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DC Comics: Generations
A threat of cosmic proportion to DC's newest (and oldest) universe compels one of the most unique group of heroes ever assembled to take on the most mysterious foe they have ever encountered.
What started in Detective Comics #1027 explodes out of Dark Nights: Death Metal to tell the story of the Generations-spanning history of the DC Universe! Join the original Batman, Kamandi, Starfire, Sinestro, Booster Gold, Dr. Light, Steel and Sinestro in their quest to save the universe before...T I M E.....R U N S......O U T .
Collects Generations Shattered #1, Generations Forged #1, and the story “Generations Fractured” from Detective Comics #1027.
What started in Detective Comics #1027 explodes out of Dark Nights: Death Metal to tell the story of the Generations-spanning history of the DC Universe! Join the original Batman, Kamandi, Starfire, Sinestro, Booster Gold, Dr. Light, Steel and Sinestro in their quest to save the universe before...T I M E.....R U N S......O U T .
Collects Generations Shattered #1, Generations Forged #1, and the story “Generations Fractured” from Detective Comics #1027.
192 pages, Hardcover
First published June 8, 2021
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Dan Jurgens
2,239 books289 followersDan Jurgens is an American comic book writer and artist. He is known for his work on the DC comic book storyline "The Death of Superman" and for creating characters such as Doomsday, Hank Henshaw, and Booster Gold. Jurgens had a lengthy run on the Superman comic books including The Adventures of Superman, Superman vol. 2 and Action Comics. At Marvel, Jurgens worked on series such as Captain America, The Sensational Spider-Man and was the writer on Thor for six years. He also had a brief run as writer and artist on Solar for Valiant Comics in 1995.
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August 6, 2024
When time is unraveling, it's up to Kamandi to gather the greatest heroes in the multiverse to stop it!
Crises are a dime a dozen in the DC Universe. Unlike the others, this one is self contained and doesn't trash the entire line. Jurgens puts together an all-star team of characters and artists and tells an entertaining yarn with little to no consequences on the main line.
Kamandi, Golden Age Batman, Starfire, Sinestro, Booster Gold, Dr. Light, Steel, and Superboy go up against whomever is behind time's crumbling, with Nemesis Kid, OMAC, Major Force, Eradicator, Ultra Humanite, and others opposing them. It's a fun time with a lot of Easter eggs related to various versions of DC's history.
Was this originally written to introduce that aborted timeline Dan Didio was spearheading when he got fired? Who knows?! 3.5 out of five time wimey stars.
Crises are a dime a dozen in the DC Universe. Unlike the others, this one is self contained and doesn't trash the entire line. Jurgens puts together an all-star team of characters and artists and tells an entertaining yarn with little to no consequences on the main line.
Kamandi, Golden Age Batman, Starfire, Sinestro, Booster Gold, Dr. Light, Steel, and Superboy go up against whomever is behind time's crumbling, with Nemesis Kid, OMAC, Major Force, Eradicator, Ultra Humanite, and others opposing them. It's a fun time with a lot of Easter eggs related to various versions of DC's history.
Was this originally written to introduce that aborted timeline Dan Didio was spearheading when he got fired? Who knows?! 3.5 out of five time wimey stars.
August 17, 2022
DC Comics: Generations is written by Dan Jurgens, Robert Venditti, and Andy Schmidt with tons of artists.
Kamandi must collects heroes from various points in time to save the timeline.
This has been done many times before and told better. It adds absolutely nothing new. The only halfway interesting part is the brief snippets we get as Kamadi collects the heroes from each time period. The art is okay but changes artists about every 4-8 pages. I am really surprised how this turned out with Jurgens being the primary writer - I usually really enjoy his work. I recommend skipping.
Kamandi must collects heroes from various points in time to save the timeline.
This has been done many times before and told better. It adds absolutely nothing new. The only halfway interesting part is the brief snippets we get as Kamadi collects the heroes from each time period. The art is okay but changes artists about every 4-8 pages. I am really surprised how this turned out with Jurgens being the primary writer - I usually really enjoy his work. I recommend skipping.
