue. However execution of said themes seems to be problematic with this series. The penciling is rather inconsistent as well, but that's par for the course for having so many different pencilers in one trade paperback, so the quality and consistency of the penciling would vary.
All in all, Convergence: Crisis, Book One is a somewhat adequate collection of tie-ins for the Convergence event. The writing and penciling varies, but that's par for the course for multiple writers and pencilers.
June 24, 2017
So the concept of Convergence was to briefly revisit favorite eras/periods of comics, and also put them up against each other, right? I think they may have over-reached though, because I don't have fond memories of any of these eras. Okay, not exactly true - I kind of liked Batman and the Outsiders. But there were so many convergence titles, each of which matched up two eras, that most of the eras covered just weren't that interesting. And almost every story has the same plot - this group is suffering under the dome. The dome goes away. This group fights that group to a standstill, and then both groups decide to work together. That's 80% of the plots. And it just isn't an interesting enough story to justify this many stories.
I'll give this volume some credit - the nihilism of Hawkman and Hawgirl when they find out that it's all a lie is a little unique. But otherwise, this is a collection of people punching each other, then making up, with no real weight tied to anything, and no real plot movement. Unless you're a huge fan of one of the groups in the collection, it's not worth picking up.
I'll give this volume some credit - the nihilism of Hawkman and Hawgirl when they find out that it's all a lie is a little unique. But otherwise, this is a collection of people punching each other, then making up, with no real weight tied to anything, and no real plot movement. Unless you're a huge fan of one of the groups in the collection, it's not worth picking up.
October 25, 2015
Is DC Comics so much out of original ideas that they have to reuse "Countdown: Arena" to try and sell books?
August 25, 2020
Nikomu niepotrzebne zasejwowane kontynuacje dawno przebrzmiałych serii. Im dalej wstecz, tym mniej pasują w tym crossoverze.
February 24, 2021
Zaskakujące, że im dalej w przeszłość DC tym gorzej to wygląda. Całe te wygrzebywanie starych postaci to jak znalezienie na strychu fajerwerków sprzed wielu lat. I może wystrzelą dając uciechę, ale i tak zauważalnie nie mają już takiej mocy jak kiedyś. Tak jest z tymi postaciami. Wklejono je tu już ukształtowane z jakichś rzeczywistości sprzed całej masy kryzysów jakie nastąpiły w uniwersum DC już jakiś czas temu. I choć starszym fanom na pewno się łezka zakręci w oku, tak ci o znacznie młodszym staży tylko się żachną. Bo do mnie tu prawie nic nie trafia.
Jedyna historia jaka broni ten tytuł to ta powiązana z Green Lantern Corps, gdzie autorzy skupili się na Guy Gardner. Byłem w stanie zrozumieć jego motywację, a i droga jaką przeżył do najlżejszych nie należała. Moment w którym uzyskał ponownie dostęp do mocy Latarni był super i ratuje ten tytuł przed soczystą pałą... 3.5/5
Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes był nie tylko brzydki, ale i głupi. Jak zobaczyłem rycerzy na... wściekłych dalmatyńczykach to myślałem, że przypadkiem coś mi ktoś podał, bo dostałem napadu śmiechu. Tyle dobrego z tego tytułu. Jeszcze bardziej zdziwiło mnie, że pozornie silniejszy Legion zaczął zbierać bęcki... Za niezamierzony efekt jaki całość we mnie wywołała 2/5.
Batman and the Outsiders wygląda z pięciu zaprezentowanych nam tu historii, chyba najładniej. Nie zmienia to faktu, iż cała opowieść i tak jest śmieciowa. Black Lightning wygląda jak Power Man... Tyle, co na pewno stąd zapamiętam. 1/5
Potem DC prezentuje nam kolejną przygodę z Supermanem pt. The Adventures of Superman. Zaskakujące jest to, że kiedyś coś czytałem z tą wersją bohatera i pokazał mi się tutaj jakiś sentyment. Clark z Karą lecą na zwiady, a w tym czasie następuje inwazja na ich miasteczko. Proste, przejrzyste i mimo swoich głupotek podobało mi się na tyle, że daję 3/5.
Końcówka to brzydki Hawkman z zaskakującą dozą akcji (ba, nawet ich do rakiety przywiążą, a potem popatrzą w romantycznej atmosferze jak się rozpada świat - nice), ale i naleciałości ze starych czasów, które pokazują jak ciężko czyta mi się coś co kiedyś wydawano w takiej formie. 2/5.
