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Heroes in Crisis
Heroes in Crisis #6
Get a deeper look into the inner workings of Sanctuary. When heroes visited the facility, they relived their trauma through virtual reality, contending with the events that brought them there in the hope of reaching a meaningful resolution. That is, until the trauma took over and escalated these personal events into a full-blown crisis! Find out what pushed one of the superheroes over the edge and how it broke the machine. This special issue reunites the Eisner Award-winning MISTER MIRACLE team of writer Tom King and artist Mitch Gerads!
25 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 27, 2019
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February 28, 2019
Gnaark not know what taking so long. Want to like story, but not know what's going on. Still like but want answers. Judgment held until done, but patience wearing thin.
March 4, 2019
The art is keeping me going. The story doesnt seem to be going anywhere. Travelling at a snails pace.
February 28, 2019
I can understand some of the frustration of this series for people. It's moving slowly through the main plot, only giving small answers here and there to some of the questions you have.
On the flipside the art is still amazing and the personal demons of each character being exposed is great. As a huge Wally fan I'm loving the inner workings of Wally's depression and thinking. People always take the "happy go lucky" face he puts on but deep inside it must be tearing him apart to know what happened to his family. Watching him break at points is sad but a nice step into character growth.
The series continues to be interesting, least for me, and love to see the different interviews and thoughts of characters. The main plot needs a boost to push forward, but this series was never really about that. A 3 out of 5.
On the flipside the art is still amazing and the personal demons of each character being exposed is great. As a huge Wally fan I'm loving the inner workings of Wally's depression and thinking. People always take the "happy go lucky" face he puts on but deep inside it must be tearing him apart to know what happened to his family. Watching him break at points is sad but a nice step into character growth.
The series continues to be interesting, least for me, and love to see the different interviews and thoughts of characters. The main plot needs a boost to push forward, but this series was never really about that. A 3 out of 5.
February 27, 2019
Alright, King. Let's get to it already..
May 30, 2019
*sighs and rubs temples*
February 27, 2019
This issue was utterly confusing... I get that it's Harley's POV of the events, just like we got Booster's one in issue #3, but the fact that there are two Wally, two bodies, and that the AI apparently tricked Harley and Booster into seeing things that weren't there (I'm assuming her version's the closest one from the truth, since Superman found Wally's and Roy's bodies inside, and not on the porch like Booster seems to recall, and since Wally's POV showed him running to the house's entrance in issue #1) don't add up with what Superman saw at the place afterwards (the bodies aren't in the same position, despite being in the correct room). I know Booster said the Wally inside the house was five days too old, but it still doesn't explain why he recalls Harley killing him on the porch, nor why the five days younger Wally is supposed to be outside with Gnarkk but wasn't found by anyone. Unless everything is fake, designed to drive the JLA members insane, just like what King's doing with Batman. It would explain why Wally goes from wearing his superhero suit underneath the Sanctuary robes to being in civilian clothes in just one panel (and it can't be because of the simulation, 'cause they don't wear the robes inside those, and they can be seen right next to him which means he's actively taken them off but there's no suit lying around...). Is it just a mistake from the artist, or is it a clue?
This issue didn't bring any answer, and it's made me a bit anxious about where this event is going, to be honest. I really hope it doesn't turn out to be an AI-gone-rogue thing, but it's the best explanation so far, the only one which would explain Harley and Booster seeing two different versions of the event and then the JLA finding bodies in places that don't match any of those versions. But it'd be a bit frustrating, to have followed a nine months long special event only for it to be a simulation or even the AI making someone murder all these people. Don't give me all these glimpses into the heroes' therapies only to tell me none of them actually snapped.
This issue didn't bring any answer, and it's made me a bit anxious about where this event is going, to be honest. I really hope it doesn't turn out to be an AI-gone-rogue thing, but it's the best explanation so far, the only one which would explain Harley and Booster seeing two different versions of the event and then the JLA finding bodies in places that don't match any of those versions. But it'd be a bit frustrating, to have followed a nine months long special event only for it to be a simulation or even the AI making someone murder all these people. Don't give me all these glimpses into the heroes' therapies only to tell me none of them actually snapped.
February 27, 2019
This issue spent a lot of time bouncing back and forth between the present and the past. And by the past, I mean before the events of the first issue. But I don’t think it’s too far before that point…
It was interesting seeing how the sanctuary was supposed to function. This glimpse didn’t do much for telling us what actually happened though. It’s always been down to wondering about Booster and Harley, and this didn’t change much. Except perhaps to make one of them look more innocent, and I had already felt that way about them.
I’m still waiting for them to reverse everything that has happened here. I do think that this fact does remove the feeling of permanency in the series. But at the same time, I just don’t believe they’d kill off all of these characters – off screen mind you – and keep them dead. Just doesn’t happen.
It was interesting seeing how the sanctuary was supposed to function. This glimpse didn’t do much for telling us what actually happened though. It’s always been down to wondering about Booster and Harley, and this didn’t change much. Except perhaps to make one of them look more innocent, and I had already felt that way about them.
I’m still waiting for them to reverse everything that has happened here. I do think that this fact does remove the feeling of permanency in the series. But at the same time, I just don’t believe they’d kill off all of these characters – off screen mind you – and keep them dead. Just doesn’t happen.
February 27, 2019
more unnecessary filler
and more characters depressed for the sake of being depressed
(yeah, i know, wally was sad after flash war but during major parts of dc rebirth he was fine, show him living some of the events again but depressed is a waste of time)
and more characters depressed for the sake of being depressed
(yeah, i know, wally was sad after flash war but during major parts of dc rebirth he was fine, show him living some of the events again but depressed is a waste of time)
October 11, 2024
yup so when are we getting to the actual thing..
