What knowledge is immediately necessary is provided throughout issue one, catching the audience, both new and old, up to speed. Gillen has structured “Über: Invasion” so that anyone can jump right in with zero prior knowledge. This doesn’t mean that “Über” is required reading. Needless to say, it’s complicated.Īs stated above, this is indeed the second part of a two-part series. You could argue that, for “Invasion,” Stephanie acts as the central character, as she has the most active role aside from the battleships, but that would only be true of one facet of the American front. I do not bring up any characters as the cast is ever changing and the story is not about the people they are simply the lenses through which we view this history. In short, we are forced to consider what would have happened if the war would have reached American soil. What follows is 27 issues of alternate history building vis a vis events that we are familiar with, aka, in the words of Gillen, “watching Europe burn.” Now, with “Invasion,” we’ve gone from events having a foothold in history to being entirely new. “Über: Invasion” is the second of two cycles about an alternate WWII, which was kicked off with the simple premise: What if Nazi Germany got the bomb first? Only, instead of an atomic bomb, Gillen substitutes in humans with superpowers.
The coloring is provided by Digikore “Kaleidoscope Eyes” Studios (“Absolution: Rubicon,” “Mercury Heat”) and, last but not least, the lettering is by Kurt “Impossible Year” Hathaway (“Batman: Under the Cowl,” “God Is Dead”). “Über: Invasion” is written by Kieron “I Write Sins Not Tragedies” Gillen (“The Wicked and the Divine,” “Journey Into Mystery”) and drawn by Daniel “Nails for Breakfast, Tacks for Snacks” Gete (“Absolution: Rubicon,” “Crossed: Dead or Alive”). I do not believe in entering it unprepared. This is a heavy series and, while I will not be shying away from details, I will be keeping my descriptions broad and fairly light until after the What’s This All About? section. This week, we look at part two of Kieron Gillen’s grim, grim WWII what if “Über: Invasion.” I offer a warning now. With “Don’t Miss This,” we want to spotlight those series we think need to be on your pull list.
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