Schweinehund
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Now that convergence is over, my thoughts on the various weeklies involved
Future's End
World's End
Convergence:
Future's End
Very loose connection to convergence. Some fun writing with the SHADE, Terry's story was somewhat interesting, fifty sue was utterly pointless and the worst part of this weekly. Essentially this was a backdoor introduction to Batman Beyond ongoing. The book could have been way more interesting if it focused on the fallout of the earth 2 war with earth prime, but everything is vague and unfocused. The weekly was lacking the intertwining connection between the various stories that made 52 so great. Future's End wasn't terrible like countdown but wasn't great. I'd only recommend it to diehard Batman Beyond fans.
connections with convergence:
Brainiac prime or whatever tries to take their city at the end and Superman stops him.
It's an alternate future where earth 2 integrates with earth prime instead of finding their own planet like what happened in convergence.
connections with convergence:
Brainiac prime or whatever tries to take their city at the end and Superman stops him.
It's an alternate future where earth 2 integrates with earth prime instead of finding their own planet like what happened in convergence.
World's End
Stronger tie to convergence, continues the story directly from Earth 2. It does this thing that I hate seeing in TV shows and comics where it tells you what's going to happen at the end of the series, but then spends the next 20 issues prolonging it. In comparison to future's end, the story is a lot more focused and cohesive, but the story itself really doesn't have much character development. It's action after action and constantly pounded in your head that Earth-2 is doomed. PG and Huntress finally return but a new slew of characters are introduced through the story, answering some questions. Val-Zod is a solid addition to the story, but at some points I feel like Earth 2 was better off without the trinity, but we've already got them back with Thomas Wayne Batman, Val-Zod Superman and Fury inevitably joining the fold at some point. The story ends up utterly predictable but it still has its moments, particularly with Alan Scott. I felt Jay and Hawkgirl were a bit neglected in favor of PG/Huntress and Batman.
I liked World's End more than Future's End by a mark. It still pales in comparison to 52.
I'd recommend it if you are interested in Powergirl, Thomas Wayne Batman or Dick Grayson, but I have a tough time recommending it to those that are fans of Earth 2. They also totally killed my favorite earth-2 character Amar Khan ;_;. Hopefully with the end of convergence, Earth 2 will have a fresh start without multiversal shit for awhile.
ties to convergence:
Earth 2 characters, duh.
I liked World's End more than Future's End by a mark. It still pales in comparison to 52.
I'd recommend it if you are interested in Powergirl, Thomas Wayne Batman or Dick Grayson, but I have a tough time recommending it to those that are fans of Earth 2. They also totally killed my favorite earth-2 character Amar Khan ;_;. Hopefully with the end of convergence, Earth 2 will have a fresh start without multiversal shit for awhile.
ties to convergence:
Earth 2 characters, duh.
Convergence:
The first 4-5 issues were pretty great in tying up Earth 2's story, but I can't imagine those not in the know finding it interesting by any stretch. However the last 5-8 issues really ramped up, and while I'm not supremely attached to older characters, I don't think anyone can deny the nostalgia bomb of seeing all these awesome characters facing off against each other. Parallax Hal was awesome. It's a bit messy of an event and requires a lot of prior knowledge to fully appreciate it. Telos is such an unneeded character and clearly served as tool for Grayson to develop. Would not be surprised if he's never mentioned again. The ending has my excited for the future, for both Earth 2 and other characters being available for writers to use.