September 24, 2021
An awfully colorful multiverse tale that sadly goes in many uneven directions with a plot that has no clear storytelling. C- (42%/Below Average)
December 8, 2021
Booster Gold assembles a team of heroes and villains from across DC's history to stop a time-destroying event horizon that threatens all of reality in this collection of the two 80 page Generations one-shots, plus the prologue from Detective Comics #1027.
This is a whole lot of running around for nothing. The first one-shot brings all the characters together, only to scatter them to the winds and then spend the second one-shot collecting them all up again. It's busywork for the sake of it, and then there's some handwavey stuff at the end to explain how a load of randomers can defeat an all-powerful time god. I know this was all repurposed as part of the aborted 5G relaunch, but there's really no point to this at all. Even the conclusion and the idea that it introduces is likely never to be addressed since Dark Nights: Death Metal has both a better idea and better execution.
At least the art's pretty great. There are pages here from over a dozen top artists, and because they split everything between plot points rather than just changing mid-story, their disparate styles work really well together.
Bogged down under its own weight, with a conclusion that literally no one asked for. A bit of a mess, and more's the pity.
This is a whole lot of running around for nothing. The first one-shot brings all the characters together, only to scatter them to the winds and then spend the second one-shot collecting them all up again. It's busywork for the sake of it, and then there's some handwavey stuff at the end to explain how a load of randomers can defeat an all-powerful time god. I know this was all repurposed as part of the aborted 5G relaunch, but there's really no point to this at all. Even the conclusion and the idea that it introduces is likely never to be addressed since Dark Nights: Death Metal has both a better idea and better execution.
At least the art's pretty great. There are pages here from over a dozen top artists, and because they split everything between plot points rather than just changing mid-story, their disparate styles work really well together.
Bogged down under its own weight, with a conclusion that literally no one asked for. A bit of a mess, and more's the pity.
April 7, 2021
Collects Generations Shattered issue #1, Generations Forged issue #1, and material from Detective Comics issue #1027
After the quick prologue from "Detective Comics," we got the over-sized "Generations Shattered" one-shot, and I loved that book. In the wake of the events of "Dark Nights: Death Metal," someone is using the erasure across time of the Multiverse to rewrite history. By the final page of this issue, the villain is revealed, but unfortunately, even though he appears to be a character that has appeared in comic books before, I have never heard of him. I did like the story, though, as Booster Gold and Skeets are putting together a random group of heroes in order to fight against the villain.
I have heard just a little bit about DC's original plans for some kind of initiative called "5G." I believe that the plans were to create a new generation of heroes, but heroes that use the names of well-known, established characters. We have seen some of this in "Future State," however I think there were bigger plans for this before "5G" got cancelled. "Generations Shattered" seems to be what we would have got at the beginning of the "5G" pivot, so knowing that this wasn't the direction DC was going anymore, I anticipated that this would be a one-shot. I was surprised to find that this issue ends on a cliffhanger, and sets up either the conclusion, or the next installment of the story, in "Generations Forged."
Unfortunately, "Generations Forged" didn't live up to the promise of "Generations Shattered," and as a whole I felt let down by the final product. I shouldn't be too disappointed, though, because this is essentially a leftover story that didn't really fit into DC's change of direction, so it was bound to be slightly meaningless.
Side Note:
A team of heroes called The Linear Men appear in this comic book, and even though I believe that I've heard of them, I haven't read much about this team. I think I'd like to read more about them. I'm just realizing that the CW show, "Legends of Tomorrow," is likely based on The Linear Men.
SPOILERS:
The very end of "Generations Forged" introduces the idea of the Linearverse, a place where people age more slowly than the universal norm, thus explaining why we can read years of comic books without the characters aging very much.
FINAL RATING = 3.5 STARS
After the quick prologue from "Detective Comics," we got the over-sized "Generations Shattered" one-shot, and I loved that book. In the wake of the events of "Dark Nights: Death Metal," someone is using the erasure across time of the Multiverse to rewrite history. By the final page of this issue, the villain is revealed, but unfortunately, even though he appears to be a character that has appeared in comic books before, I have never heard of him. I did like the story, though, as Booster Gold and Skeets are putting together a random group of heroes in order to fight against the villain.
