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DC Generations #1
Generations Shattered #1
A threat of cosmic proportion to DC’s newest (and oldest) universe compels one of the most unusual groups 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 time runs out…
79 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 5, 2021
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Dan Jurgens
2,235 books288 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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January 8, 2021
This was decent. Some cool moments and bringing characters all together from different generations is cool. Easy to follow which was a nice surprise. Some art was great, some not so much, the jarring changes every few pages was odd. Will check up the follow-up.
March 21, 2021
A DCU mash-up involving heroes from various decades in the companies history are forced together to save the timeline in a rather entertaining if not uneven "part one" to this time crossed saga.
Using the original Batman who is young, new to the game, lacking utility belt gadgets and wearing purple gloves he ends up representing the 1930's. Sinestro is brought in as the silver age representative when he was actually a member of the Green Lantern Corps. Kamandi, a character of the early 1970's created by Jack Kirby is introduced are 80's heroes Booster Gold ( one cannot do a DC time story without Booster ), Starfire and Doctor Light. Last is Steel from the 90's out of the epic Death of Super-man story line.
The story grew out of a then DC push called 5G to reset the DCU timeline, but that plan was dropped for the current DC Future State initiative ( one I personally detest but that is another story). Kind of a shame that DC didn't go with the 5G idea.
But I am a sucker for a mixed group of heroes and villains joining together for one single cause and I found this book to be pretty enjoyable.
Using the original Batman who is young, new to the game, lacking utility belt gadgets and wearing purple gloves he ends up representing the 1930's. Sinestro is brought in as the silver age representative when he was actually a member of the Green Lantern Corps. Kamandi, a character of the early 1970's created by Jack Kirby is introduced are 80's heroes Booster Gold ( one cannot do a DC time story without Booster ), Starfire and Doctor Light. Last is Steel from the 90's out of the epic Death of Super-man story line.
The story grew out of a then DC push called 5G to reset the DCU timeline, but that plan was dropped for the current DC Future State initiative ( one I personally detest but that is another story). Kind of a shame that DC didn't go with the 5G idea.
But I am a sucker for a mixed group of heroes and villains joining together for one single cause and I found this book to be pretty enjoyable.
January 7, 2021
3.5/5 An interesting follow up to Death Metal. Loved all the different art styles especially.
January 11, 2021
Generation Shattered was a book that had my attention as soon as it was announced. The idea of a team of heroes coming together from various timelines to battle a threat to reality itself just sounded like a DC version of Exiles, a book I love, so I was sold on the concept straight away; but the I saw the line-up for the team and it became so much more intriguing.
The story begins in the distant future, where Kamandi, the last boy on earth, is fleeing from a wave of 'goneness' that's spreading across the world, erasing everything it touches from existence. Rescues at the last second by an elderly Booster Gold and Skeets, who is now a snazzy gauntlet like device that you can wear, Kamandi is sent back through time with the android to recruit a team of heroes to stop this wave from erasing every period of history.
Over the first half of the book we follow Kamandi and Skeets as they try to recruit an army of heroes, something that proves harder than expected as the nothingness wave keeps erasing times and places, and Kamandi makes a few wrong rescues along the way. However, over the course of his travels Kamandi is able to recover seven others to help him on his mission, Super-boy from his time with the Legion of Super Heroes, Starfire from her early days with the Teen Titans, Steel from the Reign of the Supermen era, Booster Gold from when he first came back in time to become a hero, Doctor Light shortly after she became a hero during the first Crisis, Sinestro when he was still a Green Lantern, and Batman from his very first appearance in 1939.
This probably isn't the kind of team that most people would build if given the free reign to do what this book does, and certainly isn't what I'd come up with, but it definitely makes for a very interesting group of people. We have a Batman who is straight out of the pages of his very first appearnace, who's a fish out of water because he's used to the technology of the 1930's. There's a Sinestro who is still a hero, though probably still battling with his own internal demons and his mistrust of the Gauradians of the Universe and their way of doing things. Starfire is still new to Earth and hasn't yet made those friendships and connections that helped to ground her to life on our planet. Booster is an arrogant dick who's only around to make a name for himself and become famous, and isn't the selfless hero that he will one day become.

This is a team of people who are new to what they do, who are heroes, but are inexperienced and unsure, who haven't grown as people, and whilst this means that they might not be the best group of people to set out to try and save reality itself, it does make for some interesting moments.
