Final Crisis
The Cover to the Final Crisis Hardcover
- by Brian Cronin
- Monday, March 23rd, 2009 at 1:00 PM EST
It is certainly quite a bit of a spoiler, but otherwise, wow, J.G. Jones does a great job on the cover for the Final Crisis hardcover.
Check it out (courtesy of Wired.com)...
Final Crisis "Cliffs Notes"
- by Brian Cronin
- Thursday, February 26th, 2009 at 3:30 AM EST
Okay, so I did the Final Crisis FAQ, where I answered everyone who sent in a question about Final Crisis, but I thought it'd be nice to re-format the answers a bit and just give you a sort of "Cliffs Notes" explanation of the parts people professed difficulty understanding, in a chronological look at Final [...]
Final Crisis Resources
- by Brian Cronin
- Tuesday, February 24th, 2009 at 3:16 PM EST
Richard Pachter made an excellent point, and honestly, I was planning on doing this BEFORE the FAQ came out, but just plum forgot.
Here are a list of great annotations of Final Crisis, as well as links to Grant Morrison's Newsarama interviews for Final Crisis (plus his exit interview at Newsarama and IGN).
Douglas Wolk's Final [...]
Final Crisis FAQ
- by Brian Cronin
- Tuesday, February 24th, 2009 at 3:27 AM EST
Here it is!
I'm responding to the questions in the order that they were asked.
If you would prefer a more stream-lined look at Final Crisis, chronologically from issue to issue, I have a "Cliffs Notes" of sorts here that is a bit more straightforward.
Otherwise, enjoy!
Making a Final Crisis FAQ
- by Brian Cronin
- Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009 at 12:50 PM EST
I see that quite a few people have some questions about the events of Final Crisis that they'd like to see answered, so I thought it'd be a nice idea to do a FAQ.
So if you have a question about Final Crisis that you'd like to see answered, ask it in the comments and I [...]
Final Crisis Review Archive
- by Brian Cronin
- Saturday, January 31st, 2009 at 6:52 AM EST
With the series over, I thought it would be a good idea to give an archive of my reviews for each of the issues of the series (admittedly, I had to write the #4 and the Submit #1 review just now, which was odd - why didn't I write reviews that day?). In addition, I [...]
Superman Is Awesome
- by Brian Cronin
- Thursday, January 29th, 2009 at 5:38 PM EST
As evidenced by turning your Final Crisis #7 cover on the side...
Not Exactly Much of a Choice, No?
- by Brian Cronin
- Thursday, January 29th, 2009 at 3:33 PM EST
(Click to enlarge, but why you would want to enlarge the second is beyond me)
In a 50/50 split, can you imagine anyone choosing the second one?
Final Crisis #7 Review
- by Brian Cronin
- Wednesday, January 28th, 2009 at 3:25 PM EST
Well then.
I think I'll coin a new term for this issue - this was a "The Good of the Many Outweighs the Good of the One" comic. In that it was good, but had deficiencies that I think ran directly to the interest of giving the overall story a clear ending, thereby sacrificing some [...]
What Final Crisis #6 Was Missing...
- by Brian Cronin
- Monday, January 26th, 2009 at 11:59 AM EST
I think the following would have made some folks happier if DC and Editor Eddie Berganza had had the foresight to include it in Final Crisis #6...
Superman Beyond #2 Review
- by Brian Cronin
- Sunday, January 25th, 2009 at 1:49 AM EST
Doug Mahnke gives us all a good sign of what we can look forward to next week in the final issue of Final Crisis with some outstanding artwork of what is one of the more straightforward issues of Final Crisis by Grant Morrison (outside, of course, of that ultra straightforward one-shot about Black Lightning and [...]
Final Crisis #6 Review
- by Brian Cronin
- Thursday, January 15th, 2009 at 12:57 PM EST
Well, that final sequence sure whetted everyone's appetite for a full issue of Doug Mahnke, no?
Another great issue, although the art could certainly be better (and it will be next issue - woohoo!).
Batman #683 Would Have Been a Good Ending
- by Brian Cronin
- Wednesday, December 24th, 2008 at 6:09 PM EST
Thankfully.
But I'm certainly pleased that (if the rumors are true) it will not be the ending!
Final Crisis #5 Review
- by Brian Cronin
- Friday, December 12th, 2008 at 8:25 AM EST
This issue of Final Crisis brings a bit more of the standard "action-packed" story that one expects from a big company crossover, although even there, Morrison adds a little extra flair. How can you turn down a double-page spread with a group of "still in their right mind" heroes attacking en masse, led by Frankenstein [...]
Final Crisis: Resist #1 Review
- by Brian Cronin
- Friday, November 7th, 2008 at 12:39 PM EST
Final Crisis: Resist #1 was a great comic book, especially for those readers who felt that Checkmate ended the moment Greg Rucka and Eric Trautmann stopped writing the book (and it became a bad mini-series guest-starring Checkmate), as this was essentially the last issue of Checkmate, and oh boy, it was neat.
Rucka even got me [...]
