Time for the first review from the Free Comic Book Day 2014 batch! I expected this to be the best from the comics that I obtained, but Megaman X could manage to pull out a win. This comic takes place in the future and the world has been taken over by the Eye. He’s enslaved just about all of the heroes and there are a few resistance warriors that are trying to stop this. John Stewart and Blue Beetle are among the final survivors. Meanwhile, Batman has his own plan. He needs to go into the past and stop all of this from ever happening…but will the Eye let him leave this timeline alive!?

This comic was definitely pretty good. The atmosphere is pretty grim and hope appears lost for the heroes. It’s always hard to believe that the world could be taken over like that, but that’s why they jump us into the future. This way we don’t have to see how the heroes were taken over so easily. The art is pretty great and it’s what I’ve come to expect from DC comics. The violence isn’t really over the top, but limbs are lost. The reason why it’s not very violent is because there usually isn’t a lot of blood during the scenes. It still could be tricky for younger viewers, but it’s not too bad. We get some short action scenes between the resistance and the robots, as well as some action with an older Batman. The fights should definitely be intense in this series.

This issue basically leads up to how the actual series will be. It definitely has a lot of potential and I always love to see a good time travel story. This could make an awesome trade paperback volume and I recommend checking out this issue at a comic store near you. It is in the New 52, but Batman Beyond is in it and that’s always a plus. I was also glad that Batman is the one who thought of the ultimate plan. The morals behind it are a little risky, but Batman’s trying to save lives as well. One of those moralistic questions to ponder!

Overall 8/10