Injustice: Gods Among Us, Year One Volume 2 by Tom Taylor was a little bit slower but seemed to be saving everything for the finale, and man was it pretty epic. Injustice: Gods Among Us, Year One Volume 2, collects 7 -13 of Injustice: Goods Among Us. This story was created for the video game Injustice: Gods Among Us, and has far surpassed it, in story and scope. This plot puts Batman and Superman as foes with Batman being the one with morals when Superman kills the Joker and creates a police state with superheroes in charge (This is an alternate universe and to associated with the current DC Universe. This book had a lot of cool action and scenes, with me as a comic book fan have been dying to see. Some of the lines between Batman and Superman gave me chills.

The Plot: The Joker was tired of losing to Batman and decides to play on easy mode, his words, against Superman. The Joker uses Scarecrow’s fear toxin, and makes Superman think Doomsday is back. He shoots off into space with who he thinks is Doomsday, despite all the Justice League trying to stop it. When the fear toxin wears off it reveals he has Lois in deep space, and hears her last heartbeat, there is a little more to it but do not want to spoil it. Superman in a rage murders the Joker, and wants nobody to feel the loss he has gone through and starts a world police state, with super heroes as the guards. Superman thinks Batman is at fault letting the Joker live all these years. In this volume, Batman plants a mole on Superman’s team, Damian forsakes his own father, Batman, and goes with Superman, Lex Luthor is found alive and works with Superman developing a drug to harness abilities for a super Army, and more heroes fall.

What I Liked: Lex Luthor’s is questioned on whether he can keep a secret, and goes around to every hero revealing their secret identity. Damian calls all of Batman’s moves but the other heroes don’t think he will go there, until he does proving Damian right. How Batman’s secret identity is revealed, after he delays the first attempt. I like the way Captain Atom was used, he’s a second tier character, but I liked his fight against Superman. The finale to year one was really good, with both Batman and Superman getting what they want, but the extreme ways they go about getting it, while further separating their strained relationship. I loved Jor-El being a father and scolding his child with Superman’s earth parents, Martha and Jonathan, joining in. The throw back jokes to Green Arrow’s hide out being called the Arrow Cave, which makes no sense. Martian Manhunter’s power and the way to take him down. Regular people associated with the heroes taking the super hero pills. The superman cult was interesting.

What I Disliked: The whole Lobo issue, felt so forced, I like Lobo as a character, but he did not fit it to this series, in the role he was given.

Recommendations: I am still really enjoying this series. So far it has finished it’s run to 5 years and even started an Injustice 2 and has a couple of out shoot graphic novels, so I’m super intrigued, and can easily slip in a volume of this series in between a novel. You will like this if you liked the fight between Batman and Superman in The Dark Night Rises written by Frank Miller, or if you always wanted to see them at odds, with the roles reversed. I rated Injustice: Gods Among Us, Year One Volume 2, 4 out of 5 stars. The lobo Issue really slowed this series down. I have both volumes of Year two and will reading them soon.