Bump if you're reading.
>>152698061>omega crownCan't decide if cool or lame
All this effort and it just turns out to be another slapfight, exactly the same as every capeshit fight ever
>>152698088>Whenever Harley is offscreen, people must ask : Where is Harley?
>>152698032ayo
And that's it. If you liked this, support your LCS or whatever.
>>152698123>Absolute CrisisWhy'd you have to go there
>>152698044hello Doomsday Clock
>>152698123Enough fucking CRISISES for fucks sake.At this point the Big Two just need to die.
>>152698103Possible bait for Alfred Wayne to see other Batmen>>152698123NigshitI had enough of this.
>>152698123>Absolute crisis OH FUCK OFF DCI>>152698119>we only get a glimpse of earth 3>Ultraman's a zombie nowCome on, why can't we have a big event around earth 3 again?
>>152698123yeah no fuck off
>SUPAHMAN IS DA MOST SPESHUL BOI AN HE LOVES AND CREATES DA WORLD>CRISIS MOAR CRISIS HAHA CRISISJesus Christ, who pays for these things? They're all the exact same thing over and over.
>>152698028It's kind of nice to know that this is the last event book I'm ever going to read again, I'm shutting the book on the entire concept now, there hasn't been a good event book in like 20 years from either company.
>>152698123They really have nothing else to fall back on do they?
>>152698131Thanks anon, gonna be honest, DC sucks at drawing fights, so they can only make thing interesting by calling back to stories people actually liked from like 20, 30 years ago. I recommend reading Luther Strode for cool fights
>>152698279Do what Prime did and close the book.
>>152698119>pandoraI was sure we were done with that fucking bitch after Forever Evil just forgot that she was part of the story.
>>152698287How are they talking so much in such a short span of time
>>152698123Dc has been good for some time
>>152698056Did Superman just kill Lex?
>>152698056>Lex gets cucked outta dueling darkseidlmao.
>>152698132>>152698137>>152698147>>152698220>>152698229>>152698279>>152698284no one cares what jaded, 30+ year old faggots thinkUltimate Crisis sounds fucking hype
>>152698375>Actual shills on /co/
>>152698378DC has unironic shills working here, and has done so for ages. Marvel has Disney money, so they can continue trashing and burning their books without repercussions. Every single DC storytime will have these vague, AI-sounding posts of approval no matter what else. Contrast that with Marvel storytimes which have the usual anon comments filled with negativity (most often deserved so). DC has shills here, period.
>>152698375>Nigger faggot How much of a virgin are you?
>>152698078An actual slapfight would have been more interesting than who picks up the best powerup
>>152698119Didn't Doctor Manhattan blow up Pandora?
>>152698123Genuine garbage. This event is the worst Snyder slop. Genuinely what was the point? It was sold as a tournament arc, but there's barely any fights (they got relegated to crappy tie-ins), it's full of the worst kinds of ass-pulls and deus ex machinas, there is no logic, there are no underdogs punching above their weight, it has the same fucking ending as Death Metal and it ends as basically just an ad for DC's 2026 books.Why did Lex win last issue just to ba taken out immediately in this one? Why didn't anybody keep the items they won in issue #2? Why didn't they keep their forms from the Fight Months tie-ins? Just simple shit that would have improved this event.And it ends on the promise this was all leading up to...a rehash of Crisis on Infinite Earths. Like the sixth or seventh one DC has done. Because rehashing Moore, Morrison and Wolfman/Perez are the only things DC knows how to do. They even already did a Crisis event with Darkseid as the villain.
>>152698375>sounds fucking hypeYou're black
>>152698375I hope the $15 Waffle House coupon and getting fondled by Jim Lee was worth the effort it took to write that post.
>>152698428why can't we have a Crisis event around let's say, Earth 3? You know, a full blown invasion from them, an exploration of all the counterparts we haven't seen. that would be fun instead of this. they even botched the homelander fight for fucks sake!
>>152698039It was ME, Clark! I shit your pants!
>>152698056Why does Luthor look like fucking Nimrod in that suit lmao, all that cosmic power and he can't get the size of his drip right
>>152698056I don't get it
>>152698088So uhhhhhhhhhhh Harley is technically a cosmic level character, now???
