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DC Universe: Rebirth #1

by Geoff Johns, Gary Frank, Ivan Reis, Phil Jimenez

By the time I finished reading Rebirth #1, I was nearly screaming.

When the new storyline was announced, I didn’t know what to expect, so when I first opened the book on our app, I was skeptical. Skepticism rapidly gave way to joy as one of my favorite fictional characters of all time took me along on a new adventure, searching desperately for a tether to a world we used to know.

Panel by panel, a rush of familiarity swept over me as stories and characters I knew and loved appeared as if the last few years hadn’t happened, as if they’d never left us and were just waiting for us to find them again. With each glimpse of this universe that first showed me how fantastic superhero comics could be, my happiness grew, and I was excited to see what the rest of the Rebirth titles had to offer—but I had no idea what was coming.

The last few pages completely blew my mind and sent me yelling to the rest of the office that everyone had to stop what they were doing immediately and read Rebirth before they heard the end secondhand. I continue that cry here: GO READ REBIRTH ASAP AND FEEL THE LOVE.

Kara Szamborski supervises the production coordinators at comiXology and co-hosts the weekly comiXologist podcast to help you find new comics to read. She basically ended up rolling around on the floor from emotions after reading Rebirth.