Sadly, we don't get much time to slow down and really spend time with the characters, despite the issue being 80 pages long. So much of the bulk of the issue is spent with Kamandi gathering his team, and then once they're together they're quickly beset by the villain. Despite the length of the book it really doesn't feel like an 80 page read because of the pace it moves at, and you'll end up getting through it much faster than you realise. Whilst this is good in some ways, as it makes the story move with a sense of urgency, it does leave it feeling lacking in the character development department; but hopefully this is something that will be given more time in later issues of the story.
The book has three writers working on it, Dan Jurgens, Andy Schmidt, and Robert Venditti, and you don't really get much sense of who wrote what parts of it, probably in part due to the fast pace of the narrative. But the book also has twenty artists working on the book. At first glance this seems pretty extreme, and you'd think that this would make the book feel unruly or hard to follow, especially as some of these artists have very different art styles, but the book uses its artists well. Every time the book moves to a different era to see different heroes the art style changes, both to signify that these are different places, but also to act as a nod to the art styles of the times these eras were set. The art styles suit the places where they are used, and really helps to sell the idea that we're travelling through multiple times and places.
Generation Shattered proves to be something of a love letter to the history of the DC Universe, and takes readers on a breakneck roller coaster ride across the comics of the past, filled with nods to things that readers will love. However, its fast pace does act a bit to its detriment as we're never given a chance to slow down and appreciate what we're reading, or to see the characters do much; but as the start of something it's a hell of a first issue, one that definitely gets you pumped to see what comes next.
The story begins in the distant future, where Kamandi, the last boy on earth, is fleeing from a wave of 'goneness' that's spreading across the world, erasing everything it touches from existence. Rescues at the last second by an elderly Booster Gold and Skeets, who is now a snazzy gauntlet like device that you can wear, Kamandi is sent back through time with the android to recruit a team of heroes to stop this wave from erasing every period of history.
Over the first half of the book we follow Kamandi and Skeets as they try to recruit an army of heroes, something that proves harder than expected as the nothingness wave keeps erasing times and places, and Kamandi makes a few wrong rescues along the way. However, over the course of his travels Kamandi is able to recover seven others to help him on his mission, Super-boy from his time with the Legion of Super Heroes, Starfire from her early days with the Teen Titans, Steel from the Reign of the Supermen era, Booster Gold from when he first came back in time to become a hero, Doctor Light shortly after she became a hero during the first Crisis, Sinestro when he was still a Green Lantern, and Batman from his very first appearance in 1939.
This probably isn't the kind of team that most people would build if given the free reign to do what this book does, and certainly isn't what I'd come up with, but it definitely makes for a very interesting group of people. We have a Batman who is straight out of the pages of his very first appearnace, who's a fish out of water because he's used to the technology of the 1930's. There's a Sinestro who is still a hero, though probably still battling with his own internal demons and his mistrust of the Gauradians of the Universe and their way of doing things. Starfire is still new to Earth and hasn't yet made those friendships and connections that helped to ground her to life on our planet. Booster is an arrogant dick who's only around to make a name for himself and become famous, and isn't the selfless hero that he will one day become.

This is a team of people who are new to what they do, who are heroes, but are inexperienced and unsure, who haven't grown as people, and whilst this means that they might not be the best group of people to set out to try and save reality itself, it does make for some interesting moments.
Sadly, we don't get much time to slow down and really spend time with the characters, despite the issue being 80 pages long. So much of the bulk of the issue is spent with Kamandi gathering his team, and then once they're together they're quickly beset by the villain. Despite the length of the book it really doesn't feel like an 80 page read because of the pace it moves at, and you'll end up getting through it much faster than you realise. Whilst this is good in some ways, as it makes the story move with a sense of urgency, it does leave it feeling lacking in the character development department; but hopefully this is something that will be given more time in later issues of the story.
The book has three writers working on it, Dan Jurgens, Andy Schmidt, and Robert Venditti, and you don't really get much sense of who wrote what parts of it, probably in part due to the fast pace of the narrative. But the book also has twenty artists working on the book. At first glance this seems pretty extreme, and you'd think that this would make the book feel unruly or hard to follow, especially as some of these artists have very different art styles, but the book uses its artists well. Every time the book moves to a different era to see different heroes the art style changes, both to signify that these are different places, but also to act as a nod to the art styles of the times these eras were set. The art styles suit the places where they are used, and really helps to sell the idea that we're travelling through multiple times and places.
