While Superman’s Justice League are busy gathering captives in a jail called “The Gulag”, Batman enters into a pack with the MLF until he learns of Luther’s plans to gain controls of the world by having Captain Marvel kill Superman. All the while, Lex Luthor organized his own “Mankind Liberation Front”. Batman, who believes Superman ideals are outdated, forms his own group of non super powered heroes. Superman tries to reform the Justice League. Superman also discovers that in one of the battles, the heroes where attacking Parasite who panicked and tore apart Captain Atom, destroying the state of Kansas.
He enters a world where supervillians no longer exist and superheroes fight among themselves without any regard to the mortals around them.
Superman is coaxed back into action by Wonder Woman, a decade after he retreated. However, McCay meets the Spectre who recruits McCay to bear witness to the upcoming apocalypse. McCay is also good friends with Wesley Dodds, the original Sandman and the nightmares which aided Dodds fighting crime are transferred to McCay who is convinced he is going insane. The narrator of the story is preacher Norman McCay who is suffering from a crisis of faith. The appalled Superman retreats into his Fortress of Solitude failing to realize his importance as a constant inspiration to the world and its heroes. But Magog has nothing to worry about, he was acquitted by the jury in the cold blooded murder he committed. The story takes place in the future, the Joker, on his last murderous rampage, massacred the staff of the Daily Planet (including Lois Lane, Jimmy Olson and Perry White) and was killed by a new superhero named Magog. Norman McCay, the Spectre (in background), Green Lantern. Clockwise from top: The Ray, Red Robin, Superman, Wonder Woman, Hawkman, Power Woman, Rev.
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Kingdom Come is one of the most important series in the DC universe, to which the affects can still be felt to this day. Through Norman McCay, a human, the reader experiences the story as an all-seeing spirit with a touch of philosophy, sophistication and intelligence. Alex Ross’ characters jump from the page and his style of photo realism works amazingly well in a universe where everyone is dressed in tights.Įxamining Communism, police states in broad strokes this book asks many questions which are contemplated but left unanswered. The artwork, as mentioned before, is absolutely amazing.
The heroes need to enforce peace, yet embrace violence to do so What limit does one put upon oneself when fighting in the name of peace. The authors of this book wrote an multiple layered story examining politics, ideals, success and failures while the battle between the old and the new guard takes place. They are, in fact, so complex that a separate guide of characters had to be created. The artwork is breathtaking, which shows almost every DC character that has existed before 1990, the gauche paintings could be looked at for hours. The story is complex and has multiple layers upon layers opened to interpretation by the reader. Kingdom Come by Mark Waid ( website) and Alex Ross ( website) was the mega comic book event of the 1990’s. Through the Man of la Book Affiliate Account Purchase Absolute Kingdom Come from Amazon