tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post3823803243124101835..comments2024-03-27T21:12:28.287-05:00Comments on Collected Editions: Review: Year of the Villain: Hell Arisen trade paperback (DC Comics)collectededitionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14698269790653953645noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-13921481092192054062020-10-30T09:26:48.721-05:002020-10-30T09:26:48.721-05:00While overall I liked this book, it's worth me...While overall I liked this book, it's worth mentioning how clunky the collection is. The special that launched YotV AND Hell Arisen that ended it? And are we ever getting the one-shots collected?Aymeric McRaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14484209253540406909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-44979569946961040002020-10-29T10:15:52.948-05:002020-10-29T10:15:52.948-05:00I'm glad you did these two back to back. I rea...I'm glad you did these two back to back. I read them one after the other and I was left with a big sense of "whatever" - we spent months and months seeing Lex's machinations and manipulations, only to have the (unsurprising) betrayal at the last minute to supplant Lex with BWL (which continues to be an idiotic name). Sound and fury, signifying nothing is pretty apt here. <br /><br />Like you, the Infected storyline did nothing for me (I'm hoping Supergirl's Infectious trade is better executed than S/B v1), so it's inclusion and conclusion here fell pretty flat. W/o spoiling or spending too much time discussing Death Metal, I'm also struck by how little any of this (Who are the Secret Six, Justice/Doom War, Hell Arisen) mattered to the fundamental plot points of DM (at least through 4 issues and a number of tie-ins). Bob Schoonoverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15371205595372517089noreply@blogger.com