Shadow War: War Zone #1

Overall, four exceptional stories without a real weak link. This is how you do an anthology and an event tie-in and make it count. Read Full Review

Shadow War Zone #1 is a highly entertaining issue that works on two levels. It enhances the overall story of "Shadow War by casting its narrative net far and wide, while also managing to set the stage for multiple storylines to come in the future. This is a wonderful collection of short, snappy stories, and I thoroughly recommend picking up a copy. Read Full Review

All in all, Shadow War Zone #1 is a good anthology, although in general, it doesn't tie too heavily into the crossover event. It reads more like good taste testers and starters for bigger stories to come, which is a good thing, but it's not quite what this book is selling given the event itself. Pick up this issue if you like any of the characters above, but skip it if you're looking for Shadow War developments. Read Full Review

Shadow War Zone #1 is an anthology with much to love. It is rife with action, interesting characters, and gorgeous art. It extends to the outer reaches of Deathstrokes associates and sees them interacting in their unique ways. Whilst they are different, three of the four stories could be considered slightly repetitive in their structure, even if their tones are varied. However, they all carry with them the personality of the person leading them. The Talia story is important as it is something refreshing from the intense violence of the other chapters, but it has depth and weight to the storytelling. These are fun, small tales with focus. Read Full Review

As the case with most anthologies, it's a variety of quality. There's nothing outright bad and the tease for future exciting developments makes this a worthwhile read. Read Full Review

A great selection of shorter stories that adds more background detail to the overall main arc. Artistically spot on with a collection of stories that captured me further into the arc. Read Full Review

Shadow War Zone #1 has enough good stories and art in it to make it fairly enjoyable, but it's not a home run. The first and last stories are the best, but all the stories are enticing enough to see what happens next in the Shadow War. Read Full Review

These four stories are all mostly entertaining, but they don't add much to the event, and should be considered supplemental reading. Read Full Review

Overall, a little bit of a mixed back, but that first story alone is absolutely worth it. Read Full Review

Most of these stories do not accomplish much for the overall "war happening across the DC event. Shadow Warzone #1 feels more like an obligation than something absolutely essential to the plot. Read Full Review

Part of the current Shadow War crossover, Shadow War Zone #1 is an overpriced issue will filler back-up stories in an attempt to justify its $6 cover price. They don't. Read Full Review

JRW7

Nov 10, 2022

The cover is just a floating head poster, but Batman isn't in this comic, they should have Harley or Angel Breaker on the cover instead of Batman, which is sad because this cover is really well-drawn. 1/2 The art is really good in this comic, each art style compliments each story, from Black Canary's dark and rough art style to Talia's more fantastical style to Harley's cartoony art style to even Ghost-Maker's more generic art style pops because it is so different from the other art styles in this comic. 2.5/2 The dialogue is quite good, except Ghost-Maker's mentorship of Clownhunter is absolutely amazing and shows that if written well, Ghost-Maker could be a great character. 2/2 The story is a well-balanced anthology where each story holds its own weight. 2/2 The characters are at their a-game through each of the short stories. 2/2 more

daspidaboy

May 17, 2022

I really enjoyed this tie-in a bit. I like how we see other characters deal with this problem and they're not written bad at all.

SnakeWilson

May 17, 2022

Why does this exist? I hate using the term "cash grab", and even though this doesn't really fit the description, the word definily comes to mind after reading this. Nothing here feels like it needs to exist. Black Canary's fight with Angel Breaker went nowhere, we still don't know much about the two. The only purpose of their encounter is to set up another fight in the future, feels flat and disappointing. And that's the only story that's worth mentioning. You can definitely have some fun with the rest of the comic, it isn't bad, but again, why does this exist? This is supposed to show the impact this crossover is having but it feels so small and inconsequential. It also suffers from "Character is on the main cover but plays no role i n the issue". Again, this isn't a bad comic, for exemple, seeing Ghostmaker and Clownhunter as some kind of Batman & Robin is fun, but I don't think you will be losing much or feeling lost if you skip this over. more

Swanktub

May 19, 2022

Pretty frustrating that they put Batwing on the cover (in a great rendition of his costume too), and then only have him show up for one page in the actual comic.

Skywolf

May 22, 2022

I did not even finish the third story. So boring.

retcon_D

May 23, 2022

Everything was unbearably boring except Williamson's story...at the very beginning. Why not end it on a positive note by having his story last?

Drasek83

Jul 14, 2022

Black Canary vs Angel Breaker was the best story here. Everything else was just boring and didn’t add anything to the event.

Lal

May 17, 2022

It's a mixed bag, but overall the quality of most of the stories wasn't great. The Black Canary story was pretty good, but Talia's story was mediocre, and the Clownhunter and Harley stories were pretty bad. Clownhunter becoming a master ninja in no time didn't make much sense, and the Harley story tried to convince the readers she would be an asset to any team and completely failed. Overall, a skippable issue.

UxasIs

May 24, 2022

I don't care if these stories don't add much to the plot, unnecessary issues will always be a thing in comics but they were just so damn boring to get through

Mighty Morphin Comic Rater

Jun 18, 2022

Incredibly boring collection of stories

Stormwrath

May 17, 2022

Really bad antology, only the Black Canary one was cool, the rest was hard to read

KFuqua

May 20, 2022

This book was really a lot of garbage and a big waste of money.