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What a damn mess. The first time I read this, I read it in the suggested read order and it kind of made sense. This time I thought, hey I’m going to pretend I’m a regular guy and just read the main event on it’s own. Anyone else that tries that, good luck. Final Crisis was supposed to be the “Final Crisis” of the DC universe. Taking in all the history of the previous few major events and making a huge event where evil basically wins. But does it accomplish that?
It starts off with a New God being murdered. The level of power required to do this would be enormous, and it’s the beginning of a mystery that … wasn’t very satisfying. Darkseid and his minions have infiltrated Earth and are preaching the Anti-Life equation, causing more or less everyone that hears/accepts it to become a slave to Darkseid, I suppose under the goal of reshaping the universe under Darkseid’s rule.
The problems really start popping up when the multiverse comes into play.
The story bounces around all over the place and is damn near impossible to properly follow. It’s difficult for me to think of a way to list off how confusing and convoluted it is, despite having recently read a few of the other DC events, so you’d think I would be well versed on the DC universe. Apparently, not enough! You guys should check out the wiki article if you want to try to make sense of it.
The only neat thing to come of this whole debacle was the Rage of the Red Lanterns tie-in, but that would’ve happened regardless. Oh, and the covers were pretty stylish.
2/5 Just a disappointing event. I’ve seen some people say this is the pinnacle of DC events, but I doubt most would agree. I certainly don’t.