Istnienie takiej ilości tie-inów zaczyna mnie seryjnie nużyć, tym bardziej, że przede mną jeszcze pięć takich zbiorów plus samo Convergence, które porzuciłem po bodajże czwartym zeszycie. Prawie wszystkie dwu-zeszytowe dodatki opierają się na schemacie: jeden świat napada drugi i ten drugi się broni. Tyle, że zazwyczaj obieramy stronę 'dobrą', bowiem akcenty rzadko są położone na inny rozgranicznik. A szkoda, bo z chęcią zobaczyłbym jednego dobrego Supermana bijącego się z innym dobrym Supkiem. Albo Batmanem. Albo Justice League konta Teen Titans. Takie coś już pewnie było, chociażby na małym ekranie w animacji, ale...
Jeżeli robi się już coś w stylu pojedynków na arenie to chociaż można by zaszaleć. Bo czemu nie. Tego te dodatki mi nie dostarczają. To taki przegląd historii wydawnictwa, ale pytanie brzmi: Do kogo to ma trafić? Bo jeżeli adresowane jest do wszystkich to tak naprawdę do nikogo.
Jedyna historia jaka broni ten tytuł to ta powiązana z Green Lantern Corps, gdzie autorzy skupili się na Guy Gardner. Byłem w stanie zrozumieć jego motywację, a i droga jaką przeżył do najlżejszych nie należała. Moment w którym uzyskał ponownie dostęp do mocy Latarni był super i ratuje ten tytuł przed soczystą pałą... 3.5/5
Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes był nie tylko brzydki, ale i głupi. Jak zobaczyłem rycerzy na... wściekłych dalmatyńczykach to myślałem, że przypadkiem coś mi ktoś podał, bo dostałem napadu śmiechu. Tyle dobrego z tego tytułu. Jeszcze bardziej zdziwiło mnie, że pozornie silniejszy Legion zaczął zbierać bęcki... Za niezamierzony efekt jaki całość we mnie wywołała 2/5.
Batman and the Outsiders wygląda z pięciu zaprezentowanych nam tu historii, chyba najładniej. Nie zmienia to faktu, iż cała opowieść i tak jest śmieciowa. Black Lightning wygląda jak Power Man... Tyle, co na pewno stąd zapamiętam. 1/5
Potem DC prezentuje nam kolejną przygodę z Supermanem pt. The Adventures of Superman. Zaskakujące jest to, że kiedyś coś czytałem z tą wersją bohatera i pokazał mi się tutaj jakiś sentyment. Clark z Karą lecą na zwiady, a w tym czasie następuje inwazja na ich miasteczko. Proste, przejrzyste i mimo swoich głupotek podobało mi się na tyle, że daję 3/5.
Końcówka to brzydki Hawkman z zaskakującą dozą akcji (ba, nawet ich do rakiety przywiążą, a potem popatrzą w romantycznej atmosferze jak się rozpada świat - nice), ale i naleciałości ze starych czasów, które pokazują jak ciężko czyta mi się coś co kiedyś wydawano w takiej formie. 2/5.
Istnienie takiej ilości tie-inów zaczyna mnie seryjnie nużyć, tym bardziej, że przede mną jeszcze pięć takich zbiorów plus samo Convergence, które porzuciłem po bodajże czwartym zeszycie. Prawie wszystkie dwu-zeszytowe dodatki opierają się na schemacie: jeden świat napada drugi i ten drugi się broni. Tyle, że zazwyczaj obieramy stronę 'dobrą', bowiem akcenty rzadko są położone na inny rozgranicznik. A szkoda, bo z chęcią zobaczyłbym jednego dobrego Supermana bijącego się z innym dobrym Supkiem. Albo Batmanem. Albo Justice League konta Teen Titans. Takie coś już pewnie było, chociażby na małym ekranie w animacji, ale...
Jeżeli robi się już coś w stylu pojedynków na arenie to chociaż można by zaszaleć. Bo czemu nie. Tego te dodatki mi nie dostarczają. To taki przegląd historii wydawnictwa, ale pytanie brzmi: Do kogo to ma trafić? Bo jeżeli adresowane jest do wszystkich to tak naprawdę do nikogo.
October 27, 2017
This volume contains:
BATMAN AND THE OUTSIDERS: The Dark Knight and his army of allies face the rage of the One Man Army Corps, OMAC!
THE ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN: The Man of Steel and his mighty cousin Supergirl combat the criminals of the Phantom Zone and the sentient apes from the world of Kamandi, the Last Boy on Earth!
