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[Azrael]

DCeased: Unkillables #2
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Karl Mostert, Trevor Scott, Neil Edwards and Rex Lokus
Lettering by Saida Temofonte
Published by DC
Review by David Pepose
'Rama Rating: 8 out of 10

Tom Taylor and Karl Mostert shake up their lineup in the sophomore issue of DCeased: Unkillables, and while there's a little bit of rigor mortis stiffness to some of the pacing, Mostert's Quitely-esque artwork will likely be enough of a draw to keep readers hooked. Unlike the larger-than-life bombast of Taylor's flagship DCeased series, this street-level book feels more like a traditional zombie apocalypse, as we're put in the trenches with antiheroes and bad guys like Red Hood, Deathstroke, Ravager, and Bane.

While much of Taylor and Mostert's opening issue felt spread out amongst the various lead characters, now all the various threads start to come together in some bleakly violent ways. Admittedly, this spinoff doesn't quite have the same world-shaking scale of the initial DCeased series - after all, we've already seen the implications of somebody like Superman or the Flash getting infected with the Anti-Life Equation - but Taylor's able to bring a different flavor to the proceedings here. For starters, most of Taylor's motley crew are far more vulnerable than the heavy hitters of the Justice League - only Deathstroke, Ravager, Batgirl and the Creeper have any sort of edge with their respective healing factors or precognitive abilities.

But what really sets Unkillables' story apart is that while the Justice League was instantly united in a common (but doomed) good, this collection of supervillains, vigilantes and burned-out do-gooders don't have that same moral compass. Watching Jim Gordon willingly let the Suicide Squad murder a room full of the infected feels like a powerful moment - a bedrock shift of principles in the face of truly dire circumstances. Yet it's that unpredictability that gives Unkillables some of its strongest moments -you'd never expect a stone-cold killer like Lady Shiva to risk everything to rescue her daughter Batgirl, while Vandal Savage's uneasy supervillain alliance shifts from betrayal to counter-betrayal in the span of just a few pages.

Of course, artist Karl Mostert is the one doing the heaviest lifting in getting readers to come back for a second helping of DCeased so quickly. His influences from Frank Quitely are deeply apparent, sometimes to the point of discomfort - look at the way he draws Red Hood and Ravager, and tell me you're not seeing shades of New X-Men or Batman and Robin - but even if he veers a little too deeply into Quitely's wheelhouse, he's definitely picked one of the masters to emulate. Mostert thrives most in his action sequences, such as Batgirl squaring off against Lady Shiva - there's a real grace in the way Mostert portrays arcs of movement, whether it's Cassandra doing a flip or Shiva giving Jason Todd a shattering roundhouse to the face. That said, Mostert still has room to grow - some of the panel-to-panel transitions can be a little jarring with their composition, like Jason appearing in a fight scene out of nowhere, or Jim Gordon pulling a gun on Shiva from such a distance that it's easy to miss on the first read.

While some might critique DCeased: Unkillables for not being quite different enough from the initial maxiseries, I might argue that was DC's plan rather than an outright flaw - given the runaway success of the first installment, why mess with a clearly lucrative thing? But thanks to Mostert's dependable artwork, Taylor has managed to find some new storytelling angles with this same horrifying high concept. If the original series didn't scratch that Anti-Life-infected itch for you, you'll likely find a lot to like with DCeased: Unkillables

[Man of Steel]

Letto Unkillables #2
Taylor tremendamente bruuuutal!
Bomba di numero, mi ha ricordato la sua run di Earth-2 del New 52.
Ora manca il finale.

[Kenshiro]

Ottimo numero, concordo.
Bello rivedere Cass col costume classico.
Taylor io proverei a piazzarlo su una qualche testata batmaniana prima o poi, lo vedrei bene su Nightwing dove  potrebbe concentrare maggiormente la Family visto che alla DC ormai vogliono Batman in solitaria.

[Man of Steel]

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DCEASED: DEAD PLANET #2
written by TOM TAYLOR
art by TREVOR HAIRSINE and GIGI BALDASSINI
cover by DAVID FINCH
card stock variant cover by FRANCESCO MATTINA
card stock movie homage variant cover by BEN OLIVER
The sequel to the bestselling miniseries continues! The Justice League is trapped on Earth, and they've discovered that life still survives on this dead planet! Survival is precarious, though—and with billions of infected still roaming the surface, death lies around every corner. But it isn't just the anti-living our heroes have to worry about, because John Constantine, Swamp Thing, and Zatanna are about to discover another evil growing...
ON SALE 08.04.20
$3.99 US | 2 OF 6 | 32 PAGES
FC | DC
CARD STOCK VARIANT COVERS $4.99 US
This issue will ship with three covers.

[Azrael]

Troppo cool.

