Recently, DC Comics released "Dark Days: The Forge," one of the prelude issues to their next event that begins in August, Dark Nights: Metal.
A few of us here have read The Forge. It's clearly setting up a mystery, not just across the DC universe, but the DC multiverse, as different characters meet with Batman to chip in on some grand investigation to which only he holds all the pieces.
It's a fun issue, but being the first part of a mystery, it introduces many elements without much clear correlation between them, and to be fair, unless you're well-versed in pre-New 52 continuity, some of it's going to be like "Why did this page seem to focus on the thing in this panel? What is it?" I knew certain items were a big deal, but I needed more DC history-savvy people to tell how they related to
Some comic sites/videos are saying this is pretty much a DC Crisis, though DC has said they're not calling it one because it won't be altering continuity. Fair enough. Future solicits point the way to what this event is going to be, though branded under some stuff that says "aging dad who was really into Zeppelin and Rolling Stones," especially when one goofy cover has the Justice League standing in a way that looks like a hand throwing up the horns.
But I'd argue that's kind of the point here. This is more fun, light-hearted DC story than has gone on in recent years, while still being a multiversal threat from essentially the New 52. Y'know, back when DC wanted every hero to be Batman to increase sales? Well, that's what the antagonists appear to be from the solicits. That said, the solicits have already been a little misleading. The Forge suggested Batman had a secret weapon that would threaten the multiverse, but really he's been investigating a potential threat to the multiverse Sneaky DC.
So for the first issue, Dark Days: The Forge doesn't offer much in the way of what's ahead, but raises a lot of possibilities and has a lot of potential. I promise to keep this one updated, though I won't be reading every tie-in.
A few of us here have read The Forge. It's clearly setting up a mystery, not just across the DC universe, but the DC multiverse, as different characters meet with Batman to chip in on some grand investigation to which only he holds all the pieces.
It's a fun issue, but being the first part of a mystery, it introduces many elements without much clear correlation between them, and to be fair, unless you're well-versed in pre-New 52 continuity, some of it's going to be like "Why did this page seem to focus on the thing in this panel? What is it?" I knew certain items were a big deal, but I needed more DC history-savvy people to tell how they related to
Plastic Man or the Anti-Monitor.
Some comic sites/videos are saying this is pretty much a DC Crisis, though DC has said they're not calling it one because it won't be altering continuity. Fair enough. Future solicits point the way to what this event is going to be, though branded under some stuff that says "aging dad who was really into Zeppelin and Rolling Stones," especially when one goofy cover has the Justice League standing in a way that looks like a hand throwing up the horns.
But I'd argue that's kind of the point here. This is more fun, light-hearted DC story than has gone on in recent years, while still being a multiversal threat from essentially the New 52. Y'know, back when DC wanted every hero to be Batman to increase sales? Well, that's what the antagonists appear to be from the solicits. That said, the solicits have already been a little misleading. The Forge suggested Batman had a secret weapon that would threaten the multiverse, but really he's been investigating a potential threat to the multiverse Sneaky DC.
So for the first issue, Dark Days: The Forge doesn't offer much in the way of what's ahead, but raises a lot of possibilities and has a lot of potential. I promise to keep this one updated, though I won't be reading every tie-in.
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