SUPERBOY AND THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES: Stranded in the future, young Kal-El and his high-flying friends must save Metropolis from the invasion of the Atomic Knights!
GREEN LANTERN CORPS: Hal Jordan, John Stewart and Guy Gardner must overcome their differences to defeat the mad gods of the Great Disaster!
HAWKMAN: Katar Hol and Hawkwoman soar into battle against some of Kamandi’s deadliest foes!
This volume is worth is along for the Hawkman and Green Lantern Corps stories. This volume is chock full of great stories for the DC fan in all of us.
BATMAN AND THE OUTSIDERS: The Dark Knight and his army of allies face the rage of the One Man Army Corps, OMAC!
THE ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN: The Man of Steel and his mighty cousin Supergirl combat the criminals of the Phantom Zone and the sentient apes from the world of Kamandi, the Last Boy on Earth!
SUPERBOY AND THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES: Stranded in the future, young Kal-El and his high-flying friends must save Metropolis from the invasion of the Atomic Knights!
GREEN LANTERN CORPS: Hal Jordan, John Stewart and Guy Gardner must overcome their differences to defeat the mad gods of the Great Disaster!
HAWKMAN: Katar Hol and Hawkwoman soar into battle against some of Kamandi’s deadliest foes!
This volume is worth is along for the Hawkman and Green Lantern Corps stories. This volume is chock full of great stories for the DC fan in all of us.
April 20, 2025
If you’re looking for good DC stories, just read the Adventures of Superman and the Green Lantern Corps stories and skip the rest
Batman and the outsiders vs Omac and Godmother?
Boring, poor Metamorpho :(
Adventures of Superman - vs The Phantom Zone residents, also featuring Kamandi and some New York animals
Kara gets glimpses of Crisis and wrestles with seeing her death, so that was beautiful
Superboy and the legion of heroes -
Pretty boring, Brainiac 5 says Brainiac’s technology feels familiar but he can’t place it; and that’s cute but that’s as far as that goes
Green Lantern Corps - Guy serving up some kick ass here, great story! It’s not just bias that makes this story good I swear, and Hal apologizes to Guy beautifully like a growing adult should be able to!
Hawkman - so boring, devoid of likable characters, BUT the rats’ and the bats’ designs are beautiful
Batman and the outsiders vs Omac and Godmother?
Boring, poor Metamorpho :(
Adventures of Superman - vs The Phantom Zone residents, also featuring Kamandi and some New York animals
Kara gets glimpses of Crisis and wrestles with seeing her death, so that was beautiful
Superboy and the legion of heroes -
Pretty boring, Brainiac 5 says Brainiac’s technology feels familiar but he can’t place it; and that’s cute but that’s as far as that goes
Green Lantern Corps - Guy serving up some kick ass here, great story! It’s not just bias that makes this story good I swear, and Hal apologizes to Guy beautifully like a growing adult should be able to!
Hawkman - so boring, devoid of likable characters, BUT the rats’ and the bats’ designs are beautiful
September 23, 2021
Cities from various DC timelines have been trapped in domes for a year. Now the domes come down and the heroes from each city have to fight! This spin-off features various pre-Crisis heroes versus Jack Kirby's 1970s creations. I enjoyed it quite a lot more than the main series. The stories were pretty simple, but it was nice to see these old friends again in their prime, especially the original Legion, and I really liked some of the art, like Tim Truman on Hawkman and Hawkwoman, and Roberto Viacava on Superman and headband Supergirl.
January 29, 2025
2.5 stars.
With the best will in the world this whole collection just feels like filler.
I was the target audience for Convergence Crisis, as the era these characters come from are my favourite era.
However, DC just put out a very average group of stories, not even bothering to try and capture the spirit or flavour of the originals. Probably the closest was the Hawkman/Hawkwoman story which had Truman art and heavy inking like Alcala, capturing the mid-80’s Hawks.
It was nice to see all these characters again, but would have been even nicer if there had been a bit more story.
With the best will in the world this whole collection just feels like filler.
I was the target audience for Convergence Crisis, as the era these characters come from are my favourite era.
However, DC just put out a very average group of stories, not even bothering to try and capture the spirit or flavour of the originals. Probably the closest was the Hawkman/Hawkwoman story which had Truman art and heavy inking like Alcala, capturing the mid-80’s Hawks.
It was nice to see all these characters again, but would have been even nicer if there had been a bit more story.
