I loved Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns; I loathed The Dark Knight Strikes Back!

The Dark Knight III: The Master Race falls somewhere in between.

When it works, it works better than most Batman comics DC has published in the last thirty years.

Whether you’ll like it or not depends on how much leeway you’re willing to give it and how curious you are to see how weird things get. It’s not as good as The Dark Knight Returns but it’s way better that The Dark Knight Strikes Again — more importantly than that, it’s more interesting than its immediate predecessor.

Frank Miller returns to the world of the comic that made his name…except that statement needs qualifying, because where The Dark Knight Returns and DK2 were unquestionably Frank Miller projects, his faithful lieutenants Janson and Varley at his side, this time there are a lot of other names involved. Brian Azzarello co-writes; Andy Kubert draws the main story; some of the back-up strips (which are really more subplots to the main story anyway) have Miller art proper, while others bring the likes of John Romita Jr or Eduardo Risso to the party. The good news is, it doesn’t feel like a committee-created comic, one of those godawful events lurching from one manager’s bright idea to another without any space to work as a story. The bad news is, it still lurches. We open on Batman fighting Gotham’s police force, who like too many US police services have become a militarised and unaccountable gendarmerie. So one assumes this is going to be a recantation of Miller’s most uncharacteristic recent(ish) move, where he laid into the Occupy movement in horribly Republican-sounding terms, despite their goals being almost identical to those of Batman and his allies in DK2 (which, incidentally and heretically, I prefer to Returns). But no, then we swerve into a story about Bruce faking his own death – is that the third time, now? - and the Atom enlarging some of the inhabitants of the bottle city of Kandor. Which…well, isn’t this more a Superman story now? But Miller still has a bee in his bonnet about fundamentalist terrorism too, albeit mercifully a more subtle one than in the mess that was Holy Terror, so we then get the radicalisation of Superman and Wonder Woman’s daughter Lara (which works pretty well, given what was established regarding her in DK2) and Kryptonian suicide bombers (which makes bugger-all sense, given a Kryptonian can surely cause just as much damage without blowing up). And so it continues: a fabulously epic confrontation will be followed by one which feels oddly rushed and reliant on an unconvincingly asymmetric application of superpowers; a scene moving enough to sit alongside DKR or DK2 will be followed by one sufficiently WTF? to belong in Miller's loopy All-Star Batman or Azzarello's misfiring Batman: Broken City. There is a spine to it all, for sure: an attempt to synthesise the message the first Dark Knight book had about humans with DK2's awe at the superhuman; a hatred of dictators and the cowards who enable them (the running joke at Trump's expense is fun, albeit hampered by the way that, like most satirists, Azzarello and Miller write their version as more coherent than the real moron). And at times, despite the story running far darker than either predecessor, it seems as if Miller, like Moore, may be seeking to turn it towards the light again, regretting the long-term impact of his reinvention of the superhero. Alas, none of this is enough to put it on a par with either of its astonishing predecessors.

