Fernandez and Xermanico create some visually stunning and thrilling art throughout this issue. I love the visual style and the visceral action and adventure throughout this story. Read Full Review

This is how you begin an event, and we haven't even seen how the Absolute Universe is going to factor into all of this. Read Full Review

Desperate times call for extreme measures as the DCU's fate hinges on trail by combat. The script maintains a high tempo during the non-stop drama. Readers are gifted a strong visual experience via the art. This issue goes for the knockout early and often. Brace for what's coming! Read Full Review

DC K.O. #1 is a strong opening round to a story that is sure to be a real slobber-knocker of an event that is accessible to both die hard fans and casual readers. Read Full Review

Scott Snyder and Javier Fernndez unleash an Earth-2: World's End and Convergence-style event with DC K.O., but it will need to change the formula of DC's past "crisis" events to have any meaning as a story. Read Full Review

The premise of DC K.O. is, on the surface, structured more like a typical comics event, but Scott Snyder effortlessly weaves in meaningful tethers to the Absolute Universe that automatically make this feel far more important. The issue itself is 40 pages, and it needs the first 20 to 25 of those to properly set up the story that's to come, and yet there was never a time I wasn't invested as all the building blocks were moved into place. Read Full Review

DC KO 1 offers some tantalizing surprises about what's in store over the next five months. This event gets off to a solid start, but it will be very interesting to see how this event plays out in the regular titles once combatants participate and lose along the way. Read Full Review

DC K.O. #1 delivers on all its promises: a chilling new take on an old foe, a ridiculous but necessary tournament, and a chaotic, high-stakes spectacle. The issue closes out with a major reveal that will floor you and a promise of even more chaos to come. I'm hyped. This is the kind of bold, high-octane event comics need, and it's a slam-dunk start. Read Full Review

DC K.O. #1 did what it was suppose to do. It got all these heroes and villains together in a bombastic way and created a scenario where they have to fight each other to determine who fights Darkseid and becomes "King Omega. While it was a fun ride and the artwork was really good, the story was a little convoluted and new readers might get lost. But with that said, I have faith that Scott Snyder and the rest of the creative team will produce an event that's worth the hype. I'm intrigued in what happens next. Read Full Review

DC K.O. #1 does its job in getting over Darkseid as the endgame boss of the DC Universe. This issue drives home that all the heroes can do is participating in a tournament to crown a champion who may have a chance to defeat Darkseid. That sign of hope may not be big because of other revelations made in this issue. All that success makes the things that don't fully work, such as how Batman is removed from the equation, frustrating. There is so much to like about this event but there are also things that hold it back from selling the big commitment this event will be for readers pull list. Read Full Review

Theres a whole lot of love thats been crammed into this opener. That love generates a great. deal of fun, but theres little question that the crossover event runs the risk of being profoundly silly if it doesnt find the right way to frame a very childish concept that rests at the heart of it all. Still...there IS hope. Marvels Secret Wars in 84 turned out to be a much better story than DCs Crisis on Infinite Earths...and Secret Wars was created to sell toys...so...yknow...its possible that this could turn into something good. Read Full Review

Comic "events" that promise the world and deliver little is the norm nowadays.

This issue is a major set up for the battles yet to come - but it's written in a way that keeps the reader connected. Superman's reluctance is real and it's heart breaking when he finally takes Batman's vision of considering it a game.

And Batman - nice twist there Snyder, I did not see that coming.

Whether or not they land the conclusion is an issue for another day/month, but for now between the gripping writting and the amazing art, this reader is in for all the upcoming rounds.

What a swerve.

Love this.

loved it !

Finally, an event focused on Superman! The story isn’t overly complex, but let’s be honest: Snyder really knows how to build hype, deliver big moments, and hook you from the start without letting go. The tournament concept is simple, even very shonen-like, but super effective. I was a bit lost at first, especially with the Time Trapper, since I hadn’t followed the other DC events and comics, but nothing impossible to catch up with. I just hope it doesn’t end up like Dark Metal did for me: great at first, but kind of lost me toward the end.

It took me a while to get it, and while it was slightly confusing, overall I got the hang of it. Scott Snyder works well for me when he's not bogged down by continuity, and he's not trying to be cosmic with Darkseid's heart in Earth and the Alpha/Omega energies. But the issue still works for me personally.

Didn't expect it to be any good, but it was very decent.

This premise is so goofy but its fun.

Just okay.