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Convergence #1.8
Convergence: Flashpoint, Book Two
A CONVERGENCE tie-in graphic novel, starring heroes from CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS!
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 domed 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 volume:
THE ATOM: It's atomic fusion as Ray Palmer joins forces with Ryan Choi against the man who killed him-Deathstroke the Terminator!
SPEED FORCE: Wally West leads the Flash family in a race to protect their city against the onslaught of Flashpoint's warmongering Wonder Woman!
THE TITANS: With their team in tatters, Starfire, Donna Troy and Arsenal are the last line of defense against the world-conquering Extremists!
BATMAN AND ROBIN: It's up to a dysfunctional Bat-family-the Dark Knight Detective, his son Damian, and his prodigal protégé Jason Todd-to stop an Extremist invasion of Gotham City!
HARLEY QUINN: When the going gets tough, the tough get crazy-which is why Harley Quinn is teaming with Poison Ivy and Catwoman against Captain Carrot and his Amazing Zoo Crew!
The legends of the pre-Flashpoint DC Universe make a last stand against threats from worlds both brutal and bizarre in CONVERGENCE: FLASHPOINT BOOK TWO!
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 domed 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 volume:
THE ATOM: It's atomic fusion as Ray Palmer joins forces with Ryan Choi against the man who killed him-Deathstroke the Terminator!
SPEED FORCE: Wally West leads the Flash family in a race to protect their city against the onslaught of Flashpoint's warmongering Wonder Woman!
THE TITANS: With their team in tatters, Starfire, Donna Troy and Arsenal are the last line of defense against the world-conquering Extremists!
BATMAN AND ROBIN: It's up to a dysfunctional Bat-family-the Dark Knight Detective, his son Damian, and his prodigal protégé Jason Todd-to stop an Extremist invasion of Gotham City!
HARLEY QUINN: When the going gets tough, the tough get crazy-which is why Harley Quinn is teaming with Poison Ivy and Catwoman against Captain Carrot and his Amazing Zoo Crew!
The legends of the pre-Flashpoint DC Universe make a last stand against threats from worlds both brutal and bizarre in CONVERGENCE: FLASHPOINT BOOK TWO!
240 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 27, 2015
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About the author
Tom Peyer
634 books18 followersTom Peyer is an American comic book creator and editor.
He is known for his 1999 revisioning of Golden Age super-hero Hourman, as well as his work on the Legion of Super-Heroes in the 1990s. An editor at DC Comics/Vertigo from 1987 to 1993, he served as assistant editor on Neil Gaiman's groundbreaking Sandman. Peyer has also worked for Marvel Comics, Wildstorm, and Bongo Comics. With John Layman, he wrote the 2007–2009 Tek Jansen comic book, based on the Stephen Colbert character.
He is known for his 1999 revisioning of Golden Age super-hero Hourman, as well as his work on the Legion of Super-Heroes in the 1990s. An editor at DC Comics/Vertigo from 1987 to 1993, he served as assistant editor on Neil Gaiman's groundbreaking Sandman. Peyer has also worked for Marvel Comics, Wildstorm, and Bongo Comics. With John Layman, he wrote the 2007–2009 Tek Jansen comic book, based on the Stephen Colbert character.
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April 24, 2022
(B) 75% | More than Satisfactory
Notes: Lighter, more cartoony, both in art and story tones, features kids, and adversaries (but for one) aren't so well-known.
Notes: Lighter, more cartoony, both in art and story tones, features kids, and adversaries (but for one) aren't so well-known.
August 13, 2016
Corny and cartoony to an extreme!
May 1, 2016
My favorite story from the entire Convergence event was the Harley Quinn story arc. Everything else was BAD.
June 29, 2019
(Read as Single Issues)
Convergence ran about 25/75 good/bad. This volume does not help that percentage. This includes one of the weakest stories in a pretty terrible series, the Atom issues, where an insane Ray Palmer fights with an oversized hand against an Extremist villain. It was horrible, and broke several of the rules of the entire concept. and the Harley Quinn versus Captain Carrot takes two of the most promising universes in the crossover and utterly wastes them on each other. The Flash story is probably the strongest of the collection, and even it gets a little weird, with a Zoo Crew cameo and a villainous Wonder Woman, but the relationship between the Flash and his kids is strong.
Then there are two more stories against Extremists, who make for weak antagonists; the Titans at least gives Arsenal some decent attention, but otherwise is pretty poor.
