Convergence #2 Review

Writer: Jeff King & Scott Lobdell /Artist: Carlo Pagulayan Issue #2 of DC Comic’s Convergence series is exactly what it hopes to be. Not a culmination of “What is?” scenarios, but a nod to some of the biggest moments and stories to ever land on the pages of DC’s comics. Convergence #2 opens with narration from a journalist, and not cape-crusading, Dick Grayson telling the story of a world on the verge of destruction – his world. In the flashback, we see Grayson and his son try and gain access to the escape vessels headed for space by moving up in the line and using the name of his wife, Barbara Gordon. But because Barbara isn’t with them, presumably dead, they aren’t given access. Just then, a woman comes and takes the young boy to safety as the guards begin firing upon the crowd, adding to the tumultuous chaos that is the foreseeable end of the world. In present day, Grayson is being held captive by Telos, a servant to the basically deified Braniac, who is responsible for monitoring all of the cities that were salvaged from planets across space and time, moments before they were destroyed. He’s there along with a handful of other heroes, such as Earth 2 versions of Superman, Green Lantern, Yolanda Montez, Flash and Batman. For those unaware, this Batman isn’t Bruce Wayne, but his father, Thomas. In his reality, Thomas survived being attacked by Joe Chill outside of a movie theater that night as a result of his dealings with the Falcone family. Later on in life, Bruce die…