Earth 2: Worlds End: Volume 1 Review

Finished reading Earth 2: Worlds End: Volume 1, this spins out of the DC Comics New 52 Earth 2 series as writers Daniel H. Wilson, Marguerite Bennett and Mike Johnson continue of Earth 2 and its population as they deal with the final assault of Apokolips and its forces. The book opens with a recap of the history of Earth 2 of how the events of the Earth have lead the characters into the situations they find themselves in now. In Geneva Power Girl and Huntress find themselves back on their home as the two meet up with this worlds team of heroes when the fire pits on the planet start to become active leading to the four Furies of Apokolips to come through. The heroes then split up with Flash, Hawkgirl and Dr Fate heading to London to confront the Fury of Famine, Green Lantern flys to Rio after the Fury of Pestilence, and Queen Marella of Atlantis is met with an army of dead Atlanteans in the control of the Fury of Death, as the rest of the heroes temporary defeat the Fury of War in order to investigate the fire pit the Fury came from. As the team of Val-Zod Superman, Thomas Wayne Batman, Huntress, Power Girl and Red Tornado investigate the fire pit, Green lantern is called by the Green itself who tells him and Solomon Grundy that they must find the other Avatars of the Earth to help protect the world. While in Amazonia the World Army try to devise a plan to fight back against Apokolips itself with the assistance of Mister Miracle, Big Barda and Fury while on the ground Dick Grayson, his wife Barbara, their son and citizens in the Chicago refugee camp are faced with the problems the population of the world face during Apokolips' attack on Earth as they are eventually noticed by John Constantine who as found himself on a different world to his own. Overall this was a good book as it continues the overarching story that has been happening during the main Earth 2 series. The changing artwork within the book works surprisingly well as it changes to a different location with other characters of the story which helps to distinguish each part of the overarching story from each other. The action is great as the design of the action and fight scenes showcase each characters fighting skills with the heroes fighting against the hordes of Parademons and Superman clones while the choreography of the furies fighting style are stunning especially the Fury of War's as the art shows off the brutality in her fight against the heroes. The refugee camp story with Dick and Barbara Grayson is great as the focus on how the citizens of Earth 2 deal with the attack of Apokolips along with introducing alternative versions of well known characters into a different satous quo while the story featuring Mister Miracle, Big Bada and Fury is amazing as it further develops characters that have only small appearances before as Mister Miracle's journey through the book is one of the most captivating stories as the interactions he has between the World Army members, Fury and Darkseid are some of the best in the book. What lets the book down is the little bits of discontinuity like the name of Dick and Barbara Grayson son as it changes from Johnny at the beginning of the book to Tommy for the rest of the book. 7/10.