tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post8809952947974739651..comments2024-03-27T21:12:28.287-05:00Comments on Collected Editions: Review: Final Crisis collected hardcover/paperback (DC Comic)collectededitionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14698269790653953645noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-49788201499139936772016-06-28T09:42:09.666-05:002016-06-28T09:42:09.666-05:00I just finished reading Final Crisis for the first...I just finished reading Final Crisis for the first time minutes ago and I have to admit my head hurts. I can't say for sure if I liked or not, but I will say I enjoyed it more than I thought I would. I think I'll have to let it sit with me, maybe go back and read some stories before this Crisis, then reread before I make my final thoughts on it.Codyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17178727978311013660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-79029502603469773172014-10-19T00:37:21.246-05:002014-10-19T00:37:21.246-05:00Late to the party. Wonderful review. Final Crisis ...Late to the party. Wonderful review. Final Crisis is very much underrated, and more interesting than the the last few years' Johns spectacles (Forever Evil, Flashpoint, etc.) by several orders of magnitude.Patrick Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02410016566636603639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-13533037083096006802014-06-25T13:33:41.024-05:002014-06-25T13:33:41.024-05:00Millar on Civil War, Bendis in Secret Invasion? t...Millar on Civil War, Bendis in Secret Invasion? those stories do not hold up well at all. civil war in particular.<br /><br />Meanwhile Final Crisis, while dense, is an intelligent and exciting mediation on Super Hero comics that transcends whatever "ripped from the headlines" topical commentary Marvel tried to condescendingly shoehorn in their super hero adventures.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-52018165717311692852009-08-06T18:27:28.305-05:002009-08-06T18:27:28.305-05:00Very interesting review - I'll be keeping a lo...Very interesting review - I'll be keeping a lot of these ideas and thoughts in mind when I read FC. I hope my lack of awareness of The Fourth World won't hinder my enjoyment too much, though I do know the main characters, I haven't read the original Kirby works. Glad to hear the issues included are in an intended reading order and fill in necessary plot missing from the main series.Nhexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07324479279997105650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-70815246806339731132009-08-04T10:40:17.113-05:002009-08-04T10:40:17.113-05:00Superman Beyond 3D #2 came out on January 21, one ...<i>Superman Beyond 3D</i> #2 came out on January 21, one week before <i>Final Crisis</i> #7's January 28 publication. It would have been better for <i>SB3D</i> to finish up sooner, but it wasn't as bad as all that.hilkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12355736315398159865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-91713658577411997112009-08-04T10:19:06.602-05:002009-08-04T10:19:06.602-05:00I watched the iFanboy video podcast about Final Cr...I watched the <a href="http://www.ifanboy.com/podcasts/video/iFanboy_-_Episode__113_-_Final_Crisis_" rel="nofollow">iFanboy</a> video podcast about <i>Final Crisis</i>, and I was struck when they talked about how haphazardly the issues were released as opposed to their reading order. It's no wonder that no one could understand this book when <i>Superman Beyond</i> #2 came out after <i>Final Crisis</i> #7. Indeed there's no way DC could have released this trade without <i>Superman Beyond</i> and <i>Submit</i> sandwiched in the middle -- it was hardly an easy reading experience with those books, but it would have been impossible without them.<br /><br />I didn't mind the chances in artwork so much (though I did find some of the action confusing). As compared to the <i>Infinite Crisis</i> collection, where extra pages in the same scene were drawn by artists whose styles looked nothing alike, it didn't bother me that <i>Final Crisis</i> changed artists because different artists drew different scenes -- the art changes were delineated, if you will. And I found that Mahnke's pick-up seemed natural after his <i>Superman Beyond</i> pages. My two cents.<br /><br />(Now I have the iFanboy theme song stuck in my head.)collectededitionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14698269790653953645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-30268597676006961892009-08-04T09:23:39.966-05:002009-08-04T09:23:39.966-05:00CE might touch on this in his follow-up review, bu...CE might touch on this in his follow-up review, but I can't imagine reading FC and its associated tie-ins on the schedule it came out in. Plus FC #7 would make ZERO sense if you never read Superman Beyond; DC made the right call in including those bits.<br /><br />Also, am I the only one who got a genuine sense of dread out of Final Crisis? I mean, usually you're thinking, "No way X or Y dies", or "Of course the good guys are gonna win." But there's a good chunk of the book that's pretty <i>bleak</i>, at least by mainstream comics standards.Jeffrey Hardy Quahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00011880432832659089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-64623740359346102772009-08-04T08:34:13.992-05:002009-08-04T08:34:13.992-05:00Great review.
I wish I had read Final Crisis the f...Great review.<br />I wish I had read Final Crisis the first time in trade. It would've stopped me from worrying about rewrites (seriously, check the original issue solicitations - very different) and other stories about Morrison and Mahnke and Jones floating around at the time.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15993846531894876642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-90491688921813277622009-08-03T21:28:02.991-05:002009-08-03T21:28:02.991-05:00Great review.
I think Morrison is great, but some...Great review.<br /><br />I think Morrison is great, but sometimes what he does is way too crazy.<br /><br />I don´t question Morrison´s inteligence or talent. But Marvel has done a better work with Brubaker in Captain America, Millar in Civil War or Bendis in Secret Invasion.<br /><br />And I´m a DC guy...MrManiachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13916634681470035386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-77727772626144360572009-08-03T20:32:05.574-05:002009-08-03T20:32:05.574-05:00Honestly, that's the best critique of Final Cr...Honestly, that's the best critique of <i>Final Crisis</i> I've read.Jeffrey Hardy Quahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00011880432832659089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-79896797246104302132009-08-03T19:39:53.863-05:002009-08-03T19:39:53.863-05:00Brilliant review. I wish there was more of such in...Brilliant review. I wish there was more of such insightful criticism of Final Crisis by the time the individual issues were still coming out, but I guess most people can only enjoy stories on one level (the basic plot) and don't care about reflecting on the themes Morrison explores. Even some critics I respect were quick to dismiss it as gibberish.<br /><br />The fact that you got to read it all in one sitting (including the indispensable Superman Beyond), in the order it was meant to be read, must have made a big difference, too.<br /><br />I don't know if you'll write about it in your next column, but I wonder what you thought about the artwork. I think JG Jones did some excellent work, especailly in the layouts, although some of his action scenes were a bit confusing. Mahnke was great as usual, but the inking by committee really hurt his work on the final chapter. While I thought Pacheco's art was pretty good, I don't think his style really fit with what Jones and Mahnke were doing, and Rudy and Clark were merely adequate.shagamuhttp://mbbforum.com/mbbnoreply@blogger.com