Wow this work is just incredible. This is definitely the best work on Batman released by DC for the year 2017; I think it would be up there with some of the best works on Batman. This is the third volume in the famous Dark Knight Saga by Frank Miller, with the first one titled The Dark Knight Return and the second titled The Dark Knight Strikes Again. With the release of Batman: The Dark Knight: Master Race it has been thirty one years since the first one began. That’s thirty one year since Frank Miller wrote a story that has shaped Batman’s narrative and also have influenced the movies about Batman. This third work is epic in the same fashion as The Dark Knight Return.
As the beginning of the story it seems rather chaotic; Batman hasn’t been seen for some time and suddenly someone like Batman appears only for it to turn out to be a woman. This story is about an older Batman who originally had his assistant Carrie Kelley pretending to be Batman and caught so she can say Batman has been dead. In this storyline people know that Bruce Wayne is Batman. But just as Batman wishes to be left alone something is brewing that threatens Gotham and the whole world. We see the rise of alien members from Kandor led by Quar in the plot for domination over planet Earth. Like Superman these aliens are Kryptonians although unlike Superman they don’t have the appreciation for mankind on Earth. With such big threat the problem evident early on is that Batman is old; and not just old like in The Dark Knight Return but much older and walking around with crutches. Everything before the introduction of the aliens prepares readers mentality to think that Batman has had more than his share of battle scars and beating upon his body physically. Thus begins a new adventure of Batman getting other superheroes to fight the new threat and also Batman himself getting involved personally in the fight.
I love the angle of how this is a much more older Batman who seeks helps much more quickly than a younger Batman. We see other superheroes such as Superman, Wonderwoman, Atom, the Green Lantern and the Flash. We don’t only see their strengths but also their limitations and at times even their weaknesses or their folly. There’s a big theme here about these superheroes not being God that I thought was really profound. It is found throughout the volume and more pronounced towards the end. For instance in the beginning a Kryptonian asked Atom what he meant by the phrase “God willing” that suggested the Kryptonian name Baal was slightly triggered. Atom explains the phrase which is a sign of things to come. Then during the more climatic part of the book we read on page 258 Superman saying something rather profound: Father than a speeding bullet…is too slow. More powerful than a locomotive…isn’t strong enough. Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound…C’mon. Look, up in the sky…I do. And pray to the Lord that I grew up believing in. Because I’m not a bird or a plane…I’m only superman.” It’s not just Superman, Green Lantern later on also recover from a pretty low point for him by realizing he’s not god. This is a tale of what happens when one thinks they are gods and also how heroes need to know that they themselves are not gods. Fascinating theological point.
There’s so much that’s rich with this story. I also thought it was interesting seeing this being an epic story that is cosmic in scale, involving not just only Earth and Kryptonians but also a battle with Wonderwoman and the Amazonians. I love how the story also show the fickleness of people’s opinions when the citizens of Gotham go from one moment hating Batman and wanting him dead to the next moment joining in his vigilantism against all odds against the aliens which is really the people partaking in what makes Batman Batman. I love how the Graphic Novel also has one of the theme being the story about Batman and Wonderwoman’s child and how she struggles with things teenagers could relate to; but yet this is not cheesy but in a real way shows that her parents cared about her. The theme of partnership is also something in this book not only with Batman and Superman, or Wonderwoman and Superman since they love each other but also Batman with what would later be Batwoman (as opposed to “Bat girl”). I love one of the painting of Batman and Batwoman towards the end of the book that echoes the cover of The Dark Knight Returns. Truly artistic use of “echoes.”
Again as I said there’s so much in this story that makes it so epic. I recommend it and give this book a five out of five.
NOTE: This book was provided to me free by DC Comics and Net Galley without any obligation for a positive review. All opinions offered above are mine unless otherwise stated or implied.

This book blew me away.

I'll start with the cover, I think the stark contrast between the black and white and the simplicity of the picture is extremely striking and eye-catching. I could quite happily look at it all day and it will be a beautiful addition to anyone's collection.

To continue with the art, it's all outstanding the whole book through and the different styles of the artists are very distinctive. There's one page with Diana (Wonder Woman) fighting a minotaur and it is one of the most stunning pages I have ever seen. I've been back to look at that page more than once since my first read through of the book.

The story is masterfully written. Between the art and the dialogue it's a perfect match. There was twice where I actually choked up, there was so much emotion on the pages. I loved the different big bad and how it was used in almost a mirror as to a lot of what is going on in real life. The panels with tweets, texts and news broadcasts were genius and added to the real life feel I got from the story.

I loved the cast of characters used in Master Race, it was really good to see Atom and Hawkman and Hawkgirl, though even in passing. It was also really good for the spotlight to be on Carrie Kelley and to see her growth and maturity over the whole story. It was interesting to see Lara used in the way she was and her relationship with her mum and dad. I even loved the darker and more sinister Hal Jordan and the journey he had to go on alone to find himself again.

I can't very well review The Dark Knight without mentioning the Dark Knight himself. I thought the depiction of old and broken Bruce going on a kind of last quest to rid the world from this new and dreadful evil was brilliant. He was grumpy, he was snarky and he had some amazing speeches and one liners. I will always love Batman, old or young and this version I thought was great.

I may have gushed more than usual in this review, but overall I think this is an outstanding collection and one I will most certainly be revisiting again in the future.

From the publisher: One of the most highly anticipated sequels of all-time is finally here in DARK KNIGHT III: THE MASTER RACE!

In 1986, Frank Miller introduced his iconic take on Batman and changed the face of comics forever. Now, three decades after BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS, Miller himself has returned with a third chapter to his groundbreaking saga.