All in all, this is an example of why this series gets trod upon - it took a barely-decent concept and tried to milk it way too hard, and the quality of these stories is a testament to just how poor a decision that was. Art was middling to poor, and the time I spent reading it was only valuable in that it kept me busy on the treadmill. Otherwise, it would have been a complete waste of time.
Convergence ran about 25/75 good/bad. This volume does not help that percentage. This includes one of the weakest stories in a pretty terrible series, the Atom issues, where an insane Ray Palmer fights with an oversized hand against an Extremist villain. It was horrible, and broke several of the rules of the entire concept. and the Harley Quinn versus Captain Carrot takes two of the most promising universes in the crossover and utterly wastes them on each other. The Flash story is probably the strongest of the collection, and even it gets a little weird, with a Zoo Crew cameo and a villainous Wonder Woman, but the relationship between the Flash and his kids is strong.
Then there are two more stories against Extremists, who make for weak antagonists; the Titans at least gives Arsenal some decent attention, but otherwise is pretty poor.
All in all, this is an example of why this series gets trod upon - it took a barely-decent concept and tried to milk it way too hard, and the quality of these stories is a testament to just how poor a decision that was. Art was middling to poor, and the time I spent reading it was only valuable in that it kept me busy on the treadmill. Otherwise, it would have been a complete waste of time.
August 11, 2020
To samo, co w innych dwuzeszytowych popłuczynach po wcześniej zretconowanych seriach. Najlepszy z tego zestawienia jest The Atom, który pokazuje go jako zdesperowanego bohatera, doprowadzonego do granicy szaleństwa. Reszta wyszła tak sobie. Stara Harley Quinn pasowała nawet do tego settingu, ale to odniesienie do czasów zanim była faktycznie zabawna.
August 29, 2016
IT'S THE SAME OUTCOME OVER AND OVER AND OVER!!! You only need to read one or two of the instalments to understand how this whole event plays out. So much effort and resources poured in to this event, yet it's just the same story over and over again with different characters from different timelines by different artist and writers. Cookie cutter!!!!
So boring. So repetitive. Such a waste of time.
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
So boring. So repetitive. Such a waste of time.
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
October 25, 2015
Yeah, I'm so excited (sarcasm implied), "Countdown: Arena" was my favorite DC Comics mini series (lying through my teeth), and now I get to experience the joy all over again (would make a suicide joke here if it wasn't in such poor taste).
May 18, 2024
Convergence: Flashpoint: Book Two
The Atom appears to be mad, Flash and his children are stranded in Gotham and Harley Quinn has found peace when the Dome isolates Gotham City, but Robin strains against his father's faith in the Red Hood until Telos sets heroes against each other.
Beautifully drawn and coloured, each tale is well told and ties into the wider 'Convergence' storyline.
The Atom appears to be mad, Flash and his children are stranded in Gotham and Harley Quinn has found peace when the Dome isolates Gotham City, but Robin strains against his father's faith in the Red Hood until Telos sets heroes against each other.
Beautifully drawn and coloured, each tale is well told and ties into the wider 'Convergence' storyline.
May 17, 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 Flashpoint characters against various worlds, including The Extremists, Earth-C and from the Flashpoint Timeline and collects five of the forty tie-in issues: Convergence: The Atom #1–2, Convergence: Speed Force #1–2, Convergence: The Titans #1–2, Convergence: Batman and Robin #1–2, and Convergence: Harley Quinn #1–2.
Convergence: The Atom is a two-part tie-in written by Tom Peyer and penciled by Steve Yeowell. The issue opens with the Atom rescuing a group of trapped boys, but they aren't happy to see him. Everyone knows that the Atom is crazy – hearing voices in his head and very few wants to having anything to do with him. He calls out Deathstorke, if he's still around, for killing Ryan Choi – his protégé. Just as Deathstroke arrives, the dome goes down, the challenge is issued by Telos, and The Atom is teleported elsewhere – only to battle the Barracuda of The Extremists. It is also revealed that the voice in his head was Ryan Choi – alive, after a fashion.
Apparently just as Ryan Choi was about to die, he inadvertently and instinctually transferred some of his living mass into the sub-atomic place where mass goes when he shrinks and has been lending his mass to Ray Palmer when he needs it, which explains why one of his hand grow massive at will. Feeling incredibly selfish and guilty, he didn't want Choi to go, so he purposely have his hand severed by Barracuda and Choi regenerated from that freed appendage and together, they defeated Barracuda. Returning to their reality, Choi was able to surprise Deathstroke and managed to transfer some of his mass to Ray Palmer – giving him back his severed hand.
