Lazarus Planet (2023) #1: Next Evolution

Lazarus Planet (2023) #4

by Ram V, Brandon Snider, Chuck Brown

HEROES WILL BE FORGED! 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 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!

Genres: Comics, Dc Comics

46 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 7, 2023

About the author

Ram V (Ramnarayan Venkatesan) is an author and comic book writer from Mumbai, India. His comics career began in 2012 with the award-nominated Indian comic series, Aghori. A graduate of the City University of London’s Creative Writing MA, he has since created the critically acclaimed Black Mumba and the fantasy adventure series, Brigands.

Reviews

[Krystal · Rating 3 out of 5]

Why am I even still reading this series when all I do is complain about it?? Because somehow this story is going to affect future Wonder Woman issues and I want to be in the know. So I guess in the meantime I'm stuck reading all these dumb issues.

This one wasn't too bad, but it's just so meh. Obviously DC is trying to freshen things up by introducing a whole host of new characters at once, but it's too hard to keep track of everyone and all they're up to in these short scattered stories. I've already forgotten what happened in most of the previous issues.

The artwork is okay, though the Deadshot story was incredibly confusing to me. I have no idea what happened there.

Still a massively disappointing series - no redemption here, I'm afraid.

[Gordon · Rating 3 out of 5]

3½⭐

*Extra star for Sideways appearance

[Ronald · Rating 4 out of 5]

OK, OK, another single issue review. But I wanted to balance out the bad reviews with a good review for a comic I liked. This was another Lazarus Planet one shot and I wish they would just stop with all the one shots and just put these in order or something easier to track.

With that complaint out of the way, all the stories here were good or entertaining. I especially liked the Flatline story, solid and well done. The RedHood story was well done. How about some more of the good stories DC?

[Sandro Rios]

Awesome Seattle story

[Raymond Paquette · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute stories but there was nothing that stands out about any of them. Regular stuff that will probably be forgotten soon sorry to say.

[Annemarie · Rating 3 out of 5]

I haven't been reading the whole Lazarus Planet stuff (except for batman vs robin, I guess?) and this was my first one. It was ... okay?

I enjoyed the Red Hood story and it was a decent introduction to The Vigil.
Flatline's story was fun and I'm really interested to see what will happen with her.
I didn't care for Red Canary's story at all, unfortunately. It felt a bit stereotypical ya.

[Jennifer Baratta · Rating 5 out of 5]

Outstanding issue

Phenomenal stories and artwork!
Lazarus Planet is offering more stories than the last crossover.
Outstanding writing authors.
Read this issue.

[Martin · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was one of the less bad but really overall these countless mini-stories issues are bad overall.

[James B · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved it. As a comic noob, this was a nice intro into some new characters. While all the stories were good, it is the Flatline story that most intrigued me to want to read more.