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Today, July 12th, is the last day before everything changes on DC Universe Infinite.
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Tomorrow, July 13th, begins ‘Future State’ as the entire DC Universe is flung into the future.
Some characters will only go a short distance into the future while others will go to the end of time itself.
- What will be different?
- What will the world, or worlds, look like?
- Who will still be a hero and who will be something different entirely?
- What new heroes will have emerged?
- What new villains and threats will have emerged?
All of it is about to be answered. I know these books came out in comic shops six months ago but not on here. On here it’s been business as usual with Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, The Flash, Aquaman, Cyborg, Green Lanterns and more fighting Lex Luthor, Brainiac, Darkseid, The Joker, Black Manta, Sinestro, The Batman Who Laughs and other iconic villains we all know and love. But that “usual” ends today. Literally. For tomorrow the future arrives and once we see it we can never go back. Never pretend we didn’t see it, or that it didn’t happen, or that it isn’t canon. Tomorrow it becomes real.
I’ve been looking forward to the arrival of the Future State for about 10 months now. Ever since they announced, simultaneously, that the DC Universe was going to be relaunched beginning with Future State, then Generations and then Infinite Frontier and that DC Universe would be relaunched into DC Universe Infinite with books arriving six months after publication. I’m not in a place where I can afford to buy 52 books (it’s always 52, isn’t it!?!) within two months but here, if I’m patient, I can read it all for just 20 cents a day. I’ve been patient. I’ve avoided the spoilers and I’ve literally marked my calendar to count down the days until this event arrived on my screen. I can’t wait to read every panel of every book and see what adventures, stories, thrills, heartbreaks and laughs they have in store for me.
Future State…I’m so ready for you. Let’s do this.
The Flash…that one lost me a bit. According to Flash Forward, Flash 
Superman of Metropolis won me back pretty quickly, though. Not only do we get a gripping story of 
Wonder Woman Yara Flor is the first step into a true alternate reality. We know the story takes place in the future but it looks prehistoric as Yara Flor - 
Swamp Thing. Like Yara Flor this is familiar and yet completely new. We’re centuries in to the future and 
Robin Eternal was excellent.
Dark Detective was excellent.
Teen Titans was awful. I had zero idea what was going on at any given time in that book. Plus they literally had a panel that referred to something and said, “See Future State: The Flash 
Green Lantern was excellent. All three stories were fantastic and the last two - Jessica Cruz and Guy Gardner - have me champing at the bit to see what happens next!
Justice League was great. Immediately a good story with new but familiar characters - loved it. The Justice League Dark story was just as good as the “main” story and both ended on great cliffhangers. This is exactly what I was hoping for in Future State.
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Was quite different as well. It takes place in 2070 yet felt like a Golden Age story. I like the Future versions of both characters and the unique predicament they find themselves in. It’s not a partnership as much as it is a mutual respect and feels like a sibling thing between them. I could go for a long run of these two, I think.