When I started 52 Vol 4 I was ever-so-slightly fatigued. This isn’t too surprising, considering that the 52 story is told in real time over 52 weeks (one year). Compressing a year’s worth of story into a little more than a week might not necessarily be the best way to go about reading this... On the other hand, it’s so very addictive!I’ve re-read the whole of 52 as part of my 2014 graphic novel binge. Volume 4 obviously concludes the saga with weeks 40 through 52.The writers pull a number of sur...

Satisfying conclusion to the series. I felt greatly educated, by the end of it, of all the (relatively) minor DC Universe characters that I hadn't yet encountered, given that my exposure to the mainstream titles had been through Wonder Woman and Gotham-based books (oddly, I never read a lot of Batman titles. I did read a lot of Catwoman and Gotham PD books.)Story-wise, the reveal with Sobek was a moment of "Holy shit, I can't believe they did that in a mainstream title!" Ditto for the bit with I...

Awsome event\Project\series. Although it is heavily embedded in the old DC's continuety, it is such a fun read.

Summary: too bad about the never-say-die multiverse addiction at DC. Dibny's story? Awesome. Week 43 Day 1? Like a five-year-old wrote it.Black Adam's finale was not written by that five-year-old, and works much better.And the build-up to the final climax? Cool. I felt like I participated in something actually pretty wondrous.Too bad about bringing back the multiverse tho. Seems like DC is just addicted to its easy outs - the many, many variations on the same themes that make it so easy to expla...

In this book, every page I turned was more amazing than the last.

This was an awesome serie but the landing doesn't totally stick for me. The art is much poorer in those last issues too.

Five stars for this volume, five stars for the series as a whole.I think this series has more character development than any series I've ever read. Kate Kane, Ralph Dibny, Natasha Irons, John Henry Irons, and especially Booster Gold and Renee Montoya. It's all great and really well-written.I highly recommend this series to anyone who loves superhero comics. And what would you expect when you're reading something by Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, and Mark Waid? And Keith Giffen's breakd...

The task of putting together such a massive, complex series as a weekly comic must have been a daunting nightmare. That five of the top tier DC writers/artists: Geoff Johns, Mark Waid, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, and Keith Giffen came so close is impressive. But it started to fall apart in volume three, and it never quite recovered.The pacing of this volume didn't work for me. Interesting storylines were ended too quickly while what seemed like filler stories: mainly the Animal Man in space, and...

This is serious silly business. And I appreciate the effort involved here. I had lost track of some of the narrative threads by the time I finished TPB 4, but that seems inevitable given the ambitious publishing arc with the dozens of characters. All in all I'd say that I have a newfound appreciation and interest in the DC universe of this era after reading "Identity Crisis" and now this series.

I wasn't sure about this series as it intentionally focused on more supporting characters in the DC Universe (no Batman or Superman)in the year following the events of Infinite Crisis. However, the characters they selected proved complex and their storylines compelling. Unfortunately, like almost all of these special events, nothing ultimately happens or at least nothing really changes that can't be unchanged to suit writers' needs/lack of imagination.

The best part, as in the other three volumes, is Renee's story. I especially liked her team-up with Dick. They should work together more often, especially with Kate. I did like the John Henry Irons/Everyman storyline. Way to make things interesting, Lex.I felt bad that Kory was stuck in such an uninteresting plotline, and I disliked the island of mad scientists, but the thing that kept me from truly loving this book was Black Adam's story. Ugh. I really wanted his redemption to stick and I reall...

A very good ending to 52. The Black Adam and Question storylines were the strongest throughout and remain strong until the last issue. Some plotlines end earlier than others, and not all of them directly connect. That’s okay because there’s a sense of finality when the series is over. This volume has some great moments: Steel’s fight with Luthor, Diana’s conversation with Renee, and the scene between Booster and Blue Beetle to name a few. Speaking of the final issue: it’s a little choppy and rus...

You know the feeling when you finish a TV series, or movie saga you really love? That empty feeling of utter despair that this beautiful thing you love so much has come to an end, fused with the complete satisfaction that it was everything you ever wanted it to be. As i finished the last few pages of this book it hit me like a ton of bricks, my 52 journey has ended. This is to me, the perfect example of what a comic series should be. It had mystery, action, suspense and a whole load of ambition

A good ending for 52. The plot lines for the Question and Black Adam were quite strong, while the rest were enjoyable, with the possible exception of the Elongated Man storyline, which very abruptly ended after a long snipe hunt.Overall, 52 was a terrific concept carried off well. Sadly, DC was never able to duplicate it successful. Countdown was an absolute train wreck, Trinity was dull, and then when Brightest Day showed hope, the universe was abruptly rebooted, leaving it entirely moot.But 52...

THE SERIESThis tale follows a “missing year” in the DC Universe after the groundbreaking “Infinite Crisis” story (see my review for that one) which was one of the bestselling graphic novels for the 2006 year. Note that "Final Crisis" follows after this and was published in 2009.52 asks the questions who takes the role of the most popular superheroes (Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman) when they step down from their roles? There are a list of vying superheroes trying to make a name for themselves...

52 is a great example of never meet your heroes. Because this is a series I have praised up and down since it initially came out in issues. It had a way of creeping up on me. And to my high school self this was very much a seminal, important work in comics at the time. I'd never read anything like it, and by the end the series had left me satisfied, satiated, and impressed.Now that I'm like... ten years older, this series leaves me underwhelmed. There are issues all over this, none more glaring

The 52 project was so huge that I didn't feel like I could give a decent review after any given volume. How to review what is, really, just a small part of a much bigger story? Now that I've finished all 52 issues, I can give a sort of post-mortem. There are so many storylines, and so much to wrap up, that the last 13 issues had huge events nearly every other issue. It certainly kept me reading. This was the only one of the 52 trades that I read all in one sitting. For the most part, I was prett...

That was quite the read. A lot of ups and downs. A lot of feels.I must say that I really liked the story, although I found it a little odd. (Though, it is a comic, so it's bound to be a little strange.)Black Atoms story I found really interesting and rather feelsy. I also liked that not everything was wrapped up in the end. There is still a lot to explore in the story (which I am going to do.)It was also pretty cool to see Rip Hunter play a major role in this. I found myself comparing him to how...

Oh, how I loved this series. I am a little sad to finally read the last one. The artwork was phenomenal, the story was gripping, and the layouts and plotlines were seamless - even for one easily confused as I. What a dream team of writers. I'm late to the party, because this came out on 2007, but I am happy to see the DC 'multiverse' back. Mark Waid writes in the comments that the line 'welcome home' is his favorite in the series. He says, "'Home,' both to us as writers and to our characters, is...

I would rate this volume 3.5 rather than 4 stars, mostly because many issues are taken up with big plot summation dialogue. I understand why, given the number of threads that had to be tied up and the limited amount of space they had to do it, but it still was a bit repetitious to have so many expository scenes so close together.That aside, it was still a fun ride and well worth my time and money. As a Bat-fan it was nice to see the early adventures of Batwoman (even if some of the back story he...