May 16, 2020
This basis for this comic collection is the various cities are "kidnapped", placed under domes which remove the powers of the superheroes living there and are then to be pitted against one another for survival. It highlights various members of the DC universe from Superman and Batman to Hawkman and Supergirl. It's entertaining enough and some of the artwork is excellent. However it's not particularly memorable.
September 10, 2018
Another mixed bag of tie-ins. I really enjoyed the Hawkman section (good art) and the Batman and the Outsiders (missed these characters). I liked the Superboy and the Legion part okay - art could have been better though. Was not a big fan of the Superman/Supergirl and the Green Lanterns portions though.
March 29, 2019
Stuart Moore and Marv Wolfman did a good job capturing the voices of their characters and working within the limited confines of these series. The rest of the chapters I barely bothered to skim for as little as they grabbed my attention, although I did enjoy seeing Tim Truman's artwork on the Hawkman chapter.
January 23, 2023
Some really weak stories this go-around. Characters from Pre-Crisis Earth One barely fight with Jack Kirby created characters in these one shots, OMAC, the Atomic Knights, Kamandi, etc. It's all really weak sauce this go-around. Only recommended for DC completists who must read everything like myself.
May 7, 2018
Some good art, some good writing and it's always nice to revisit old friends but the concept was weak when it was employed in Marvel's "Secret Wars" thirty years ago and age hasn't improved it.
March 29, 2019
Past kinda and all the way into truly pathetic. No real plot, lousy stories. Wolfman does it AGAIN (SCREW you, Marvy-baby. May the fleas of ten thousand camels nestle in your crotch)
April 11, 2019
See my review of Convergence: Flashpoint, Book One.
June 17, 2019
Some very good stories and some great artwork!
April 2, 2024
Revisiting some bygone eras of DC Comics in a fun way.
November 27, 2015
Collects Convergence: Batman and the Outsiders issues #1-2, Convergence: The Adventures of Superman issues #1-2, Convergence: Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes issues #1-2, Convergence: Green Lantern Corps issues #1-2, and Convergence: Hawkman issues #1-2
"Convergence" was an event in which a powerful entity abducted people from various worlds in the Multiverse and held them prisoner for one year. These abductees are a combination of superheroes, super villains, and regular people. Each world's/time period's people are trapped underneath their own special dome. After one year, the domes were opened, and the 50 different worlds were told that they had to fight each other. Whichever worlds' champions won in combat against each of the other worlds would be allowed to live. Only one of these parallel universes will be allowed to survive at the conclusion of the great battle.
I'm not a long time DC Comics fan, so I don't know a lot of the history behind each character. I can imagine that if someone was a long-time fan, they would love this event, and the tie-in issues that came out to support the event.
This volume's tie-in issues features characters primarily from the 1980's and from the future world of Kamandi.
"Convergence: Batman and the Outsiders" features the 1980's Batman and his team called the Outsides fighting the One Man Army Corps (OMAC).
"Convergence: The Adventures of Superman" features the 1980's Superman and Supergirl teaming up to fight against the criminals of the Phantom Zone. In the middle of that fight, an army of intelligent apes (from the future) attacks Superman and Supergirl (aspects of this story had a big "Planet of the Apes" vibe).
"Convergence: Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes" features the 1980's of the Legion of the future facing the Atomic Knights. The best part about this story is when I found out that the Atomic Knights ride on (instead of horses) giant dalmatian dogs. This is stupid, but funny. This story also features a love interest for Superboy.
"Convergence: Green Lantern Corps" features the 1980's versions of Hal Jordan, John Stewart, and Guy Gardner teaming up against powerful bad guys from the time of the Great Disaster.
"Convergence: Hawkman" features the 1980's Hawkman and Hawkwoman teaming up against some deadly enemies of Kamandi (the last boy on Earth, from the future).
In my opinion, the "Adventures of Superman" issues were the best.
"Convergence" was an event in which a powerful entity abducted people from various worlds in the Multiverse and held them prisoner for one year. These abductees are a combination of superheroes, super villains, and regular people. Each world's/time period's people are trapped underneath their own special dome. After one year, the domes were opened, and the 50 different worlds were told that they had to fight each other. Whichever worlds' champions won in combat against each of the other worlds would be allowed to live. Only one of these parallel universes will be allowed to survive at the conclusion of the great battle.
I'm not a long time DC Comics fan, so I don't know a lot of the history behind each character. I can imagine that if someone was a long-time fan, they would love this event, and the tie-in issues that came out to support the event.
This volume's tie-in issues features characters primarily from the 1980's and from the future world of Kamandi.