I have heard just a little bit about DC's original plans for some kind of initiative called "5G." I believe that the plans were to create a new generation of heroes, but heroes that use the names of well-known, established characters. We have seen some of this in "Future State," however I think there were bigger plans for this before "5G" got cancelled. "Generations Shattered" seems to be what we would have got at the beginning of the "5G" pivot, so knowing that this wasn't the direction DC was going anymore, I anticipated that this would be a one-shot. I was surprised to find that this issue ends on a cliffhanger, and sets up either the conclusion, or the next installment of the story, in "Generations Forged."
Unfortunately, "Generations Forged" didn't live up to the promise of "Generations Shattered," and as a whole I felt let down by the final product. I shouldn't be too disappointed, though, because this is essentially a leftover story that didn't really fit into DC's change of direction, so it was bound to be slightly meaningless.
Side Note:
A team of heroes called The Linear Men appear in this comic book, and even though I believe that I've heard of them, I haven't read much about this team. I think I'd like to read more about them. I'm just realizing that the CW show, "Legends of Tomorrow," is likely based on The Linear Men.
SPOILERS:
The very end of "Generations Forged" introduces the idea of the Linearverse, a place where people age more slowly than the universal norm, thus explaining why we can read years of comic books without the characters aging very much.
FINAL RATING = 3.5 STARS
July 21, 2021
Just barely 2 stars...
This Volume is a mess. First of all, this was meant to be the kickoff point for DC's 5G, which would rewrite the DCU post-Death Metal, to restart the universe with all new people as the heroes we know and love. Due to backlash from the public, probably from constant reboots (see: New-52 and Rebirth), 5G was scrapped and became a miniseries that went across all DC books called "Future State", before returning back to where they were originally (for the most part). This book, in turn, then became a time-travel transition story to establish one point: "The Linearverse", which is a concept that establishes the DC Universe as a place where people age much much slower than normal.... which allows them to explain how a comic can be written for 75 years and the hero really only having aged maybe 10 years.
The story here features Batman (from the late 1930's having only been the hero shortly), Kamandi (who has been more recently in the pages of Justice League), Starfire (a 1980's Teen Titans version), Sinestro (back from when he was a Green Lantern pre-Hal Jordan), Booster Gold (from his typical place in the future), Dr. Light (present day), Superboy (a young Clark Kent from the 30th Century), and Steel (from the Return of Superman comics of the 90's). They all join together to fight Dominus, who is a time-traveller (sort of like a cross between a really lame Lex Luthor and a dumb version of Kang the Conqueror). They defeat him in the end, but the story dragged quite a lot. The sheer nostalgia of seeing the old versions of characters was what pushed me through it.
Skip this one.
This Volume is a mess. First of all, this was meant to be the kickoff point for DC's 5G, which would rewrite the DCU post-Death Metal, to restart the universe with all new people as the heroes we know and love. Due to backlash from the public, probably from constant reboots (see: New-52 and Rebirth), 5G was scrapped and became a miniseries that went across all DC books called "Future State", before returning back to where they were originally (for the most part). This book, in turn, then became a time-travel transition story to establish one point: "The Linearverse", which is a concept that establishes the DC Universe as a place where people age much much slower than normal.... which allows them to explain how a comic can be written for 75 years and the hero really only having aged maybe 10 years.
The story here features Batman (from the late 1930's having only been the hero shortly), Kamandi (who has been more recently in the pages of Justice League), Starfire (a 1980's Teen Titans version), Sinestro (back from when he was a Green Lantern pre-Hal Jordan), Booster Gold (from his typical place in the future), Dr. Light (present day), Superboy (a young Clark Kent from the 30th Century), and Steel (from the Return of Superman comics of the 90's). They all join together to fight Dominus, who is a time-traveller (sort of like a cross between a really lame Lex Luthor and a dumb version of Kang the Conqueror). They defeat him in the end, but the story dragged quite a lot. The sheer nostalgia of seeing the old versions of characters was what pushed me through it.
Skip this one.
July 4, 2021
No idea what this mess was but it was something awful.
September 30, 2021
A time travel story involving a pretty random group of heroes thrown together from throughout different eras of the DC multiverse. Their mission is to stop Dominus and an event that has been destroying their timelines before it is too late. We have golden age Batman, teaming up with Starfire, Steel, Sinestro (GL), Dr Light, Superboy, Kamandi, and Booster Gold.