DARK KNIGHT III: THE MASTER RACE continues Frank Miller's landmark DARK KNIGHT SAGA that began with 1986's THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS and continued with its 2001-2002 sequel THE DARK KNIGHT STRIKES AGAIN. Co-written by Brian Azzarello and drawn by Andy Kubert and Klaus Janson, DARK KNIGHT III: THE MASTER RACE returns to a world gone awry left in the aftermath of the toppling of Lex Luthor and the apparent death... of Batman himself? Then who will save Gotham City and the rest of the planet against the mysterious Master Race?

Also collected in this graphic novel are the nine mini-comics that originally appeared in the monthly periodical release of DARK KNIGHT III: THE MASTER RACE, each of which focuses on a different character from within the world of Miller's Dark Knight. The minicomics are also written by Miller and Azzarello and will be drawn by some of the greatest artists currently working in comics, including Miller himself, Eduardo Risso and John Romita, Jr.!

Collected here are all nine chapters of DARK KNIGHT III: THE MASTER RACE as well as the nine mini-comics.

I read Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns and loved it. I read Miller's The Dark Knight Strikes Again and liked it. When I heard about Dark Knight: Master Race, by Miller with Brian Azzarello, I was hoping for more of a Dark Knight Returns feeling. And you know what? I did like it. Master Race isn't as good as the original (that would be hard to accomplish), but I enjoyed a lot more than I remember enjoying more than The Dark Knight Strikes Again. And that's a good thing. With sequels or returns to classic stories, there is a danger involved; so many people enjoy the classic original, that the creators risk alienating fans both old and new. Well, in my opinion, Miller and Azzarello have done a fine job with The Master Race.

A quick synopsis: Batman is missing and presumed dead, Superman has removed himself from involving himself in humanity's affairs, Wonder Woman is busy ruling the Amazons and raising her children (a daughter and son). Other heroes seem to be laying low as well. In to this world comes rumor of a Batman sighting, which doesn't sit well with many. Additionally, Lara (the teenage daughter of Superman and Wonder Woman) visits her frozen father at his Fortress of Solitude. While there, she discovers the bottled city of Kandor, and is convinced to take it to Ray Palmer, the hero known as the Atom. The residents of Kandor want to be returned to normal size and Palmer's shrinking technology is just the ticket. But all is not as it seems when the Kandorians return. And thus, the foundation for the story of The Master Race is born.

I enjoyed reading this story. I found that Miller and Azzarello had a new and interesting take on the story of the Kandorians, and the tie-in to how superheroes were viewed in this world was nice. The subplots, involving Superman, Wonder Woman, and their children; Batman and his new Robin, Carrie Kelley; or even the cameos by heroes such as the Atom, Aquaman, and Flash, were all complimentary and dovetailed nicely with the main storyline. In fact, I really liked how the other heroes were very naturally brought into the story, rather than forced in just for fan service.

In addition to collecting the main comic story, this collected edition also contains nine separate mini-comics stories that ran in the individual comics, each focusing on a side story that adds to the overall enjoyment of The Master Race. Some of these stories focus on heroes, such as the Atom or the new Batgirl, and some show events that happen off the page of the main storyline. All were well done and deserved their place in this story.

Overall, I really enjoyed Miller and Azzarello's The Dark Knight: The Master Race. It was a well-written story that added to the mythology of Miller's original The Dark Knight Returns. I highly recommend it to all Batman fans, and to anyone who enjoyed The Dark Knight Returns. It would also be an entertaining read for new fans wondering what all the Frank Miller Batman fuss is about.

I received a preview copy of this book from DC Comics and Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

Good enough even if it is not at the same level of the first one, but at last it is way better than the second installment in this series by Miller.

Abbastanza bello, anche se non ai livelli del primo, ma almeno é molto meglio del secondo.

THANKS TO NETGALLEY FOR THE PREVIEW !

The Dark Knight Returns is a groundbreaking graphic novel, and it doesn't need sequels.

Of course, in comics, anything that is even slightly popular will get rehashed and run into the ground as long as there is the potential to sell a few issues or license a few toys. So of course we received the terrible The Dark Knight Strikes Again, Frank Miller's announcement to the world that his artistic integrity doesn't outweigh dump trucks full of money. Back in the day, I actually got excited for that series to come out. After it crushes my soul, I knew better than to get my hopes up for Dark Knight III: Master Race.