Generation Shattered proves to be something of a love letter to the history of the DC Universe, and takes readers on a breakneck roller coaster ride across the comics of the past, filled with nods to things that readers will love. However, its fast pace does act a bit to its detriment as we're never given a chance to slow down and appreciate what we're reading, or to see the characters do much; but as the start of something it's a hell of a first issue, one that definitely gets you pumped to see what comes next.
January 6, 2021
This was cool, but really repetitive and doesn't go anywhere. Giving it an extra star for Starfire punching Booster Gold in the mouth.
January 6, 2021
An excellent start to the Future State event. This was a gripping read from start to finish. The details in the art are fantastic. The attention to the shading on Golden Age Batman means he always appears to be from an era specific comic strip. Characters like Booster, Kamandi and Starfire all keep the iconic looks of their creators. There are several artist choices as the story progresses that beautiful compliment the script. To talk about them would be spoiler territory. Dovetails beautifully out of Death Metal’s final issue
January 11, 2021
As someone who’s currently reading issues of the Teen Titans’ runs in the 80s, this was a fun *nudge nudge wink wink* moment. Especially, seeing Terra before the Judas Contract happens and the old-style suits made me giddy. Now, the downside -as other reviews have pointed out as well- was that I would’ve liked to see more cohesion between different art styles because as much as I liked some of them, the changes seemed abrupt at times.
February 13, 2021
Pretty good issue but the art was up and down
January 6, 2021
Farofona dubem.
March 9, 2021
4.5
I've had Generations Shattered but wanted to wait for the conclusion of Death Metal before I started reading it. The premise felt like a lot of fun and considering I collected all the Kamandi 12 issues a few years ago it was refreshing to jump back into that character. DC have had a hard time staying relevant over the last few years and the last event story to really stick the landing was Crisis on Multiple Earths. Most of the comic community know DC aren't the best for the event series but something changed with Death Metal and the line that came after was something interesting and new.
Why the 4.5?
I never read the kindle edition. There's nothing else to click sadly. The issue I read was fun and allowed the events of Dark Nights to reflect what is going on with the central story. Dan Jurgens has managed to make a fun book and after the darkness of Death Metal it's refreshing. It feels more pulpy and more of a high tech version of Bill and Ted. It's interesting to see the different eras of the characters and I hope Jurgens can stick the landing on this two part series. I decided to review these separately as the books are quick heavy and months apart. I have the next part awaiting my collection and I'm eager to finish this one. I recommend it for those who aren't looking to have the central DC storyline pushed along. This is a fun throwback for fans of the previous incarnations of characters.
I've had Generations Shattered but wanted to wait for the conclusion of Death Metal before I started reading it. The premise felt like a lot of fun and considering I collected all the Kamandi 12 issues a few years ago it was refreshing to jump back into that character. DC have had a hard time staying relevant over the last few years and the last event story to really stick the landing was Crisis on Multiple Earths. Most of the comic community know DC aren't the best for the event series but something changed with Death Metal and the line that came after was something interesting and new.
Why the 4.5?
I never read the kindle edition. There's nothing else to click sadly. The issue I read was fun and allowed the events of Dark Nights to reflect what is going on with the central story. Dan Jurgens has managed to make a fun book and after the darkness of Death Metal it's refreshing. It feels more pulpy and more of a high tech version of Bill and Ted. It's interesting to see the different eras of the characters and I hope Jurgens can stick the landing on this two part series. I decided to review these separately as the books are quick heavy and months apart. I have the next part awaiting my collection and I'm eager to finish this one. I recommend it for those who aren't looking to have the central DC storyline pushed along. This is a fun throwback for fans of the previous incarnations of characters.
May 17, 2021
Normally I only collect full trades unless the issues I want aren't collected in a volume.
But as of 2021 DC has been producing extra large issues and miniature sized volumes.
Traditional issue is about 21 pages. Well now 65 page issues have come out.
I Don't think this will mean any big change for me, regular trades is what I want, but I have started experimenting.
Generations Shattered #1 is one of those experiments.
This story ties into Death Metal and I loved all things Death Metal.
Generations Shattered 1 leads into Generations Forged 1... which should be out soon.
This was an exciting enough story that I am very well likely to pick up Forged.
Happily this story focus around less used characters.
The big character is Batman from 1939, outiside that smaller characters like Booster Gold, Steel, Sinestro, Starfire, golden age Superboy, Kamadi, etc.