>>152698041>WE MUST BE BETTER MEN
>>152698375I'm not jaded, I love the absolute line and am buying a ton of DC, I just think event books are shit.
>>152698094>>152698095>I was given the opportunity to make a bright happy world>Instead I'll...make a bright happy worldHuh?
>>152698470I think so? They have been saying she's getting new powers after this event, but the copy was written in her voice and wasn't very clear what that means.
Why didn't Superman just use his newfound power to stop the war in Iran? Is he stupid?
>>152698488I feel sick, then. She should have never left the cartoon.
>>152698041>>152698044Really?
>>152698496The cartoon character at this point is just a completely different person, there is almost no through line in design or personality.
>>152698492Uhhhhh because Darkseid is like Super Iran, so stopping him is more important
>>152698492It happened after this
Why even bother with the New Gods as a concept when DC is just going to give Darkseid to hacks who will use him like in Darkseid War or Dark Crisis or this shit?
I miss days of Blackest Night
>>152698428>>152698442Honestly, yeah, you could do a fun Crisis event with some new threat or some older threat rising up. But it's always Anti-Monitor, Darkseid or some other character who was in COIE.
>>152698563The most insulting/hilarious fallout from all this is that in a comic nobody cares about or remembers, they actually made Highfather (previously Darkseid's chief opposition) retire.
>>152698088>Harley leading the charge with Bats and WWShe's one of my favourite comic characters, but holy fuck am I sick of seeing her in everything now.
>>152698705>She's one of my favourite comic charactersFuck you, stop being part of the problem.
>>152698123I was promised a Shonen Tournament Arc and was given the same old Crisis rehash instead0/10
>>152698428Adding to this, the thing that bothers me about all these DC events (not just KO but also Doomsday Clock, Metal, Death Metal, Dark Crisis, Absolute Power) is that the writers just never seem to have any interest beyond 101 superhero comics and narratives.So you always end up with SUPERMAN (or Wonder Woman or Nightwing or whoever) SAVES THE DAY THROUGH THE POWER OF HOPE AND FRIENDSHIP AND LEGACY. There is also usually some metanarrative that's entirely about DC Comics itself. Every fucking time. Heroes in Crisis is shit, the mystery plot Is poorly thought-out, the art is bad, it's character-assasination and all that. But that shit story at least tried to be about something. It utterly failed, but at least it's memorable in that regard. Who remembers any of these big DC events 2 months after they end?
>>152698044Johns and Morrisson are laughing right now that Omnipotent OmniPresent and Symbol of metaverse and hypecrisis hope superman is canon
>>152698088Alexa Bliss is obviously laughing at this
>>152698806>sacrificed all of that to gently bump Darkseid back into his centre of power, where he reigns supreme and absolute over all of historyI think Darkseid won Hypercrisis desu, the Absolute line selling well is just proof of that.
Marvel employees seething hard in this thread i see, ended up better than doomwank.>>152698878Only for now, Absolute exists to to bring order to DC, but for Marvel
>>152698474Doomsday was TEACHING Superman
So how long has DC been building up to this? They started doing stuff with Darkseid shortly after Batman who laughs, then he was a puppet by during dark crisis. But what happened after that >>152698300Last time we saw her she got vaporized by Dr Manhattan
>>152698428>kinds of ass-pulls and deus ex machinas, there is no logic, there are no underdogs punching above their weightYeah sounds like a tournament arc >>152698442Because an invasion from Earth 3 wouldn't be a crisis. A crisis is a reality shaking event
>>152699010>Because an invasion from Earth 3 wouldn't be a crisis. A crisis is a reality shaking eventThats why comics are shit, people only care about shallow raising of 'stakes' that literally mean nothing in the end.
>>152699019It's been that way since crisis on infinite earths
>>152698041BETTERMANsdayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!