I was pleasantly surprised, though, perhaps because of lowered expectations. Andy Kubert's art simulates Frank Miller's style reasonably well, and the plot, while not up to the level of the original, is entertaining. Miller famously wanted the credit for breaking up Superman and Batman's BFF status in the '80s, but here his stance has softened: he's providing a regular Dark Knight version of a Justice League comic. For those who can't get enough of the Dark Knight Universe (yes, that's a thing now), this volume should cleanse your palate after DK2.

Llega a su fin la publicación de los nueve números que forman la nueva entrega de “El retorno del caballero oscuro”. No había necesidad, seguramente, de volver a este mundo que tanto éxito le dio a Frank Miller allá en los ochenta y que tanta indiferencia dejo con su segunda parte. Sin embargo, además de los consiguientes dólares con que habrán retribuido al autor y sus acompañantes, parece que DC pretende volver a la senda que tanto reconocimiento le dio de crear novelas gráficas con identidad propia, completamente fuera de continuidad. Esperemos llevarnos buenas noticias al respecto pronto.

“The Master Race” retoma la historia de un Batman viejo y medio retirado que, al igual que en las dos entregas previas, cuenta con Carrie Kelly como Robin. Cuando Átomo restablece el tamaño de los habitantes de Kandor que Superman guardaba en una urna de cristal se desata la amenaza. Los Kandorians y algún conocido personaje que les acompañan exigen la rendición del planeta, algo que Batman y los suyos deberán evitar.

Sin embargo, es curioso que un comic teóricamente de Batman como este, el hombre murciélago sea apenas un secundario medio inútil. Casi podríamos definir el comic como una historia de La Liga de la Justicia o de una Trinidad con algún secundario como Green Lantern o Aquaman de añadido. Sea como fuera, todos los personajes aparecen únicamente para hacer su trabajo, dado que los diálogos y el motivo de sus actuaciones son completamente planos y sin ningún tipo de profundidad. Y eso a pesar de que la historia cuenta con nueve números completos que bien podría haber aportado más interés a sus apariciones.

El dibujo de Andy Kubert recuerda mucho al Miller de los ochenta y en general resulta atractivo, sobre todo en los primeros números. Seguramente el hecho de que Janson sea el mismo colorista de entonces tiene mucho que ver. En lo visual hay muchas referencias a las anteriores entregas, como esos canales de televisión sobreimpresionados sobre las viñetas contando como se ve desde fuera los sucesos. También alguna viñeta (como la final del tomo) que está directamente calcada de “The dark night returns”.

Las nueve entregas se complementan con nueve pequeñas historias que sirven de puente entre números y que, en general, son bastante prescindibles. Sobre todo los dibujados por el propio Miller.

Definitivamente, “The Master Race” es un volumen que pasara más a la historia por significado que por calidad. Sobre todo si esperáis algo que cambie el rumbo de la historia del comic. Pese a ello, es una historia que se deja leer aunque sea bastante estándar. Sus personajes son planos y sin ninguna justificación de sus actos. Simplemente aparecen y hacen su trabajo. ¿Habrá mas entregas en un futuro? Solo Miller y DC lo saben, pero apuesten por ello.

This is the third part of the Dark Knight series by Frank Miller. Should you read this? Yes! Especially if you answer yes to any of the following:
Are you a Batman fan?
Are you a Superman fan?
Are you a Frank Miller fan?
Did you enjoy The Dark Knight Returns?
This book picks up after the events of The Dark Knight Strikes Again. It begins with Lara (Superman and Wonder Woman's daughter) trying to find her place in the world. This leads to her working with the Atom to release the people of Kondor. They quickly set themselves up as the overlords of Earth, thus the "Master Race" of the title.
The story unfolds over 18 issues. There are 9 issues of the "Main Story" as well of 9 issues that take place between. The end result is a very enjoyable story with multiple story arches.
4.5 out of 5

It's obvious Frank Miller knows his way around Batman. He is responsible for my all-time favorite work on the character (Batman: Year One) and he gave us another classic in The Dark Knight Returns. The followup to that (...Strikes Again) did not review very well and was, in fact, not great. Unfortunately, it seems Part III follows in that trajectory. I was underwhelmed.

