Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Cosmic Odyssey, Book 1: Discovery


Cosmic Odyssey (1988-1989) #1A
After centuries of scheming and searching, the Anti-life Equation has finally been found. Fortunately, it wasn’t Darkseid who discovered it. Unfortunately, it caused Metron to have his brain fried. Even worse, an anti-matter entity that powers the equation has become aware of our universe and is targeting it for destruction.

Yes, this seems an awful lot like Crisis on Infinite Earths. Only, there’s no multiverse and the whole crisis is framed as if it was the result of interference from the New Gods.

The thing that makes this title very different is that an alliance is formed between mortal enemies Darkseid and Highfather. To combat this threat, they recruit a team of superheroes that include Superman and John Stewart.

Wait a minute… That happened in Crisis, too. Well, I realized this after reading this book and it didn’t bother me. I love New Gods stuff and this book doesn’t disappoint. Adding to the formula is early work by one of my all-time fav artists, Mike Mignola. That’s worth the cover price alone and makes this volume very much.

Worth Consuming.

Rating: 10 out of 10 stars.

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