>>152698478Subtle difference. I think he’s saying instead of shaping the future how he wants it to be, he’s spreading the power wildly through the Big Bang, so that all the other characters are free to shape it for themselves.Benevolent God vs “I leave it to you”
>>152698094This halo crown looks gay and ass at the same time
>>152698095Were the black people at Clark?#DCsoWhiite
What was even the point of the tournament in the end if the plot was gonna manoeuvre Superman into that role?>>152698123Is this how DC is gonna fumble what they have going with the Absolute line lolThey must be aware that people don't like this, Snyder had to step in and reassure everyone that this event wouldn't interfere with those books after people got spooked that they would be
>>152699121>Is this how DC is gonna fumble what they have going with the Absolute line lolIt is a coinflip between this or Jokerwank
>>152698442>Earth 3? You know, a full blown invasion from themWasn't that literally the plot of Forever Evil?
This is the goofiest shit>>152698105>>152698110Anyone know what this is about?
>>152698095No black people, huh Clark?
>>152699135Forever evil was honestly bad, and only partially. We only ever see the mainline Crime syndicate. What i'd envision is a full blown invasion with all of earth 3's villains (The equivalent of the full justice league)Something that actually explores earth 3's culture/villains and what happened to the good counterparts of prime earth's villains.Also rename Johnny quick, superwoman and power ring those names are absolute ASS
>>152699140That "history of the dc universe" book used Barry writing a current timeline as a framing device, I think this is playing on that.
>>152698095Who is the dude between Clark and Kyle?
I have Darkseid fatigue, can Orion hurry up and kill him already
Also does this mean that TTDoomsday is dead """""for good""""?
>>152698878Turns out the secret is being the better fanfic writer.
>>152699147>What i'd envision is a full blown invasion with all of earth 3's villains (The equivalent of the full justice league)Already happened
>>152698597Just like Odin in Thor comics, ruin the status quo for no purpose but to pretend things are changing
>>152699157Tomorrow Man.He’s showing up this month in Superman Unlimited.
>>I know how tempting it is in dark times to embrace omega>to seek safety>to look to the old ways or some familiar saviort. embraced safe old familiar savior>>152698478>God Supes solves the setting, rendering all heroism pointless>God Supes soft reboots the setting, saying "Everyone is Equally important. Everyone's Voice matters. I am Listening to You. ... and that's why evil existing is a good thing."It does read like gibberish. Even the Supewank of him being the biggest and the bestest that ever did is kind of ruined by him deciding to... not save the day... because if it's not everyone else saving the day, he doesn't see the point of saving people?>>152698322Anime ain't gotta explain sheeit
>>152698428>>152698723>>152699121>American comics doing tournament arcWe should have known it was not gonna work, after X of Swords.But at least XOS turned the tournament arc into a bunch of Fae Bullshit, which is perfect for Otherworld. This was just cop out after cop out.
>>152699051>so that all the other characters are free to shape it for themselves....>>152698088>Lex (who literally just betrayed him)>Lobo (who, last I checked, is evil)>Cheetah (fuck you I see you in the back come out of there)>Star Sapphire (infamous crashout + obstacle to Hal's true love, Sinestro)>Harley (known child murderer)I think Superman made the wrong decision, anon.>>152699329It reminds me of the end of Death Metal, in which Wonder Woman asked everyone to die fighting Batkek not because Batkek is a cunt who shouldn't win, but apparently because martyrdom and multiverses is ontologically good? I liked the part where she spouted her multiverse schizobabble at Superboy Prime, he fucked wrecked her, and then she just gave up and went "What would Superman do?" and that's what made him help the good guys, not her nonsensical multiverse-based morality that is just Snyder putting in an ad for DC's new direction
Just give superboy prime already
Multiverses are setting and writing cancer, just like time travel.
>>152698044"I promise I'll win!">>152698090"Fuck it. I hate winning now."
>>152698061>dong ding>who what
Surely having some less popular character feature more prominently in one of these would endear them to newer readers instead of just the endless cycle of batsuperwank
>>152699495B-b-but the toy sales...The movie synergy...
>>152698123
>>152699527Superman isn't really toyetic
>>152698088>Harley QuinnThe way this fucking character just ruins any sort positive in this
>>152699495Yeah, but DC is dumb
>>152699601She's so fundamentally obnoxious and performative that despite being a reasonably attractive blonde woman, I want her off the page.