"Convergence: Batman and the Outsiders" features the 1980's Batman and his team called the Outsides fighting the One Man Army Corps (OMAC).
"Convergence: The Adventures of Superman" features the 1980's Superman and Supergirl teaming up to fight against the criminals of the Phantom Zone. In the middle of that fight, an army of intelligent apes (from the future) attacks Superman and Supergirl (aspects of this story had a big "Planet of the Apes" vibe).
"Convergence: Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes" features the 1980's of the Legion of the future facing the Atomic Knights. The best part about this story is when I found out that the Atomic Knights ride on (instead of horses) giant dalmatian dogs. This is stupid, but funny. This story also features a love interest for Superboy.
"Convergence: Green Lantern Corps" features the 1980's versions of Hal Jordan, John Stewart, and Guy Gardner teaming up against powerful bad guys from the time of the Great Disaster.
"Convergence: Hawkman" features the 1980's Hawkman and Hawkwoman teaming up against some deadly enemies of Kamandi (the last boy on Earth, from the future).
In my opinion, the "Adventures of Superman" issues were the best.
December 8, 2015
This volume includes the following Convergence mini-series: Superboy & The Legion of Super-Heroes, Green Lantern Corps. Batman and The Outsiders, Adventures of Superman and Hawkman. Also appearing are The Atomic Knights, Hercules and other characters from the Hercules Unbound series, OMAC and Kamandi and characters from that series. All in all an interesting mix. I was quite happy to see the Atomic Knights as that series from Strange Adventures happens to be a favourite of mine. As to the stories themselves to be honest I enjoyed all of them. The Legion has always been another of my favourites so putting them and the Atomic Knights together was mana for me. Truth be told there wasn't really a weak story in this volume. Yes it does help your enjoyment of these stories if you have some familiarity with the cast members but given the age of some it can't be helped if you don't. Credit DC though to having the courage to dig deep into the archives for the source material. The Hawkman material ties in to The Shadow War of Hawkman mini-series rather than any of the later incarnations of the character and again i applaud DC for using these older (and classic) versions. All in all this was a fun volume for myself and I am sure for many long-time DC fans. I borrowed this one from the library but it is a book I am tempted to add to my personal library. Give yourself a treat and read it if you already haven't.
November 29, 2015
Writers: Marc Andreyko, Marv Wolfman, David Gallaher, Jeff Parker, and Stuart Moore.
Artists: Carlos D’anda, Roberto Viacava, Steve Ellis, Tim Truman, Gus Storms, and others.
This Convergence collection includes the miniseries Batman and the Outsiders #1-2, Adventures of Superman #1-2, Green Lantern Corps #1-2, Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes #1-2, and Hawkman #1-2.
This collection is overall one of the more readable of the Convergence tie-ins, albeit somewhat inconsistent. The stories tend to have formulaic plots but there is some interesting character development in several of these stories.
I read the contents of this volume as individual comic books when they were published.
Artists: Carlos D’anda, Roberto Viacava, Steve Ellis, Tim Truman, Gus Storms, and others.
This Convergence collection includes the miniseries Batman and the Outsiders #1-2, Adventures of Superman #1-2, Green Lantern Corps #1-2, Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes #1-2, and Hawkman #1-2.
This collection is overall one of the more readable of the Convergence tie-ins, albeit somewhat inconsistent. The stories tend to have formulaic plots but there is some interesting character development in several of these stories.
I read the contents of this volume as individual comic books when they were published.
March 15, 2016
I'm a bigger fan of the Crisis versions of DC's heroes (especially the Legion of Superheroes and Supergirl) than their Zero Hour counterparts. Unfortunately it doesn't change the fact that this volume is essentially superfluous to the Convergence event (which I enjoyed). For fans of the pre-Crisis DC continuity.
January 1, 2016
This was as enjoyable read as could be considering I haven't read Convergence yet. (There's a bit of a wait thru the library). I do have all the spin-offs, though, so I will see how interesting it is reading it the opposite way. I enjoyed the Supergirl story the most.
August 2, 2016
Batman & The Outsiders - 3 stars
Superman - 2.5 stars
Superboy & The Legion of Superheroes - 2.5 stars
Green Lantern Corp - 3.5 stars
Hawkman - 2.5 stars
Overall -3 stars
Superman - 2.5 stars
Superboy & The Legion of Superheroes - 2.5 stars
Green Lantern Corp - 3.5 stars
Hawkman - 2.5 stars
Overall -3 stars
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