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Tom Taylor remains at the top of his game with the second volume of Injustice 2's comic series. With Superman defeated and imprisoned (and as we know from the game not due to get out until Brainiac shows up), Taylor delves into DC history for new super threats for Batman's team to face off against. Following after the first volume, the current threat is Ra's Al Ghul who has kidnapped the Suicide Squad and even allied himself with heroes like Vixen and Animal Man who have special bonds to nature. Opening with the funeral of Ted Kord and the marriage of Black Canary and Green Arrow (again?), things sour quickly when Ra's forces kidnap Conner Queen and the children of Black Lightning during the wedding. Batman and his team aim to get their loved ones back (including the newly revived Alfred) and to cut the head off Ra's operation. As this is Injustice, however, things don't go as the heroes expect. The book includes great character moments from multiple faces (including a great reintroduction to Ted Grant's Wildcat) but the absolute stars of the book have to be Plastic Man and his son. The sequence of Batman picking out Plas' son among all of his furniture is one of the best and reminds you that Taylor has a great handle on these characters.

I generally have a hard time getting into comics. I like it as an art form and I think it's a cool medium for spinning fictional tales, but it is also a really confusing and unapproachable form of entertainment, even with all of the re-branding DC has recently done in order to make their stories more inviting to new readers. So when I decided to try the first volume of the INJUSTICE: GODS AMONG US comic series and found it delightfully well done and remarkably accessible, I of course had to continue on by picking up the Kindle version of the second half of Year One. INJUSTICE is kind of formatted like a television show in that it works in seasons (they refer to them as years). There is no mention of this being Year One until the very back cover in this volume, but that is probably because the addition of subsequent seasons/years was contingent on the first's success. At this point there are two more volumes out for Year Two and I believe there are issues released within Year Three. This might sound a tad confusing, but it's really not, especially if you buy by the volume and not by singular issues.Effectively, the final issue of VOL. 1 was kind of like the explosive mid-season finale of a TV drama. It collected issues 1-6 of the Year One sequence. VOL. 2 includes issues 7-12, plus the INJUSTICE ANNUAL issue which essentially functions as a thirteenth issue and a very intense wrap up to the Year One Story arch.NOTE: While I won't delve into any major spoilers for VOL.2, I will be discussing things that happened within the previous volume, so please do not read on if you wish to avoid spoilers for the first six issues of the comic series.CHARACTERSThis was one of my favorite aspects of the first six issues and it continues to be absolutely amazingthis time around. The main cast is back with Batman, Superman, Green Arrow Wonder Woman, Flash, and the rest of the Justice League taking the lead in most situations. Other characters like Catwoman and Harley Quinn are other welcome returners and then there are all the new faces as well as more focus given to characters that resided in the story's background.At the end of issue 6, there were a number of characters that are teased as becoming part of Team Batman. Among them are Black Canary, Black Lightning, Atom, Huntress, and Batwoman. Some of these are used better than others in these seven issues. Batwoman, Huntress, and Black Lightning can be seen in most of the issues, but they are very fringe, background sort of characters. With such an enormous cast, it is completely understandable that some characters do not get as much attention as others and it was really just pretty rewarding to see these characters show up in this volume, even if only in a couple of bad-ass action shots. Other characters, Like Alfred and Robin get some really compelling sequences that were easily some of the highlights for me in this series. I can't even tell you about Alfred's part in the annual issue because it is just too good! If you're an Alfred fan like I am, then you have to read this and find out what I'm talking about because he is simply amazing here.Other new characters were a bit of a pleasant surprise. Martian Manhunter and Lobo are two characters that appeared in the game as DLC fighters. While you could purchase and play as them, they didn't actually have any role within the game's story so it was very cool to see them play a part in the comic. Martian Manhunter in particular, was a really welcome presence for some reasons that I can't really express without spoiling things. Lobo is more of a one-hit-wonder type of character. He shows up in an issue pretty much dedicated to him, which was neat since he fancies himself as the "Main Man." It's in this same issue that Harley Quinn comes out of the woodwork after only making minor cameos in some of the other issues. Having her back and battier than ever was a really welcome aspect of the Lobo issue and seeing her team up with Black Canary and Green Arrow was beyond priceless. Then there is the introduction of Lex Luthor and the return of Mr. and Mrs. Kent. All three of these characters contribute a great deal to the story's plot and were used in some really interesting ways that I wish I could go into.While it was nice to see so many of the more minor