COUNTDOWN TO FINAL CRISIS #2
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This review contains spoilers, click here to read
By Joshua S Hill - also seen on Major Spoilers.com
In what was seemingly a cross between climactic-battle and overloaded “gotta fill you in on the last 50 issues” prose, Countdown #2 was pretty much exactly what we expected it would be. It had its good, which was thoroughly outweighed by the bad, yet still managed to keep me interested for Final Crisis.
That Grant Morrison has got the reigns for Final Crisis helps relieve the fear that it’ll blow as much as Countdown has.
From the front cover I feared that this issue would be a variation on a Spider-man book, as that is exactly what Jimmy Olsen seemed to have turned in to. He appeared to have been transported directly from Spider-man’s villains, made of a cross between The Hulk and The Lizard.
That being said, five pages in and Olsen was taken out of the picture, so I remained relatively happy.
I feel like I could nitpick something on every page of this book. Page three saw Kyle Rainer apparently carrying a ball of floating people – which, from memory, is not something that’s entirely realistic. And sure, having a green magic ring that does whatever you imagine isn’t the pinnacle of realism, but you understand what I mean; there are upside down people, just… floating, up the top!
Page four Jimmy Olsen smashes Darkseid with part of a bridge – seemingly in an entire turnaround of Olsen’s feelings about the safety of others.
Thankfully, at this point, Ray Palmer steps in and saves the day. As I said a few moments ago, or last issue, whatever; I love Ray Palmer. I’m looking forward to the resolution of Final Crisis, simply so that he’ll get a book for himself; of course, he could pull a Barry Allen, but we’ll have to wait and see.
The ensuing cosmic battle between Darkseid and the newly arrived Orion once again fills me with confusion. Instead of trying to save the people around about, Donna Troy, Kyle Rainer, Superman and the Flash, are happy just watching. It seems in total contradiction to the first page of the book, where Wally West is “waytoobusysavinglives.”
Scott Kolins art frustrated me just as much as did the storyline. I refer back to the Spider-man comment above, because Jimmy Olsen on the second page looks like he’s been drawn as a Marvel character. I’m not sure if I can quantify just what a Marvel character looks like compared to a DC character; but it just feels… wrong.
The big floating ball of people notwithstanding, everything seemed really … dirty. Orion’s entry, Darkseid, the JLA; everything seemed very rushed, dirty and misshapen.
We’ve got one issue of Countdown left, to be followed by Issue #0, which is going to be retitled as DC Universe #0. We’ve also got teaser art for Final Crisis, showing Hal Jordan as drawn by J.G. Jones, who I love! Countdown’s lackluster performance cannot diminish my excitement for Final Crisis, no matter how hard it tries.
Countdown #2 get’s 2 out of 5 for the story – I liked the death, it seemed appropriately massive – and 3 out of 5 for the art.
Art: 3 - Good
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