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There are a few excellent one-off stories here about different DC Universes, including:
1) Earth-Me: a world inhabited by the children of the great heroes. They have superpowers and abilities as well, but nothing to do since Superman made a group of robot-guardians that take care of everything. These 2nd generation heroes are vapid and bored. They are also interesting under Morrison's hand and the art here by Ben Oliver is outstanding.
2) Earth-4: the world of the Watchmen. It's decently done and amazingly illustrated by Quitely.
3) Earth-X: Superman's rocket landed in Nazi occupied Czechoslavakia. There, he goes by Overman and is now the leader of the Third Reich. The world is ethnically cleansed and peaceful, and Overman is tormented by regret and nightmares. This is the best story in the book.

The rest of the stories range from weak to awful. Some of the plotting and dialogue is truly horrendous. Morrison is reversing the Crisis on Infinite Earth story line from 1986, and he is making 52 worlds from where there was 1 (this was already done, but he is explaining it). He is also engaging in a conversation about what comics are and several times he breaks the fourth wall (in a silly, 1950's comic book kind of way instead of a Gary Shanding kind of way). He even writes in comments about his own work as if he were internet commentators. They are quite good, and I appreciate how well he nails himself. That got him his 3rd star for this book.

The art is different each chapter, and it is usually strong. In some cases, it is superlative.

The overall plot of the book is a mess. It's convoluted and not very interesting. If it was Mr. Morrison's attempt to comment on Marvel and DC crossovers by writing his own huge event book, then bravo.


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The Multiversity Deluxe Edition Grant Morrison Frank Quitely Ivan Reis Jim Lee Books Reviews

Grant Morrison operates on a level of creativity not available to most comics' writers. He has the ability to distill characters to their essence and yet still present them in a fresh way. If you are a fan of his All-Star Superman or his work on Batman, you will especially enjoy his take on the Shazam Universe in Thunderwold. Simply the best Captain Marvel story I've read in 25 years. Mr. Morrison can also put his own unique "spin" on characters and take them in a direction you've never seen before. If you're a fan of his work on Doom Patrol, for example, you should check out his "pulp" version of Dr. "Doc" Fate. Brilliant. Morrison also revived the Justice League with his JLA title in the 90s and churned out more interesting characters and concepts in the first 12 issues than the title had previously seen in 20 years. As part of that work, he did the definitive Earth-3 Crime Syndicate of America story. He extrapolates from that work here by showing us different versions of the JLA across the Multiverse, within a logical, complex and fascinating framework, all the while injecting his own meta-commentary on comics as a medium. It's an ambitious work, but overall, it's successful (I think it's especially helpful to read the story sequentially in the trade rather than issue-by-issue). Some of the artwork, sadly, is not equal to the author (in particular, I found Jim Lee's Master Men story drab and uninspired). But long-time DCU fans will delight in pouring over Morrison's map of the multiverse and imagine where Morrison could go with the dozens and dozens of new characters he introduces sometimes at length and sometimes with only a picture or phrase. It's too bad that the DC editorial staff will probably not follow up on the ideas and concepts that Morrison casually tosses out by the handful, just as it failed to embrace Morrison's brilliant Seven Soldiers tale or his somewhat less-successful Final Crisis. Nevertheless, fans of the DCU will find this a treasure trove of their favorite super-heroes and marvel (yes, marvel) at a writer who commands the form like few others.
Grant Morrison has been hit or miss with me, and after finishing The Multiversity I think I've finally cracked his code. To me, Grant Morrison is at his best when not working directly on one character (i.e. his Batman run) but one grand epic scale that doesn't necessarily fall into character continuity. The Multiversity is everything I've heard people praise about Morrison and more. The first issue is spectacular in scale, technique, and full of amazing ideas that are connected throughout each issue. I didn't think a series of one-shots would work as well as this had. Honestly, I found myself loving issues I thought I'd scoff at, and the ones I thought I'd love were just good. I don't think there is a bad issue in this lot, but because it's trying to build a multiverse for other writers to come onto obviously not everything in here will be for me, or you.

The Multiversity is full of grand ideas and spectacle that it made me want to find these elseworld stories from DC and read them. It made me fall in love with all the different iterations of our beloved heroes, and defined them as something more than just an alternate version. I wanted to follow their lives, and experience them in their own series. This book is so full of imagination, creativity, and potential that I am really sad nothing has come out as of yet that works with this wonderful tome. I may not always agree with Grant Morrison, but he knocked this one out of the park.

A must buy for any hard core DC fan.
There are a few excellent one-off stories here about different DC Universes, including
1) Earth-Me a world inhabited by the children of the great heroes. They have superpowers and abilities as well, but nothing to do since Superman made a group of robot-guardians that take care of everything. These 2nd generation heroes are vapid and bored. They are also interesting under Morrison's hand and the art here by Ben Oliver is outstanding.
2) Earth-4 the world of the Watchmen. It's decently done and amazingly illustrated by Quitely.
3) Earth-X Superman's rocket landed in Nazi occupied Czechoslavakia. There, he goes by Overman and is now the leader of the Third Reich. The world is ethnically cleansed and peaceful, and Overman is tormented by regret and nightmares. This is the best story in the book.

The rest of the stories range from weak to awful. Some of the plotting and dialogue is truly horrendous. Morrison is reversing the Crisis on Infinite Earth story line from 1986, and he is making 52 worlds from where there was 1 (this was already done, but he is explaining it). He is also engaging in a conversation about what comics are and several times he breaks the fourth wall (in a silly, 1950's comic book kind of way instead of a Gary Shanding kind of way). He even writes in comments about his own work as if he were internet commentators. They are quite good, and I appreciate how well he nails himself. That got him his 3rd star for this book.

The art is different each chapter, and it is usually strong. In some cases, it is superlative.

The overall plot of the book is a mess. It's convoluted and not very interesting. If it was Mr. Morrison's attempt to comment on Marvel and DC crossovers by writing his own huge event book, then bravo.