The two issues themselves are entertaining but nothing mind blowing, with plenty of exposition and characters standing around. It is a massive nostalgia trip for long time readers, but doesn’t add a whole lot to the main DC narrative.
There is also a plethora of artists who contribute to these (24 by my count) so the art varies throughout. Some of the art is gorgeous (including the two pages used on the hardcover itself) while some is a mixed bag.
All around a story that can be skipped, but that does possess some nostalgia bait moments for long time readers.
⭐️⭐️💫 or 2.5 Stars
The two issues themselves are entertaining but nothing mind blowing, with plenty of exposition and characters standing around. It is a massive nostalgia trip for long time readers, but doesn’t add a whole lot to the main DC narrative.
There is also a plethora of artists who contribute to these (24 by my count) so the art varies throughout. Some of the art is gorgeous (including the two pages used on the hardcover itself) while some is a mixed bag.
All around a story that can be skipped, but that does possess some nostalgia bait moments for long time readers.
⭐️⭐️💫 or 2.5 Stars
Did not finish
September 13, 2025DNF
Totalnie mnie ten komiks nie zaangażował, zrobiłam sobie parę dni przerwy, ale i po tym nie miałam ochoty do niego wracać. No i skończyłam na dnfie w 1/3 historii, cóż zdarza się.🤷♀️
Totalnie mnie ten komiks nie zaangażował, zrobiłam sobie parę dni przerwy, ale i po tym nie miałam ochoty do niego wracać. No i skończyłam na dnfie w 1/3 historii, cóż zdarza się.🤷♀️
April 4, 2025
A fun lil story with a unique mix of characters but it doesn’t to set itself apart from countless other crossover/time travel stories
September 24, 2022
PopKulturowy Kociołek:
Antagonistą, którego tym razem należy powstrzymać, jest potężny Dominus. Pragnie on zniszczyć całe znane uniwersum DC wraz z jego przeróżnymi historiami. Zagrożenie jest na tyle poważne, że żaden z herosów nie poradzi sobie z nim sam. Nie pozostaje więc nic innego jak zebrać drużynę (z różnych linii czasowych), która będzie mogła przeciwstawić się wrogowi.
Brzmi to wszystko dość sztampowo i nie ma co ukrywać, że właśnie takie jest. Jeśli ktoś liczy na porywające treści pełne zaskakujących zwrotów akcji, to poczuje się mocno zawiedziony tym tytułem. Autorzy (Dan Jurgens, Robert Venditti, Andy Schmidt) sięgają tu bowiem po całą masę sprawdzonych schematów, których największą wartością jest widowiskowość. Akcji na pewno tutaj nie zabraknie i potrafi być ona dość satysfakcjonująca. Niestety nie można napisać tego na temat pozostałych elementów scenariusza. Historia jest nie tylko mocno powtarzalna (w stosunku do innych dzieł z DC), ale również nie zawsze spójna i łatwa w odbiorze. Z należytym zrozumieniem fabuły nie powinni mieć większych przeszkód wielcy fani marki. Jeśli jednak ktoś jest „niedzielnym” komiksowym czytelnikiem, to w wielu momentach poczuje się tutaj całkowicie zagubionym.
Ponarzekać należy również na brak należytego wykorzystania potencjału bohaterów. Obok znanych person pokroju Batmana, twórcy pokusili się u jego boku umieścić mniej znane postacie (Kamandi, Starfire, Sinestro, Booster Gold, Doktor Light oraz Steel). Niestety, ale autorzy nie skupiają się na nich mocniej czy nie starają się przybliżyć ich mniej obeznanemu odbiorcy. O dość przeciętnych relacjach zachodzących pomiędzy herosami już nawet nie wspominając.
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Antagonistą, którego tym razem należy powstrzymać, jest potężny Dominus. Pragnie on zniszczyć całe znane uniwersum DC wraz z jego przeróżnymi historiami. Zagrożenie jest na tyle poważne, że żaden z herosów nie poradzi sobie z nim sam. Nie pozostaje więc nic innego jak zebrać drużynę (z różnych linii czasowych), która będzie mogła przeciwstawić się wrogowi.