Convergence: Speed Force is a two-part tie-in written by Tony Bedard and penciled by Tom Grummett and Sean Parsons. The issue opens up with Wally West (depowered) trying to break out of the dome with a pickax, which of course doesn't succeed. Apparently, Wally West took his twins, Iris and Jai West along with him to Gotham City, when the dome went up. On this day, the dome went down, the challenge issued by Telos, and Wally West and his twins' connection to the Speed Force was re-established. With the power of the speed force Wally and his twins whom he inadvertently brought went from town to town to find his wife. Until Fastback from Earth-C stopped them, he proposed that all the speedster from the various cities team-up to fight. However, they were interrupted by Wonder Woman from the Flashpoint Timeline and her Amazons.
Knowing that parleying wouldn't deterred this Wonder Woman in fighting, Wally West asks Fastback to take his children to safety, while he battles Wonder Woman, which won't be easy, because this Wonder Woman was blessed with the Gift of Hermes, which means she can move as quickly as the Flash. Meanwhile Fastback and the twins made it back to their Gotham City and noticed that it was overrun with Amazons. Together they managed to subdue most of them when suddenly the twins disappear. Apparently, when Wally West thinks about his twins, the Speed Force brings them to him, which surprised Wonder Woman and in that moment of distraction Wally West was able to incapacitate Wonder Woman. After returning to their Gotham City, Wally West told the Amazon to leave or he will deal with them as he did their Queen and they leave.
Convergence: The Titans is a two-part tie-in written by Fabian Nicieza and penciled by Ron Wagner and Jose Marzan. This issue opens up with Roy Harper living his civilian life and using the Wayne Foundation and money to open up an orphanage in his daughter's name. Donna Troy and Starfire who were depowered also went on with their civilian lives as models. Until the dome went down, the challenged of Telos was announced, and powers returned to those who lost them. The trio's challenger is The Extremists (Gorgon, Dreamslayer, Lord Havok, Tracer, and Doctor Diehard). Dreamslayer had a planned to defeat The Titans easily – he brings back Lian Harper, from a time before she died and presents her to Roy Harper – betray his teammates and his daughter would be return to him.
Arsenal supposedly betrayed his teammates, but tricked The Extremists by causing a distraction instead and managed to save his daughter from Dreamslyaer's grips. While they are severely outnumbered the cavalry came just in time. Prior to the battle, Arsenal called Cyborg, who was eighty per cent cybernetic and thus was paralyzed for a year and Beast Boy who was trapped as a green pigeon for a year. Together they were able to push The Extremists back to regroup and resume the battle at Robinson Park. The Titans, without Arsenal, heads to Robinson Park to continue the battle.
Convergence: Batman and Robin is a two-part tie-in written by Ron Marz and penciled by Denys Cowan and Klaus Janson. This issue opens up with Black Mask, Killer Croc, Man-Bat, Mister Freeze, and the Penguin attacks Poison Ivy to take control of her gardens in Robinson Park and in turn the food supply of a domed Gotham City. Batman and Robin (Damian Wayne) responds, but surprisingly so does Red Hood and his partner Scarlet. Weary of the reappearance of Red Hood, Robin goes and confronts him, while he's at it, the dome comes down, the challenge issued by Telos, and The Extremists appears with Brute, Carny, Death Angel, and Meanstreak.
While battling The Extremists, Damian Wayne and Jason Todd buried the hatchet and not just fought alongside each other, but trusted each other with their lives. While battling Brute, Damian Wayne caught Jason Todd while on a precipice with him eventually being held by Batman. In the heat of the battle, they became brothers and together with Batman and Scarlet they managed to defeat The Extremists and become family. Superman also makes a cameo, and he and Batman talk about their relationship with the fathers and how they can improve for the next generation.
Convergence: Harley Quinn is a two-part tie-in written by Steve Pugh and penciled by Phil Winslade and John Dell. The issue opens up with Harley Quinn in the middle of heist when the dome came up and her strength was sapped. During the year under the dome, Harley Quinn became clean and fell in love with Louie D'Anna, the cop that she was about to kill. Things were going well until the dome went down and the challenged was issue between Harley Quinn and Captain Carrot were schedule to fight. Catwoam and Harley Quinn seeing this goes to Harley Quinn's place and return her to the insane criminal.
