Couldn't wait to read this, as this is the first major story since DC Universe: Rebirth #1 to further the main arc of this launch.
Story: There's actually not a lot going on here. I mean, it's action packed for sure, but there's a basic story here. It's not too in depth, although I'd be mistaken if I said it wasn't deep in its implications and consequences. Batman starts to work on the button, and contacts Barry to come over to the cave. Barry in the mean time is fighting some robot samurais. In the minute between Bruce telling Barry to come over and him arriving, Bruce is attacked by an apparently resurrected Eobard Thawne, and is savagely beaten. Batman does manage to get in a few good shots, but Thawne with his super speed and smart fighting prevails over Batman. He takes the button into his possession and disappears. He quickly reappears seconds later, but disintegrates! Barry arrives, gets Bruce wrapped up in bandages, and begins the investigation. After detecting some of the Speed Force on Thawne, Barry decides to trace the path that Thawne took to see what or who killed him. Barry goes up to the watchtower, takes the sheet off of the cosmic treadmill, and prepares to travel through the time stream. Bruce, in costume, follows Barry and insist on accompanying him. What transpires next is a journey to an alternate timeline that shouldn't exist any longer, seeing past histories of the DC Universe, meeting up with Thawne as he traveled through the Speed Force and trying to prevent his death, and seeing the death of Eobard Thawne by an unseen force. C'mon, we all know who it is! As Batman and Flash tumble through this time stream, someone calls out to Flash. Flash says the guy's name, and he bursts forth from his captivity in this place, and manages to get Batman and Flash back home. He is unfortunately pulled back, as Barry cannot remember him as he did Wally. Being back at the beginning and with no way to travel back into the time stream, Bruce and Barry talk about why they were allowed to see and experience all the things they did. The only lead they have now is that Thawne was killed by "God". Bruce, after his experiences starts to question whether he should be Batman any longer. In the place where the trail of the button ended, where the button sits on a rocky surface in space, where Thawne was killed, a glowing blue hand picks the button up and briefly talks about everyone being puppets of preordained actions. It's just that he's the only one who can see the strings. Counting down to Doomsday Clock!
Art: Jason Fabok never messes up anything. He's one of DC's top artists, as well as one of the best in the world. His art here is phenomenal, but I already knew it was going to be. Howard Porter is a comics legend and I think this might be my first book with him as a featured artist. He does a great job as well, and I can't wait to see him on the main Flash title. I really like the way Porter draws the after images or speed trails of the Flash in motion. It's quite nice. His art here did look a little "sketchy", but I'm not worried. This book is also colored very well. The issues drawn by Fabok tend to be darker in visual tone, but that's pretty appropriate for his style, and what he's drawing. A lot of the scenes he draws takes place in a Batcave, so expect it to be kinda dark. The issues done by Porter are brighter as he seems to be doing the cosmic and timestream scenes. Those are expected to be brighter, and the colors really pop out there. The covers by Jason Fabok are amazing, as well as the variants by Mikel Janin. I think Janin might go down as one of my favorite artists in the near future. I'm waiting for "The War of Jokes and Riddles" to come out. The variants by Tim Sale only show that he's a shadow of his former self. I mean, the guy just isn't what he used to be! His variants look like a 5 year old's drawings that mommy puts up on the refrigerator.
Overall: In a sense, this is a murder mystery that still leaves our heroes perplexed by the end. Even though they're brought back to the beginning, with the only lead being that it was "God", there are still some lasting consequences. Bruce is now struggling with the advice he received on finding happiness and whether to continue being Batman or not. Barry wonders who the stranger that saved them is. This was a cool, action packed story. It's easy to follow. I'm giving it five stars. The story itself would only garner 4 stars from me because of its simplicity and I felt that not enough was moved forward. But, the fantastic art raises the rating up for me to a full 5 stars. This is definitely worth reading. It's beautiful to look at as well. I'm looking forward to seeing the aftermath of what happened to Bruce and Barry. I can't wait for Doomsday Clock!
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Reviewed in Spain on August 25, 2018
La edición es muy buena. El papel es de calidad y viene con una cubierta con portada lenticular que según la gires, ves a Batman o a Flash sujetando la chapa.
Como curiosidad, decir que si compras la edición española no encontrarás la portada original, ya que por tema de derechos de imagen en España no puede aparecer el smiley.
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