Forever Evil

by Geoff Johns, David Finch, Richard Friend

Overview

The Justice League is DEAD! And the villains shall INHERIT the earth! In a flash of light, the world's most powerful heroes vanish as the Crime Syndicate arrives from Earth-3! As this evil version of the Justice League takes over the DC Universe, no one stands in the way of them and complete domination...no one except for Lex Luthor. By New York Times #1 best-selling creators Geoff Johns and David Finch, FOREVER EVIL is the first universe-wide crossover of The New 52.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781401253523
Publisher:	DC
Publication date:	09/09/2014
Sold by:	DC Comics
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	975,925
File size:	130 MB
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Age Range:	12 Years

About the Author

Geoff Johns is an award-winning writer and one of the most popular contemporary comic book writers today. Johns is the author of The New York Times bestselling graphic novels AQUAMAN: THE TRENCH, BLACKEST NIGHT, GREEN LANTERN: THE SINESTRO CORPS WAR, JUSTICE LEAGUE: ORIGIN, SUPERMAN: BRAINIAC and BATMAN: EARTH ONE which hit #1 on the bestseller list. He is also known for transforming Green Lantern into one of the most critically and commercially successful franchises in comics.

Johns was born in Detroit and studied media arts, screenwriting, and film at Michigan State University. After moving to Los Angeles, he became an assistant to Richard Donner, director of Superman: The Movie. He and his mentor Donner later co-wrote SUPERMAN: LAST SON featuring the return of General Zod.

Johns has written for various other media, including episodes of Smallville, Arrow and Adult Swim's Robot Chicken, for which he was nominated along with his co-writers for an Emmy. He is the Chief Creative Officer of DC Entertainment and resides in Los Angeles, California.

Editorial Reviews

11/01/2014
At the end of Justice League: Trinity War, events took a sharp left turn. Pandora's Box was not, as everyone assumed, a mystical artifact—it was a technological gateway between universes, which allowed the Crime Syndicate of Earth-3, evil doppelgangers of the Justice League, to invade the League's Earth-1. Here, with almost every member of the three Justice League teams imprisoned by the Syndicate, Lex Luthor leads a group of supervillains who must save the world—and Batman must work with them. Finch proves quite capable of handling a multicharacter action crossover, while DC veteran Johns delves into the ruthless Luthor's psyche, revealing bits of his past and hints of humanity. Johns also provides the Syndicate with fascinating characterizations and intrateam intrigue—and following common DC "keep 'em reading" strategy, he leaves questions unanswered, sets up multiple original plotlines, and introduces a new threat. VERDICT After the messy and unsatisfying Trinity War, this is refreshingly straightforward and enjoyable. "New 52" followers will want to know what happens here, and what happens next.—S.R.

Library Journal

09/15/2014
This collects a seven-issue “event” that finds the Crime Syndicate—alternate-reality “evil” versions of the Justice League—taking over our world. Soon after they arrive, the group mysteriously (and unbelievably) gets rid of most of the heroes on Earth, leaving it to unlikely bad guys like Lex Luthor and Black Adam teaming up with Batman to save the world. Johns delivers a few cool superhero moments, but they’re not nearly enough to overcome the story’s gimmicky-ness and its lack of emotional resonance. Bizarrely, despite the large number of characters, only two women get anything resembling legitimate page time. Catwoman is Batman’s glorified “arm candy,” while Superwoman is apparently sleeping with three of the primary Crime Syndicate villains—Ultraman (alternate-reality Superman), Owlman (alternate-reality Batman), and Alexander Luthor (alternate-reality Shazam)—all of whom think she might be having their baby. It’s painfully embarrassing that the only two female characters featured in the book are relegated to such awful stereotypes. The art is overworked and relentlessly dark, every page filled to bursting. Though there are too many characters for any artist to handle easily, the art never finds a way to breathe or to give any of them a moment to shine. (Sept.)

Publishers Weekly

"[FOREVER EVIL] sees Johns diving headlong into a realm that he's succeeded in so often in the past."—IGN

"Heavy and dark, with an epic 'all bets are off' kind of feel to it."—Craveonline

"David Finch has undoubtedly been one of the best go-to artists for event art, and from the opening panels his work is cinematic."—Newsarama

"With its incredible amount of detail, [FOREVER EVIL] marks the start of an exciting new story arc with an impressive scope of characters, Johns' varied character work, and Finch's ambitious art."—Comic Book Resources

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