KINGDOM COME - Finding Humanity in the DC Comics Apocalypse

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  @MattDraper · 7 years ago · pinned

  Ending 2018 with the end(?) of the world. Enjoy!

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• BI

  @bighuge1060 · 7 years ago

  I love the ending of this story.  Just Diana, Clark and Bruce in the diner.  It's the most human and warmest part of this great story.

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• AG

  @agentofxehanort · 7 years ago

  This and All-Star Superman were the books that made me realize why people look up to the Man of Steel.

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• MR

  @MrSecretSentai · 7 years ago

  Sucks that Alex Ross mostly does covers now wouldn't mind if he did some interiors again

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• LE

  @legendbemyname1638 · 7 years ago

  Alex Ross art is beyond beautiful.

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• RC

  @rcbmmines4579 · 7 years ago (edited)

  Kingdom Come is a masterpiece. I only wish that one day, they would faithfully adapt it into a film, animated or live action as long as they do their best to honor Alex Ross’ beautiful work. In many ways Kingdom Come is everything many modern comics try to do when they attempt to copy Watchmen by adding grey areas to the stories and characters for deconstruction. The difference is Kingdom Come reconstructs afterwards, it gives something as well as taking away. It respects what these heroes mean to people and that shows.

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• AD

  @adicto_blue_label · 7 years ago

  God, I shed a tear every time I see that hug between Clark and Bruce, every single time.

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  @7142320 · 7 years ago (edited)

  Kingdom Come is a legendary book. The picture  of Superman and the Justice Society descending from the sky like graceful gods will never not give me goosebumps.

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• WO

  @WorgenGrrl · 7 years ago

  Before there was "Injustice" there was "Kingdom Come"

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• IL

  @ilitardo160 · 7 years ago

  The message of this story is extremely ironic considering Waid's behavior now.

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• GR

  @GreenThingonTV · 7 years ago

  Waid&apos;s thesis can be summarized from the following quote from the book:<br><br>BATMAN (after hearing that the gulag inmates are rioting): You mean to tell me you never imagined it might come to this? &nbsp;Did you ever consider that a war might be for the best? &nbsp;That perhaps humanity&apos;s only chance is for the Super-humans to swallow each other?<br><br>SUPERMAN: Don&apos;t give me that! &nbsp;The deliberate taking of human – even Super-human – life goes against every belief I have – and that you have. &nbsp;That&apos;s the one thing we&apos;ve always had in common. &nbsp;It&apos;s what made us what we are. &nbsp;More than anyone in the world, when you scratch everything else away from Batman, you&apos;re left with someone who doesn&apos;t want to see anybody die. &nbsp;We can still intercede. &nbsp;Gather your forces. &nbsp;Together we can be the World&apos;s Finest team. &nbsp;Tell me you&apos;ll help me.<br><br>BATMAN: I will tell you this one thing. &nbsp;There&apos;s a player you haven&apos;t counted on. &nbsp;Captain Marvel.<br><br>SUPERMAN: Marvel...?<br><br>BATMAN: He&apos;s been brainwashed... severely. &nbsp;Once, there was a good kid inside him, but he&apos;s been driven out – and I don&apos;t know how you&apos;d ever find him again.<br><br>I see what you did there Mark Waid.

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• JA

  @jackalope2302 · 7 years ago

  Kingdom Come is quite possibly the greatest comic book story I have ever read.

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