Comics Review: Leviathan Dawn #1

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Leviathan Dawn (2020-) #1 by Brian Michael Bendis

My rating: 2 of 5 stars


As we transition through the Transition storyline, DC gives us Leviathan Dawn. A one shot? A miniseries?

In any case, Dc seems to like to do things like this since it might catch a buyers eye as a #1. For me, it has the opposite effect, I presume it's just an ancillary product, and I am better off skipping it.

In this case, I probably would have been better off skipping it. Bendis and Maleev can write great comics in their sleep, and there is not much evidence here to insist that anything other than that happened here.

Which is a real shame, since a writer (especially Bendis) could have had fun with the transition here. It has a great start and a great finish, and it should not be hard to throw something (anything, really) in the middle to connect the two.

Critics and readers largely panned this issue, and they are right. It's an un-fun slog that confirms all my prejudices about these books being unnecessary.



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