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Convergence #1.5
Convergence: Zero Hour, Book One
A CONVERGENCE tie-in graphic novel, starring heroes from ZERO HOUR and KINGDOM COME!
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 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
JUSTICE LEAGUE It’s no laughing matter as Blue Beetle and Booster Gold lead the team against heavy-hitting heroes from the grim world of Kingdom Come!
Selina Kyle must defend Gotham City against a Dark Knight like no other—the Kingdom Come Batman!
The wisecracking Teen of Steel is Metropolis’s only hope against three of Kingdom Come’s greatest Red Robin, The Flash and Superman himself!
GREEN The Emerald Archer and his son Connor Hawke must join forces against familiar faces—the Black Canaries of Kingdom Come!
SUICIDE Bane and Cyborg Superman, two of the Dark Knight and the Man of Steel’s deadliest foes, spearhead an invasion of Kingdom Come’s Green Lantern stronghold!
The heroes and villains of ’90s DC Universe battle against one of the greatest Elseworlds tales ever told in ZERO HOUR VOL. 1!
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 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
JUSTICE LEAGUE It’s no laughing matter as Blue Beetle and Booster Gold lead the team against heavy-hitting heroes from the grim world of Kingdom Come!
Selina Kyle must defend Gotham City against a Dark Knight like no other—the Kingdom Come Batman!
The wisecracking Teen of Steel is Metropolis’s only hope against three of Kingdom Come’s greatest Red Robin, The Flash and Superman himself!
GREEN The Emerald Archer and his son Connor Hawke must join forces against familiar faces—the Black Canaries of Kingdom Come!
SUICIDE Bane and Cyborg Superman, two of the Dark Knight and the Man of Steel’s deadliest foes, spearhead an invasion of Kingdom Come’s Green Lantern stronghold!
The heroes and villains of ’90s DC Universe battle against one of the greatest Elseworlds tales ever told in ZERO HOUR VOL. 1!
272 pages, Paperback
First published October 13, 2015
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He has held various jobs including, fossil hunting, microphotography of 20 million year old insects and plants trapped in amber, seminars and exhibitions on the cleaning, mining and identification of prehistoric insects for the American Museum of Natural History and the Smithsonian. He traveled to the mountains of the Dominican Republic and mined amber.
He has also worked as a victim advocate for Victims Assistance of Westchester, a not-for-profit organization that helps victims of crime.
He has held various jobs including, fossil hunting, microphotography of 20 million year old insects and plants trapped in amber, seminars and exhibitions on the cleaning, mining and identification of prehistoric insects for the American Museum of Natural History and the Smithsonian. He traveled to the mountains of the Dominican Republic and mined amber.
He has also worked as a victim advocate for Victims Assistance of Westchester, a not-for-profit organization that helps victims of crime.
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April 23, 2022
(B) 72% | More than Satisfactory
Notes: Low effort, though chimeric it's generic, and at best it's barely fine, no standouts, all bland bouts and loser storylines.
Notes: Low effort, though chimeric it's generic, and at best it's barely fine, no standouts, all bland bouts and loser storylines.
February 26, 2016
Like most event tie-ins this one is a mixed bag. Unfortunately more poor than good. Not worth more than 2.5 stars.
May 12, 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 pre-Zero Hour characters against those from Kingdom Come Elseworld series and collects five of the forty tie-in issues: Convergence: Justice League International #1–2, Convergence: Catwoman #1–2, Convergence: Superboy #1–2, Green Arrow #1–2, and Convergence: Suicide Squad #1–2.
Convergence: Justice League International is a two-part tie-in written by Ron Marz and penciled by Mike Manley. The issue opens with the Justice League International led by Blue Beetle, Red Tornado, a depowered Martian Manhunter, a depowered Fire, a depowered Ice, and a depowered Captain Atom fight against Metallo who wants to rule the domed city of Metropolis.