Like Death Metal we're dealing with time being erased, all of history gone. This story appears to run parallel to the events of Death Metal.
Also we meet a totally new character, one that claims to be time itself... this character has a big suprise ending in the issue that launches is into Forge 1 and hooked me.
So yup I'll probably keep following this story!
But as of 2021 DC has been producing extra large issues and miniature sized volumes.
Traditional issue is about 21 pages. Well now 65 page issues have come out.
I Don't think this will mean any big change for me, regular trades is what I want, but I have started experimenting.
Generations Shattered #1 is one of those experiments.
This story ties into Death Metal and I loved all things Death Metal.
Generations Shattered 1 leads into Generations Forged 1... which should be out soon.
This was an exciting enough story that I am very well likely to pick up Forged.
Happily this story focus around less used characters.
The big character is Batman from 1939, outiside that smaller characters like Booster Gold, Steel, Sinestro, Starfire, golden age Superboy, Kamadi, etc.
Like Death Metal we're dealing with time being erased, all of history gone. This story appears to run parallel to the events of Death Metal.
Also we meet a totally new character, one that claims to be time itself... this character has a big suprise ending in the issue that launches is into Forge 1 and hooked me.
So yup I'll probably keep following this story!
April 4, 2021
"Generations: Shattered" se siente mucho más una "Crisis" a la DC Comics que Death Metal. Quizás sea porque Dan Jurgens es uno de los autores, quizás sea por el fantastico arte de los dibujantes que remiten a lo mejor del post-Crisis/mid 90s. Es épico, hay una conformación de un grupo a enfrentar una nueva amenaza multiversal, pero queda todo en eso. Esta es la primera entrega de 2, y eso hace que anticipe una historia que no alcanzará a desarrollarse y quedará trunca. Generations:Shattered ya no es el lanzamiento de aquella saga "Generations" - de la cual esta entrega sería la número 0, y que concluiria en 5 entregas con la introducción de la 5ta generación de super héroes del Multiverso DC (muchos de los presentados en Future State).
Con esto concluyo que es como comenzar a ver una serie de TV de 13 episodios que de antemano sabes que fue cancelada en el 4to.
Sólo recomendada como un suplemento de escenas eliminadas del Universo DC.
Con esto concluyo que es como comenzar a ver una serie de TV de 13 episodios que de antemano sabes que fue cancelada en el 4to.
Sólo recomendada como un suplemento de escenas eliminadas del Universo DC.
January 13, 2021
We're seeing another cosmic event setting up a new DCU.
Set up in last years' Detective Comics #1027, Kamandi finds himself plucked from his future Earth by an aging DC character as part of a team. The hero tells Kamandi, before possibly dying, that he must continue the mission through various timelines and alternate worlds to gather those necessary.
We get to see various DC heroes and villains, from a number of eras, reluctantly coming together to fight the being who has begun this new 'crisis' to reshape reality.
Dan jurgens, Andy Schmidt and Robert Venditti are credited as co-writers on this story, with dozens of artists contributing pages. This story is continued in the upcoming Generations Forged, which I'm guessing will create the new DC continuity following Future States.
Set up in last years' Detective Comics #1027, Kamandi finds himself plucked from his future Earth by an aging DC character as part of a team. The hero tells Kamandi, before possibly dying, that he must continue the mission through various timelines and alternate worlds to gather those necessary.
We get to see various DC heroes and villains, from a number of eras, reluctantly coming together to fight the being who has begun this new 'crisis' to reshape reality.
Dan jurgens, Andy Schmidt and Robert Venditti are credited as co-writers on this story, with dozens of artists contributing pages. This story is continued in the upcoming Generations Forged, which I'm guessing will create the new DC continuity following Future States.
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February 27, 2021More like "DC's Existential Crisis", amirite? This is story is kind of the forgotten bastard and patch of Death Metal, 5G and Future State.
I'm including Wonder Woman #750, Flash #750, Flash Forward, Detective Comics #1027 and these two Generations books here.
Some interesting retcona and developments occur; I.e. Wonder Woman is the first superhero of the modern age, Wally West gets Dr. Manhattan's powers, etc.
An alternative to the Multiveristy arises, of heroes across multiple timelines and a new concept "The Linearverse" is introduced, which kind of compliments (and possibly contradicts, the Metaverse).
But hey, we are in the prismatic age of the transmedia Omniverse who am I to judge.