They both fight – amusingly at an amusement park. While the fight as quite funny to watch, I really liked the poignant moment where Louie D'Anna, the cop, fell in love with Harley Quinn and now in order for the city to be saved – he had to lose her – psychologically speaking. In the end, it wasn't a powerful to the death battle that won it, but two poisonous carrots – since Harley Quinn is immune to all poisons it didn't affect her, but to Captain Carrot – well, let's just say that Harley Quinn won. In the end, Harley Quinn and Louie D'Anna didn't get back together, but he was the only one that Harley Quinn trusted with her goldfish.
For the most part, I really like most of the tie-ins found in this trade paperback. I'm not really sure if I liked this trade paperback better because of my familiarity of this version of characters. However, I just know about the Flashpoint Timeline characters – Wonder Woman in Convergence: Speed Force. While the issues are all formulaic and the virtually the same as the other Convergence tie-ins, I just felt closer to these characters – at least from the main timeline continuity and was glad that each and every one of them got some sort of closure. 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: Flashpoint, Book Two is a somewhat decent collection of tie-ins for the Convergence event, which gives a nice closure to the pre-Flashpoint characters that I have grown to love. The writing and penciling varies, but that's par for the course for multiple writers and pencilers.
Convergence: The Atom is a two-part tie-in written by Tom Peyer and penciled by Steve Yeowell. The issue opens with the Atom rescuing a group of trapped boys, but they aren't happy to see him. Everyone knows that the Atom is crazy – hearing voices in his head and very few wants to having anything to do with him. He calls out Deathstorke, if he's still around, for killing Ryan Choi – his protégé. Just as Deathstroke arrives, the dome goes down, the challenge is issued by Telos, and The Atom is teleported elsewhere – only to battle the Barracuda of The Extremists. It is also revealed that the voice in his head was Ryan Choi – alive, after a fashion.
Apparently just as Ryan Choi was about to die, he inadvertently and instinctually transferred some of his living mass into the sub-atomic place where mass goes when he shrinks and has been lending his mass to Ray Palmer when he needs it, which explains why one of his hand grow massive at will. Feeling incredibly selfish and guilty, he didn't want Choi to go, so he purposely have his hand severed by Barracuda and Choi regenerated from that freed appendage and together, they defeated Barracuda. Returning to their reality, Choi was able to surprise Deathstroke and managed to transfer some of his mass to Ray Palmer – giving him back his severed hand.
Convergence: Speed Force is a two-part tie-in written by Tony Bedard and penciled by Tom Grummett and Sean Parsons. The issue opens up with Wally West (depowered) trying to break out of the dome with a pickax, which of course doesn't succeed. Apparently, Wally West took his twins, Iris and Jai West along with him to Gotham City, when the dome went up. On this day, the dome went down, the challenge issued by Telos, and Wally West and his twins' connection to the Speed Force was re-established. With the power of the speed force Wally and his twins whom he inadvertently brought went from town to town to find his wife. Until Fastback from Earth-C stopped them, he proposed that all the speedster from the various cities team-up to fight. However, they were interrupted by Wonder Woman from the Flashpoint Timeline and her Amazons.
Knowing that parleying wouldn't deterred this Wonder Woman in fighting, Wally West asks Fastback to take his children to safety, while he battles Wonder Woman, which won't be easy, because this Wonder Woman was blessed with the Gift of Hermes, which means she can move as quickly as the Flash. Meanwhile Fastback and the twins made it back to their Gotham City and noticed that it was overrun with Amazons. Together they managed to subdue most of them when suddenly the twins disappear. Apparently, when Wally West thinks about his twins, the Speed Force brings them to him, which surprised Wonder Woman and in that moment of distraction Wally West was able to incapacitate Wonder Woman. After returning to their Gotham City, Wally West told the Amazon to leave or he will deal with them as he did their Queen and they leave.
Convergence: The Titans is a two-part tie-in written by Fabian Nicieza and penciled by Ron Wagner and Jose Marzan. This issue opens up with Roy Harper living his civilian life and using the Wayne Foundation and money to open up an orphanage in his daughter's name. Donna Troy and Starfire who were depowered also went on with their civilian lives as models. Until the dome went down, the challenged of Telos was announced, and powers returned to those who lost them. The trio's challenger is The Extremists (Gorgon, Dreamslayer, Lord Havok, Tracer, and Doctor Diehard). Dreamslayer had a planned to defeat The Titans easily – he brings back Lian Harper, from a time before she died and presents her to Roy Harper – betray his teammates and his daughter would be return to him.