>>152698119>PandoraEww. Whatever happened to Cyborg's girlfriend from that whole Flashpoint/New 52 era, Element Woman? She was fun, the rest of the OCs like Pandora and mystic Question were not>>152698123Is this supposed to be the Absolute event Snyder talked about we'd be getting at the end of the year then? He also said it'd be confined to one book not interfering with the others but I feel like he's lying
What was the point of Batman getting knocked out and then added back into the tournament in the most convoluted way in the end thenI liked Knightfight overall actually but it could've been it's own thing and not tied to this event easily
>>152698044It's out of character for Superman to accept a universe that bends towards him alone, but I doubt there's anyone creative enough to address that.
>>152699730Eh. Would you accept DC One Million as that? Because it sure as hell wasn't bending towards Wonder Woman or Martian Manhunter.
>>152699075>>152699142that fucking kkkryptonian
>>152698375Nice post contrarian faggot
Some people really are going around saying that DC is currently much better than Marvel when anything outside of Absolute is shit like this
>>152698088holy 2011-2016! let it go DC!, nobody cares about nuHarley anymore, bring back old harley from 2010 and before.
>>152698088so what exactly is Harley's power? Every time I see her, it's just the big cartoon hammer.
>>152700169Poison immunity + steroids
>>152700175>Poison immunityI thought that was Ivy's thing?
>>152700213Ivy gave Harley immunity, this was already in BTAS, it's the explanation as to how Harley can be around Ivy all the time without getting poisoned
>>152700326I remember Ivy giving Harley shots so the toxic dump they were hiding at wouldn't kill her. I don't remember them saying that was a permanent immunization from everything.
>>152700344I think it became just kind of an extrapolation from it, also to justify the implicit lesbian sex they'd have when Ivy's kisses are established to be poisonous
>>152699876The only thing good about Absolute is the art. It's certainly not Snyder's, Thompson's, Aaron's, Camp's, Ewing's writing.
>>152700351at any rate, I still don't see how it make her able to go toe to toe with all the heavy hitters like she's constantly shown to do.
I just want to laugh at all the stupid motherfuckers who always fall for Snyder hype and then get this type of dogshit
When Harley debue in the comics, on the first arc the Joker make her fall from a plataform and she broke most of her bones.Ivy found her and did some shit to recover her and give her some low level super-strengh and other powers.(I belive just to her could walk around jumping and carring a giant hammer)
>>152699876This shit is still better than MCU comics aka current marvel
>>152700767It's not 2018 any more. Go read Infernal Hulk and tell me that's "MCU"
>>152698080Huh, Superbro's Kryptonian Armor
>>152698044>>152698049Huh, I was really expecting Time Trapper to make it to the Marvel crossover, especially with that old Doomsday Clock bit about Doomsday dying to the Hulk while protecting Clark
>>152698095Redemption for Jason, eh?I'll give it six months before editorial fuck him over again
>>152699075>>152699142based supes
>>152698103So the Knightfight universes became real universes after all, interesting.
>>152700782Yes one makes a difference
>>152698095Was this made before the Red Hood book got cancelled
>>152698088>harleyFuck off
>>152700767>the power of friendship and ultrasupermegagigasuperfagginess wins the day against Darkseid>but Darkseid will return>for the 929459857996758th time>better than anythingHow does DCock taste?
>>152699140They might be setting up who/what the "Big Hand" that created the DCU is.
>>152698103So ultimately, nothing important happened save for Superman being put on the shelf to be replaced by Prime.>>152698117And the Absolute line is selling better than they had expected, so the next event will focus on them.
>>152700767>This shit is still better than MCU comics aka current marvelyou could just say "i dont read comics" and got your point across in less words FYI
>>152698723And like a gullible moron you ate the slop because you never learn
>>152701394It's only upcoming books, probably for his Teen Titans appearance.
>>152698220>>Ultraman's a zombie nowLiterally what about that design says zombie? He's just mad.
>>152699876I mean, don’t get me wrong, DC is still crap. It is just that Marvel is much worse and gotten lazy due to having infinite Disney money.