Brzmi to wszystko dość sztampowo i nie ma co ukrywać, że właśnie takie jest. Jeśli ktoś liczy na porywające treści pełne zaskakujących zwrotów akcji, to poczuje się mocno zawiedziony tym tytułem. Autorzy (Dan Jurgens, Robert Venditti, Andy Schmidt) sięgają tu bowiem po całą masę sprawdzonych schematów, których największą wartością jest widowiskowość. Akcji na pewno tutaj nie zabraknie i potrafi być ona dość satysfakcjonująca. Niestety nie można napisać tego na temat pozostałych elementów scenariusza. Historia jest nie tylko mocno powtarzalna (w stosunku do innych dzieł z DC), ale również nie zawsze spójna i łatwa w odbiorze. Z należytym zrozumieniem fabuły nie powinni mieć większych przeszkód wielcy fani marki. Jeśli jednak ktoś jest „niedzielnym” komiksowym czytelnikiem, to w wielu momentach poczuje się tutaj całkowicie zagubionym.
Ponarzekać należy również na brak należytego wykorzystania potencjału bohaterów. Obok znanych person pokroju Batmana, twórcy pokusili się u jego boku umieścić mniej znane postacie (Kamandi, Starfire, Sinestro, Booster Gold, Doktor Light oraz Steel). Niestety, ale autorzy nie skupiają się na nich mocniej czy nie starają się przybliżyć ich mniej obeznanemu odbiorcy. O dość przeciętnych relacjach zachodzących pomiędzy herosami już nawet nie wspominając.
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February 22, 2025
Well, let’s see.
(1) I’m happy to see Kamandi back in a comic book. He is, after all, my favorite character from DC. And he’s entirely why I picked up this book. But … jeez … did the writer even read an issue of Kamandi? Actually, to be honest, I didn’t find any of the voices of characters I’m familiar with to be at all authentic.
(2) I know Crisis on Infinite Earths is the bar by which all other crossovers are measured, but seriously can you people just give it a rest? Every five years DC has to reinvent the wheel. But they’ve really only been screwing themselves over and over again every time they reboot their history. And I’m sick of it. This is exactly why I gave up on DC years ago and this story is just another example of desperately trying to recreate that crossover to end all crossovers. This is just a pathetic money grab.
(3) The art is so uneven it’s distracting. Ever few pages there’s a new art team. Some nice pages, and then some atrocious pages. Back and forth. It weakens the whole package and distracts from the narrative. So instead of losing oneself in the story, you’re constantly reminded of how this is a constructed product intended solely to make money.
(4) This also has absolutely nothing to do with the John Byrne Superman and Batman: Generations Omnibus trilogy of series. Even though they borrowed the conceptual title. I’m almost surprised they didn’t call this cash grab DC Comics: Crisis of Infinite Generations.
Sigh. This was such a disappointment. I love Kamandi and he deserves better than this. But, to be fair, I’m giving this 2-stars, because of his presence, instead of the 1-star I would have otherwise given it. If you’re wanting to read this, skip it and read Crisis on Infinite Earths instead.
(1) I’m happy to see Kamandi back in a comic book. He is, after all, my favorite character from DC. And he’s entirely why I picked up this book. But … jeez … did the writer even read an issue of Kamandi? Actually, to be honest, I didn’t find any of the voices of characters I’m familiar with to be at all authentic.
(2) I know Crisis on Infinite Earths is the bar by which all other crossovers are measured, but seriously can you people just give it a rest? Every five years DC has to reinvent the wheel. But they’ve really only been screwing themselves over and over again every time they reboot their history. And I’m sick of it. This is exactly why I gave up on DC years ago and this story is just another example of desperately trying to recreate that crossover to end all crossovers. This is just a pathetic money grab.
(3) The art is so uneven it’s distracting. Ever few pages there’s a new art team. Some nice pages, and then some atrocious pages. Back and forth. It weakens the whole package and distracts from the narrative. So instead of losing oneself in the story, you’re constantly reminded of how this is a constructed product intended solely to make money.
(4) This also has absolutely nothing to do with the John Byrne Superman and Batman: Generations Omnibus trilogy of series. Even though they borrowed the conceptual title. I’m almost surprised they didn’t call this cash grab DC Comics: Crisis of Infinite Generations.