I just turned 35 and I should be aging out.
I'm including Wonder Woman #750, Flash #750, Flash Forward, Detective Comics #1027 and these two Generations books here.
Some interesting retcona and developments occur; I.e. Wonder Woman is the first superhero of the modern age, Wally West gets Dr. Manhattan's powers, etc.
An alternative to the Multiveristy arises, of heroes across multiple timelines and a new concept "The Linearverse" is introduced, which kind of compliments (and possibly contradicts, the Metaverse).
But hey, we are in the prismatic age of the transmedia Omniverse who am I to judge.
I just turned 35 and I should be aging out.
August 1, 2021
Kamandi está recrutando heróis de eras editoriais (gerações) diferentes para salvar o universo. Entre eles Superboy/Clark, Lanterna Verde/Sinestro, Estelar, Dra. Luz, Gladiador Dourado, Aço e Batman. Cada um de uma era diferente, um de 1939, outro de 1993, outro do futuro e etc.
Essa é uma ideia interessante que já estava sendo construída pela DC já há algum tempo. Pelo que parece a ideia da DC de tratar sua linha do tempo como se tudo fizesse parte de uma linha do tempo única está cada vez mais madura, onde um personagem de 1938 é o mesmo de 2021 mas de gerações diferentes.
É uma ideia interessante, mas acho que aqui foi mal feito e mal desenvolvido. Tem uma segunda parte, vamos ver se melhora.
Essa é uma ideia interessante que já estava sendo construída pela DC já há algum tempo. Pelo que parece a ideia da DC de tratar sua linha do tempo como se tudo fizesse parte de uma linha do tempo única está cada vez mais madura, onde um personagem de 1938 é o mesmo de 2021 mas de gerações diferentes.
É uma ideia interessante, mas acho que aqui foi mal feito e mal desenvolvido. Tem uma segunda parte, vamos ver se melhora.
February 24, 2025
In the aftermath of another crisis event, heroes from all throughout time are gathering together to stop "the goneness"... or at least try and escape it somehow.
Dan Jurgens gives us story that brings together a bunch of characters from throughout DC's history - and it was interesting seeing these different characters interact with each other. Characters like Kamandi, Booster gold, Sinestro (Green Lantern version), year one Batman, etc... and like I said. I think the best part of the book was watching not just these characters, but the iterations of where these characters are in their history, and how they approached life at that point. And of course, like in any classic comic book using this trope, they don't get along at first, and the "goneness" doesn't get dealt with in any way.
This was a good setup for this type of story, but I feel like its not anything we haven't seen before unfortunately. The story is a series of tropes that works, but again, feels formulaic. However, if you're a fan of older DC heroes, you will probably get a kick out of this.
Dan Jurgens gives us story that brings together a bunch of characters from throughout DC's history - and it was interesting seeing these different characters interact with each other. Characters like Kamandi, Booster gold, Sinestro (Green Lantern version), year one Batman, etc... and like I said. I think the best part of the book was watching not just these characters, but the iterations of where these characters are in their history, and how they approached life at that point. And of course, like in any classic comic book using this trope, they don't get along at first, and the "goneness" doesn't get dealt with in any way.
This was a good setup for this type of story, but I feel like its not anything we haven't seen before unfortunately. The story is a series of tropes that works, but again, feels formulaic. However, if you're a fan of older DC heroes, you will probably get a kick out of this.
January 15, 2021
As DC’s version of Marvel’s Exiles, it does what it needs to setup the journey of the team of heroes from disparate timelines. If you are coming into this book cold without any history about the characters or needing your Who’s Who of the DCU, this book is probably not for you. The one pain point I have with this book is not the writing. It’s the jam style of using a new artist ever few pages. I get that it’s to help convey the different timelines but in some instances, it slowed the book down. Hopefully this is not how the continuation of the story will proceed.
February 24, 2021
I know this was part of DiDio's 5G plan, and Future State is DC's "improved" version, and I use that loosely. It's hard to tell what's in continuity currently, and as nice as it is to bring back some familiar faces, it's still a very wide story which does a lot of talking with not much being said except for re-wording the plot repeatedly.
January 11, 2021
It's like the old Wolfman's Crisis, but without argument.
Good artwork.
Good artwork.
June 7, 2024
Fun but there isn't really much substance. Could have been 5 pages long.
April 7, 2021
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."
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.
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."
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.
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