The Year of Magic. Time for Injustice Year 3- Vol 1

I’ve always been attracted to magic; in all its forms and incarnations. Imagine my delight when its finally given the chance to stretch its muscle into the DC Injustice storyline.

Fresh from the onslaught of the sentient Green Lantern planet named Mogo and the rest of the Green Lantern Corps (Year 2, Vol 2), casualties are abounding and humanity is left to deal with the damage. Be they humans, metas or magical folk, someone has lost someone in the aftermath of the war against Superman, as waged by Batman who recognizes that the Man of Steel has become the opposite of what he stood for; a dictator who is willing to pay the price just to impose and enforce his "kind" of peace. Since the previous issue, a lot of things have happened. Superman broke Batman's back. Oliver Queen, aka. The Green Arrow has died as well as Black Canary; but not before filming her own demise and Superman's magical confession and broadcasting it out into the world for all to see. Along with that, Superman has received a Yellow Ring from the master of Fear, Sinestro, who has taken sides with Superman. I take it that he is living vicariously thru Kal-El as the events remind him of his own reign as sole ruler of his home planet of Korugar. Add to this list of changes, Wonder Woman is also out of commission due to some magical maneuvering on the part of one man who orchestrated the battle at this stage of the game. 

One such person is John Constantine. Yes the radical Mage whose unorthodox methods border on the Machiavellian. He comes to aid Batman in his crusade to stop Superman while uncovering answers on his own. And since Superman has a weakness to magic, this was the perfect element to bring to the battle to ensure victory. And to do that certain things must come into play. First, Raven, needs to be taken out. Second, other magical users like Dr. Fate, Zatanna, Klarion, Jason Blood, Phantom Stranger needed also to be brought into the fold so that magic can have their day in the battle and tip the scales in Batmans favor. Third, Superman needs to be disabled with the use of magic.

Like in previous issues Tom Taylor has once again given us a fun and action filled read that collects the first 7 issues of Year 3. Constantine is his ever manipulative self and would go head to head with Batman as to who is calling the shots. (Yes, can’t have two manipulative folk in the same room) And a con man, pretty much like a leopard, never changes its spots so our charming but selfish mage, wields and deceives until he has quenched his thirst for revenge against Superman for brining the war to Earth, which claimed the life of Constantine’s wife.

Wait, what? John’s married? 

Okay, I give you permission to scratch your head. And he has a kid named Rose, who may or may not have some magical gifts herself. I sincerely hope that they explore this further. For now, I’m just gonna leave it here and because Constantine orchestrated this whole magical element into the fray, expect some twists and turns and no easy way to the the end goal. And any goal that is worth fighting for, is worth gunning for. Like this collected volume, its worth reading. 

Better yet, its worth keeping. I did.

Writing Streak 2014

As you can see in my past posts, its certainly been a long time since I had one here. Not to make any excuses but life certainly got in the way of writing and the influx of ideas. And even if there were ideas coming in, it was most certainly easier to talk about it and make an outline from it rather than incorporating those ideas in full on paper, as part of a working novel. But luckily for me this August, I somehow allowed myself to be opened once more and inspired and just be all sponge-like and take in in inspiration from wherever and whenever I can. I always reference people to my earlier Prologue post whenever I talk about the current writing endeavor that is currently taking my time and focus. But a prologue as it is, is just that. Nothing beats the full finished work and sent off to an agent in the hopes that it be published. And in order to do that, I must write and carry out the task into full completion. Recently I've added to my current writing task, a side-story that is most certainly more adult and not the regular YA fare that I initially set out to do.

Currently I am on the 15k word mark and if I keep at it, it would most certainly be classified as a Short story and one that I envision to be made available as an e-book. For those who know me, the world of Estelle and the Sentinels have gripped me for quite some time, but I have only recently entertained the possibility of side stories within that world and it is these side stories that have caught my attention and imagination and hence the productivity to show for. The side stories take place in my fictitious magical place called the "Dark District" and it is the stories of the people who live there, been there or continue to come back that have haunted me and propelled me to write once more and connect them to the main story. That is all I have to say for now about it and I do want to be brief about it as well. But to give you an idea what it is, here's a snapshot of my laptop screen. Enjoy and will write again soon.

Sample Prologue for Current Writing...