Of course Harley would love the movie Legend.
Creative Staff:
Story: Brian Buccellato
Art: Bruno Redondo, Juan Albarran
What They Say:
Constantine summons forth Trigon, and not even the combined might of Superman and Wonder Woman seems capable of defeating the enraged demon.
Content: (please note that content portions of a review may contain spoilers):
The cunning nature of John Constantine is generally enough of a draw to any book he’s in because you want to see what kind of tricks he’s up to and whether they succeed or not. One that he put into effect a bit ago is with Trigon, where things were laid out about Raven and Constantine ended up getting a way to let Trigon know when she’s been found. Add that to Etrigan making rumors down below about Superman having kidnapped her and it’s a combination that makes for a lot of fun now that he’s in the Tower of Fate. Having him appear, fueled by his anger, with the intent on destroying a very confused Superman only adds to the fun since he’s just baffled by it. And Trigon is not someone you reason with when he’s got things set like he has. Suffice to say, Superman may hold his own in some ways against him, but his team as a whole is taking a serious hit.
And it is fun to watch as Wonder Woman and the others go up against him but largely get flicked away. It’s almost comical to watch as Ares himself gets gutted by Trigon, but it reinforces the power level at work here and that Trigon is a bit off the scale to say the least. Harley’s reaction to Trigon is the best though since she just sees him as the demon from the Tom Cruise movie Legend and is excited for unicorns to show up too. The back and forth with the fight is solid, as is the flight that Constantine and Batman put into action since they want to be as far away from his as possible since they’re the ones that actually kidnapped Raven and have hidden her, and that”s going to get out sooner rather than later.
Their retreat, which takes a little convincing to get underway, has its moments as well. The arrival of Dick Grayson as Deadman has him shocking Batman in a way you don’t see often, though this one is at least understandable. His filling in Bruce on what he found with Corrigan definitely starts reinforcing more who may be behind the Spectre since Corrigan is definitely not himself since he’s been Jokerized in a magic based way. We don’t get it laid out clearly, but there’s some interesting possibilities about who may really be the Spectre at this point. The group has a really unfortunate farewell to say with Detective Chimp, considering how he’s existing barely at the moment, but the retreat in general is fairly chaotic – made even more so by the fact that when they do get away, the get transported to the House of Mystery. That’s not going to end well.
In Summary:
Injustice: Gods Among Us continues to move briskly, as it pretty much has since the first issue of this particular year that I began reading, and it has that kind of crazy chaos to it that’s fun. Sometimes you do want it to slow down a little, but what we get here provides for a big fight between Trigon and Superman with some potential real casualties to be had here as well as the beginning of more reveals about what’s operating behind the scenes for part of Superman’s side. The humor is still spot on for me, especially with Harley, and I’m enjoying the way it’s grabbing characters it needs when it does and working with them rather than just trying to force them into every scene when it comes to supporting cast. Definitely another fun installment of a giant anything goes kind of crazy series that makes me smile.
Grade: B
Age Rating: 13+
Released By: DC Comics via ComiXology
Release Date: January 27th, 2014
MSRP: $0.99
