If you’ve already devoured DC’s Final Crisis #1 and are just dying to get your mitts on the original artwork by J.G. Jones, you’ll be happy to know that a hand full of cash can get you your favorite page(s) from the issue.
Fanfare Sports and Entertainment have the pages from Final Crisis and much more over at its website.
There’s some wild speculation going around that the person under Libra’s hood, isn’t really Libra. It has something to do with this panel:
Did you get the clues? If not, we’ll discuss it on the Major Spoilers Podcast #14: The Wanted Podcast.
For those of you who are in the know, please join in on this week’s poll.
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With a Crisis in the DC Universe there inevitably comes a return to Rann and Thanagar. Thus, for all of us who enjoy a bit of the good old science fiction, all of our space heroes come together to deal with some cosmic threat that somehow always ends up focusing on Rann and/or Thanagar.
So the first entry in DC’s Final Crisis turns out to be the Rann-Thanagar Holy War, and it looks as if Jim Starlin, writer of this series, has a definite issue with religion.
It only took one day for the trailer-esque DC Universe 0 to sell out at Diamond Comics Distributors. With all the mainstream press DC received from such outlets as The New York Daily News, the Associated Press, and The New York Times, as well as our own coverage, it is understandable that comic readers young and old went out to pick up this “jumping on point” issue.
In order to meet demand, DC is already back to press with a second printing that features a variant version of the original cover.
I think the sell out took DC by surprise, as the second edition won’t be available until May 28.
or, Holy Mother of Freakin’ continuity Batman! This is going to be huge!
If you haven’t been keeping track, we’ve been counting down (I don’t mean that as a pun but, damn it!) to DC’s final crisis event, wittily entitled, Final Crisis. Grant Morrison and Geoff Johns have paired up to write what is one of the most highly anticipated books of the last few years.
And not a word matters until you read the very last page!
WARNING: MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD!
Well I may have spoken too soon in the latest installment of the Major Spoilers Podcast, when I said “if you kill of a character, that character needs to stay dead…just like Barry Allen.” Seems the Silver Age Flash is returning in DC’s Universe #0, arriving on stands today.
“That’s the point of comics - they don’t have to die, because they’re fictional creations,” said Grant Morrison, one of the writers behind the comeback.
“We can do anything with them, and we can make them come back and make them defy death,” Morrison said. “And that’s why people read comics, to get away from the way life works, which is quite cruel and unheroic and ends in death.”
I’m not sure how I feel about this. On the one hand, I think Barry’s sacrifice and permanent death is one of the greatest things about comics. One the other hand, I haven’t picked up the issue, so this could just be a temporal Barry Allen that we’ve seen in Booster Gold, and the Flash title proper making a stop in the current time line as he bounces around space-time. His “golly-gee” clean cut image, certainly didn’t win him a lot of fans during his long run, but post death, Allen seems to have stirred something in fans around the world. Then again, Barry Allen just might die again and play a major role in the Green Lantern Darkest Night saga hitting next year.
or, OH thank HEAVENS it is finally over!
With a sigh of relief I opened the pages of the last issue of Countdown, and with a similar sigh I closed them a few minutes later. They had not finished badly, as previous issues had suggested they might. Though they finished leaving me baffled, it was not “bad.”
Countdown, issue number 1 (or 52, whatever), both finished off the Countdown saga, and paved a few stepping stones for Final Crisis.
DC Comics has sent Major Spoilers the cover images and solicitation information for titles arriving in stores July 2008. Take the jump for Trinity, Final Crisis, and more.
You’ll want to take special note of this solicitation list, as there are several titles (one well loved) that is coming to an end.
In order to make getting into Final Crisis as inexpensive as possible, DC will be selling DC Universe: Zero for fifty cents.
DC UNIVERSE: ZERO is written by Grant Morrison and Geoff Johns and features art by some of the biggest names in comics, including George Pérez, Tony Daniel, J.G. Jones, Aaron Lopresti, Ivan Reis, Philip Tan and Carlos Pacheco!
Starring the greatest heroes of the DCU, everything leading to FINAL CRISIS and beyond begins in DC UNIVERSE: ZERO. Take a journey through the past and present of the DCU, and witness the emergence of the greatest evil in the universe — and the stunning return of a force for good!
Sounds like a good place to jump on board, and $.50 can’t be beat. Now if all the big publishers would drop their prices by a buck, the industry as a whole might see a huge upswing in sales.
DC Universe: Zero arrives April 30, 2008.
via DC
Remember that huge teaser DC sent out a while back talking about legends living forever? Look at the very bottom of the story as posted, and you’ll notice I mentioned the only Justice League member not present was the Martian Manhunter.
Well several months of speculation and the rumors have moved from Batman (the only character pictured who hasn’t died) back to J’onn J’onzz. Why not Batman? Word is Warner Bros., the parent company of DC, stepped in and politely told DC not to screw with the film franchise, leaving poor ol’ J’onn as the sacrificial lamb.
Even though J’onzz has been around forever, he’s always been on the fringe of the spotlight, so it is surprising when fans react to save the character from the chopping block.
Michael Netzer is so passionate about the Martian Manhunter, he’s taken up a crusade to save the character.
I know you might be asking why I should care about J’Onn J’Onzz. Well, as the artist of the 3 issue Adventure Comics #449-#451, back-up series featuring the Martian Manhunter in 1977, a series which also featured supporting roles by Superman, Supergirl, Hawkman, Hawkwoman, Braniac 5 and more… well, I understand that this in itself might not seem like such a substantial relationship for an artist to have with a character.
So what do you think? Save the Martian Manhunter or let him die? Remember kids, the only character not officially back from the dead is Barry Allen, while everyone else (including Major Spoilers) has been resurrected time and time again.
If you didn’t read the Major Spoilers review of Booster Gold #1, then you missed out on the next big clue for the DCU. Take the jump for the big (and I mean big) picture, then my W.A.G.s on what it could mean.
We speculated the title of the last arc in DC’s five year mission would be Final Crisis, and now with this promo image the company has released it has been confirmed. Take the jump for the whole thing.
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