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Genesis (1997) #3
Genesis (1997-) #3
While Takion and Metron gather some of the heroes to aid the Source, the others are left to deal with the forces of Apokolips before Darkseid can harness the Godwave in "Event Horizon."
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24 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 1997
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John Byrne
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John Lindley Byrne is a British-born Canadian-American author and artist of comic books. Since the mid-1970s, Byrne has worked on nearly every major American superhero.
Byrne's better-known work has been on Marvel Comics' X-Men and Fantastic Four and the 1986 relaunch of DC Comics’ Superman franchise. Coming into the comics profession exclusively as a penciler, Byrne began co-plotting the X-Men comics during his tenure on them, and launched his writing career in earnest with Fantastic Four (where he also started inking his own pencils). During the 1990s he produced a number of creator-owned works, including Next Men and Danger Unlimited. He also wrote the first issues of Mike Mignola's Hellboy series and produced a number of Star Trek comics for IDW Publishing.
There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name
John Lindley Byrne is a British-born Canadian-American author and artist of comic books. Since the mid-1970s, Byrne has worked on nearly every major American superhero.
Byrne's better-known work has been on Marvel Comics' X-Men and Fantastic Four and the 1986 relaunch of DC Comics’ Superman franchise. Coming into the comics profession exclusively as a penciler, Byrne began co-plotting the X-Men comics during his tenure on them, and launched his writing career in earnest with Fantastic Four (where he also started inking his own pencils). During the 1990s he produced a number of creator-owned works, including Next Men and Danger Unlimited. He also wrote the first issues of Mike Mignola's Hellboy series and produced a number of Star Trek comics for IDW Publishing.
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March 8, 2020
...ESCALATED...
January 28, 2021
#ThrowbackThursday - Back in the '90s, I used to write comic book reviews for the website of a now-defunct comic book retailer called Rockem Sockem Comics. From the January 1998 edition with a theme of "Worst of '97 & When Worst is Good":
INTRODUCTION
I thought about doing a best-of-'97 year-in-review this month. Looking back though, I realized my column is generally positive (the lowest grade I've given out is a single D), and I've already told you about the books I've liked this year. Meanwhile, this week, my back's bothering me, "Riven" won't work on the computer, the modem is playing mindgames with me, the car is broken, and too much was spent on Christmas presents. In other words, I'm feeling cranky. So let's look at the worst of '97. Here are a few items which bothered me. Keep in mind, many more awful comics exist than you'll find listed here; these are only the ones I had the misfortune of reading.
p.s. I couldn't help it. I had to slip in some positive reviews. Skip on down to QUANTUM & WOODY and MILK AND CHEESE if you want to find the good stuff.
THE WORST COMICS I READ IN '97
GENESIS #1-4 (DC Comics)
GENESIS was the worst crossover event in a year of many awful crossover events. Marvel's "Heroes Reborn" universe actually had the gall to perpetrate three major crossover events in its closing months. "Heroes Reunited" was passable only because of the audacity of the heroes' failure resulting in the destruction of the Earth not once -- not twice -- but three times! -- with Dr. Doom and his time machine pulling their fat out of the fire each time. "World War 3" and its crossover with the heroes of Jim Lee's WildStorm Universe was inoffensive and forgettable. HEROES REBORN: THE RETURN was acceptable only because it finally put an end to the whole farce and returned the Avengers, Fantastic Four, Iron Man and Captain America to their regular continuities. Bad as they were, all the Marvel crossovers look like Shakespeare when compared to the atrocity which was DC's GENESIS.
How could such talented creators go astray? I've been a longtime member of John Byrne's "Faithful Fifty" -- the fifty thousand readers who follow Byrne from title to title. I've found him to be one of the most consistent writer/artists working in comics. Yet with GENESIS, Byrne's writing bottomed out. Despite the individual talents of penciler Ron Wagner and inker Joe Rubinstein, their styles failed to mesh in GENESIS, resulting in a rough, sketchy mess that sent the book even lower in my esteem.
GENESIS was sound and fury, signifying nothing. A "God wave" which had rolled through the universe at the beginning of time creating all the gods of mythology, was sweeping back through the universe depressing everyone. Yes, that's right, it made everyone depressed. Oooh, catastrophic! Allegedly, it forever altered the powers of many DC Universe superheroes and could have resulted in the end of the universe or somesuch. I can't remember a single change, however, except a bunch of DC Comics in which everyone sat around acting mopey. Actually, I'm hard pressed to remember much else about GENESIS. For my own protection, I seem to have blocked it from my memory. Of course, that's probably for the best.
