FINAL CRISIS #5 (OF 7)
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This review contains spoilers, click here to read
So everything's coming together, huh? And quicker than usual for a Grant Morrison tale. What's he going to do in issue seven if he's not explaining everything that happened in the previous six? Intriguing... Although I did just read an interview with Dan DiDio on Newsarama that said Batman RIP doesn't conclude until FC #6. Um... Dan? You think you could've mentioned that a little earlier? Seriously, how was that the first time I was hearing about this? And what the hell are you going to do with the trade of RIP? Just not finish the story in the Deluxe Hardcover that's scheduled to come out in a few months?
Well, anyway, on to the issue at hand. This issue was surprisingly straightforward. Now, don't get me wrong, I'm still confused as hell, but at least there wasn't any NEW confusion added by this issue. I get what Darkseid's doing, why he's doing it, and how he plans on accomplishing it. (The multiverse is balanced on 'New Earth' if I remember correctly.) I get what's going on with that rogue monitor and why he was mumbling through a dictionary at the end of issue #1. And I get how the heroes are fighting back.
I still don't know what's going on with Barry & Wally and that 'Time Bullet' thing, but man, I am flipping geeked out for the Green Lanterns, Flashes, and Batman to team up in the next issue and start kicking some ass. Oh, that's happening by the way... mark my words. I will be sorely disappointed if DC lets that golden opportunity slip away.
So, yeah. I guess there's really not a whole lot else to say about this issue. It pretty much explained Darkseid's plan and set the stage for a battle royale. Fairly enjoyable, all and all.
Art: 4 - Very Good
I think what happened is that the original ending for Batman’s R.I.P. didn’t make it past the editors so they threw it through some kind of loophole and said that it will somehow be tied into Final Crisis so they would have more time to think about what the hell they are actually doing. Then they’ll screw that up to. I mean for Christ’s sake, none of this makes any sense. If Batman vanished in some cheesey looking helicopter crash, how the hell is he going to comeback to join forces with Superman and the rest of the DC Universe characters that I would never buy a comic featuring in a million years, and then just vanish again? Are we missing something here.
Any YES, I did mean that. Batman and Superman are probably the only two DC Characters that I would EVER consider buying comics of (other than Supergirl, Robin, Nightwing, etc.). It seems like they can just draw any chick/dude in a pair of tights and make a comic about them. Honestly, who the hell reads Booster Gold? Vigilante? I could understand maybe Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, or The Flash but it seems like any character that isn’t a true DC icon is just plain garbage!! Like Justice Leage Task Force, you remember that? Now that WAS GARBAGE!! Tigerman!! Get the fuck out of here.
I like DC a whole bunch more then Marvel just because they own the rights to Superman and Batman, but if they didn’t have those two characters, they’d be totally fucked by now. Marvel has way cooler characters, I just don’t really buy anything but Spiderman occasionally because Marvel comics are always so damn hard to jump into unless you’ve been reading them for years. SO CONFUSING. If they weren’t, Batman would probably be the only DC comic I would still buy (and Detective).
Alright, I’ll stop blabbering sometime. I just really wish there was a comic book chat room where I could find somebody who could explain things to me like "Why is Final Crisis good?", "What is so great about Green Lantern?" or "Don’t you think they should draw Wonder Woman a little more cute looking? Wouldn’t that sell a few more books?"