When the dome comes down and the competition announced by Telos and powers returned to those that were depowered just in time for them to face Wonder Woman, Shazam, Obsidian, Nightstar, Jade, Huntress, Blue Beetle, and Creeper from the Kingdom Come universe. Blue Beetle (Ted Kord) meets Wonder Woman for a tête-à-tête hoping that they could team up against Telos instead of following his decree – it was unsuccessful, but they managed to change the venue of battle – outside of Metropolis. In the end, the Justice League International lost, but the Kingdom Come team only knocked them unconscious and the League returns to convalesce and to work out a plan to battle Telos.
Convergence: Catwoman is a two-part tie-in written by Justin Gray and penciled by Ron Randall. The issue opened having Catwoman in Metropolis trying to find the owner of a diamond necklace she wants to purloin when the dome went up. Eventually and perhaps accidentally, Catwoman became the hero of the Suicide Slums of Metropolis, which she guards faithfully. While freeing a kidnapped friend, the dome goes down and the competition announced by Telos, Catwoman meets Batman from the Kingdom Come universe.
After a short scuffle, Pre-Zero Hour Catwoman teams up with Kingdom Come Batman to fight Bruno Mannheim of Intergang with him wearing an indestructible Apokoliptian-made jacket, because the two refuses to fight each other, despite what Telos claims. After Mannheim’s defeat, a mob appears wanting to kill Batman to ensure their survival, but the two managed to convince the mob to put their arms down and join together to fight Telos. A sudden earthquake startles one of the citizens whose gun accidentally fires at Batman's exposed chest. Rather than letting Batman being killed, Catwoman jumps in front of him, taking the bullet, with her dying words she asks Batman to save both their cities, which he promises he would.
Convergence: Superboy is a two-part tie-in written by Fabian Nicieza and penciled by Karl Moline and Jose Marzan Jr. The issue opens with Superboy being experiment on by Dubbilex, for a year the DNAlien has been trying to restore Superboy's power and to break through the dome – he has failed on both accounts. Dejected after another failure to restore his powers, Superboy visits the Superman statue in Centennial Park where an elderly couple reminisces about the time Superman saved them.
It is then that the dome comes down, the challenged issued by Telos, and Superboy's power returning to him. He is led to a trapped designed by Red Robin (Dick Grayson) and baited by The Flash from the Kingdom Come universe. Superboy manages to escape from the trap using his tactile-telekinesis – it is here that Superman from the Kingdom Come universe comes and tells Superboy to be smart and lose, so they can save both cities – Superboy would have none of it and attacks. It wasn't until Lois Lane was inadvertently hurt that Superboy realized that the Kingdom Come team had a better chance to solve the mystery behind Telos and surrenders.
Convergence: Green Arrow is a two-part tie-in written by Christy Marx and penciled by Rags Morales and Claude St-Aubin. The issue opens up with Green Arrow saving a drunken person trying to commit suicide. Meanwhile Conner Hawke is in Metropolis trying to find his father, Green Arrow, when the dome went up after finding clues that prove that Green Arrow is in Metropolis, he summons his father to him. Father and son meet when the dome comes down and the challenge is issued by Telos.
En route, they met Dinah Lance and Olivia Queen form the Kingdom Come universe. Instead of fighting, they decided to cooperate to find a solution to their predicament. However, Telos speaks again telling that he destroyed two cities that refused to fight. So to prevent the destruction of their cities they have no choice but to fight – it's a Green Arrow family fight, which the Kingdom Come participants being victorious – they managed to tranquilize Green Arrow and Conner Hawke.
Convergence: Suicide Squad is a two-part tie-in written by Frank Tieri and penciled by Tom Mandrake. The issue opens up describing how this Metropolis has been run by former villains. When the dome comes down and the challenged issued by Telos. Amanda Waller is called upon to resume her duties as leader of the Suicide Squad, which consists of Bane, Black Mantis, Bronze Tiger, Captain Boomerang, Count Vertigo, Cyborg Superman, Deadshoot, Deathstroke, Poison Ivy, and Star Sapphire.
