52 and Finished
Completed the DC weekly series 52 today.
By no means was it bad, and there were a number of character threads I liked. But it spectacularly failed at doing what it originally set out to do – explain what happened during the “missing year” in the DC Universe – and it wasn’t able to contain all of the plot threads it did start, requiring some miniseries and specials to handle the spillover. And the big finale involved time travel and someone eating dimensions in order to create alternate realities, which may have set up an interesting new status quo but as a story resolution itself left something to be desired.
Still, I’m glad I read it, and equally glad I’m not going anywhere near DC’s current weekly series, Countdown.
About Dave Thomer
Born and raised in Philadelphia. Studied philosophy at Fordham University in the Bronx, where I made many great friends and met my wonderful wife. We moved back to Philadelphia, where I studied philosophy some more and became a teacher. Online and off, I'm looking for ways that we can be better citizens and build stronger communities.