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The Multiversity #3
Multiversity: #Aarde-ik
Grant Morrison’s reis door het Multiversum brengt ons naar een wereld waar de helden veel besproken celebrities zijn. Met al die roem, zijn zij bestand tegen het gevaar wat ontstaan is in het Multiversum?
48 pages, Paperback
First published October 22, 2014
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About the author
Grant Morrison
1,818 books4,548 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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October 18, 2016
so cheeky, so ingenious! Morrison takes all of the angst-ridden superhero headliners of late 90s comicdom and places them where they belong: in a world built by the CW network. apparently he was inspired by MTV's laughably superficial reality-soap Laguna Hills. watching these soulless plasticine twentysomethings mindlessly chat about romance, bromance, the latest party, the latest art opening, etc, while avoiding a deeper discussion of an inexplicable suicide, was malicious good fun. however Morrison's story is not simply a skin-deep bit of vicious mockery: he criticizes superficial cynicism and defiant self-absorption to not just score points off of easy targets, but to mourn the loss of depth and genuine emotion that comes from living in a pop culture world with no stakes besides enjoying the latest entertainments. his story is ably abetted by Ben Oliver's soft-focus, at times photo-realistic art and especially a cover which looks like it was torn right off of People or Us magazine. the ending - which leaves us with an army of sinister robots about to deliver mayhem and slaughter to the most exclusive of superhero parties - is evil perfection.
July 29, 2024
The stakes are higher than ever, and the stories are better than ever in the Multiversity.
I am not sure which Earth we just read about, but here Bruce Wayne and Clark Kent are dead, and their sons are the current Batman and Superman.
Not only that, we see the daughter of Lex Luthor is the girlfriend of Damian Wayne, and we learn that Lex Luthor killed the original superman, and that before Superman's death he had created a sophisticated robot system that protects the entirety of Earth from invasion and from crime, and these new superheroes are out of job, they have nothing to protect, and they are just spoiled rich kids.
Each story in the Multiversity so far, was so different than the last, each one told in a different parallel universe, and in a different style befitting the time.
And almost a different genre for each story, The just was more like a detective style story.
Anyway I am enjoying this series immensely and it really brought new life to my reading.
I am not sure which Earth we just read about, but here Bruce Wayne and Clark Kent are dead, and their sons are the current Batman and Superman.
Not only that, we see the daughter of Lex Luthor is the girlfriend of Damian Wayne, and we learn that Lex Luthor killed the original superman, and that before Superman's death he had created a sophisticated robot system that protects the entirety of Earth from invasion and from crime, and these new superheroes are out of job, they have nothing to protect, and they are just spoiled rich kids.
Each story in the Multiversity so far, was so different than the last, each one told in a different parallel universe, and in a different style befitting the time.
And almost a different genre for each story, The just was more like a detective style story.
Anyway I am enjoying this series immensely and it really brought new life to my reading.
October 23, 2014
On Earth-16, the superheroes have done it – they saved the world, for good! They did such an amazing job that, even in death, no evil can harm the planet thanks to Superman’s Super-robots. What does that mean for their children then: Chris Kent, Damian Wayne, and the others? What do superheroes do in a world without a need for them to save it? Besides being celebrities, they don’t do much at all. It’s an incredibly boring life. So much so that some have even chosen suicide over living…!
The Just #1, aka The Multiversity #3, is like a superhero version of The OC. Vapid twentysomething superheroes on their phones, wittering on about parties and who’s sleeping with who… meh. I’m not really sure what Grant Morrison’s going for in this comic. It’s only loosely connected to The Multiversity via previous issues of this series that’ve somehow made it into their world, probably because it’s “haunted” or some such crap. So the characters standing about reading the last issue in this issue is meta but pointless.
But besides that – what? Damian Wayne aka Batman is sleeping with Alexis Luthor aka Lex’s daughter – but Lex killed Clark Kent/Superman and Chris Kent aka Superman and Damian are bros! What about their bromance, yo?! And then later on we see them having a superhero battle re-enactment, like civil war re-enactors, because that’s the only way they can experience fighting global threats. Yeah, they’re lame. But why are we reading about them – they’re not interesting!
So this is the comic: superheroes who’ve had everything handed to them their whole lives turn out to be pampered, spoilt douchebags. It’s a storyline that’s been done over and over before without any real variation or insight into what’s so fascinating about the setup. If Mark Millar’s doing it too (in his rubbish Image series, Jupiter’s Legacy), that should be warning enough to stay the hell away from the subject (though, to be fair, it’s highly unlikely Morrison knows what Millar’s doing, and has done, for the last 10+ years)!
I suppose some fans of Damian Wayne will enjoy the fact that Morrison’s writing a new comic with him in it. In Morrison’s Batman run, Damian started off as a sociopath but towards the end of his life, he’d changed considerably. I imagine this Damian is the man he would have become if he had lived, ie. less mental, more human. Maybe. Even so, I wouldn’t rate this comic a must-read just because Damian’s in it.