En route to Green Lantern Alan Scott from Kingdom Come starbase, the Suicide Squad encountered the reserve Justice League from the Kingdom Come universe. Battle ensues for both teams and in the end, the Suicide Squad loss, thanks to a couple of betrayals. However, Waller had a backup plan – she wore a suicide vest and activated it – killing everyone on the starbase.
For the most part, most of the tie-ins are rather mediocre with Convergence: Catwoman and Convergence: Green Arrow being my favorite tie-ins. With the exception of Convergence: Suicide Squad most of the stories seemed safe and with hardly any battles. The penciling is rather inconsistent as well, but that's par for the course for having seven pencilers, so the quality and consistency of the penciling would vary.
All in all, Convergence: Zero Hour, 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: Justice League International is a two-part tie-in written by Ron Marz and penciled by Mike Manley. The issue opens with the Justice League International led by Blue Beetle, Red Tornado, a depowered Martian Manhunter, a depowered Fire, a depowered Ice, and a depowered Captain Atom fight against Metallo who wants to rule the domed city of Metropolis.
When the dome comes down and the competition announced by Telos and powers returned to those that were depowered just in time for them to face Wonder Woman, Shazam, Obsidian, Nightstar, Jade, Huntress, Blue Beetle, and Creeper from the Kingdom Come universe. Blue Beetle (Ted Kord) meets Wonder Woman for a tête-à-tête hoping that they could team up against Telos instead of following his decree – it was unsuccessful, but they managed to change the venue of battle – outside of Metropolis. In the end, the Justice League International lost, but the Kingdom Come team only knocked them unconscious and the League returns to convalesce and to work out a plan to battle Telos.
Convergence: Catwoman is a two-part tie-in written by Justin Gray and penciled by Ron Randall. The issue opened having Catwoman in Metropolis trying to find the owner of a diamond necklace she wants to purloin when the dome went up. Eventually and perhaps accidentally, Catwoman became the hero of the Suicide Slums of Metropolis, which she guards faithfully. While freeing a kidnapped friend, the dome goes down and the competition announced by Telos, Catwoman meets Batman from the Kingdom Come universe.
After a short scuffle, Pre-Zero Hour Catwoman teams up with Kingdom Come Batman to fight Bruno Mannheim of Intergang with him wearing an indestructible Apokoliptian-made jacket, because the two refuses to fight each other, despite what Telos claims. After Mannheim’s defeat, a mob appears wanting to kill Batman to ensure their survival, but the two managed to convince the mob to put their arms down and join together to fight Telos. A sudden earthquake startles one of the citizens whose gun accidentally fires at Batman's exposed chest. Rather than letting Batman being killed, Catwoman jumps in front of him, taking the bullet, with her dying words she asks Batman to save both their cities, which he promises he would.
Convergence: Superboy is a two-part tie-in written by Fabian Nicieza and penciled by Karl Moline and Jose Marzan Jr. The issue opens with Superboy being experiment on by Dubbilex, for a year the DNAlien has been trying to restore Superboy's power and to break through the dome – he has failed on both accounts. Dejected after another failure to restore his powers, Superboy visits the Superman statue in Centennial Park where an elderly couple reminisces about the time Superman saved them.
It is then that the dome comes down, the challenged issued by Telos, and Superboy's power returning to him. He is led to a trapped designed by Red Robin (Dick Grayson) and baited by The Flash from the Kingdom Come universe. Superboy manages to escape from the trap using his tactile-telekinesis – it is here that Superman from the Kingdom Come universe comes and tells Superboy to be smart and lose, so they can save both cities – Superboy would have none of it and attacks. It wasn't until Lois Lane was inadvertently hurt that Superboy realized that the Kingdom Come team had a better chance to solve the mystery behind Telos and surrenders.
