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It's the year 2030 and it's time to see what the Suicide Squad and Amanda Waller are up to in the future and if that wasn't enough, we also get to find out what the Justice Legion Alpha are up to in the 853rd Century...... or more accurately as far as the title, find out what's going on with Black Adam of that era. Let's see if these stories feel important to the rest of Future State or if they're just out there doing their own future-y thing. Let's check it out.
It's the year 2050 and Mark Russell has brought back Lexor, the planet ruled by Lex Luthor and in this issue, we'll see the trials and tribulations of trying to get this planet ruled by a villain into the protection of the United Planets. Now, that doesn't sound all that remarkable but don't jump to conclusions just yet because maybe Lexor has more going on for it than the premise of this story would suggest. Let's jump into this issue and check it out.
Written By: John Ridley
Art By: Laura Braga, Arif Prianto
Letters By: Clayton Cowles
Cover Price: $7.99
Release Date: January 19, 2021
*Non Spoilers and Score At The Bottom*
The Next Batman book started off with an interesting issue but there are a ton of ways that we can still improve. The biggest hurdle that this book has to overcome is the high price. DC has to deliver in order for their customers to justify buying in on these books, especially if they are considering getting two or more issues. However, there are definitely some interesting ideas that are being expressed in this book and I’m legitimately interested in where the story will take us. So, let’s jump into this new issue and see where they want to take us.
Let's jump to the year 2029 and see what Billy Batson is up to two years after the Teen Titans and he took on the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse..... as seen in Future State: Teen Titans... Hopefully, the future has been kinder to our Mightiest Mortal than it has to the rest of the DC Universe because you'd just hate to see something bad happen to the Big Red Cheese... Yeah, don't expect anything bright or hopeful here, let's jump into this issue and check out just how dark things have become for our hero.
Written By: Tom King
Art By: Clay Mann, Tomeu Morey
Letters By: Clayton Cowles
Cover Price: $4.99
Release Date: January 19, 2020
*Non Spoilers and Score At The Bottom*
This new series got off to a somewhat bumpy start. There are three different stories all being told in tandem and while one of them is distinct enough, the other two are so similar that there were several scenes that I had to return to in order to realize that they were part of the other timeline. That said, there were some very interesting things that were being done in this book with those timelines. I’m honestly interested in where the stories will be going. However, the biggest point of this series comes down to Tom King. He has seemingly been given free rein over this book so if you weren’t a fan of his beforehand, I highly doubt you will enjoy this series at all. It was a bit heavy-handed even for me. However, perhaps this new issue will lure readers back in. We won’t find out unless we jump in, so let’s do just that.
