DJ's Comics Blog

SPOILERS AHEAD ...  It's been over a year now, but the identity of Mr Oz in DC Rebirth has now been revealed. He has been working away in the background of the DC Rebirth landscape since it began in the middle of last year, taking key figures such as Doomsday and Tim Drake. His only full on interactions were in the pages of Superman and Action Comics. Rumours circulated for months on who this mystery figure could possibly be: Was it Ozymandias from the Watchmen universe? This could have made sense, due to Doctor Manhattan's seeming involvement in the overarching events of Rebirth. Was it Superboy Prime? Was it pre-New 52 Lex Luthor? Was it  Mister Mxyzptlk again? It turns out that it was none of these characters, but it was a much more intriguing option. It took the majority of the issue, but only a few lines gave a hint as to who this figure really was. He kept referring to to everybody as "humans", and at the end he says "Had I only known what a cessp

The main issues of Secret Empire wrapped up this week. (Finally!) In truth, I feel that it was underwhelming, mostly due to the 'memory' of how Steve used to be coming out of the Cosmic Cube and battling his 'evil doppelganger'. However, it is nice that Nick Spencer didn't just have some characters travel back in time to find Steve Rogers, and then the same battle taking place. This whole conclusion is mostly being used to set up the events of the Captain America portion of Generations, and the  overarching Legacy initiative that begins at the end of September. This also means that Sam Wilson's days as Cap are numbered, as he will be returning as Falcon in his own Legacy solo series. My rating for this issue is a 6.5/10. (Now we're just waiting on the Omega issue to show us the aftermath. Yay!)