Heroes in Crisis

...man, did this book become a chore to read. The general premise of the story is good and an interesting idea but the execution of it falls flat. I understand what King is getting at with the story being about mental illness and how the heroes are affected by their daily crime fighting double lives, but it is so pretentious it's irritating to read. He takes a metaphorical approach that is so unnecessarily abstract that it becomes disjointed and convoluted. The main bulk of the dialog between characters is just terrible and painful, especially when they talk like valley girls or bros.This could have been a very profound and meaningful take on how some do or might surrender to the darkness they face daily, both inside and out, but it doesn't.Skip it unless you're a completist.

No spoilers intended, but some ideas must be presented to explain my rating.I read the collected edition knowing full well the outcome of the series, and I just can’t help wondering if this was even a story that needed telling. Superheroes are supposed to be better than us. Does it help to see so many of them broken? Even worse, what good does it do to break a representation of hope?I’d would have rather had a story rebuilding the DCU rather than destroying it.

This book is a masterpiece that explores our humanity and exposes the vulnerabilities of our heroes and anti-heroes, while offering solid adventure and action with a side of fun and zany.The art - both in terms of layout and illustration - is beautiful and well-suited to the theme, expressing the story as masterfully as King’s writing.Between King and the artists, this book tells the story of the DC Universe when tragedy strikes the sanctuary in which heroes could receive confidential support and treatment for their emotional and mental challenges. The story unfolds as a mystery, offering clues as to who did it and how, but is more focused on the why, the contradictions between various characters’ perspectives, and the journeys they must take to realize the truth. When they do, they are left to make hard choices.This is a beautiful story that most humans can relate to, which is an exceptional feat always, and especially considering the characters live in a super-powered world and encounter all manners of fantasy and sci-fi in their delay attempts at living. I was hit with all the feels while reading it and would highly recommend.

This book is a testament to the disparity in opinions in our modern age. This was a mastercraft of witty writing, beautiful aesthetics and vibrant colors. I read some of the negative reviews beforehand so was prepared for this to be bad. I couldn’t help but laugh at the mediocrity of the individuals whom rated Heroes in Crisis with less than 4 stars. This was absolutely glorious.

First off lets talk about the book itself. Nice Hardcover collecting all nine issues of this story.This book gets a lot of hatred, and in some aspects I understand why. This book is not a fun book. Its very dark and for a super hero book i think it covers the topic of PSTD. A lot of people hate Tom Kings nine panel usage, but I think this book used it very well. All the stuff with sanctuary is great, and it covers a lot of B to C list heroes that.This book follows 4 story lines dealing with the Trinty(Wonder Woman, Batman, Superman), Booster Gold and Blue Beatle, Harley and Batgirl and the main story itself. It's a classic who done it with a lot of hart. IF you are not a fan of Tom King, there is a good chance this book isn't for you. However I loved it and think it deserves more than a lot of people will say about it.

I am generally a Tom King fan. With the exception of the end of his Batman run, and now Heroes in Crisis, I've loved everything he's done.But this didn't do it for me. There's still a lot of great work here. The art is incredibly beautiful--the figures, the coloring, ink, just spectacular. The idea of a secret location for heroes to recover from their traumas, also fantastic, and some of what I enjoyed most were the little talking head interviews/confessions with various heroes as they explored their issues.But what really didn't work was the murder-mystery plot. I remember hearing a lot of hubub from people who were fans of the character revealed to be the "villain." I'm not a huge fan of the character, so I didn't really mind the "twist." What bothered me, as is often the case with stories like these, was the execution. There's a lot that doesn't make sense, even from a logistical perspective. When you go back to early issues and see how certain characters are killed, it doesn't line up with what you're shown later, and the timing of deaths don't make sense (even when you account for a certain mechanic that gets thrown in to try to explain discrepancies).In other words, a lot is done early on to mislead for the sake to mislead. And there is a LOT of monologue-ing to explain the twist. It's not a natural explanation or conclusion, and you can feel the tortured buildup to try to reveal, not just the emotional background for the event (which is paper thin), but the actual "how" of it all, which really makes no sense. Without saying more, it involves a plot-mandated (but in no way foreshadowed or explained) release of nondescript energies.Anyway, I didn't hate it like some folks. It's not bad. But if you're going to hang your hat on a mystery, you have to have it conclude in a well done way. I don't think that was the case here for me.

