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[This review was first published on Patreon.]
WRITER: Daniel H. Wilson
ART: Jorge Jimenez
COLORS: John Rauch
LETTERS: Travis Lanham
COVER: Jorge Jimenez with John Rauch
VARIANT COVERS: Paulo Siquera and Cam Smith with Hi-Fi
32pp, Color, $3.99 U.S. (August 2015)
Rated “T” for “Teen”
“Planetfall”
Earth-Two began as a parallel universe to the mainstream DC Comics continuity. Earth-Two first appeared in The Flash #123 (cover date: September 1961). DC established Earth-Two during the 1960s as a way to explain how DC characters who had adventures in the 1940s could still be in their 30s in contemporary comics, with contemporary then being the 1960s. Why was Batman still a young man in the 1960s when he had adventures in the 1940s? Well, the Batman of the 1940s lived on Earth-Two. The Batman of the 1960s lived on Earth-One, the modern or mainstream DC Universe.
Over the decades, the idea of Earth-Two changed. Now, Earth-2 is about the world where the survivors of a war rebuild with the help of younger superheroes. That is the setting of the new “DCYou” series, Earth 2: Society. The series is written by Daniel H. Wilson (Earth 2: World's End), drawn by Jorge Jimenez (Earth 2: World's End, Arrow), colored by John Rauch, and lettered by Travis Lanham.
Earth 2: Society #1 (“Planetfall”) opens in New Gotham, the first city of Earth-2. Batman is on the trail of Terry Sloan, a man of secrets pursued by many. But it is an anxious time for the survivors of Earth-2’s war with Apokolips, who find themselves on a new world. What are the intentions of Green Lantern, who seems different? A flashback to “planetfall” may answer questions or simply raise more.
OK, my plan was to review all the new “DCYou” titles, but Earth-2: Society is the kind of comic book that makes me reconsider that. Issue #1 is not bad, or particularly good, for that matter. Perhaps, the point of the new “DCYou” is that not every book is created with “you” or me in mind. That Earth-2: Society is not made for me is (if you will) no skin off my nose.
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Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux
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