Convergence: Green Arrow is a two-part tie-in written by Christy Marx and penciled by Rags Morales and Claude St-Aubin. The issue opens up with Green Arrow saving a drunken person trying to commit suicide. Meanwhile Conner Hawke is in Metropolis trying to find his father, Green Arrow, when the dome went up after finding clues that prove that Green Arrow is in Metropolis, he summons his father to him. Father and son meet when the dome comes down and the challenge is issued by Telos.
En route, they met Dinah Lance and Olivia Queen form the Kingdom Come universe. Instead of fighting, they decided to cooperate to find a solution to their predicament. However, Telos speaks again telling that he destroyed two cities that refused to fight. So to prevent the destruction of their cities they have no choice but to fight – it's a Green Arrow family fight, which the Kingdom Come participants being victorious – they managed to tranquilize Green Arrow and Conner Hawke.
Convergence: Suicide Squad is a two-part tie-in written by Frank Tieri and penciled by Tom Mandrake. The issue opens up describing how this Metropolis has been run by former villains. When the dome comes down and the challenged issued by Telos. Amanda Waller is called upon to resume her duties as leader of the Suicide Squad, which consists of Bane, Black Mantis, Bronze Tiger, Captain Boomerang, Count Vertigo, Cyborg Superman, Deadshoot, Deathstroke, Poison Ivy, and Star Sapphire.
En route to Green Lantern Alan Scott from Kingdom Come starbase, the Suicide Squad encountered the reserve Justice League from the Kingdom Come universe. Battle ensues for both teams and in the end, the Suicide Squad loss, thanks to a couple of betrayals. However, Waller had a backup plan – she wore a suicide vest and activated it – killing everyone on the starbase.
For the most part, most of the tie-ins are rather mediocre with Convergence: Catwoman and Convergence: Green Arrow being my favorite tie-ins. With the exception of Convergence: Suicide Squad most of the stories seemed safe and with hardly any battles. The penciling is rather inconsistent as well, but that's par for the course for having seven pencilers, so the quality and consistency of the penciling would vary.
All in all, Convergence: Zero Hour, 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.
January 15, 2020
I need to read the rest of the Convergence storyline. I missed it entirely and picked this up arbitrarily, mostly because I loved Kingdom Com and 90s storylines. A return to 90s Superboy? Okay, sure, I'll take that.
This was a rather simple storyline. Or, the exact same storyline over and over. Various cities from different realities were trapped under a dome for a year, and then heroes were forced to fight each other. Simple. Done. The best part was the return to familiar storylines I am nostalgic for. But, if you otherwise know nothing about the Convergence event, this will NOT answer your questions.
The only reason I'm bothering to write a review is because I wanted to express my confusion. I read Kingdom Come. I know that the two main Green Lanterns in that reality were Kyle and Alan Scott. Here, they showed the Alan Scott creating his whole space station thing all over again, just like was featured in the original Kingdom Come event. But in the original graphic novel, it was an important plot point that one could not bring even a toothpick onto this space station, because Alan's GL powers were weak to wood. That was explicitly stated.
Here, at one point a team crashes a *yellow* ship through the jade-fire space station. ... Because Hal Jordan used to have a weakness to yellow. ... Not... Alan Scott.
No one else is going to comment on this? I mean, what the Hell?
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rtZiOQ3934I...
This was a rather simple storyline. Or, the exact same storyline over and over. Various cities from different realities were trapped under a dome for a year, and then heroes were forced to fight each other. Simple. Done. The best part was the return to familiar storylines I am nostalgic for. But, if you otherwise know nothing about the Convergence event, this will NOT answer your questions.
The only reason I'm bothering to write a review is because I wanted to express my confusion. I read Kingdom Come. I know that the two main Green Lanterns in that reality were Kyle and Alan Scott. Here, they showed the Alan Scott creating his whole space station thing all over again, just like was featured in the original Kingdom Come event. But in the original graphic novel, it was an important plot point that one could not bring even a toothpick onto this space station, because Alan's GL powers were weak to wood. That was explicitly stated.
Here, at one point a team crashes a *yellow* ship through the jade-fire space station. ... Because Hal Jordan used to have a weakness to yellow. ... Not... Alan Scott.