This is probably the most accessible issue in the series so far, in that it doesn’t jump around in time, etc., but hardly anything happens so I was horribly bored most of the time. Irritatingly, the only semblance of a story emerges in the last couple pages and then it’s over.
Disappointingly, none of the three Multiversity issues have been very special or come close to living up to the hype. The Just #1 is just crap.
The Just #1, aka The Multiversity #3, is like a superhero version of The OC. Vapid twentysomething superheroes on their phones, wittering on about parties and who’s sleeping with who… meh. I’m not really sure what Grant Morrison’s going for in this comic. It’s only loosely connected to The Multiversity via previous issues of this series that’ve somehow made it into their world, probably because it’s “haunted” or some such crap. So the characters standing about reading the last issue in this issue is meta but pointless.
But besides that – what? Damian Wayne aka Batman is sleeping with Alexis Luthor aka Lex’s daughter – but Lex killed Clark Kent/Superman and Chris Kent aka Superman and Damian are bros! What about their bromance, yo?! And then later on we see them having a superhero battle re-enactment, like civil war re-enactors, because that’s the only way they can experience fighting global threats. Yeah, they’re lame. But why are we reading about them – they’re not interesting!
So this is the comic: superheroes who’ve had everything handed to them their whole lives turn out to be pampered, spoilt douchebags. It’s a storyline that’s been done over and over before without any real variation or insight into what’s so fascinating about the setup. If Mark Millar’s doing it too (in his rubbish Image series, Jupiter’s Legacy), that should be warning enough to stay the hell away from the subject (though, to be fair, it’s highly unlikely Morrison knows what Millar’s doing, and has done, for the last 10+ years)!
I suppose some fans of Damian Wayne will enjoy the fact that Morrison’s writing a new comic with him in it. In Morrison’s Batman run, Damian started off as a sociopath but towards the end of his life, he’d changed considerably. I imagine this Damian is the man he would have become if he had lived, ie. less mental, more human. Maybe. Even so, I wouldn’t rate this comic a must-read just because Damian’s in it.
This is probably the most accessible issue in the series so far, in that it doesn’t jump around in time, etc., but hardly anything happens so I was horribly bored most of the time. Irritatingly, the only semblance of a story emerges in the last couple pages and then it’s over.
Disappointingly, none of the three Multiversity issues have been very special or come close to living up to the hype. The Just #1 is just crap.
December 2, 2014
As expected of a Grant Morrision read, The Just is pretty much hard to grasp the first time you read it. Basically, our superheroes have succeeded guarding their own universe that the next generation ones are just...there.
This issue is heavy on metas, both on commentaries in comic industry politics and the comics industry as a whole. Its connection with the whole Multiversity thing is present, though much of the reveal is drastically introduced near the end.
This issue is heavy on metas, both on commentaries in comic industry politics and the comics industry as a whole. Its connection with the whole Multiversity thing is present, though much of the reveal is drastically introduced near the end.
March 27, 2019
"I'm right here and you're deliberately ignoring my obvious physical and intellectual charms. Is Batman gay?"
November 13, 2014
Imagine an Earth where your safety is guaranteed by a bunch of robots created by Superman, and the Superman you know and love is actually dead. Also, imagine the other "super heroes" who populate your planet are just barely worth their weight in silver because they're seldom anything more than glorified pop stars in a world reeking of boredom. While some are more concerned with their social status, some super heroes attempt to relive their glory days by fighting androids imbued with powers of those they fought in the past. You actually feel pity for them because their purpose in life is largely diminished, and they're forced to confront their own internal demons, instead of pushing them down and fighting monsters in the real world.
Damien is Batman. Chris is the son of Superman. Unlike many of the others, they still rise to the occasion when they're called on, and the call is a super suicide.
This particular Multiversity comic was very well done. The art is absolutely fantastic. The writing (Morrison) is some of the best available in the DC Multiverse. The dialogue is of course the best in the industry. In fact, the characters in these comics are so well done, that they appreciate comics just as much as you do! So why be a self-hater, and ignore this issue?
You can tell that eventually the comics are going to tie in somehow. I noticed that this one didn't have a review written for it yet. If you haven't given this book a chance, you're missing out. The Multiverse tie in is going to be epic, and this issue is definitely not going to be holding any punches.
Damien is Batman. Chris is the son of Superman. Unlike many of the others, they still rise to the occasion when they're called on, and the call is a super suicide.
This particular Multiversity comic was very well done. The art is absolutely fantastic. The writing (Morrison) is some of the best available in the DC Multiverse. The dialogue is of course the best in the industry. In fact, the characters in these comics are so well done, that they appreciate comics just as much as you do! So why be a self-hater, and ignore this issue?
You can tell that eventually the comics are going to tie in somehow. I noticed that this one didn't have a review written for it yet. If you haven't given this book a chance, you're missing out. The Multiverse tie in is going to be epic, and this issue is definitely not going to be holding any punches.
May 31, 2020
That's it!?
A meta story about despair and the pointlessness of superheroes in a world without crime, with some snarky commentary on spoiled club kids or whatever. I was really looking forward to this, but I was so disappointed.