Some positives: the art was striking and the characterization of Batman was in line. The book does jump around quite a bit, however, which made the story hard to follow. It was too violent for younger readers, but adult fans of Batman could read this book, if for no other reason to see the completion of the Frank Miller saga. Sadly, though, it would not be my first choice to recommend as an introduction to the character--or even in my top ten.

Thank you to DC and Net Galley for giving me the opportunity to read and review Batman: The Master Race. The following is as always my honest opinion. Spoiler free.

I jumped at the chance to read this. I'll give any Batman book a try. I was a little wary as we all know how hit and miss Frank Miller can be. For me this was a huge miss.

Let's start off with the art. Frank Miller's big boxy style is prevelant. Not my taste, but readable and perhaps some else's taste. Some of the other art that shows up in certain issues is horrible! The characters look like they are drawn by someone who has never seen a human body before. So ugly.

Storywise. Hmm. If you just go along for the ride and don't think about anything that is happening too much maybe you will enjoy it. I didn't. Some of the sequences are so ridiculous they are laughable. I'm all about things going over the top and suspension of disbelief, but a lot of these were too much for me. If it was one or two things, I'd not mind so much. It's the entire book though. The characters all act in ways that seem way out of character for me or they are written so flat there is nothing to them. Most notably Wonder Woman.

Usually at the end of my reviews I list the types of readers I would recommend the book to. I can't really recommend it to anyone, unfortunately.

Batman is not playing ball. He's been videoed duffing up Gotham policemen, and not the baddies he usually biffs. But then he's not Batman – he's a she, and she finally comes up with the news that Batman died in her hands. Elsewhere, Lara, the daughter of Superman and Wonder Woman, is encouraging Ray Palmer/The Atom to turn his technologies concerned with shrinking and expanding life to the miniaturised city of Kandor, the last vestige of Kryptonian existence not to fly about in visible blue pants. What with Superman sitting idle in an exposed Fortress of Solitude having gone into a sulk, and Batman dead, there would appear to be little in the way of help for the world should anything nasty happen – but then, of course, something nasty does happen…

Without having my finger on the pulse of monthly comics, the collection of this series came as a surprise. After so long, Frank Miller was going to treat us to another Dark Knight book, those that looked at the hubris, ailing feeling of defeat and general ageing of a has-been superhero? Well, that was my impression. But of course, that wasn't quite what we got. And what we did get was more than serviceable, but was nowhere near as high in quality as my expectations.

This is a nine-parter, added to in the trade by a selection of supporting chapters looking at specific characters, some of which were not only written by Frank Miller but drawn by him too. He shares writing on the main bulk of the piece with Brian Azzarello, and that may somehow be the problem. Yes, we get defeatism among the Trinity players, but the rest of the classic Justice League crop up for cameos, and that, added to the disappointingly normal threat, mean this could have been any bog-standard DC comic from the last, ooh, thirty years. It doesn't seem to have taken on board anything revolutionary from the original Dark Knight book, but instead reverted to a kind of story-by-numbers effort.

And some of those numbers took very little effort. Without mentioning all the specifics, there are some awful beats here. The way Donald Trump gets cameos – and boy, do I hate it when DC try and 'do' politics. The way the baddies first arrive in a scene that could have come out of any bad Hollywood Middle Eastern epic – and boy, do I hate it when DC try and 'do' Middle Eastern/Islamist political allegory. But closer to home, what is it with the ''This mean you not dead anymore?'' scene, or Carrie's ineptly conveyed escape? The TV talking-heads commentaries that made the earlier books' pages sometimes an ordeal to read are here, but in smaller quantities – but get added to by text-speak chatter, which is inherently ignorable.

To the credit here is the Milleresque artwork that the varied creators have come up with – for when Miller is responsible for it in the bonuses, some of it is just dreadful. The arc of the story does leave us with a suitable ending, whether that is just to this book or to this series as a lengthy trilogy. And if you were to come to these pages expecting just a routine DC story of goodies collecting themselves together in various configurations to fight the baddies, then that is what you get. You may struggle if you don't get all the references I deliberately included here, to suggest this is not a book the never-before-read-a-DC-comic crowd could instantly engage with. But what nobody will get, whatever their experience, is a sense of anything outstanding, which may be understandable but in any regard has to be thought of as a shame.

