Kingdom Come is one of my all-time favorite stories. Its 4 Issues on DCU but they are pretty long issues tbh.
Where do I begin? Kingdom Come is by Mark Waid and Alex Ross, two comic book legends. It features some of their best work, especially Alex Ross who’s artwork from Kingdom Come has become iconic.
Its an Elseworlds story that is set a few decades in the future. Its basically about a growing conflict between aging “traditional” heroes like Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, etc and a popular new breed of “heroes” who are more dangerous and violent and irresponsible, some of which are sidekicks or offspring of traditional heroes.
The story tackles moral and psychological struggles of being a hero and the difference between the iconic traditional heroes and the new guard.
If thats not enough to sell it, Im not gonna give away the whole story heh, but Ill tell you how the story basically kicks off.
Dont read on if you dont want to know how it kicks off.
The Narrator, or the point of view of the story is from The Spectre and a minister named Norman McCay. And they will basically bear witness to everything thats gonna happen in Kingdom Come and their gonna pass “judgement” at the end.
The Justice League, except for Batman who basically runs Gotham from the underground and has his Outsiders, have all abandoned their roles for quite some time because of the new breed of heroes who have become way more popular in the public eye because they have no qualms about killing. A new “hero” in particular named Magog is put on trial, after he leads an attack on Parasite(Villain), where much of the midwest is destroyed/ruined and millions of people die.
Wonder Woman, uses this situation to talk Superman back in to returning and to try to reform the old Justice League.
And the story blasts off from there with Superman going around trying to recruit old allies.
Its really one of my favorites and you get to see some absolutely epic artwork. You see all kinds of epic cameos and the big three in some of their best panels.
