Graphic novel review: Kingdom come by Mark Waid and Alex Ross

Genre: Superheroes

Kingdom come is part of the Elseworlds series of comics from DC comics. These comics feature alternate history takes on DC's popular characters. The story is by Mark Waid and the art is by Alex Ross.

In this version, certain events have caused Superheroes of old to retire/fade away. The old crop of superheroes have been replaced by a new lot that do not value human life, this in spite of claiming to be defending and protecting humans.

The art and writing in this book is excellent. Both of them combine to build a great atmosphere in the book. The main characters in this book are developed very well as the book progresses. The plot of the book is well constructed and it proceeds at a fairly brisk pace.

The one negative for the book is that the resolution to the crisis in this book was underwhelming after all the build up. However in context of the entire book, I found that this did not bother me too much. The book is a good read and is recommended.

Rating: 4 / 5, Great, Recommended.