geeahna's review
3.75
pretty solid story. surprised it ended how it did actually, I thought the amulet would carry over into year one
trike's review
5.0
I saw this pop up on Hoopla and thought, “How can even the great Tom Taylor pull off a prequel to the astonishing [b:Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year One|19477241|Injustice Gods Among Us Year One - The Complete Collection|Tom Taylor|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1576593941l/19477241._SY75_.jpg|27562216]?” Brilliantly. This is so good it’s almost impossible.
Taylor hooks into all the things that happen in IGAU and explains away any small questions anyone might have, but honestly they weren’t even things I’d considered. Such as, “Where is the rest of the Justice Society in all this?” I just assumed most of them had passed away, since they were all born between 1870 and 1920. Turns out most of them are still around due to time travel and other shenanigans. Which sets up the central conflict of this book: a mind-controlling amulet is used by the Joker to kill people. Which also handily explains why Wonder Woman and Superman fall out so hard with Batman in IGAU: Year One — we see exactly how bad Joker can be, and why he should be executed.
Not only does Taylor deftly link to the existing series, he also tells a cracking good self-contained story. It also has plenty of humor in it, and some of the humorous scenes do double duty: they’re funny in and of themselves, but there’s also darkness behind them because you know what is going to happen to all these people.
The art by Rôge Antônio and Cian Tormey with colorist Rain Beredo is also flat-out terrific. Pure, clear storytelling with plenty of style when the story ramps up. This should be the template for every artist to follow.
Taylor hooks into all the things that happen in IGAU and explains away any small questions anyone might have, but honestly they weren’t even things I’d considered. Such as, “Where is the rest of the Justice Society in all this?” I just assumed most of them had passed away, since they were all born between 1870 and 1920. Turns out most of them are still around due to time travel and other shenanigans. Which sets up the central conflict of this book: a mind-controlling amulet is used by the Joker to kill people. Which also handily explains why Wonder Woman and Superman fall out so hard with Batman in IGAU: Year One — we see exactly how bad Joker can be, and why he should be executed.
Not only does Taylor deftly link to the existing series, he also tells a cracking good self-contained story. It also has plenty of humor in it, and some of the humorous scenes do double duty: they’re funny in and of themselves, but there’s also darkness behind them because you know what is going to happen to all these people.
The art by Rôge Antônio and Cian Tormey with colorist Rain Beredo is also flat-out terrific. Pure, clear storytelling with plenty of style when the story ramps up. This should be the template for every artist to follow.
subhamroxx's review
3.0
This is pretty much a prequel to Injustice and it starts off with the amulet of Apophis being tracked down by the hawks and then its re-emergence and the JSA fighting it and burying it in the ocean and then its eventual coming up again thanks to an old man named Andre who tells this to the Joker and the Joker wants this power and he enlists the help of Black Manta for this and then its him slowly going on the warpath to hunt down the heroes of JL aka JSA and one by one we see them all fall and then the final confrontation when he becomes transformed to the agent of chaos and its him vs JL/JSA but he also made some JSA members disappear and its a fight and one of the best Superman moments ever but he has some even more sinister plans which lead right into Year one perfectly! This was a great story and just shows the dangerous-ness of the Joker and the JSA being slaughtered was wow.. something and like good moments but also great moments for some characters in particular Alan, Harley and Ivy and Clark and Lois! The art was decent but overall a cute=bloody little story before the main Injustice series!
totallyshelfaware's review
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Gaslighting, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship
mcbenzie's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.0
I’ve never been sure about Injustice - the videogame was not my bag. But I do love Tom Taylor’s work and this volume included the JSA, and I’m a sucker for them. It’s a great book, which manages to be hopeful and positive even with the spectre of where Injustice goes hanging over it. While there is violence, the emotional punches are what drive the story and I really liked the characterisation of the main players - including the abusive Joker/Harley relationship, and what’s going on with Harley and Ivy.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Violence, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Blood
pochodnia's review
4.0
to Tom Taylor, więc wszystko, co od niego się wymaga, to jest, ale musiałam odjąć jedną gwiazdkę, bo pozostaje ten gorzki posmak tego, co przyjdzie. Wiadomo, że injustice Superman jest kompletnym ooc, ale przez to ten uwu Superman w tym roku zerowym bije aż za bardzo po oczach.
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