Secret Files and Origins: Day of Judgment #1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day of Judgment is not Infinite Crisis: Day of Vengeance. I love that later title. It’s the origin story of the team that will become Shadowpact and it’s quite influential in telling of the begins of theCrispus Allen Spectre. It’s also very, very funny.

Day of Judgment is no Day of Vengeance. In this, a group of super heroes with mystical abilities are thrust into a mysterious cornfield and must decide as a group what to do with the mythical Spear of Destiny that’s just fallen into their collective laps. If anyone touches the spear, they become possessed with the ultimate power trip and it kinda steal people’s souls when used to kill- much like Black Knight’s sword in the Marvel Universe.

But when one of these conjurors turns out to be not who they seem, the story turns into Agatha Christies “10 Little Indians” with heroes dropping like flies.

This was a good issue, it just wasn’t what I was expecting. Thankfully, there are dozens of articles providing much needed back story. There is also a couple of shorts that comically explain some of the powers and abilities of characters in this story.

  Though I wasn’t a big fan of this book, I am inspired to go out and find some new titles of some of the characters used in this story. For instance, the character of Faust, the son of Felix Faust was the scene stealer. I am very interested in learning more about him.

Worth Consuming.

Rating 8 out of 10 stars.