Arsenal supposedly betrayed his teammates, but tricked The Extremists by causing a distraction instead and managed to save his daughter from Dreamslyaer's grips. While they are severely outnumbered the cavalry came just in time. Prior to the battle, Arsenal called Cyborg, who was eighty per cent cybernetic and thus was paralyzed for a year and Beast Boy who was trapped as a green pigeon for a year. Together they were able to push The Extremists back to regroup and resume the battle at Robinson Park. The Titans, without Arsenal, heads to Robinson Park to continue the battle.
Convergence: Batman and Robin is a two-part tie-in written by Ron Marz and penciled by Denys Cowan and Klaus Janson. This issue opens up with Black Mask, Killer Croc, Man-Bat, Mister Freeze, and the Penguin attacks Poison Ivy to take control of her gardens in Robinson Park and in turn the food supply of a domed Gotham City. Batman and Robin (Damian Wayne) responds, but surprisingly so does Red Hood and his partner Scarlet. Weary of the reappearance of Red Hood, Robin goes and confronts him, while he's at it, the dome comes down, the challenge issued by Telos, and The Extremists appears with Brute, Carny, Death Angel, and Meanstreak.
While battling The Extremists, Damian Wayne and Jason Todd buried the hatchet and not just fought alongside each other, but trusted each other with their lives. While battling Brute, Damian Wayne caught Jason Todd while on a precipice with him eventually being held by Batman. In the heat of the battle, they became brothers and together with Batman and Scarlet they managed to defeat The Extremists and become family. Superman also makes a cameo, and he and Batman talk about their relationship with the fathers and how they can improve for the next generation.
Convergence: Harley Quinn is a two-part tie-in written by Steve Pugh and penciled by Phil Winslade and John Dell. The issue opens up with Harley Quinn in the middle of heist when the dome came up and her strength was sapped. During the year under the dome, Harley Quinn became clean and fell in love with Louie D'Anna, the cop that she was about to kill. Things were going well until the dome went down and the challenged was issue between Harley Quinn and Captain Carrot were schedule to fight. Catwoam and Harley Quinn seeing this goes to Harley Quinn's place and return her to the insane criminal.
They both fight – amusingly at an amusement park. While the fight as quite funny to watch, I really liked the poignant moment where Louie D'Anna, the cop, fell in love with Harley Quinn and now in order for the city to be saved – he had to lose her – psychologically speaking. In the end, it wasn't a powerful to the death battle that won it, but two poisonous carrots – since Harley Quinn is immune to all poisons it didn't affect her, but to Captain Carrot – well, let's just say that Harley Quinn won. In the end, Harley Quinn and Louie D'Anna didn't get back together, but he was the only one that Harley Quinn trusted with her goldfish.
For the most part, I really like most of the tie-ins found in this trade paperback. I'm not really sure if I liked this trade paperback better because of my familiarity of this version of characters. However, I just know about the Flashpoint Timeline characters – Wonder Woman in Convergence: Speed Force. While the issues are all formulaic and the virtually the same as the other Convergence tie-ins, I just felt closer to these characters – at least from the main timeline continuity and was glad that each and every one of them got some sort of closure. 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: Flashpoint, Book Two is a somewhat decent collection of tie-ins for the Convergence event, which gives a nice closure to the pre-Flashpoint characters that I have grown to love. The writing and penciling varies, but that's par for the course for multiple writers and pencilers.
December 29, 2015
Collects Convergence: Speed Force issues #1-2, Convergence: The Atom issues #1-2, Convergence: The Titans issues #1-2, Convergence: Batman and Robin issues #1-2, and Convergence: Harley Quinn issues #1-2
I read a first edition version of this collection, and the back of the book misidentifies what is inside this collection. The back cover states that the "Convergence: Nightwing/Oracle" issues are in this collection, however they are not. Meanwhile, the back cover doesn't show that the "Convergence: Harley Quinn" issues are inside. Strangely, the "Convergence: Harley Quinn" description is listed, however it is accidentally placed where the "Convergence: Batman and Robin" description should be.
"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 early 2000's pre-Flashpoint Universe and from the Flashpoint Universe.
"Convergence: Speed Force" features the pre-Flashpoint Wally West Flash (and his two children) teaming up with Fastback (a talking turtle connected to the Speed Force) to fight the Flashpoint Wonder Woman.
