Earth 2: World's End (2014) #8 Review

Apokolips is in Earth 2's orbit, the Furies are on the offencive and the moon is hurtling in tiny fragments that are destroying everything which they fall upon. Welcome to the end of the World.

This title is fast paced and filled with action, following the end days of Earth 2's destruction. A brief summary of this issue would be, Flash and Hawkgirl have recovered from Fate's accidental Famine contamination. Alan Scott, Grundy and Sam are trying to locate the other Avatars. Batman and his team, must fight there way through Superman clones to reach Huntress and DeSaad. Constantine has teamed up with prisoners of the Arkham Base in the Lost Lands of Gotham. Chicago is destroyed by the moon and Barbara and Dick Grayson's fate has been left on a cliffhanger. Finally Hawkgirl has been possessed and opens fire on Flash and his mother, while Huntress' monitor has flat lined.

I love this issue and the tension that is building between the White Avatar (formerly Sam Zhao) and the Green Lantern (Alan Scott), because although it appears that Sam has completely disappeared, their are still traces of their former relationship and Sam inside the Avatar. I also like the number of cliffhangers this series leaves for the next issue or the mainstream Earth 2 title, making the reader want to find out how this will be resolved. 

Obsidian has been introduced into the Earth 2 title, which I am really excited about. Todd Rice was one of my favourite heroes before the Pre-Flashpoint event, so I am looking forward to seeing how they will shape him in this series. 

I am enjoying Batman using his brain to defeat his enemies instead of just drugs and brawn. This is the first time Batman II really follows in the footsteps of his son and I think he is a better hero for it. Another great panel is Major Sato choosing to ignore the Chancellor and deciding to power a survival and evacuation rather than fight against Apokolips.

I find it hard to actually find a complaint about this issue, because I love so much of it. Sometimes it is slightly hard to follow everything that is going on, but that is what is so brilliant about going back and reading it a few times. Once you have re-read this several times you get it, and it is such a good read that I don't begrudge that. 

So I would recommend not only this issue but the title as a whole and it's Earth 2 companion.