DC Comics and Lazarus Planet: Next Evolution #1 Spoilers and Review follows.
Dead Eye, Red Canary, Flatline and The Vigil Set To Tangle With Batman and More!
What To Expect.
LAZARUS PLANET: NEXT EVOLUTION #1
Written by RAM V, BRANDON T. SNIDER, CHUCK BROWN, and DELILAH S. DAWSON
Art by LALIT KUMAR, LAURA BRAGA, ALITHA MARTINEZ and MARK MORALES, and RO and STEIN
Cover by DAVID MARQUEZ and ALEJANDRO SANCHEZ
Variant cover by DERRICK CHEW
Variant cover by CRYSTAL KUNG
Variant cover by TYLER KIRKHAM
1:25 variant cover by SUMIT KUMAR
1:50 foil variant cover by DAVID MARQUEZ and ALEJANDRO SANCHEZ
$4.99 US | 48 pages | Variant $5.99 US (card stock)
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Good and bad, yin and yang…all sides of humanity will be transformed by the Lazarus event…and in the DC Universe one thing’s for sure: heroes will always rise. In this special we’ll explore some of the amazing new powers gifted to the freedom fighters of the future…and we’ll see what perils these villain-vanquishing virtuosos will face. What secret does Flatline seek from the heart of Talia al Ghul’s HQ? Can Red Canary bring order to an out-of-control city? What secret does the heroic Dead Eye hold that will haunt him forever? And enter into a brand-new legend with the fantastic debut of Vigil!
In addition the main cover and solicitation above the title has a few variant covers below.
Lazarus Planet: Next Evolution #1 Spoilers and Review.
The first story features a team called The Vigil.
Red Hood seems to unknowingly get entangled in their affairs.
Their graffiti marks a ship he is investigating and chasing a perp on.
He encounters The Vigil and sees how some of their powers work.
We’re promised more from this team during Dawn of DC.
Next up is Flatline.
Former sidekick of Lord Death Man and (former?) flame of Robin (Damian Wayne).
She opens a magical urn that appears to release Ra’s Al Ghul.
The concluding page includes teases of more to come including Ra’s daughter, who took over his criminal enterprise(s) upon his death, Talia Al Ghul.
Then we have Dead Eye who may have some mystical powers.
A character on his surface that can be dismissed as a derivative Deadshot, but there’s more to Dead Eye than meets the eye (pun intended and apologies).
He’s also affiliated with Amanda Waller, still on Earth 3, and he’s being hunted by a being called Everyman.
During the battle something mystical happens unexpectedly that changes Dead Eye or evolves him.
During the fight with Everyman he too evolves into the Amalgam Man.
However, it turns out that Amanda Waller sent this being to tangle with Dead Eye to test him and the upper limits of his powers.
Waller wants the Amalgam Man dead now, but Dead Eye does not oblige.
Then there is Red Canary.
A new teen character teaming with Black Canary and to be featured in the new Green Arrow series, debuting in April 2023, as part of Dawn of DC.
Well, life is tough for this teenage super-heroine and she teams up with Sideways to deal with the odd threat.
An odd, but fun threat?
The team-up ends with the good gal and good guy winning, but more teased for Red Canary at least.
Next Up.
The Lazarus Planet Checklist identifies what other tie-in’s are to come in the event.
There is also this Lazarus Planet checklist that shows where each title in the event occurs on Earth.
The Pulse.
A mixed bag of stories for a mixed bag of characters. The Vigil is the least formed while Deadline and Red Canary, who have been around a bit longer, get more meat on the bone characters-wise. While Dead Eye is net new and somewhat intriguing. The art teams were paired well with the respective stories. Overall, as noted, a mixed bag of an issue. 4.5 out of 10.
