Forever Evil Unites The New 52 Universe

 

DC has kept good on their word to make their titles new reader friendly by straying away from the big company wide events. There have been several smaller crossovers between family books like Batman, Superman, Justice League, Green Lantern, etc. but overall there hasn't been a true full universe event to span all the titles. Marvel tends to two 2 or more huge events each year and some fans feel that it creates 'event fatigue' by persuading readers to reach in their pockets to try and catch every little tie-in for the huge stories. 

I really have no problem with full title spanning stories as long as they feel like a natural progression and are well written with true outcomes for the future of the universe. It's been refreshing to see DC step back a bit and let two years pass by without shoving tie-in after tie-in down our throats. The 2nd anniversary of the New 52 is coming up this September so it seems fitting that they begin the event this month with Forever Evil.

DC Comics has a few pages without text to preview the event as artist David Finch and Geoff Johns join together to make the villains top priority.

This fall, FOREVER EVIL will establish a new status quo in the DC Universe – one in which there are no superheroes left and evil is on a soaring rise. Therefore, it’ll be up to Steve Trevor and the surviving agents of A.R.G.U.S. to step up to the challenge of combating these threats on their own. But how can regular human beings take on super-powered villains and expect to stand a fighting chance?

With their new armor, A.R.G.U.S. agents are given a shot at survival. Created using technology from Apokolips, this armor is incredibly experimental – and thus not fully understood by the scientists on Earth. This armor is specifically designed to protect regular citizens living within a superhero world. And while it of course doesn’t guarantee their survival, it evens out the playing field enough to allow A.R.G.U.S. agents to go into the frontlines of battle with a necessary boost of confidence. The new armor will make its debut on Steve Trevor in FOREVER EVIL: A.R.G.U.S. #1, which will also feature such notorious characters as Deathstroke and Cheetah.

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