Earth 2: World's End: Volume 2 Review

Finished reading Earth 2: World's End: Volume 2, this brings the adventures of Earth 2 to a conclusion as Darkseid and the forces of Apokolips begin their final push of the destruction of Earth. The book opens up with Darkseid returning to his throne as he is debriefed by the Court of Apokolips and Big Barda. While back on Earth Power Girl, Val Zod, Batman, Superman and Red Tornado are inside Desaad's laboratory where he has been making clones of Superman and just turned Huntress into the newest Fury of Apokolips who joins the rest of the Furies in their battle with the Avatars of the Earth. As all of this is happening the newly pemoted commander of the World Army Sonia Sato after the mission with Mister Mirricale, Mr Terrific, Sandman and Fury fails when Terry Sloan rigged their transport with a bomb leading to Commander Khan to sacrifice himself while on a failed attempt on Darksied's life with the transport, the population of the world head underground to shelter from Apokolips. During the final push of Apokolips' forces as the heroes of Earth try to defend the planet Commander Sato prepares to evacuate the population of the Earth as the recently recovered Huntress and Batman travel the remains of the world to find this Earths Oliver Queen who is in possession of Bruce Wayne's doomsday contingency plans that could help the survivors of Earth rebuild a new world. Overall this was a good book as it brings an end to the story with Darkseid and Apokolips that has been the main back drop of this series and the main Earth 2 series since the beginning of the New 52. The action set pieces are great as each artist helps to show off each character's powers and abilities throughout the many fight scenes in the book. While the the character moments are great as Huntress and Batman finally get the chance to sit and talk about their relationship as the current Batman is her grandfather Thomas Wayne not her father Bruce Wayne. Additionally the internal narration by Green Lantern is incredibly interesting as he deals with an upgrade on his powers by the Parliament of the Earth and losing his fiancée for the second time in order to have a fighting chance to save the world. What lets the book down though is the uneventful ending of the book as it doesn't have a solid conclusion, leaving the story widely open for more even though the book is the end to the series. 7/10.