>>152702178They don't have infinite money, but they did get stuck in their ways and started coasting on autopilot thanks to those years of dominating the market without having to try too hard.
>>152701394Makes you wonder how this "Hope" push would've worked with the the tranny's book
>>152698044Isn't that kinda sorta what Highfather has going on for him? I feel like the constant making Darkseid into a Superman/JLA villain, it has to ignore just about all the mythology of the series he comes from. Darkseid was already countered by the Alpha Effect and Astro Force pretty well. All of this post-Morrison crap about Darkseid being a cornerstone of the multiverse.....but only Darkseid no other New Gods apply here. It's just cherrypicking a popular villain and trying to desperately turn him into the final boss of the setting.
>>152698064>>152699730>>152699750I think it would make more sense for the Silver Age to be Superman's ideal world he created.A sunny disposition friendly kind of place where the villains are more wacky but almost never really kill anyone, and life is more of a fun adventure.
>Event is hyped up as a fight club/tournament>Barely any fights>the ones they do show are dogshitHow does this shite get past editorial?
>>152702425Nobody cares about Highfather or rest of the new gods
>>152702539Capecomics in general are shit and low-effort
>>152702425Fuck off obvious newfag
>>152698123...Absolute Crisis?I thought everyone was fucking tired of the Crisis shit. And how they are all tied to Darkseid now when Atimonitor is right there.
>>152698028variant covers, just posting the cool ones:DC K.O. #5 Cover B Daniel Warren Johnson VariantDC K.O. #5 Cover C Mike Del Mundo VariantDC K.O. #5 Cover D Jerome Opeña VariantDC K.O. #5 Cover E Ian Bertram VariantDC K.O. #5 Cover F Ben Oliver Face-Off VariantDC K.O. #5 Cover G Dan Mora Bracket VariantDC K.O. #5 Cover H Steve Skroce Darkseid VariantDC K.O. #5 Cover I Javier Fernández Foil Virgin VariantDC K.O. #5 Cover J Dan Mora AEW Cameo VariantDC K.O. #5 Cover K 1:25 Mahmud Asrar VariantDC K.O. #5 Jams Fortress Comics Megacon Tyler Kirkham Variant
I like Darseid so much, his best issues are the one from superman legends storyarc in late 80s.
>>152701394>>152702110>>152702307GFM Red Hood wasn't part of Next LevelIIRC Higgins and Daniele were confirmed to be a part of Next Level BEFORE GFM Red Hood ended so I'm willing to bet they were already doing Teen Titans before DC threw Jason at them The wrench here is that Jason is kind of the selling point given the team is made up of niche characters
This one by kirkhma is average-mediocre.
>>152700344>I don't remember them saying that was a permanent immunization from everything.It wasn'tHarley doen't have any powers beyond being a sex object for the writersIf Batman punched her she would die, she's just a normal person
>>152698780That has been just about every single crossover since the early 00s in OWAW at least. The cliche is getting annoying. >Whole book is nothing but villains consistently winning,>Every hero loses fights, some smart guy hero concocts a super special plan,>The plan goes through a couple issues, but ultimately fails in the second to last issue and the villain is triumphant>Final issue the villain supposedly won, but then Superman gets up and decides to punch harder and defeats the villain.At this point no crossover is interesting because I know it will all end the exact same way. Superman is going to punch harder in the final issue and solve everything.
>>152702425No one fucking cares. New Gods are an inherently stupid idea.
>>152700344I think she has Captain America style peak human acrobatics now too from the chemical dip.
>>152702754>If Batman punched her she would die, she's just a normal person>Implying
>>152702774No more stupid than Dark Sid
>>152698123>Jobseid will return in COIE Re-tread #12
>>152698095This page came out at the worst fucking time lmao
>>152698375lil bro, you aren't just eating our leftovers, you're eating the shit we took after eating the leftovers
>>152701495>muh Another variant. Muh Another clone. The multi-verseHow does marvel asshole taste?
