Throwback Thursday - Convergence Week 1 - Too Soon?
"Now We Can Talk About This Properly!"
I wasn't expecting for my April and May to be so jam packed at the last minute so there wasn't much coverage on DC Comics' big event on either my podcast, Channel 52 or this blog. But no worries, I'm here NOW and I'm going to guide you through this weird, torrid mess(for a more in-depth look and to hear another opinion besides mine, be sure to check out the podcast when you get a chance).
If you skipped out on the event but now realize that it actually had some fairly interesting ramifications and you'd like to know what books are essential and what you can skip, I've got you covered. Just be sure to check back here every Thursday and Friday in June.
The Basics - Convergence was DC Comics' "Big Event" for 2015. It was billed as a two-month weekly limited series. Convergence spun out of the final issues of the weekly series, Earth 2: World's End and The New 52: Futures End. The story involves Brainiac collecting cities and inhabitants from various timelines that have ended, trapping them in domes on a planet outside of time and space and opening them up to see what happens. Notable during this event is the return of DC characters from before the 2011 Flashpoint storyline that led to the creation of The New 52 DC Universe.
Convergence Week 1 (Week of April 5, 2015)
Convergence #0*Writer: Dan Jurgens | Artist: Ethan Van Sciver | Cover: Ethan Van Sciver
# of Variant Covers: 4
Price: $4.99
Blurb: Where do worlds go when they die? The Earthquakes felt round the Multiverse, Superman's lost days after 'Doomed,' the World's End - all these points will converge as the history of the DCU is spun from a new perspective, the perspective of a mad god and his arrogant child. The biggest story in DC history ties into literally every DC story ever told - and it all begins here. All the worlds you remember can still be found on Telos.Everything matters. Every story matters.
Grade: A
Convergence #1
Writer: Scott Lobdell | Art: Carlo Pagulayan | Cover: Ivan Reis
# of Variant Covers: 4
Price: $4.99
Blurb: This is it! The entire DC Universe, from the dawn of time through The New 52, must fight to survive against a threat that bends the Multiverse to its will. Your favorite characters from every era and every forgotten series are all here! But are you going to say hello again just to say goodbye forever? Brainiac has collected cities of doomed and forgotten worlds, who must battle each other - and the losers will be destroyed!
Grade: A-
Convergence - Batgirl #1
Writer: Alisa Kwitney Art: Rick Leonardi Cover: Rick Leonardi
# of Variant Covers: 1
Price: $3.99
Blurb: STARRING HEROES FROM THE PRE-FLASHPOINT DCU! After a year living under the confinement of the dome, Stephanie Brown isn't sure she wants to be Batgirl again. But when she's attacked by Catman and Gorilla Grodd from the world of Flashpoint, she's forced to put on the cape and cowl to fight alongside Red Robin and Cassandra Cain!
Grade: B
Convergence - Batman and Robin #1
Price: $3.99
# of Variant Covers: 1
Blurb: STARRING HEROES FROM THE PRE-FLASHPOINT DCU! Being trapped in a domed city makes for a tense, inescapable family reunion as Batman struggles to keep the friction between Damian Wayne and Jason Todd from exploding!
Grade: C+
Convergence - Harley Quinn #1
# of Variant Covers: 1
Price: $3.99
Blurb: STARRING HEROES FROM THE PRE-FLASHPOINT DCU! Life for Harley Quinn has become downright normal over the last year. Will she be ready to go nuts when Catwoman and Poison Ivy draft her to fight - Captain Carrot?!
Grade: B-
Convergence - Justice League #1
# of Variant Covers: 1
Price: $3.99
Blurb: STARRING HEROES FROM THE PRE-FLASHPOINT DCU! The Justice League story you never expected to see begins when Supergirl, Zatanna, Vixen and Jade attend Jesse Quick's baby shower, which quickly turns into a life-and-death struggle with Flashpoint Aquaman!
Grade: C+
Convergence - Nightwing/Oracle #1
# of Variant Covers: 1
Price: $3.99
Blurb: STARRING HEROES FROM THE PRE-FLASHPOINT DCU! Just as they've finally been reunited, the romance between Dick Grayson and Barbara Gordon is sentenced to execution by Flashpoint Hawkman and Hawkwoman!
Grade: A+
Convergence - Speed Force #1
# of Variant Covers: 1
Price: $3.99
Blurb: STARRING HEROES FROM THE PRE-FLASHPOINT DCU! The fastest family alive loses its powers as Wally West and his kids face an uncertain future while trapped away from home. Will they be able to outrun the chaos that follows the arrival of Flashpoint Wonder Woman? Plus, don't miss the most unexpected Zoo Crew character of all!
Grade: B
Convergence - Superman #1
# of Variant Covers: 1
Price: $3.99
Blurb: STARRING HEROES FROM THE PRE-FLASHPOINT DCU! A powerless Superman is called upon to protect Gotham City?and his pregnant wife Lois Lane!
Grade: B+
Convergence - The Atom #1 #1
# of Variant Covers: 1
Price: $3.99
Blurb: STARRING HEROES FROM THE PRE-FLASHPOINT DCU! There's a mysterious voice in Ray Palmer's head! Does that mean The Atom is going mad? To find out what's really going on, he'll have to go down a road that will pit him against the ever deadly Deathstroke!
Grade: A-
Convergence - The Question #1
Writer: Greg Rucka | Art: Cully Hamner | Cover: Cully Hamner
# of Variant Covers:1
Price: $3.99
Blurb: STARRING HEROES FROM THE PRE-FLASHPOINT DCU! Two-Face is fighting another world's Harvey Dent, and it's up to Renee Montoya as The Question to help him beat the odds.
Grade: B-
Convergence - Titans #1
Writer: Fabian Nicieza | Art: Ron Wagner | Cover: Emanuela Lupacchino
# of Variant Covers: 1
Price: $3.99
Blurb: STARRING HEROES FROM THE PRE-FLASHPOINT DCU! Starfire and Donna Troy track down Arsenal, who had retreated after the loss of his arm and the death of his daughter - but what they find is more terrifying than they ever could have expected!
Grade: B-
*Convergence #0 was released on April 1, 2015
Did you participate in Convergence? If so what titles did you pick up? Which were your favorites? If you didn't participate in Convergence, are you glad you didn't or are you kicking yourself?
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