No one else is going to comment on this? I mean, what the Hell?
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rtZiOQ3934I...
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
November 29, 2015
DC Universe meets Kingdom Come. Nuff said.
May 19, 2024
Convergence: Zero Hour: Book One
How superheroes react to Brainiac's Dome, and Telos' challenge, will decide their very existence. When power is given back to those who once wielded it, will they have learned anything about their lives without any power at all?
The stories here are interesting and tie together very well. The artwork sets each chapter apart, but there is a cohesive strand throughout which pulls everything together at the end.
How superheroes react to Brainiac's Dome, and Telos' challenge, will decide their very existence. When power is given back to those who once wielded it, will they have learned anything about their lives without any power at all?
The stories here are interesting and tie together very well. The artwork sets each chapter apart, but there is a cohesive strand throughout which pulls everything together at the end.
January 19, 2016
Not that bad. I did read Convergence and enjoyed it even though it wasn't as good as Multiversity and Marvel's Secret Wars event. I feel that DC Comics goal with the Convergence event was two fold. First DC wanted to bring back old fans by gathering former DC writers, properties, and presented them in the tie-ins which would give the reader the experience of old school DC. Next DC Comics probably wanted to use Convergence to gauge the comic reading public and see what characters or titles could be brought back into the current DCU. I was probably not reading DC comics when the original Zero Hour books were on the stand so much of this tie in stuff is new to me. With that said let's get into my review. I thought these tie-in stories were a mixed bag. The best ones were probably not the best drawn. My favorite stories in this volume were Green Arrow, Superboy and Catwoman. The Suicide Squad tale felt like a Suicide Squad story but the artwork was just plain awful. Overall this collection is worth a read but ultimately does not make me want to read all of the tie-ins. But i probably will check out volume 2.
August 12, 2020
Niezbyt dobrze znam serie komiksowe sprzed Zero Hour, więc ciężko mi wczuć się w bijatykę pomiędzy tymi postaciami. Zabawne jest to, jak bohaterowie z Justice League International są świadome swojej niższości względem popularniejszych postaci.
October 4, 2015
The only thing that I hate worse than a bad story line, is a bad story line that has already been used before. Just read "Countdown: Arena", because it's the same bad concept.
April 13, 2025
Justice League International - vs Kingdom Come Justice League
Shoutout Ted Kord, mid story
Superboy- vs Kingdom Come Superman - fire good as hell
Catwoman - vs Kingdom Come Batman
Mid
Green Arrow - featuring Connor Hawke, vs Kingdom Come Dinah and their daughter Olivia
Olivers like no nooo I can’t be a father and then he’s like “alrighty I can’t wait to be a father” without any real character development and doesn’t earn it
Suicide Squad - vs Kingdom Come Green Lantern
Featuring Cyborg Superman and Kingdom Come Lex Luthor
Not bad, the most humanized I’ve ever seen Amanda Waller
Shoutout Ted Kord, mid story
Superboy- vs Kingdom Come Superman - fire good as hell
Catwoman - vs Kingdom Come Batman
Mid
Green Arrow - featuring Connor Hawke, vs Kingdom Come Dinah and their daughter Olivia
Olivers like no nooo I can’t be a father and then he’s like “alrighty I can’t wait to be a father” without any real character development and doesn’t earn it
Suicide Squad - vs Kingdom Come Green Lantern
Featuring Cyborg Superman and Kingdom Come Lex Luthor
Not bad, the most humanized I’ve ever seen Amanda Waller
January 24, 2023
These Convergence tie-ins have moved into the 90's, before Zero Hour and set in Metropolis. All of the characters fight heroes from Kingdom Come. It's fine. The one question I have is are there multiple versions of all these cities. None of the heroes from each city seem to be aware of other heroes stuck in the same city. At least with this volume you only need to have read DC comics of the 90's to see where they are pulling from.
April 1, 2019
A snoozer, through and through.
