When many people hear about this book they automatically think, well this is gonna be a generic quest of the generic Justice League as they generically beat up a generic villain for a generic reason, but it is ANYTHING but that! This story is extremely symoblistic, and well worth your time for sure.
It follows a pastor of a local church who witnesses the death a friend, and is told of how the world has been corrupted, and no one fights for the right reasons. Then The Spectre (the being that is God's judgement) shows the pastor why the world is why is is. He shows the pastor what is going on with Superman Wonder woman, and the entire Justice League 50 years into the future. At this point they have all retired and heroes and villains fight for no reason other than for the heck of it. Eventually he gets tired of it, and rallies up the whole justice league (which takes a lot of effort) and confronts the new heroes and villains. The art is done by Alex Ross. (one of my favorite artists)
Now before you turn off this review because it sounds generic, know that I can't say much because this book has A LOT of spoilers, and that you will not be disappointed if you read it. It's a great story about redemption, trust, teamwork, and has pretty much every well known DC superhero involved in some way. And the main character isn't even superman, it's a pastor! When a superhero book can be good and not even focus on a pastor, you know you're doing something right, and the ending to this book is AMAZING. It is a very realistic take on the situation.
All in all I give Kingdom Come the rating of PERFECTION! The only negative I could possibly think of is that you may be lost on who a few minor characters are in the story, but this doesn't mess up the plot.
You should DEFINITELY read this book. Whether you are new to comics, or have been reading for years, this is one of the best that DC has to offer.
This has been a review with TheComicKid!
http://www.dccomics.com/graphic-novels/kingdom-come-new-edition
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