Sigh. This was such a disappointment. I love Kamandi and he deserves better than this. But, to be fair, I’m giving this 2-stars, because of his presence, instead of the 1-star I would have otherwise given it. If you’re wanting to read this, skip it and read Crisis on Infinite Earths instead.
May 21, 2021
This was fun. It was kind of a mess but it was still fun. I feel like they had bigger plans for this, or dreams of how it would play out and it didn't quite pan out to be as epic as they imagined. But, it was still a fun read and I will take any story that features Doctor Light/Kimiyo Hoshi. She deserves more spotlight in DC comics.
I also really like that this explains how the characters age more slowly in the DC universe, allowing them to be superheroes across decades worth of time. And the implication that Doctor Light mentioning Earth to Jor-El might be why Superman was sent there was a fun touch.
I also really like that this explains how the characters age more slowly in the DC universe, allowing them to be superheroes across decades worth of time. And the implication that Doctor Light mentioning Earth to Jor-El might be why Superman was sent there was a fun touch.
January 7, 2022
Extremely flawed, but an undeniably fun romp through DC comic history with some of the best b-list superheroes. The work probably only deserves 3 stars, but I personally found it so throughly entertaining from start to finish.
September 1, 2021
This is not for everyone. But for me, it was a big ol' sliver of Bronze Age cheese, and I dug it far more than I thought I would.
October 21, 2022
Zazwyczaj w danym miesiącu kupuję od pięciu do nawet dziesięciu sztuk komiksów, przez co zaczyna mi brakować miejsca na szafie i muszę chomikować starsze (przeczytane) komiksy w pudłach, porozrzucanych po całym domu. Jednak czasami zdarzają się tytuły, które nie zagrzewają miejsca (bardzo rzadko) w moich skrytkach i zostają szybko upłynnione na takim chociażby OLX. DC Comics: Pokolenia jest takim tytułem, który miałem, ale już nie mam. Jest słaby i nie warty swojej ceny.
Przede wszystkim nie jestem już nowicjuszem ani w świecie DC ani Marvela, a moja wiedza poszerza się z każdą nową pozycją. Mimo to i tak czułem się tutaj zagubiony, bo choć historia jest prosta, to jeszcze jednocześnie pełna luk oraz wtórna. Coś zaczyna dziać się z linią czasu/rzeczywistości. Pewien młodzieniec pojawia się w różnych historiach i zbiera grupę herosów, aby stawić czoła jegomościowi, który stoi za całym zamieszaniem. Niejaki Dominus będzie tu antagonistą.
Zostaje on zarysowany poprzez ukazanie go w pryzmacie do rodziny. W wytworzonym przez siebie świecie przeciwnik próbuje uczepić się własnych pragnień, próbując odtworzyć własną rodzinę. Te ułudy mają dać mu przynajmniej cień tego co stracił. Szkopuł w tym, że jednocześnie obok tych wydarzeń, wróg sprawia, że inne historie z Uniwersum DC zaczynają się rozpadać. Trzeba działać.
Jurgens zaprzęga do roboty szereg herosów, takich jak starodawny Batman (jeszcze z długimi uszami przy kostiumie), Kamandi, Starfire, Sinestro, Booster Gold, Dr. Light, jakąś wersję Supermana czy Steela. Nie ma tu rozwoju postaci, jest tylko widowiskowa (w swoim założeniu) młócka. Krótka, mało angażująca, wtórna. Nie zależało mi tutaj na nikim, bo mimo ogromnego zagrożenia, to nie ma tu wagi tego co się dzieje. Schematy biją po oczach i nie ma tu niczego oryginalnego.
I nie zrozumcie mnie źle, ja lubię kotlety odgrzewane nawet drugi czy trzeci raz (i jestem w stanie wiele wybaczyć, gdy tytuł stara się coś mi dać), ale są one coraz mniej strawne za każdym kolejnym odgrzaniem. Generacje są już niestrawne, mdłe i zwyczajnie nudne. Na uwagę zasługuje zmiana rysownika co kilka stron, co daje miejsce na popis kilku artystom, aczkolwiek... Meh. Nie polecam. Czytałem już znacznie lepszego Jurgensa.