personalities get their time in the light, the main focus on Superman's decent into madness and Batman's cold, calculating efforts to stop him are not at all lost in the shuffle. The heart-wrenching conflict only grows fiercer as both sides fight for what they think is right. By the end of this volume, that conflict comes to its ultimate head in a way that I found utterly stunning.WORLD/SETTINGIn my previous review, I expressed hopes that the setting for the narrative would become a bit more interesting. I am happy to report that my anticipation was fulfilled in every way that I could hope for. The world is now largely under Superman's control and while he does not yet rule with absolute authority at the beginning of the volume, he certainly becomes the almighty dictator by the end. What marks the setting of this collection is the conflict between the two hero camps. There's Batman and his followers who believe that humanity has a right to rule themselves and then there are Superman's underlings who think what they are doing is the correct course of action. Then there are those who have picked a side, but are not necessarily sold on which one is correct. Flash, Shazam, and even some of Batman's followers all question the correctness of their leaders actions which really helps convey the fact that the world is now a battleground despite Superman's best efforts to forcibly instill peace. It's still a rather traditional comic-booky setting with lost of sprawling cityscapes and plenty of secret lairs, but the distopic mood of it all is what makes it feel so unique and memorable. By the final panels of this volume, there is reason to believe that these classic locals will seem even less familiar during Year Two.PLOT/TONESince the very first issue of this series, the narrative has been steeped in blood. We witnessed the death of Lois, the murder of the Joker, and the catastrophic disaster that killed nearly every living soul in Metropolis. The story has been pretty heavy ever since, but the issues that followed in the first volume were a bit less fatal than the premier. That's not so much the case here. Many of the characters I knew would die because of the game's campaign mode were killed off within the first volume. That left only one outstanding. I won't say who it is, but that person does get axed from the story in a really brutal way that felt genuinely heart-breaking. I also know who survives these events and makes it into the game, but there are a lot of characters in this comic that don't show up in the game's story, nor are they ever mentioned. This left me with a lot of question marks in terms of what would happen to these other characters. Are they being saved for an appearance in the game's inevitable sequel or are they going to be removed from the equation? There really isn't any effective way of guessing who stays and who goes, but what I can say is that each death felt really epic and impactfull this time around. Whereas moments like Nightwing's demise felt all to rushed in VOL. 1, the killings here got the treatment that they deserved.What's somehow even more brutal than all the death is the mere back and forth between the two sides. Both Superman AND Batman do some pretty shocking things in order to get their way. These men are getting desperate and they make some very interesting leadership choices that don't break from their character, but did leave me in bit of shock. Batman can be inexplicably cold to those both on his side and those who are not, while Superman's flaming temper only gets worse and somehow more child-like as the story goes on. This is the conflict that the first six comics alluded to and it's one that I don't think I'll forget anytime soon.CONCLUSIONI really couldn't have asked for anything more from this volume. I've openly admitted that I am no comics expert, but for me, VOL. 2 contained everything I ever wanted from a comic series. I gave the previous volume a 4/5 because I did have some issues with the pacing of certain parts as well as the overuse of tiny comic panels that looked a little ugly. This volume is entirely devoid of either of those issues and just seems to nail things at every turn.I can't really give this series enough praise. For me, it has become a sort of benchmark by which I will judge any other comic or graphic novel that I read. It's emotionally raw and utterly tragic in some spots. The action shots are breathtaking and the artwork in general is just astounding. This is easily the most beautiful piece of graphic fiction that I have ever read and it is one that moved me throughout all seven issues, often in ways that surprised me. If you haven't gotten into this series yet, then you definitely should, especially if you're like me and have tried in vain to get into the world of comics. You may not be completely sold after reading through the first volume (I wasn't 100% myself), but after reading through this one, there is very little doubt that I will be reading every issue that this series comes out with.

I collected graphic novels since I was five and owned nearly every original comic there was from the beginning. Then in 1985 two graphic novel series came out which I decided couldn't be topped. I usually favored Marvel but when The Dark Knight and The Watchmen came out, I read, collected and stopped buying until "Injustice: Gods Among Us" was released.I sold my collection several years ago and am pleased they are now available in digital format. I'm sure there has been plenty of great novels released in the past thirty years which I look forward to catching up on.