April 11, 2019
See my review of Convergence: Flashpoint, Book One.
October 19, 2020
Some good stuff, some not so good - the idea itself is perhaps a little much? The power to remove so many superpowers at once is a big power!
July 15, 2021
Wasn't very good, but at least it wasn't incomprehensible.
January 24, 2022
Pretty forgettable. Far and away the best parts are the Babs Tarr and Claire Wendling covers.
How many Kingdom Come universes are there?
How many Kingdom Come universes are there?
April 22, 2024
Revisiting the ‘90s in style.
November 23, 2015
Collects Convergence: Justice League International issues #1-2, Convergence: Catwoman issues #1-2, Convergence: Superboy issues #1-2, Convergence: Green Arrow issues #1-2, Convergence: Suicide Squad 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 from the 1990's and characters from the "Kingdom Come" event.
"Justice League International" featured the 1990's JLI team versus the "Kingdom Come" Justice League.
"Catwoman" featured a team-up story between the "Kingdom Come" Batman and the 1990's Catwoman.
"Superboy" featured the 1990's Superboy versus the "Kingdom Come" Superman. The "Kingdom Come" Flash and Red Robin were also featured heavily.
"Green Arrow" featured a (sort of) family reunion as Green Arrow, Connor Hawke, and the Black Canaries of "Kingdom Come" teamed up together.
"Suicide Squad" featured "Kingdom Come" Green Lantern and "Kingdom Come" Lex Luthor battling the 1990's Suicide Squad.
In my opinion, the "Catwoman" issues and "Superboy" 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 from the 1990's and characters from the "Kingdom Come" event.
"Justice League International" featured the 1990's JLI team versus the "Kingdom Come" Justice League.
"Catwoman" featured a team-up story between the "Kingdom Come" Batman and the 1990's Catwoman.
"Superboy" featured the 1990's Superboy versus the "Kingdom Come" Superman. The "Kingdom Come" Flash and Red Robin were also featured heavily.
"Green Arrow" featured a (sort of) family reunion as Green Arrow, Connor Hawke, and the Black Canaries of "Kingdom Come" teamed up together.
"Suicide Squad" featured "Kingdom Come" Green Lantern and "Kingdom Come" Lex Luthor battling the 1990's Suicide Squad.
In my opinion, the "Catwoman" issues and "Superboy" issues were the best.
November 13, 2016
Look, if you're going to include 'bios' to explain who these characters are to readers who aren't completely up on them, make them useful. Mention things like what version of the DC Universe they're from. This should be a basic requirement for a project like this, but it doesn't happen.
Beyond that, you've got another collection of Convergence stories that all share the same basic plot - a) People are stuck in a dome for a year. b) Dome comes down with warning they'll have to fight. c) Other heroes come, everyone fights. No one dies, no side really loses. d) Everyone goes off on their own, with no consequences to anything.
Well that's not quite true - there's one story here that actually does kill off a lot of characters, and it makes for the least interesting story (Suicide Squad). And the Superboy story actually has a resolution in line with the concept, although I didn't particularly like it. I actually enjoyed the story with two Blue Beetles finding common ground, but I've always been partial to Ted Kord, and the ending to the story actually hinted at the bigger Convergence story, which doesn't happen in most of these.
The other stories I can't even remember after three days. The biggest problem with this series is that there doesn't seem to be any real closure on anything - maybe Book two includes that? Otherwise it's lots of heroes, often very similar versions that only the most invested DC readers can tell apart, punching each other before teaming up and leaving the story unfinished. Unless you're a big fan of some versions of the characters included, you'll be left wondering what was the point.
Beyond that, you've got another collection of Convergence stories that all share the same basic plot - a) People are stuck in a dome for a year. b) Dome comes down with warning they'll have to fight. c) Other heroes come, everyone fights. No one dies, no side really loses. d) Everyone goes off on their own, with no consequences to anything.