Przede wszystkim nie jestem już nowicjuszem ani w świecie DC ani Marvela, a moja wiedza poszerza się z każdą nową pozycją. Mimo to i tak czułem się tutaj zagubiony, bo choć historia jest prosta, to jeszcze jednocześnie pełna luk oraz wtórna. Coś zaczyna dziać się z linią czasu/rzeczywistości. Pewien młodzieniec pojawia się w różnych historiach i zbiera grupę herosów, aby stawić czoła jegomościowi, który stoi za całym zamieszaniem. Niejaki Dominus będzie tu antagonistą.
Zostaje on zarysowany poprzez ukazanie go w pryzmacie do rodziny. W wytworzonym przez siebie świecie przeciwnik próbuje uczepić się własnych pragnień, próbując odtworzyć własną rodzinę. Te ułudy mają dać mu przynajmniej cień tego co stracił. Szkopuł w tym, że jednocześnie obok tych wydarzeń, wróg sprawia, że inne historie z Uniwersum DC zaczynają się rozpadać. Trzeba działać.
Jurgens zaprzęga do roboty szereg herosów, takich jak starodawny Batman (jeszcze z długimi uszami przy kostiumie), Kamandi, Starfire, Sinestro, Booster Gold, Dr. Light, jakąś wersję Supermana czy Steela. Nie ma tu rozwoju postaci, jest tylko widowiskowa (w swoim założeniu) młócka. Krótka, mało angażująca, wtórna. Nie zależało mi tutaj na nikim, bo mimo ogromnego zagrożenia, to nie ma tu wagi tego co się dzieje. Schematy biją po oczach i nie ma tu niczego oryginalnego.
I nie zrozumcie mnie źle, ja lubię kotlety odgrzewane nawet drugi czy trzeci raz (i jestem w stanie wiele wybaczyć, gdy tytuł stara się coś mi dać), ale są one coraz mniej strawne za każdym kolejnym odgrzaniem. Generacje są już niestrawne, mdłe i zwyczajnie nudne. Na uwagę zasługuje zmiana rysownika co kilka stron, co daje miejsce na popis kilku artystom, aczkolwiek... Meh. Nie polecam. Czytałem już znacznie lepszego Jurgensa.
November 12, 2022
I picked this up thinking it was related to the John Byrne GENERATIONS series. It wasn't directly, but it was clear that Dan Jurgens had read those books and was using some similar concepts.
What wasn't initially clear is WHY there was a Batman in 1939 and in 1985. Why was Starfire in 1983, and Steel in 1993? I mean, we as readers know their publishing history, but why does that mean anything to the characters themselves?
To me, this felt more like a Dan Jurgens' favorite characters created by Dan Jurgens get the spotlight. Booster Gold (the only one I actually like), the Linear Men, Waverider, and the all too forgettable Dominus as the villain. (All of these concepts and characters he explored during his tenure on Superman in the 90's -- none of whom needed resurrection... except Booster.)
This book just felt like a whole bunch of running around for absolutely no discernable reason. Other than the cool costume, why choose the 1939 Batman? His culture shock at being in the future is never explored, so why bother with that iteration?
Just a whole lot of why?
Some of the art is good, coloring is beautiful, but there's no real story and the outcome is lackluster.
I don't recommend.
What wasn't initially clear is WHY there was a Batman in 1939 and in 1985. Why was Starfire in 1983, and Steel in 1993? I mean, we as readers know their publishing history, but why does that mean anything to the characters themselves?
To me, this felt more like a Dan Jurgens' favorite characters created by Dan Jurgens get the spotlight. Booster Gold (the only one I actually like), the Linear Men, Waverider, and the all too forgettable Dominus as the villain. (All of these concepts and characters he explored during his tenure on Superman in the 90's -- none of whom needed resurrection... except Booster.)
This book just felt like a whole bunch of running around for absolutely no discernable reason. Other than the cool costume, why choose the 1939 Batman? His culture shock at being in the future is never explored, so why bother with that iteration?
Just a whole lot of why?
Some of the art is good, coloring is beautiful, but there's no real story and the outcome is lackluster.
I don't recommend.
April 17, 2025
Reality is under threat and it is up to Kamandi to recruit a band of heroes save us.