[HCPunk]

Sono gasato.

[Azrael]

WONDER WOMAN Leads Zombie GOTHAM Into Final Combat in DCEASED: UNKILLABLES #3

https://www.newsarama.com/50251-wonder-woman-leads-zombie-gotham-into-final-combat-in-dceased-unkillables-3.html

[Man of Steel]

DCeased Spawns Digital First Spinoff, Hope at World's End

DC has announced a new addition to its Digital First catalog. DCeased: Hope at World's End by writer Tom Taylor and artists Dustin Nguyen, Renato Guedes, Carmine Di Giandomenico and Marco Failla goes on sale digitally today, and is a spinoff of the hit DC series that documents the events that took place before the Earth fell to the zombie Anti-Life Equation.

DCeased: Hope at World's End follows Superman and Wonder Woman, Martian Manhunter, Stephanie Brown, Wally West, Jimmy Olsen and more, and takes place in the span of DCeased #5's time jump. It will publish digitally twice a month and run for a total of 14 chapters.
"There was a point in DCeased where we had to make the decision to skip weeks of losses and triumphs and heroism or our first miniseries wouldn't exactly be a miniseries," Taylor said in a statement. "But we knew we had a larger story to tell, so we seeded plots we could expand on and deliberately left huge characters off the table for the future. That future is here."

Taylor goes on to give DCeased fans a taste of which heroes they can expect to play a role in the digital first miniseries, and teased a fan-favorite duo rising up to stake their claim as the next generation of DC superheroes.

"With Hope at World's End, we finally get to tell the tale of what Superman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Black Adam, Wink, the Aerie, Martian Manhunter, Black Manta, Steph Brown, Robin, Superboy and more did to save as much of humanity as they could," Taylor continued. "And Super Sons fans won't want to miss the apocalyptic adventures of Damian and Jon as they stand up to the worst crisis the Earth has ever seen, and take their first steps on the road to becoming the next World's Finest."

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DCeased: Unkillables and DCeased: Hope at World's End expand the world of DCeased and help pave the way for the release of DCeased: Dead Planet in June. Dead Planet reunites Taylor with his DCeased collaborators Trevor Hairsine and Rain Beredo, and focuses on Damian Wayne, Jon Kent and Cassie Sandsmark, the new Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman of Earth-2, respectively, as they return to their original Earth years after escaping.

Written by Tom Taylor with art by Dustin Nguyen, Renato Guedes, Carmine Di Giandomenico and Marco Failla, DCeased: Hope at World's End is on sale digitally now.

https://www.cbr.com/dceased-digital-first-spinoff-hope-at-worlds-end/

Era questo il progetto legato a Supes di cui parlava? Speravo in qualcosa di nuovo onestamente...

[Man of Steel]

Letto Letto Unkillables #3
Ultimo numero, maxi sized, veramente bello anche questo.
Mi sono piaciute molto anche le matite e ho tifato per...quelli che son sempre stati dei villains.
Nice kitty...
Conclusione interessante tho.

[Azrael]

Best Shots Review: Digital First DCEASED: HOPE AT WORLD's END #1 - 8/10

https://www.newsarama.com/50273-best-shots-review-digital-first-dceased-hope-at-world-s-end-1.html

[Azrael]

Best Shots Review: DCEASED: UNKILLABLES #3 'A Shockingly Heartfelt Conclusion'

8/10

https://www.newsarama.com/50272-best-shots-review-dceaded-unkillables-3-a-shockingly-heartfelt-conclusion.html

[Man of Steel]

Letto Hope at World's End #1
Jimmy come protagonista, bellisismo numero, Taylor mi piace molto sui pg legati a Supes, ma onestamente...si sente a casa con i pg DC e si vede.

[Catcher]

Letto Hope at World's End #1
Jimmy come protagonista, bellisismo numero, Taylor mi piace molto sui pg legati a Supes, ma onestamente...si sente a casa con i pg DC e si vede.

Letto anche io e concordo.
Davvero un bel numero, Taylor ci sa fare proprio con l'Azzurrone.

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[Man of Steel]

Letto Hope at World's End #2

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[Man of Steel]

DCEASED: DEAD PLANET #3
    written by TOM TAYLOR
    art by TREVOR HAIRSINE and GIGI BALDASSINI
    cover by DAVID FINCH
    card stock variant cover by FRANCESCO MATTINA
    card stock movie homage variant cover by YASMINE PUTRI
    ON SALE 09/01/20
    $3.99 US | 32 PAGES | 3 OF 7 | FC | DC
    CARD STOCK VARIANT COVERS $4.99 US
    A mysterious second "garden" has been located on the other side of the planet, and John Constantine and Swamp Thing lead a mission to investigate...but what they discover will fundamentally change everything! The road to "Earth War" begins!