"Convergence: The Atom" features Ray Palmer and Ryan Choi (from the pre-Flashpoint Universe) fighting against Deathstroke.
"Convergence: The Titans" features the pre-Flashpoint versions of Arsenal, Donna Troy, and Starfire taking on the Extremists.
"Convergence: Batman and Robin" features the pre-Flashpoint dynamic duo taking on the Extremists.
"Convergence: Harley Quinn" features the pre-Flashpoint versions of Harley Quinn, Poison Ivy, and Catwoman taking on Captain Carrot and his Amazing Zoo Crew.
In my opinion, the "Speed Force" issues were the best.
I read a first edition version of this collection, and the back of the book misidentifies what is inside this collection. The back cover states that the "Convergence: Nightwing/Oracle" issues are in this collection, however they are not. Meanwhile, the back cover doesn't show that the "Convergence: Harley Quinn" issues are inside. Strangely, the "Convergence: Harley Quinn" description is listed, however it is accidentally placed where the "Convergence: Batman and Robin" description should be.
"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 early 2000's pre-Flashpoint Universe and from the Flashpoint Universe.
"Convergence: Speed Force" features the pre-Flashpoint Wally West Flash (and his two children) teaming up with Fastback (a talking turtle connected to the Speed Force) to fight the Flashpoint Wonder Woman.
"Convergence: The Atom" features Ray Palmer and Ryan Choi (from the pre-Flashpoint Universe) fighting against Deathstroke.
"Convergence: The Titans" features the pre-Flashpoint versions of Arsenal, Donna Troy, and Starfire taking on the Extremists.
"Convergence: Batman and Robin" features the pre-Flashpoint dynamic duo taking on the Extremists.
"Convergence: Harley Quinn" features the pre-Flashpoint versions of Harley Quinn, Poison Ivy, and Catwoman taking on Captain Carrot and his Amazing Zoo Crew.
In my opinion, the "Speed Force" issues were the best.
April 28, 2020
The Convergence story arc was more than a little confusing... but I admittedly loved going back to these different "universes" that we haven't seen in a while. My favorites were definitely: (1) Wally West (This is the first time I've met his children, and I LOVED seeing Wally as a father; (2) Batman/Robin/Red Hood. (The differing dynamics between Jason's father/son dynamic with Bruce and Damian's were explored, plus we had some reconciliation--both between Bruce and Jason and between Jason and Damian. The story also explored the "brother-ish" relationship between those two.) The other stories were also interesting and entertaining. I liked learning more about the two Atoms (I didn't know Ryan Choi had been around prior to Rebirth, so that was interesting.) I also liked getting to know Arsenal better. I've always liked him, but I'd never read anything from the time he was a father. I was glad that he got a happy ending--especially since so much of his story is so tragic. The Harley Quinn story was also wild and wacky, so I can't complain too much there. All in all... it was nice to read this and finally finish all of those "bridge" stories between the New 52 and Rebirth.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 8, 2020
Batman and Robin : 4 stars
Harley Quinn : 4 stars
Speed Force : 4 stars
The Atom : 2 stars
Titans : 3 stars
Harley Quinn : 4 stars
Speed Force : 4 stars
The Atom : 2 stars
Titans : 3 stars
February 23, 2021
Kolejny tom, który jest nieco śmieciowy i towarzyszy jednemu z najgorszych eventów w ramach New 52. W skład zbioru wchodzi standardowo pięć dwu-zeszytowych opowiadań, jakie ukazują losy wybranych światów, które Brainiac włączył do swojej kolekcji. Teraz są one zmuszone do toczenia walki pomiędzy sobą, aby przetrwać.
I tak to wygląda. Ktoś atakuje, a dany świat się broni. Rzadko następuje to w drugą stronę. Pierwsza historia powiązana z Atomem, mimo że paskudnie wyglądająca to zaskakująco daję radę na tle fabularnym. Główny bohater ma problemy mentalne, co tylko podsyca ciekawość co będzie dalej, zwłaszcza, że na arenę wkracza Deathstroke. Gdyby to wyglądało ładniej to dałbym więcej, a tak 'tylko' 3/5.
Równie dobra jest kolejna opowieść o Wally'm West'cie i dwójce jego dzieci. Ich świat zostaje napadnięty przez złą wersje Wonder Woman wraz całą masą Amazonek. Na tle innych opowiadań sprinterzy wybijają się na plus. Również 3/5.