Kamandi puts together a magnificent seven style group of heroes from different points in time to stop a cosmic entity who is re-writing time for his own personal benefit. While this has been done before, with an interesting enough cast this has potential for a both thrilling story and riviting character tete-a-tetes as the group is fractured, but that doesnt really come to pass. With early year Sinestro and Batman alone you would think you could have some great foreshadowing adventures, but it just doesnt transpire. Jurgens plays it by the numbers as the heroes lurch from one battle to another against the machinations of the fairly pedestrian Dominus.
With no remarkable scenes and a constantly changing art team this comes off as a lacklustre effort and medicore story that never really engages the reader.
Kamandi puts together a magnificent seven style group of heroes from different points in time to stop a cosmic entity who is re-writing time for his own personal benefit. While this has been done before, with an interesting enough cast this has potential for a both thrilling story and riviting character tete-a-tetes as the group is fractured, but that doesnt really come to pass. With early year Sinestro and Batman alone you would think you could have some great foreshadowing adventures, but it just doesnt transpire. Jurgens plays it by the numbers as the heroes lurch from one battle to another against the machinations of the fairly pedestrian Dominus.
With no remarkable scenes and a constantly changing art team this comes off as a lacklustre effort and medicore story that never really engages the reader.
August 17, 2022
A new time God, Dominus, is eating time in order to keep his family in an old-timey pocket of time. Kamadi travels through time gathering heroes just in time to have them scattered across time. This whole thing is pretty pointless, especially since the whole Linearverse thing didn't end up happening after 5G was scrubbed.
January 9, 2026
I’m not saying this is some great piece of writing…but it’s exactly my cup of tea. I love crossovers like this with obscure characters and from all over the lore of a universe. It’s fun and the art is great. Characters and versions of characters who have never met are teaming up and facing a big bad. It’s simple but effective. This stuff gets me excited and I won’t apologize for it. 4.2/5⭐️
January 21, 2023
Basically anything with Waverider and Linear Men gets a 3 to start from me.
This reads like a messier Zero Hour crisis type story, but without any real change.
Some nice character moments, but overall story read as messy to me
This reads like a messier Zero Hour crisis type story, but without any real change.
Some nice character moments, but overall story read as messy to me
April 2, 2023
Jurgens has written a time travel/gather heroes from different places before but this one doesn't seem as strong or clear as his previous ones.
June 6, 2023
Establishes the Linearverse. If you're not familiar with a lot of DC characters, you're probably not going to have any idea what's happening.
October 8, 2023
Really poor intrigue, only saving grace is art
February 8, 2025
Edición argentina en un solo tomo.
November 21, 2025
Really really cool team, boring story, Dominus does Wandavision, unrewarding ending
December 28, 2025
Some great art in places, but the story ends up being pretty unsatisfying.
September 15, 2023
Shattered, ☆☆☆
Forged, ☆☆☆
Forged, ☆☆☆
January 26, 2023
English/Spanish review:
Kamandi goes on a quest to save the Multiverse (again) from a guy named Dominus who just wants a family and that's his excuse to destroy all reality. The boy saves a bunch of random heroes to help him save everything. The story's not worth of reading,nothing special happens apart from a couple of nods of their evolutions and pointless fighting.
Español:
Kamandi emprende una búsqueda para salvar el Multiverso (nuevamente) de un tipo llamado Dominus que solo quiere una familia y esa es su excusa para destruir toda la realidad. El pibe salva a un grupo de héroes al azar para ayudarlo a salvar todo. No vale la pena leer la historia, no pasa nada especial aparte de un par de guiños a la evolución de los personajes y peleas sin sentido.
Kamandi goes on a quest to save the Multiverse (again) from a guy named Dominus who just wants a family and that's his excuse to destroy all reality. The boy saves a bunch of random heroes to help him save everything. The story's not worth of reading,nothing special happens apart from a couple of nods of their evolutions and pointless fighting.
Español:
Kamandi emprende una búsqueda para salvar el Multiverso (nuevamente) de un tipo llamado Dominus que solo quiere una familia y esa es su excusa para destruir toda la realidad. El pibe salva a un grupo de héroes al azar para ayudarlo a salvar todo. No vale la pena leer la historia, no pasa nada especial aparte de un par de guiños a la evolución de los personajes y peleas sin sentido.
February 6, 2024
Mejor lograda en ideas y homenajes que en resultados, pero igual parece que me resultó mucho más agradable que a la mayoría.
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