This is my step-son's guilty pleasure. He got turned on to the Injustice comic series by finding one in a book store a few months back. I have been buying the others on Amazon since then (price is a lot cheaper than in a bookstore) He loves these series. I buy him a new one every 2 weeks. I know some parents don't think comic book reading is engaging enough but I am just happy he enjoys them so much. I have looked through most of them for anything inappropriate but they are fine. There is some violence but nothing you don't see in a marvel or dc movie. Great graphics and storylines. Overall awesome series and great book. I will continue buying the Injustice series for my 14 year-old stepson.

I thoroughly enjoy the storyline and character evolution. It's interesting to observe our favorite super heroes growing have such differing opinions. Definitely a lesson to be learned from this series. Do we ever really know who people are?

The stage for the injustice videogame is fully set in this volume. The story continues to unfold beautifully as battle lines are drawn and heroes are forced too chose sides against friends. Not to say the volume was without its problems. Some issues had a serious step down in the art department, and it got to be rather distracting at times. My other big problem is the characterization of wonder woman. Her faith and prodding of superman to ever more violent action seems largely motivated by her desire to sleep with him and I assume rule by his side. I suppose she is supposed to have a more militant worldview in general, but her complete willingness to turn on her former allies who don't knell to superman is abit annoying to me. Otherwise this series continues to be one of the most well thought out and entertaining comic universes I have encountered.

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Gr 9 Up—The tale's layered plot begins with a prologue set hours after an actual deadly U.S. school disaster in New London, TX in March 1937. Readers are plunged into the grief and horror of the moment long enough to meet important protagonists and wonder at the event before being transported back to September 1936. From this point, the book focuses primarily on Naomi, a 15-year-old of Mexican heritage, and her younger biracial twin half-siblings. Recent arrivals from San Antonio, the children are all living with the twins' white father, and Naomi is forced to navigate the racially divided oil-mining town, learn to run a household, and to face her increasing interest in an African American youth. This third person story, recounted in multiple perspectives, slowly discloses the origins of the teen's apprehension for the recent transition. The insertion of black-and-white photos and stark black pages interrupt the narrative much like the metaphoric explosions in the lives of the diverse protagonists. Additionally, an increased use of white space leading to the book's climax seems to slow, and almost stop time. This book presents a range of human nature, from kindness and love to acts of racial and sexual violence. The work resonates with fear, hope, love, and the importance of memory. The author's note and acknowledgements pages give more background on the disaster. VERDICT Set against the backdrop of an actual historical event, Pérez's young adult novel gives voice to many long-omitted facets of U.S. history.—Ruth Quiroa, National Louis University, IL