>>152698094>>152698095>i created a good universe where everyone is happy>but no, i must remake the original universe, full of billions and trillions of suffering people across the galaxy
I can’t get over how fucking pointless this was. Basically just a dumb teaser to Absolute event
>>152702759Save the Cat is a tried and true crowd pleaser. It's slop, but it's slop the greatest number of people enjoy. All the Marvel movies ran it into the ground until the people got sick of it.
>>152702918Johns told us all to get out years ago.
>>152701640I thought it was Perpetua
>>152702721From where they got the halo idea?
>>152698119So...Pandora is back>>152698123More Crisis? DC is seriously running out of ideas>>152698125Deathstroke? Really? Should have been Ravenger instead
>>152698123Fangs are a good look on Darkseid honestly.
>>152698032bump
>>152698088Wait he also tagged in the regular Lex Luthor?I think the only one he didn't bring back was Joker, which checks out, but if you're going to discriminate there why bring in Cheetah and Lex?
>>152702906It makes no fucking sense. Don't write morally good characters having this kind of power.
>>152702790What's wrong with what I said?If Batman punched the Joker, he'd die too, and he has killed him or witnessed his mundane death in various stories
>>152698119>>152698123Infiniti multiverse? I thought DC only had 52 worlds
>>152703992That was a reboot or two ago.
Finally, Snyder is going to provide closure for the Flashpoint ending. It’s been 15 years since that unresolved cliffhanger with Pandora
>>152704110Flashpoint and Pandora was resolved years ago
>>152704129No, it was retconned by Manhattan, while the original idea with Pandora and the three split timelines was left hanging
>>152704110Pandora was Manhattan'd in Johns's Rebirth special. Watchman was the guy responsible for the New 52.
>>152704181Based on what Pandora wrote to Barry >>152698105, Snyder is going back to Johns' original vision. Pandora is going to be the antagonist of the new Crisis, just like she was supposed to be before Rebirth
>>152698780Honestly, we should give credit where credit is due. Having Wonder Woman or Nightwing saving the day is a massive deal for DC. Taking a break from the never-ending cycle of Superman/Batman wank is huge. Especially Nightwing, whose whole purpose is to job out to Batman's big bads.
>>152704355Maybe I missed something but I don't see any indication that was a message from Pandora.Anyway I doubt they're going back to the actual original vision because that involved the WildStorm universe and they dropped it because all the Daemonite books bombed hard, no one cared.
>>152699218No, because i mean EVERYONE not just the big 6, like all the B C & D lister villains of earth 3 showing up as well (evil mr terrific plastic man green arrow etc)
>>152700618I genuinely don't understand how there is hype after the Death Metal crap.
>>152701640Nigga that was confirmed long ago in Year of the Villain, it was Perpetua.>>152701495The most insulting part is Superman had to burn out his entire powerup just to gently bump Darkseid back to Absolute U.
>>152702425See >>152698597, Highfather's current thing is being cucked so hard he reverted back to being Izaya.
>>152702702Why was he drawn with the legs of an obese geriatric.
>>152704110>>152704355Who cares about Pandora anymore? Seriously, who?
>>152700618I was cautiously optimistic that doing a shonen tournament would quell his worst impulses
>>152704378Remember Nightwing only lead that Dark Crisis event because the 5G thing fell through and they decided to just shift focus on him. Originally it was going to be Black Batman, Jon, and Yara I think as they were going to be the new Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman.
>>152698078>it just turns out to be another slapfightWell, you were a retard for thinking it would be anything else.
>>152698496She becomes Batquinn in the next issue of her series. Apparently her personality got split, I dunno
>>152698123will this be before or after secret crisis
>>152704817>Who cares about Pandora anymore?Me
>>152698028havent kept up so what happend with Diana after beating Darkest Knight did she just leave the universe?
>>152698044>Superman: "It's time for men, Doomsday.">Doomsday: "Aye aye." *rips cloak*
>>152698723People need to let go of that high, you're not getting another Chunin Exam/Dark Tournament tourney ever.
>>152698061Darkseid hopes?
>>152698094The Superman color palette on those exposition bubbles is a nice touch, great job to the colorist(s)
>>152704817I do. Pandora is the mother of N52, I'm a huge fan of that era
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