Dalej już niestety jakość pikuje w dół. The Titans, które oferuje nam pojedynek z Ekstremistami jest nudne i wybija się tutaj tylko Arsenal, którego tragedia osobista może zostać obrócona niespodziewanie w drugą szansę na uratowanie córki. Podwyższa on ocenę o jedno oczko, ale i tak tej części zbioru należy się jakieś 2/5.
Batman i Robin pokazujący walkę Red Hooda i Damiana o względu Bruce'a był czymś czego wolałbym nie czytać. Liczyłem, że to będzie najlepsza historia w tym tomie. Jest najgorsza. Prawie, bo idzie łeb w łeb z ostatnim tytułem. Mianowicie, Harley Quinn. To był tak udziwniony fragment, z tymi zwierzakami bohaterami rodem z kreskówek o Animkach. Nie, podajcie coś innego. Obie historie to soczyste 1/5. Niektórych rzeczy niestety nie da się odwidzieć.
Nie ma tu fragmentu, który wyglądał by olśniewająco poza poprawnym Speed Force. Reszta mi się nie podobała, wzmagając tylko poczucie rosnącego zniechęcenia do jakiegokolwiek tytułu stykającego się z Convergence. Żeby to jeszcze miało jakąś jakość. Niestety znakomitych historii jest tu jak na lekarstwo.
I tak to wygląda. Ktoś atakuje, a dany świat się broni. Rzadko następuje to w drugą stronę. Pierwsza historia powiązana z Atomem, mimo że paskudnie wyglądająca to zaskakująco daję radę na tle fabularnym. Główny bohater ma problemy mentalne, co tylko podsyca ciekawość co będzie dalej, zwłaszcza, że na arenę wkracza Deathstroke. Gdyby to wyglądało ładniej to dałbym więcej, a tak 'tylko' 3/5.
Równie dobra jest kolejna opowieść o Wally'm West'cie i dwójce jego dzieci. Ich świat zostaje napadnięty przez złą wersje Wonder Woman wraz całą masą Amazonek. Na tle innych opowiadań sprinterzy wybijają się na plus. Również 3/5.
Dalej już niestety jakość pikuje w dół. The Titans, które oferuje nam pojedynek z Ekstremistami jest nudne i wybija się tutaj tylko Arsenal, którego tragedia osobista może zostać obrócona niespodziewanie w drugą szansę na uratowanie córki. Podwyższa on ocenę o jedno oczko, ale i tak tej części zbioru należy się jakieś 2/5.
Batman i Robin pokazujący walkę Red Hooda i Damiana o względu Bruce'a był czymś czego wolałbym nie czytać. Liczyłem, że to będzie najlepsza historia w tym tomie. Jest najgorsza. Prawie, bo idzie łeb w łeb z ostatnim tytułem. Mianowicie, Harley Quinn. To był tak udziwniony fragment, z tymi zwierzakami bohaterami rodem z kreskówek o Animkach. Nie, podajcie coś innego. Obie historie to soczyste 1/5. Niektórych rzeczy niestety nie da się odwidzieć.
Nie ma tu fragmentu, który wyglądał by olśniewająco poza poprawnym Speed Force. Reszta mi się nie podobała, wzmagając tylko poczucie rosnącego zniechęcenia do jakiegokolwiek tytułu stykającego się z Convergence. Żeby to jeszcze miało jakąś jakość. Niestety znakomitych historii jest tu jak na lekarstwo.
January 23, 2023
It's very clear that this event was created just so DC could move its offices from New York to Los Angeles. It's completely slapped together and all of these two issue miniseries follow the same formula. Everyone has been stuck powerless in a domed Gotham for a year, Telos forces different cities to fight. All of these heroes fight different characters from the Extremists. They were created back during Keith Giffen's JL days as analogs of Marvel villains where the villains won. They were actually interesting back then. Here they are paper thin. A couple of the books force the heroes to fight a member of Captain Carrot's Zoo Crew or Wonder Woman from Flashpont. The book I found the most interesting was the Titans one. Fabian Nicienza at least found a decent angle to explore by giving Arsenal a chance to bring his daughter Lian back from the dead. But this whole thing is completely skippable. Just read the core series if you feel you need to check out the event.
April 7, 2025
The Atom - At first I was like I’ve seen this get hate but so far I like it, but yeah it’s mid
Speed Force - loved it, enjoyed it, great
Titans - mid but go off Roy!!