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"A Mexican girl and a black boy begin an ill-fated love in the months leading up to a catastrophic 1937 school explosion in East Texas. The powerful story opens with the legendary school explosion in New London and then rewinds to September 1936. Naomi has begrudgingly left behind her abuelitos in San Antonio for a new life with her younger half siblings, twins, and their long-absent white father, Henry. Now a born-again Christian, Henry struggles to atone for his sins. The siblings struggle to fit into the segregated oil town, where store signs boast 'No Negroes, Mexicans, or dogs.' The precocious twins read better than half the senior class, and dark-skinned Naomi is guilty of not only being Mexican, but also of being 'prettier than any girl in school.' Their one friend is Wash, a brilliant African-American senior from the black part of town. Pérez deftly weaves multiple perspectives―including Henry and 'the Gang,' the collective voice of the racist students―into her unflinchingly intense narrative, but the story ultimately belongs to Naomi and Wash. Their beautifully detailed love story blossoms in the relative seclusion of the woods, where even stepfathers can't keep them apart. But as heartbreaking events unfold, the star-crossed lovers desperately hope that any light can penetrate the black smoke cloud of darkness spreading around them. A powerful, layered tale of forbidden love in times of unrelenting racism."―starred, Kirkus Reviews (Journal)"The novels that burn into our minds as young adults often involve horror of some kind. A mere mention of All Quiet on the Western Front or I Am the Cheese, and I'm right back to brooding again in the ocean-deep emotions of my adolescence. What is that urge, the desire to soak in anguish and injustice as we come of age? Whatever it is, Ashley Hope Pérez's new novel, Out of Darkness, fills the need. Her layered tale of color lines, love and struggle in an East Texas oil town is a pit-in-the-stomach family drama that goes down like it should, with pain and fascination, like a mix of sugary medicine and artisanal moonshine. I actually had to close the book at one point to seek respite with Facebook. And puppies. When I dove back in a few days later, it was hard not to marvel at the book's potency. Pérez, who has spent much of her career teaching, sets her story against the 1937 New London school explosion, the worst school disaster in American history, which killed 294 people. But the blast is only one of this book's horrors, and not the one that hurts the most. Her story is about race―about gradients and forbidden crossings. Our guide is Naomi, who starts out seeming no more than 13 but who could be as old as 18 (one of the book's distractions is its loosey-goosey approach to age). She's defined as Mexican in the Texas of her era, and though she is bilingual and attractive, she is darker-skinned than her two younger half siblings, Beto and Cari, who have a white father named Henry who has just called them all to New London. Their mother, Estella, has died. Henry has convinced Naomi's grandparents that he can give all three children a better life in the scrum of an oil boom, with a new school where students receive band instruments, sports uniforms and new books. Beto and Cari, who are twins, thrive. They can pass as white. Naomi struggles. Though allowed to attend the school, she is just another 'dirty Mexican,' rebuffed by whites and turned into a housekeeper by Henry. There is only one person who keeps Naomi from despair: Wash, a black boy who fishes at a bend in the river that the twins adore. Cari, confident and mischievous, and Beto, more contemplative, take to him first. We are meant to believe the twins are too young to notice the racial dynamics around them, though they are old enough to read―a proposition that at times stretches credulity. Wash, while drawn with charm and verve, also seems a little too ideal; one too many of his apparent flaws turn out to be a virtue. But what works are the relationships between Wash and Naomi and Wash and the twins. Out of Darkness nurtures their connections with approachable prose, letting the characters glide between childhood and all that follows. Naomi and Wash find a private place to work out their emotions and urges. All of which makes the final third of the book so hard to bear. Naomi and Wash are happy alone, for a spell. But Wash is a charismatic son of strict strivers―his parents have made no secret of their expectation that he go to college―and he cannot fully ignore the racism around him. One of the most ominous scenes occurs when Wash and his father visit New London's white school superintendent with a plan to save money for their struggling school. While Wash speaks up with measured boldness, his father, an otherwise proud man, glares at his son and turns submissive. 'What my son means to say is that we're keen on improving the level of education at New London Colored School,' he tells the superintendent. 'Sure want to be a credit to the county.' Given the current experience of race in America, in which black Americans continue to be killed after questioning white authorities or fleeing, the exchange is an acute reminder that race has always been a function of power, as recent books by Ta-Nehisi Coates and others have driven home. Indeed, escaping from the forces that have shaped the United States for centuries proves impossible for Naomi, for Wash, for the twins and for Henry. The end of the book careers from one threat to another, but the conclusion is never in doubt: New London blows up, shudders and collapses. A tragedy, real and racial, swallows us whole, and lingers."―The New York Times Book Review (Newspaper)"The tale's layered plot begins with a prologue set hours after an actual deadly U.S. school disaster in New London, TX in March 1937. Readers are plunged into the grief and horror of the moment long enough to meet important protagonists and wonder at the event before being transported back to September 1936. From this point, the book focuses primarily on Naomi, a 15-year-old of Mexican heritage, and her younger biracial twin half-siblings. Recent arrivals from San Antonio, the children are all living with the twins' white father, and Naomi is forced to navigate the racially divided oil-mining town, learn to run a household, and to face her increasing interest in an African American youth. This third person story, recounted in multiple perspectives, slowly discloses the origins of the teen's apprehension for the recent transition. The insertion of black-and-white photos and stark black pages interrupt the narrative much like the metaphoric explosions in the lives of the diverse protagonists. Additionally, an increased use of white space leading to the book's climax seems to slow, and almost stop time. This book presents a range of human nature, from kindness and love to acts of racial and sexual violence. The work resonates with fear, hope, love, and the importance of memory. The author's note and acknowledgements pages give more background on the disaster. VERDICT: Set against the backdrop of an actual historical event, Pérez's young adult novel gives voice to many long-omitted facets of U.S. history."―starred, School Library Journal (Journal)"The beauty of Perez's prose and her surefooted navigation through the dangerous landscape of the East Texas oil field in the late 1930s redeem the fact that anyone who dares read this agonizing star-crossed love story will end up in about six billion numb and tiny pieces. Absolutely stunning." ―Elizabeth Wein, author of Code Name Verity and Michael L. Printz Award Honoree (Other Print)"Pérez's latest―following What Can't Wait (2011)―is a powerful work of historical fiction set in New London, Texas, that revolves around events leading up to the horrific 1937 school explosion that killed close to 300 people. This gripping story centers on high-school senior Naomi, a Mexican American girl who recently arrived from San Antonio with her half siblings, twins Beto and Cari, and their father, oilfield worker Henry. Naomi's struggle to learn how to take care of the household chores is complicated by her dark past with Henry and the overt racism she faces in the segregated town. She reluctantly befriends and then falls in love with an African American boy, Wash, who is both brilliant and kind to her younger brother and sister. Pérez's skillful use of multiple perspectives creates a full and well-rounded sense of place and story. Elegant prose and gently escalating action will leave readers gasping for breath at the tragic climax and moving conclusion."―Booklist (Journal)

