Convergence (Review)

Here we come, just after trying to solve problems with the TV show based on the adventures of our beloved Green Arrow, we're also dealing and reviewing with the biggest DC event in a very long time. Once Convergence is over, we're about to take a look over this story that is going to take us to the next level in DC and puts end to the controversials New52. Before starting, I got to make clear that we're only going to talk about the main Convergence story, as we forget about all of the tie-in.

First of all and most important: Convergence is a direct sequel of Earth-2 from the New52. This is not a new event with a new and different story that involves main characters from de DC universe. Yes, one the villains is new, but this is all about where the Earth-2 line let us hanged on. So this storyline could result (and problably will result) completely confusing for the new fans, the New52 Justice League fans and all of that peolpe who never read any of the DC's 'what if...' ever made.

Let's get to the story. This is all about Brainiac collecting cities from alternative lines which are already doomed. As you can guess, here appear Flashpoint, Kingdom Come, Red Son or Kingdom Come characters. Once these cities are trapped (or save?) on a new planet provided by Brainiac and outside the multiverse, the villain create for himself his own Silver Surfer, here called Telos. Once Brainic leave his planet in order to look for new doomed universes, Telos is left by the command of confront captured cities between each other. The point is: the one who survive, is worthy of inherit the planet. Meanwhile, Earth-2 main heroes are transported to the planet just by themself, because earth had just being destroyed by Dearseid. 

This is a story about Earth-2 characters, heroes who have not actually become theirself into it yet, but they have a road to go. As concern to Jay Garrick, Thomas Wayne, Alan Scott... they're the soul of the story and everything related to them are clearly the best stuff. Bad news: this is a hell of a disappointing event. The possibilities and hugeness of Convergence demanded something better with main line. Big and interesting fight have been relegated to the tie-ins. Actually that works in some lines, but there's no trace of it in the main story. There's a feeling of none taken chance over there. 

Visually, artists changing in the middle of the story does not affect too much to the final result. Indeed, we could say that, globaly, Convergence look is one of his strongest points, resulting with something colorful, dynamic and vivid, but certainly emotionless in episodes the book needed most.

At the end, what we have is a very funny and enjoyable comic book, who takes us to a very new and original world full of winks to the DC history. Lack of drama, and most important, relevance to the new upcoming universe, this Convergence, as much light as it is, only serve as a very good closing chapter to the New52 Earth-2 storyline, but nothing beyond that.