Well that's not quite true - there's one story here that actually does kill off a lot of characters, and it makes for the least interesting story (Suicide Squad). And the Superboy story actually has a resolution in line with the concept, although I didn't particularly like it. I actually enjoyed the story with two Blue Beetles finding common ground, but I've always been partial to Ted Kord, and the ending to the story actually hinted at the bigger Convergence story, which doesn't happen in most of these.
The other stories I can't even remember after three days. The biggest problem with this series is that there doesn't seem to be any real closure on anything - maybe Book two includes that? Otherwise it's lots of heroes, often very similar versions that only the most invested DC readers can tell apart, punching each other before teaming up and leaving the story unfinished. Unless you're a big fan of some versions of the characters included, you'll be left wondering what was the point.
October 11, 2015
Writers: Justin Gray, Christy Marx, Ron Marz, Frank Tieri, and Fabian Nicieza.
Artists: Ron Randall, Rags Morales, Claude St-Aubin, Mike Manley, Tom Mandrake, and Karl Moline.
This Convergence tie-in volume collects Convergence: Justice League International #1-2, Convergence: Catwoman #1-2, Convergence: Superboy #1-2, Convergence: Green Arrow #1-2, and Convergence: Suicide Squad #1-2.
The best story, by far, in this collection is Green Arrow, as he and his son Connor Hawke reunite in a way that captures the personalities of the two head-strong characters and is nevertheless a touching father-son reconciliation. The other stories are mostly so-so, with formulaic plots that don't have clear resolutions.
I read the contents of this volume as individual comic books when they were published.
Artists: Ron Randall, Rags Morales, Claude St-Aubin, Mike Manley, Tom Mandrake, and Karl Moline.
This Convergence tie-in volume collects Convergence: Justice League International #1-2, Convergence: Catwoman #1-2, Convergence: Superboy #1-2, Convergence: Green Arrow #1-2, and Convergence: Suicide Squad #1-2.
The best story, by far, in this collection is Green Arrow, as he and his son Connor Hawke reunite in a way that captures the personalities of the two head-strong characters and is nevertheless a touching father-son reconciliation. The other stories are mostly so-so, with formulaic plots that don't have clear resolutions.
I read the contents of this volume as individual comic books when they were published.
January 31, 2016
I thought this was fine enough. It maybe could have used a one-panel splash page describing the participants and their then-recent backstories.
But it usually established at least one of the participant's backstories, the "Now You Must Fight" caused an emotional response, and the quasi-resolutions were fine.
It's strange how similar this both to Secret Wars I and Secret Wars III, I think . . . .
But it usually established at least one of the participant's backstories, the "Now You Must Fight" caused an emotional response, and the quasi-resolutions were fine.
It's strange how similar this both to Secret Wars I and Secret Wars III, I think . . . .
August 2, 2016
Justice League International - 2 stars
Catwoman - 3 stars
Superboy - 2.5 stars
Green Arrow - 2.5 stars
Suicide Squad - 2.5 stars
Overall -2.5 stars
Catwoman - 3 stars
Superboy - 2.5 stars
Green Arrow - 2.5 stars
Suicide Squad - 2.5 stars
Overall -2.5 stars
January 2, 2016
Boy do I miss this Justice League International team.
March 19, 2016
read 1/22/16
February 29, 2016
Hey, everyone who wanted to see Zero Hour era DC heroes fight their Kingdom Come counterparts, stand up and be counted.
No one's standing? That's what I thought.
No one's standing? That's what I thought.
December 14, 2016
This was really interesting, a collection of stories of different heroes that take place during Convergence.
April 4, 2017
So, crossovers are a way of life now, which I get. What I don't understand are tie-ins that do nothing. Collected here are a bunch of two issue stories that show the world is different under the dome and then worlds have to fight. However, with only two issues you don't get any character depth and its very repetitive. These issues accomplished nothing. We don't gain insight, learn anything new, or have any fight scenes worth mentioning. The art was average to good. Overall, there wasn't a point to any of this. I'm guessing all the other Convergence tie-ins would be the same. That's unfortunate.
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