Dark Days: The Casting #1 Review

Writers: Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV / Artists: Jim Lee, Andy Kubert, John Romita, Jr / DC Comics If you could sum up this Metal event that feels like it barreling down on us (in a good way) like a freight train with one word, I’d say: ambitious. Ambitious as all hell (felt better with four words). If this is the prelude to Metal, then my gawd, what are we actually going to witness in Metal itself? Last month, as we talked comics among the BNP writers (as we do) one of us finally mentioned “so, did any of you read The Forge #1.” As if it had been some secret, many of us immediatly pounced saying, “dude, did you see that shit, I mean, what is even happening right now?!?!” Needless to say, this is the most excited I (or many of us) have been for big DC event in a long time. Casting #1 continues where the Forge left off: Batman scouring the world to find out what the hell is up with this metal craziness that feels like imminent doom, but also, Hal Jordan and Duke trying to figure out what the hell is up with the Joker having is own private prison in the Batcave. Yeah, sorry if you didn’t read the Forge, but shit is all the way real now fam. The story this time around is smartly narrated by Carter Hall aka Hawkman as it allows a way to show how this Metal has been around for eons, always a source of mystery and destruction. Hawkman is just one of many, many characters that crop up unexpectedly in this book, which truly shows the scope of this event. This will effect the entire…