Heroes in Crisis #8 Review

Writer: Tom King / Artist: Mitch Gerards and Travis Moore / DC Comics There is so much to talk about when it comes to the penultimate issue of Heroes in Crisis, especially considering the bombshell revelation of Heroes in Crisis #7 and all of the time travel shenanigans and the fact that this is the moment that King decided to tell us… everything. Heroes in Crisis #8 is the lynchpin of the series, the climax of the event, and Heroes in Crisis #9 will likely be a grand overview of the aftermath about everything that has happened in Sanctuary. But I suppose we have to focus on the present. Heroes in Crisis #8 is told entirely from the vantage point of Wally West as he gives a 1st- person impression of Sanctuary and his version of events of every single major plot point we’ve gotten. King’s been putting Wally at the forefront of so many of the Sanctuary confessionals, that it’s not unsurprising that he is the focal point of the story. Whether or not that is satisfactory is really going to hinge on your views of trauma and opinions of Wally West.

Without going into spoilers, Wally West’s confession is written and illustrated beautifully. Gerards’ provides the bulk of the issue, while Moore does some fantastic interlude work on the various characters’ struggle in Sanctuary. The artwork is top notch and devastating. Both artists treat every panel like it was going to be the iconic image of the book resulting in a wonderful string of sequential artwork. And it helps that King is a …