The New 52: Future’s End #27/28 Review

writers: Azzarello, Lemire, Jurgens, Giffen / penciller: Scott Eaton Issue #27 of The Future’s End was all about taking chances on blind faith. Lois Lane blindly jumped from a plane to land on an island that she hoped was there. The heroes’ platoon that was on Green Arrow Island left to fight a war when they didn’t even know where to go. Cal Corcoran (Tim Drake) is dealing with a frustrated ex-girlfriend after blind-siding her with “by the way… I used to be a superhero.”

Do you remember way back in issue #0 when senior citizen told Bruce Wayne to avoid the younger version of the Dark Knight? Well, that was obviously foreshadowing to tell the reader, “it’s going to happen, so get ready.” In this issue we have Bruce Wayne at the top of his game going against a fully grown Terry McGinnis that’s come into his own as Batman. Bruce has no idea who this impersonator is and Terry didn’t even see this interaction coming. Sounds like a good matchup to me. I seemed to fly through this issue, which I appreciated, but the only thing I walked away with was “THERE WAS A BATMAN FIGHT!” *William Dafoe voice*. I’d give this issue a B-.

Lois Lane is pretty badass. Fifty Sue is definitely badass. Lois is the next of our main characters that’s found her way onto Cadmus Island. The top notch reporter followed her lead to her almost demise but regained control of the situation. Towards the beginning of this series, the presence of Voodoo and her group of mercenary friends seemed random and was …