There was no real opportunity to enjoy this hypothetical future. For all that there was minimal fighting, there was also a whirlwind of faces. I was thrilled that this version of the Justice League used my preferred 90s characters, and was in fact very similar to my hypothetical dream team of Justice Leaguers. But... There wasn't enough substance to sustain this. A world was crafted to be examined once, and then it was discarded.
What a shame.
A meta story about despair and the pointlessness of superheroes in a world without crime, with some snarky commentary on spoiled club kids or whatever. I was really looking forward to this, but I was so disappointed.
There was no real opportunity to enjoy this hypothetical future. For all that there was minimal fighting, there was also a whirlwind of faces. I was thrilled that this version of the Justice League used my preferred 90s characters, and was in fact very similar to my hypothetical dream team of Justice Leaguers. But... There wasn't enough substance to sustain this. A world was crafted to be examined once, and then it was discarded.
What a shame.
October 20, 2024
El suicidio de un personaje importante de Tierra 16, también llamada Tierra Yo, hace que la nueva generación de la Liga de la Justicia se ponga en marcha para investigar qué sucedió. Además, la no invitación a una importante fiesta a Alex "Lexie" Luthor, la hija de Lex Luthor, hace que esta se ponga en modo tóxica y quiera hacer honor a su apellido, sacando su villanezco intelecto.
De nuevo, son los cómics los que unen la inexistente conexión entre tramas de las publicaciones de Multiversity.
De nuevo, son los cómics los que unen la inexistente conexión entre tramas de las publicaciones de Multiversity.
February 12, 2019
This was a superhero story for the modern world of how super hero offspring would live
A compelling story
A good read
A compelling story
A good read
December 26, 2020
Los justos hijos de la fama en una Tierra 16 que los agobia.
October 30, 2014
Esta es una de esas meta-historias que tanto nos gustan o disgustan de Grant Morrison. Muchísimas referencias a cómics y personajes no tan conocidos y discusiones existencialistas que terminan haciéndote doler la cabeza: los superheroes de este cómic, discuten sobre los cómics y los cómics de superheroes ya sea de manera directa o indirecta.
La historia en sí es aburrida pero es porque justamente se nos muestra un universo aburrido y decadente. Hay que reconocer la maestría de Morrison para hacerte leer un cómic que en otro contexto seria irrelevante. El dibujo de Ben Oliver encaja perfectamente dentro de la historia.
Sin embargo y con Morrison siempre me pasa, sus cómics de superheroes requieren mucho trabajo para el lector ( hasta ahora sigo leyendo las anotaciones para entender qué es lo que pasa) y a veces no vale la pena.
La historia en sí es aburrida pero es porque justamente se nos muestra un universo aburrido y decadente. Hay que reconocer la maestría de Morrison para hacerte leer un cómic que en otro contexto seria irrelevante. El dibujo de Ben Oliver encaja perfectamente dentro de la historia.
Sin embargo y con Morrison siempre me pasa, sus cómics de superheroes requieren mucho trabajo para el lector ( hasta ahora sigo leyendo las anotaciones para entender qué es lo que pasa) y a veces no vale la pena.
March 4, 2015
So, in the future something bad happens and the result is most of the super heroes are gone, but in the process the world is a peaceful utopia and the various kids of heroes and sidekicks have grown up to be complete shallow, party-going, reality TV icon-level jerks.
The idea isn't terrible, but trying to introduce a cast of dozens, tell a done in one story and keep the main story arc going meant the characterization was at a level that would make Dwason's Creek look like Hamlet.
If in the course of this 'Crisis on not quite infinite earths' if this Earth gets wiped out, I wouldn't be too upset.
Heck, Grant managed to give Captain Carrot more personality than these guys.
The idea isn't terrible, but trying to introduce a cast of dozens, tell a done in one story and keep the main story arc going meant the characterization was at a level that would make Dwason's Creek look like Hamlet.
If in the course of this 'Crisis on not quite infinite earths' if this Earth gets wiped out, I wouldn't be too upset.
Heck, Grant managed to give Captain Carrot more personality than these guys.
September 28, 2016
Il mondo è ormai in pace da decenni e i figli dei più grandi super eroi di sempre sono semplicemente dei ragazzi ricchi, famosi ed annoiati in cerca di feste ed emozioni forti...questi finché una di loro non si suicida dopo aver comunicato in una telefonata alla sua migliore amica un'avvertimento, loro stanno arrivando, il nostro mondo è spacciato.
Potranno questi "eroi" privi di stimoli ed esperienza arginare l'avanzata della cerchia? le possibilità sembrano decisamente scarse...
Potranno questi "eroi" privi di stimoli ed esperienza arginare l'avanzata della cerchia? le possibilità sembrano decisamente scarse...
December 27, 2015
Me cayeron mejor de lo que prejuiciosamente pensé en un principio. Su historia en sí no me llegó todo lo que debería, pero su mundo y personajes sí. Espero reencontrármelos después de la debacle que se avecina en unos números nomás.
February 21, 2015
Ok. Isto foi inesperado. Interessantíssimo, mas inesperado. Aguardando pra ver a jiripoca piar no Pax Americana, agora.
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