Justice League of America: Another Nail (Elseworlds)

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Summary: Why It Happened
Review: The events of The Nail are a year in the past and the world has been adjusting to the changes. But what really led to the war between New Genesis and Apokolips? Why was a boom tube being opened to Earth in the first place? Well, this sequel offers us a chance to see what else was going on.

With a little more involvement from Darkseid and company, we learn about some of Darkseid's long-term goals and how Earth is involved in them. But as with the Generations books, Another Nail takes the opportunity to bring in as much of the DC universe as possible. Just about everyone gets involved in this one. We even see Jonah Hex and OMAC. Unlike with many sequels, this one manages to be almost as good as the original.

True to the Elseworlds idea, characters may get used up or sent in radically different directions. Like with the OMAC mini-series, I am not sure that Jack Kirby would completely approve of what happens to some of his characters but if he understood Elseworlds I think he would approve of the grandness of this story's scale.

While there is a decent rehash of the original The Nail at the start, I would not recommend reading this one without reading The Nail first.