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Or – “What Happens When I Continue To Fall Behind On Everything?”
What’s the scraping noise? Looks like the raccoon done busted out the heavy weapons, which means it’s time for another look at some of the comics that were too esoteric, too weird, or too numerous to look at individually: RAPID FIRE REVIEWS! BRAKKA BRAKKA BRAKKA! Make sure that the release lever is elevated, and that the debris shield is down, put on your safety goggles and PREpare… to REview!
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DC Comics has announced that the seventh and final issue of Final Crisis will include an additional seven pages, without increasing the cost to its customers.
In this issue, the saga concludes with an apocalyptic battle for the soul of humanity that must be seen to be believed! Can the heroes of 52 Earths save the multiverse? And is the only way to save the multiverse to change it forever?
The 48-page issue is still scheduled to arrive on January 28, 2009, for $3.99.
In this special episode (recorded December 15, 2008), Matthew and Stephen break down the latest issue of DC’s Final Crisis in a page by page commentary.
Final Crisis #5
Written by Grant Morrison; Art and covers by J.G. Jones, Carlos Pacheco and Jesus Merino
Humanity enslaved! Time shattered and bleeding! Anti-Life triumphant! Can Earth’s demoralized, beaten heroes rally their scattered forces for the ultimate super-battle against the nightmare armies of Apokolips when the forces of good meet the forces of evil on the bridge to Blüdhaven? As Darkseid’s presence causes reality itself to sicken and the lights to go out across the universe, as even the Guardians fall, the true power of the evil gods finally reveals itself, and a major character returns for a shocking conclusion.
Does the secret of humankind’s salvation lie in a mysterious cave painting and a bolt of lightning? Or has the Last Day come for us all?
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5 Comments »Or – “What The–”
Stephen has been unhappy with the storytelling shown by Grant Morrison in recent issues of Batman (and, frankly, he’s not alone) and has been somewhat less-than-kind to the overall arc of Final Crisis to date. I have to admit that the things doing on in this book have all felt epic and world-shattering, but I seriously have little to no idea what’s going on. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, though, instead reading like a book written in a language that I’m not fluent in, implying that my tiny mind can’t process what’s going on with the works of heroes and gawds, exactly the sort of feeling one would expect from the miniseries that promises nothing less than the end of the world as we know it…
The choice was very simple – we saw how the book was running, and we saw what the schedule was ahead of us. The fact that at a point we were waiting for parts of the script from issues #6 and #7, the reality came to be that we were never going to be able to hit our dates. We know hw quickly JG works, and we knew that going in. I feel bad that JG went out there and took the blame like that, because he shouldn’t have. We all went in with our eyes open and knew how the schedule works. Quite honestly, the decision was made quite a while ago that I wanted to hold the schedule and have the book come out in January, but in doing so, I knew that JG would not be the artist.
DC Editor in Chief Dan Didio on replacing JG Jones.
With blood and rage of crimson red…
DC’s Sinestro Corps was the dark horse hit that got me, and many other comic readers, back into the Green Lantern titles. Geoff Johns followed this up with a retelling of Hal Jordan’s origin, that skewed everything those of us old enough to remember Emerald Dawn attempted to do 15 plus years ago. The main reason for retelling the origin? To add in the character of Atrocitus and set up his hatred for Sinestro, who left him nailed to a crucifix of sorts in sector 666. Someone with that much rage and hate is probably not someone who is going to do great things.
Or – “And We Still Have Almost NO Idea What’s Going On…”
I’ll say this for DC… When they said “They Day Evil Won,” they weren’t kidding.
Or – “They Had Me At Hello.”
Can I just say that I HATE the vertically aligned giant theme covers for Final Crisis and Final Crisis by-products? Not only is it nigh-impossible to get a decent cover scan, they have to cram whatever they’re trying to show you into 1/3 of a standard comics page, which compresses the visual information into a tiny little space and crams everything together. But enough whining. Legion fans and detractors alike have long complained that the logistics of a team with 25 members are impossible to coordinate, and I can certainly feel their pain. This series promises THREE DISTINCT VERSIONS of most of the characters from that 25 member team, as well as the vast majority of the evil types that the 30th Century has to offer, all wrapped up into one. Will it be as accessible as the first issue was?
There are very few event tie-ins that would be able to exist on their own. Not surprisingly, many are so heavily dependent upon the main event that you are left with only two options; read on in ignorance, or buy more and more tie-ins. However, you occasionally get a tie-in that is well written, apart from the main event, and carrying all the gravitas and import due.
Geoff Johns and Scott Kolins Rogues’ Revenge is one of those comics.
Or – “Time, See What’s Become Of Me…”
Geez, where in the hell have *I* been? Turns out, much like your missing keys, I was between the couch cushions the whole time. In any case, it’s review time (or, as the French might say, “rev-WAH”) and we’re ready (though somewhat later than the rest of the world) to touch on the series that has made me look forward to Final Crisis, in complete disregard for my usual feelings on company-wide crossovers. If you’ve ever been to the site before, you’re probably aware that I occasionally peruse a Legion of Super-Heroes title. Now, the original Legion, the one that started it all back in ‘58, is back in the spotlight, but the question might be, where have they been and what in the 3 worlds have they been up to?
“You know what? Whatever…”
As I’ve mentioned before, Final Crisis is not the best crisis DC has ever put out. As issue three hits the stands, some questions are answered, but the overall feeling of the entire series is still something that doesn’t quite seem to fit with the rest of the DCU.
Dan DiDio hosted the panel that attempted to answer questions to Final Crisis.
Here’s another rapid-fire roundup of items from the DC Nation Panel, that includes interesting information about Kevin Smith.
DC Comics has announced that two Final Crisis tie-in titles have sold out at the distributor level. To make sure there are plenty of copies available at your local comic shop, the company has decided to send Final Crisis: Requiem and Final Crisis: Rogues’ Revenge #1 back to press.
Each will be getting a new variant cover that build on the Final Crisis banner theme.
Maybe something that people have forgotten since Wally West returned as The Flash, is that part of what made the Flash such a great character and series is his Rogue’s gallery. Not as dire or maniacal as Batman’s, the Flash’s rogues started out campy, and got progressively darker, while keeping that campy edge that only a cold gun can bring.
So when I finished Rogues’ Revenge, I was struck by how similar this book was to the good Flash days, even though Jay, Barry, Wally nor Bart made an appearance.
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