To close off this rant, I want to take time to make a gratuitous slam: I despise the work of Jack Kirby. GENESIS and JACK KIRBY'S FOURTH WORLD are only the most recent failures to feature the brainchildren of Kirby. The late Kirby's blocky art was barely tolerable, but his writing was the epitome of bad. The New Gods, Mr. Miracle, and the Forever People were lousy creations. Lousy! I can't believe DC keeps trying to revive the characters year after year with new creative teams, only to cancel their comics every time. DC, catch a clue and let these characters fade away. Or perhaps . . . kill them off in an crossover event???
Grade: F
INTRODUCTION
I thought about doing a best-of-'97 year-in-review this month. Looking back though, I realized my column is generally positive (the lowest grade I've given out is a single D), and I've already told you about the books I've liked this year. Meanwhile, this week, my back's bothering me, "Riven" won't work on the computer, the modem is playing mindgames with me, the car is broken, and too much was spent on Christmas presents. In other words, I'm feeling cranky. So let's look at the worst of '97. Here are a few items which bothered me. Keep in mind, many more awful comics exist than you'll find listed here; these are only the ones I had the misfortune of reading.
p.s. I couldn't help it. I had to slip in some positive reviews. Skip on down to QUANTUM & WOODY and MILK AND CHEESE if you want to find the good stuff.
THE WORST COMICS I READ IN '97
GENESIS #1-4 (DC Comics)
GENESIS was the worst crossover event in a year of many awful crossover events. Marvel's "Heroes Reborn" universe actually had the gall to perpetrate three major crossover events in its closing months. "Heroes Reunited" was passable only because of the audacity of the heroes' failure resulting in the destruction of the Earth not once -- not twice -- but three times! -- with Dr. Doom and his time machine pulling their fat out of the fire each time. "World War 3" and its crossover with the heroes of Jim Lee's WildStorm Universe was inoffensive and forgettable. HEROES REBORN: THE RETURN was acceptable only because it finally put an end to the whole farce and returned the Avengers, Fantastic Four, Iron Man and Captain America to their regular continuities. Bad as they were, all the Marvel crossovers look like Shakespeare when compared to the atrocity which was DC's GENESIS.
How could such talented creators go astray? I've been a longtime member of John Byrne's "Faithful Fifty" -- the fifty thousand readers who follow Byrne from title to title. I've found him to be one of the most consistent writer/artists working in comics. Yet with GENESIS, Byrne's writing bottomed out. Despite the individual talents of penciler Ron Wagner and inker Joe Rubinstein, their styles failed to mesh in GENESIS, resulting in a rough, sketchy mess that sent the book even lower in my esteem.
GENESIS was sound and fury, signifying nothing. A "God wave" which had rolled through the universe at the beginning of time creating all the gods of mythology, was sweeping back through the universe depressing everyone. Yes, that's right, it made everyone depressed. Oooh, catastrophic! Allegedly, it forever altered the powers of many DC Universe superheroes and could have resulted in the end of the universe or somesuch. I can't remember a single change, however, except a bunch of DC Comics in which everyone sat around acting mopey. Actually, I'm hard pressed to remember much else about GENESIS. For my own protection, I seem to have blocked it from my memory. Of course, that's probably for the best.
To close off this rant, I want to take time to make a gratuitous slam: I despise the work of Jack Kirby. GENESIS and JACK KIRBY'S FOURTH WORLD are only the most recent failures to feature the brainchildren of Kirby. The late Kirby's blocky art was barely tolerable, but his writing was the epitome of bad. The New Gods, Mr. Miracle, and the Forever People were lousy creations. Lousy! I can't believe DC keeps trying to revive the characters year after year with new creative teams, only to cancel their comics every time. DC, catch a clue and let these characters fade away. Or perhaps . . . kill them off in an crossover event???
Grade: F
November 21, 2021
An absolutely abysmal collection of stories only loosely linked to the overall event. Most aggravating of all is the main line, where the Genesis storyline moves into its third act and makes literally no sense.
I genuinely re-read the story over and could not explain what was happening.
Add to this some middling accounts of lesser heroes from the broader DC Universe on the late 90s and you have a weak concoction.
Avoid.
I genuinely re-read the story over and could not explain what was happening.
Add to this some middling accounts of lesser heroes from the broader DC Universe on the late 90s and you have a weak concoction.
Avoid.
September 7, 2024
Okay I did kinda like the chaos of this one.
May 2, 2016
This is a seriously confusing story...what did just happen?!?
The next issue, the final issue, does not solve much regarding the plot.
Spoiler alert! There are some strong cosmic forces at play here. :P
The next issue, the final issue, does not solve much regarding the plot.
Spoiler alert! There are some strong cosmic forces at play here. :P
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