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Hardcover: 408 pages

Publisher: Carolrhoda Lab ® (September 1, 2015)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 1467742023

ISBN-13: 978-1467742023

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This author is one of a kind. I have enjoyed all three of her books and this one was no exception. The fact that I live in East Texas makes the setting personal. My family has similar stories of people just as bad and just as good as these characters. As always, I was riveted and never expected it to end like it did. Mrs. Perez knows how to make the characters come to life and knows how to keep you invested in the story. She always shocks and surprises you. She deserves the award she won for this book and deserves more recognition than she is getting.

This was a raw and graphic novel, filled with as much abuse and hatred as there was love and hope. It was beautifully written, with lyrical descritpions, and the characters were fleshed out and realistic. There was sexual content, both consensual and forced, though not described in gratuitous detail. There was also an abundance of racial slurs and violence, again central to the story. Overall, very well-written and heartbreakingly realistic. I would not recommend this to younger teens.

I'm still raw from reading this book. A young Mexican girl who lost her mother due to childbirth is sent with her brother and sister (twins) from her grandparents' home to East Texas to live with her stepfather (the Twins' father). He is not a great guy to Naomi, but the twins like him. The siblings all meet Wash, an African American who is awesome and caring, and they all make a strange, happy family. But this is the 1930's, and the relationship is not accepted. At all. And then bad happens.The story is set around the New London elementary school explosion, which I knew nothing about. But apparently it is the deadliest school disaster in America. And it was gruesome. This is not a light read, and there are some very adult situations, but it is a book that exposes more of the country's racial cruelty to anyone who is not white. This book definitely goes in the We Need Diverse Books shelf.

An amazing book. Stories and characters and timelines weaved together so perfectly that I couldn't put it down and finished the whole thing in a few hours, needing to know so badly how it ended. I recommend this book to everyone now. It left me in tears at the end but should be a required read for anyone who wants to understand more about racism in the south and also loves fully developed characters that make you miss them at the end of the book. So wonderful.

This story is absolutely stunning. The prologue sets you up with a sense of dread that pervades the novel. However, the incredible tenderness of the protagonists also gives you hope that somehow some goodness can be salvaged. The tragedy of this story is of Shakespearean proportion. Honestly. There is potent violence and racism depicted here, along with sexuality, but an extraordinary read for mature teen readers and adults.

An utterly beautiful, haunting book. Viscerally real characters and a rich, detailed setting . The story is an unflinching look at a tragedy wrought by racism and misogyny, and yet it still shows how love can provide light and meaning in the very darkest of times. This is one that will stay with you long after you've read the last page.

This was brutal in so many ways. Well done, but definitely not an easy book to read or recover from.The New London school explosion is a key event in the book, but that's not really what it's about.I liked the structure of shifting among the different characters in short sections. Sometimes the pacing was a little odd, but it worked overall.

I figured I'd be settling in with this thick book for at least a week, but I blazed through it in three days. Perez keeps the story moving with short chapters told in alternating points of view and mounting tension. OUT OF DARKNESS is a beautiful novel about ugly things - rascism, sexual abuse, and the aftermath of a horrible explosion, a real life historical event which I'd known nothing about. It's also hopeful and redemptive.

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Out of Darkness, by Ashley Hope Pérez PDF

Out of Darkness, by Ashley Hope Pérez PDF

Out of Darkness, by Ashley Hope Pérez PDF
Out of Darkness, by Ashley Hope Pérez PDF