February 28, 2019
I feel like I might raise the rating of this later once I see how it fits into the overall story. A lot of this was filler, but it still hit so incredibly hard emotionally.
And also, Ivy & Harley! ❤
And also, Ivy & Harley! ❤
January 2, 2020
Tom King is brilliant at what he does and I, for one, refuse to complain at these "detour" issues. They add so much to the story and so many layers to characters we know and love. The very first panel starts with Sanctuary asking superheroes how many they've saved and it's amazing to see the range of reactions.
Some are guilty at not having saved more, some matter of fact, some exact, some aloof and some not even concerned with actually saving people. It's a facet to the superhero life that I've always wondered about and bit by bit King is deconstructing it and showing us how taxing such a life can be. It's heart wrenching, beautifully written and will cause many a lover of superhero stories to stop and think.
Mitch Gerads art is almost clinical in its execution. There's a spread that has Harley and Poison Ivy sitting with each other and talking over each other. They're trying to help and everything about that panel radiates sadness and a history of trauma. It's almost tear-inducing to see these horribly damaged people trying so hard to help themselves. This is what makes the next page so heartening as we actually see them doing something to that effect. From dejected and depressed to laughing like a maniac, Gerads gets all shades of Harley. He doesnt stop there either. Gnnarrk is a character I am not familiar with but I'll be damned if that wasn't one of the most profound comic story telling in recent memory.
It's with Wally that King and Gerads' talent comes to the fore. Wally is depressed and faces a unique scenario, terrible as it is. It feels impossible to solve and the weight of all that it entails is on stark display in Wally's drooped shoulders, downcast demeanour and his dialogue, which seems like it's had the life sucked out of it, intentional and heart breaking.
In all honesty, I do want the original plot to move along but these forays into the psyche of people who deal with so much pain and loss is what I consider to be the highlight. I hope the next issue does pick up though. This mystery is getting a little frustrating now.
Some are guilty at not having saved more, some matter of fact, some exact, some aloof and some not even concerned with actually saving people. It's a facet to the superhero life that I've always wondered about and bit by bit King is deconstructing it and showing us how taxing such a life can be. It's heart wrenching, beautifully written and will cause many a lover of superhero stories to stop and think.
Mitch Gerads art is almost clinical in its execution. There's a spread that has Harley and Poison Ivy sitting with each other and talking over each other. They're trying to help and everything about that panel radiates sadness and a history of trauma. It's almost tear-inducing to see these horribly damaged people trying so hard to help themselves. This is what makes the next page so heartening as we actually see them doing something to that effect. From dejected and depressed to laughing like a maniac, Gerads gets all shades of Harley. He doesnt stop there either. Gnnarrk is a character I am not familiar with but I'll be damned if that wasn't one of the most profound comic story telling in recent memory.
It's with Wally that King and Gerads' talent comes to the fore. Wally is depressed and faces a unique scenario, terrible as it is. It feels impossible to solve and the weight of all that it entails is on stark display in Wally's drooped shoulders, downcast demeanour and his dialogue, which seems like it's had the life sucked out of it, intentional and heart breaking.
In all honesty, I do want the original plot to move along but these forays into the psyche of people who deal with so much pain and loss is what I consider to be the highlight. I hope the next issue does pick up though. This mystery is getting a little frustrating now.
April 1, 2019
Art ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Story ⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2 Overall ⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2
Another issue in equal parts fascinating and frustrating. I like that it’s a super hero comic that doesn’t want to be one. I wish plot development would speed up a tad.
Another issue in equal parts fascinating and frustrating. I like that it’s a super hero comic that doesn’t want to be one. I wish plot development would speed up a tad.
November 2, 2019
I think we'll find out my guess about the source of all this is right in the next issue. It feels like it's time.
Even if I'm wrong, I have to believe King will want an issue for resolution and an issue for a kind of epilogue. So, Issue 7 seems about right for the truth to come out.
Even if I'm wrong, I have to believe King will want an issue for resolution and an issue for a kind of epilogue. So, Issue 7 seems about right for the truth to come out.
March 3, 2020
Tom King has a style of writing that right as your about to give up on him he lures you back in. The interaction between Harley and Ivy was touching and even the insight of a prehistoric cave man on the world today hook me enough to read the next issue
March 15, 2023
I feel like I missed something with Harley and suddenly Batgirl. I am still interested and committed to the story, but there are elements that have been introduced along the way or that have dragged out for too long that are taking away from the overall story and my investment in it.
March 9, 2019
Mi bebé Wally 😭
March 25, 2019
Who Is Saved?
May 22, 2019
Otra vez volvemos a ese pesar de que, con tan solo 24 páginas, se siente laaargo. Sigue sin ir a ningún lado, y volví sólo porque me spoilearon algo que quería confirmar.
May 25, 2019
This fell flat very fast.
October 28, 2019
This series has been so strange. I'm anxious to see how it will end. Was it Booster? Was it not Booster? What the hell's going on?
September 28, 2020
Honestly it’s all about the art, that’s really the only reason to stay with this book at this point. The art and the pretty awesome cameos of heroes at Sanctuary.
March 31, 2022
Gnark stuff was weird. Story feeling stagnant at times.
December 12, 2022
Story 3 (a bit slow on revelations)
Art 3
Art 3
December 12, 2024
The sadness issues in the series so far 😥
June 30, 2022
The art is so nice. Mitch Gerads is one of my fave artists. Divorcing this issue from the larger heroes in crisis story to just try and enjoy it — honestly completely divorced from continuity in general is the move to make.
September 3, 2020
We get some more insight into the psyche of Gnarrk, Wally West, and Harley, but I don't feel we got much more information about who is responsible for the massacre. I wish there was more going on this issue, honestly, because it felt like a lot of fluff.
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