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9. Pulp Power

(Multiversity: Society of Superheroes: Conquerors from the Counter-World #1)

For our first foray into the Multiverse, we have the longest title for anything ever. But M:SOS:CCW is a pulp homage, so that makes sense.

The SOS (yes, the acronym IS intentional) is put together by gun-slinging magic man Doc Fate, who I love. It also includes Abin Sur, the Green Lantern; teen wonder The Mighty Atom; and the badass Lady Blackhawk as they do battle with Vandal Savage and Count Sinestro's Parallax Monster.

Overall, it’s a really fun time, and includes a lowbrow joke that made me actually laugh out loud. There's still some weirdness, but it's much more straightforward than the intro chapter. It's fun and pulpy and a really imaginative read. The Chris Sprouse art is fantastic, delivering on that thirties sensibility in a square-jawed, magic and science-intermixed charm fest of a story.

In the book, the SOS are attempting to repel an invasion from another alternate earth on the day when they both cross over. It's a good Chapter Two.