Batman and Robin - a Jason and Damian story that didn’t really need Convergence to happen, mid
Harley Quinn - now this one has fun character depth AND Harley vs captain carrot WOW this one was written for me, 5🌟
Speed Force - loved it, enjoyed it, great
Titans - mid but go off Roy!!
Batman and Robin - a Jason and Damian story that didn’t really need Convergence to happen, mid
Harley Quinn - now this one has fun character depth AND Harley vs captain carrot WOW this one was written for me, 5🌟
August 26, 2018
A fair mix of stories here. A little too much of reliance by a number of stories on related adversaries (the Extremists). A couple continuity glitches between tales with reuse of certain characters.
April 11, 2019
See my review of Convergence: Flashpoint, Book One.
March 19, 2021
Not bad. The Arena crossover over event. Some of the stories from that showcasing the Atom, the Flash (Wally West), Titans, Batman and Robin, Harley Quinn. A fun read if not too ground breaking.
June 15, 2025
I enjoyed reading the.
November 30, 2025
Good for the Bat-Family stuff. Very little Flashpoint in this Flashpoint-crossover, though…
September 15, 2021
This volume contains the following two-issue Convergence mini-series: Atom, Speed Force, Titans, Batman & Robin and Harley Quinn. This was not a bad book. Batman has always been one of my favourite DC characters and I always enjoyed the Titans (no matter what name they went under) so this was already a book with pluses. The Atom and Speed Force stories were interesting, though since I haven't been reading a lot of DC for awhile now (or comics in general for that matter) I wasn't up to speed on characters for both books. Still I was able to enjoy the stories anyway. The Harley Quinn story was intriguing. The character is a little on the unusual side. As well, her opponent here was Captain Carrot (who I think is defeated but not sure) from the Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew series. That was a series that I absolutely loved when if first came out. It would have been interesting to see him/them up against a more traditional hero (he did meet Superman in his first appearance I believe) but any appearance is nice. All in all a nice volume and a worthy addition to the comics collection shelf.
December 14, 2015
A writer's guide for Convergence based on this volume.
1) All cities are Gotham.
2) The winner is the title group/hero vs. obscure you really don't care champions.
3) The winner will win by something fairly bloodless.
4) Misprint on the back cover contents.
5) All cites are Gotham, even if the hero is from somewhere else.
6) In extra features do not provide enough info about D level champions.
7) Only occasionally have the title tie into FlashPoint.
8) All cities are Gotham, even if this version of Gotham already had a champion fight for it!
1) All cities are Gotham.
2) The winner is the title group/hero vs. obscure you really don't care champions.
3) The winner will win by something fairly bloodless.
4) Misprint on the back cover contents.
5) All cites are Gotham, even if the hero is from somewhere else.
6) In extra features do not provide enough info about D level champions.
7) Only occasionally have the title tie into FlashPoint.
8) All cities are Gotham, even if this version of Gotham already had a champion fight for it!
November 29, 2015
Writers: Tom Peyer, Tony Bedard, Fabian Nicieza, Ron Marz, and Steve Pugh.
Artists: Steve Yeowell, Denys Cowan, Klaus Janson, Phil Winslade, and others.
This Convergence collection includes the miniseries The Atom #1-2, Speed Force #1-2, Titans #1-2, Batman and Robin #1-2, and Harley Quinn #1-2.
The 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: Steve Yeowell, Denys Cowan, Klaus Janson, Phil Winslade, and others.
This Convergence collection includes the miniseries The Atom #1-2, Speed Force #1-2, Titans #1-2, Batman and Robin #1-2, and Harley Quinn #1-2.
The 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.
June 16, 2016
The Atom story was odd... but intriguing! I did not enjoy the Flash one very much, probably because I didn't like that version of Wonder Woman, although it was cute to have Zoo Crew characters in it. Loved Titans, Speedy's story always draws me in and they drew Starfire and Donna Troy so cutely! The Batman story was great, lovely art on it. The Harley Quinn story was sheer amusement!
August 2, 2016
The Atom - 1.5 stars
Speed Force - 2 stars
The Titans - 2.5 stars
Batman & Robin - 3.5 stars
Harley Quinn - 4 stars
Overall - 2.5 stars
Speed Force - 2 stars
The Titans - 2.5 stars
Batman & Robin - 3.5 stars
Harley Quinn - 4 stars
Overall - 2.5 stars
January 6, 2016
I had such high hopes for this event. Maybe this is the result of reading the 6 fringe titles and not the main arc.
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