First off all I want to say is wow. I don’t get some of the hate for this book. The story was deep, it showed sides of heroes that hasn’t really been told, and it’s facinating. It’s hard to find a comic these days that keeps me hooked from start to finish without putting it down. I don’t want to spoil anything but if you truly love dc, and the characters it’s built, the stories, and lives it’s made. And you want a story that has twists and turns, this is a great novel for you.

Spoiler-ish review.A story I don’t know where it stands in continuity.The idea should have been executed way, way better.Dear Lord above I wanted to strangle Harley Quinn with my bare hands for her damn irritating nursery rhymes through out this comic!Also I felt the relationship with Quinn and Poison Ivy feels forced. No warmth, no depth, just... There.I feel like it was put in there for the sake of Political Correctness.Why is Quinn back and forward with Ivy? Where is the depth? Ivy just seemed annoyed by Quinn’s childlike behaviour.In the end I felt like this story just came full circle for no reason.Great art, great quality paper, great hardcover and variant covers in the back but why did this story have to exist so badly?The only good bits were in the sanctuary room where the heroes confessed.The rest was hard to read and irritating.And I won’t get started again on Harley Quinn’s nursery rhymes!And Batgirl did my head in with her partnership with Quinn. Very out of character and keep calling, Quinn ‘Har’ just made my head bloody explode with irritation.Just one itchy, irritating arse of a story.

The only thing I liked about this book was the artwork I am awarding the 2 stars solely based on that. The story is way too drawn out simply to the the "undercard" characters a chance to shine. For me though I have never been a fan of the "Batman won't think of this as it is too stupid and only I would do it" mentality.The concrete is sound but badly executed. The sanctuary is created for supers to gain mental help when they need it with no judgement or recording (something not even Batman break the trust of). There have been murders, with two suspects each convinced the other did it.Did not like the story, apart from the great artwork I would happily not know this book existed. The cover gallery contains all the variant covers. Regular covers at the beginning of every chapter/issue.

This is another good story from DC, it gives you a bit more of a personal insight into these characters and the effects that their day to day lives has on them as superheroes. It could have given you a bit more at times though as it just shows you a quick page of how they are feeling and that is it, it doesn't go any deeper than that. Harley Quinn was great in this story and Margot Robbie should take notes on how to be a great Harley Quinn from this. I am not sure if this story is a one off or if it is part of the canon storylines. I would give this story 7/10

Going to preface this review by saying, I’ve avoided reading anything from ‘The Big Two’ since around 2016, and even then I had reduced my ‘pull list’ dramatically from 2012.If you want to know about the story, read the synopsis, or better yet, read the book.I have only a passable knowledge of DC continuity over the last 5/6 years, and this book actually didn’t need me to have even that.Characters are well written, even minor glimpses offer HUGE insights into mindsets of cameos/supporting characters. The artwork is superb.I picked this up after hearing and seeing previews of how some of the characters are written as having mental health problems, and, having first hand experience, this book tastefully and truthfully offers realistic insight using the most fantastical characters.Without spoiling, the ending is a bit convoluted, although the story is very much about how two people with severe mental trauma are doubted by those around them, and at times can’t trust themselves.If you’re a ‘lapsed fan’, I’d recommend picking this one up. It didn’t seem to be setting up “world ending stakes” or “the next big crossover”. It’s a tale of damaged human beings trying to get by, with phenomenal artwork really hammering the story home.Honestly, it’s worth reading just for the “therapy recordings” alone. Some of them are genuinely heartbreaking.

So I have had mixed feelings about Kings run at DC Mr Miracle was excellent,I enjoyed the Omega men, Batman has been very hit and miss despite the generally excellent artwork. Still I was positive going into this it was a really interesting premise, but the excellent artwork aside this book is hot garbage.The story telling is all over the place, the plans for this book you can very clearly tell changed partway through, plot threads are left to dangle or are just badly resolved, the characterisation is AWFUL and the convuluted ending is an abosolute mess, no1 comes out of this book well. And what they did to Wally an Aresnal is criminalHot. Garbage.Pretty to look at though