Injustice Gods Among Us Year Five 1

Injustice's final year kicks off to a strong start with the first of three volumes. Buccellato's writing makes a major improvement over the mediocre "Year Four" story arc where the Injustice Regime and Insurgency were forced to temporarily team up against the Olympian Gods. The series has never been as strong as it was in the first two "years" when the book was being helmed by Tom Taylor, but Buccellato does a strong job tying up the last loose ends and setting the state for the Year Five finale which directly leads into the events of the video game's story mode. Year Five is mostly the year of the villains as the numerous baddies under Superman's thumb in the events of the game are brought into the fold. While Batman appeals to any villains with some semblance of honor (such as the Rogues and Deathstroke) while Bane offers his services to Superman. While Supes starts bringing in villains who aren't as honor-bound as Batman, the rest of the Regime is left struggling to justify the increasingly erratic actions of their leader. Barry, Hal, and Diana all wonder aloud about the course the world has taken and whether or not Superman declaring himself leader of the entire free world is the best outcome of their efforts. Meanwhile, Batman and what is left of his Insurgency are forced to decide if they are fighting against the inevitable at this point as each of their plans have failed to take down the Regime.What helps this volume really stand out is the great character interactions and quieter moments. The bombastic and over the top Year Four (and second half of Year Three for that matter) have been a bit lacking of these better character moments sadly, so it is nice to see Buccellato emulating Taylor on that note instead of focusing all his energy on large scale action. I'm also glad to see the previous two years' method of forcing the Regime and Insurgency onto the same temporary side against a larger threat (Trigon's duel with Mr. Mxyzptlk, the Olympian Gods and their invasion) doesn't repeat itself here. The book gets back to the fight between Superman and Batman instead of finding outside influences that can extend their conflict. All in all an awesome first volume.

If you were missing the villains from the Injustice timeline, weep no more for they have arrived!

Year five continues the high standard of the past four years. A great series is rushing toward its conclusion.

Bought this book for my child he loved it this gift for he Christmas 🎄 gift

2nd of the last 8 books that i purchased in the Injustice story arc that have had bent covers or pages. The story is fantastic and worth a read. But replacements may be in your future so you may have to wait longer to read. That being said 6 others were in otherwise perfect condition.

The book came in great condition with plastic wrap. This series has been great and I will definitely buy the rest of the books

A vast and varied coterie of villains begin to sign up to work with or against the regime. Excellent, but excessively predictable.

This was a gift!!

We're up to year 5 now, and Supes is still in control. The Big Blue Boy Scout's ascension to Global Fascist Dictatorship continues. There's not much by the way of plot development - unsurprisingly, since sooner or later we'll reach the point where "our" Man of Steel and the rest of the crew are summoned to lend a hand and the events in the game take place - but there's some nice character development.

Great product .

Good story!

Awesome book

Series just gets better and better