I give it a 3 outta 5. At times the storyline feels hectic and scattered with drop in appearances from characters who don’t contribute to the story and seem to be placed in the story for the sake of being placed in the story. But when the plot was linear I could follow it and enjoy it and that made me want to continue reading.
I wasn’t a fan of the ending either, seems like people can’t write a superhero story without some improbable last minute rescue, I don’t know if it’s laziness or a lack of creativity.
Supreme Leader Trump makes several appearances which are funny and depict a believable impression of him if he was faced with the same situations in real life.
I could probably talk all day about everything that was wrong with the work, but as far as most superhero stories I’ve read, this is probably one of the better ones because there was a large chunk of the inner story that I enjoyed reading through hoping to find out what would happen next.

Frank Miller delivers another strong title in his Batman titles. As usual, this is filled with sociopolitical commentary that pulls no punches. If you like his previous Dark Knight titles, you need to pick this one up.

I was pretty disillusioned after TDKSA, so I didn't have very high expectations going into this one. I really was pleasantly surprised (with a small exception) by this book. I liked that I was able to follow the plot without any research, since it's been a while since I was caught up with my comic reading, and I liked the team-up aspects. I loved seeing the characters which so defined my early life (Atom! Hal!) and reading about them doing what they do best. I assumed it would be a set up and story arc with an eventual net-zero ending, and that was perfectly ok with me.

I heard a lot of buzz about these books from my 'sister geeks' (i.e. other female gamer/comic nerds) that they hated that FM can't/won't(?) write positive female characters (or that he's a misogynist or whatever). For my dime, though, I knew going in that it was going to be testosterone soaked and looking for positive female role models wasn't going to happen.

My small(ish) grumble about the book is the hit-or-miss art. It's so variable that I found myself actually yanked out of the story at several points.

All in all ... enjoyable, especially for someone who isn't a currently super-engaged comics fanatic (I fell out of the habit in grad school, and haven't really ever gotten back into it, since my local comics shop is about 4 hours away *sigh*). I could follow the players without having to resort to looking anything up and the story made sense to me without having to ask for back info.

Three and a half stars from me

I enjoyed this new edition in the Dark night Series. While the second edition left a lot to be desired this book feels as though it was an extension of the first Dark Night series while also pulling in modern pop-culture and politics to make the story even more relevant to today.

Frank Miller and Brian Azzarello were the perfect team to make DKIII: The Master Race, the third in Miller's "Dark Knight Returns" series. There are a lot of callbacks to previous plot-points, without being a re-hash of everything that has come before. The art and writing are outstanding, and I would like to see more collaboration between Miller and Azzarello in the future, in or out of the DKR-verse.

Carrie Kelley, Bruce Wayne, Ray Palmer, Wonder Woman, Superman, Green Lantern, Aquaman, and more all make meaningful appearances in this series, and all of the vignettes interspersed through this trade edition flesh out a lot of backstory and enrich this volume greatly. This will appeal to Batman fans, Frank Miller fans, and fans of great storytelling. Most highly recommended.

Batman is dead, but when the Atom makes a small city of Kryptonians that Superman has kept large chaos ensues. The city needs the Justice League now more than ever. However, will Superman and Wonder Woman's daughter, Lara, fight for the humans her parents are sworn to protect or with the Kryptonians? Gotham city is in for an epic battle to protect earth and each other.

The story was okay overall and I enjoyed the various mini comics in between. Generally, I did not care for the art work in this book (especially the female portrayals) and found the plot slow. This comic is part of a well known history and I appreciate that, but ultimately it wasn't for me.

Batman dead? Superman has frozen himself in ice? Green Lantern lost his ring AND his hand? The world's greatest are all in retirement. The world doesn't need them and, in most cases, has turned against them. When a new threat looms, they must band together and fight or watch the planet they love and protected be destroyed.

I enjoyed this book but had to read it in a bit of a rush. Because of this, I look forward to going back and taking my time with the art and story. It deserves it.

Collecting the 9 comics of Batman The Dark Knight Master Race id not a Batman story as we know them. It is a combination of stories involving Batman, Batwoman, Superman, Wonder Woman, their daughter Lara, Flash, Atom and Green Lantern as they battle to save the earth from Quar and the Kryptonians who are trying to take over the planet. Lara struggles with being different from everybody on earth and fitting in with the Kryptonians so is torn on which side she belongs to. The writing is fantastic, some of the artwork leaves is a bit flat but overall a fitting end to the trilogy.