false <![CDATA[Final Crisis]]> 5173602 1 Best-selling writer Grant Morrison (BATMAN, ALL-STAR SUPERMAN, JLA) and critically acclaimed artist J.G. Jones (52, Wanted) redefine what it means to be a modern day Super Hero in this cosmic epic.<br><br>What happens when evil wins? That's the question Superman, Batman, the Justice League and every being in the DCU have to face when Darkseid and his otherworldly legion of narcissistic followers actually win the war between light and dark. Featuring the deaths and resurrections of major DC characters, FINAL CRISIS is more than your average multi-part event - it's a deconstruction of Super Hero comics and a challenging, thought-provoking take on the modern, four-color icons.. 5240667 9 6 2009 Final Crisis total:146|5:26|4:40|3:30|2:25|1:25| 146 455 201 41 1 2 false false Mon Feb 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 01 19:17:12 -0800 2009 Sun Aug 16 19:25:14 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Nov 12 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 12 13:43:56 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 12 22:01:30 -0800 2009 Final Crisis Annotations...more...]]> 2 1 false false Wed Oct 21 21:15:02 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 21:32:47 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Aug 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 22 12:50:08 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 22 13:08:44 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 true true Sat Sep 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 11 08:08:30 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 07:29:20 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jul 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 27 19:04:35 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 04 16:59:16 -0700 2009 So very close, but not quite.

Delirious, complicated cosmic crossover, with more big ideas than you can shake a stick at. As with most crossovers, the level of information here is daunting, with a blizzard of characters who are rarely introduced if you don't already know who they are, and...more...]]> 1 0 false false Wed Nov 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 09 16:53:02 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 15 18:47:34 -0800 2009
I may not be the biggest DC fan but I can usually enjoy most collections of stories involving their characters and 52 remains one of the best reads I've had since getting...more...]]> 2 1 false false Sun Jun 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 21 10:48:28 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 21 10:58:01 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Oct 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 30 19:35:46 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 30 19:57:01 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Aug 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 17 19:48:37 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 17:02:16 -0700 2009
The art work was pretty cool but didn't make up for the incoherent story.

Batman disappears for 200 pages, only to reappear in the second t...more...]]> 1 0 false false Tue Aug 25 15:47:40 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 15:52:45 -0700 2009
I stopped reading it after the Superman Beyond tie-in. Didn't know what the hell was going on there. Barry's back, he saves his wife from the Anti-Life by kissing her??? A time travelling bullet? Okay, that's actually cool....more...]]> 1 0 false false Wed Jan 28 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 24 12:06:06 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 31 07:47:05 -0800 2009
And most of the time, I buy what he writes. I'm not sure why because it's very rare that I can make sense of his writing, much less enjoy it.

Make no mistake, Morrison ha...more...]]> 1 0 false false Mon Jun 22 22:33:02 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 17 09:46:29 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Sep 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 06:44:54 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 18 20:03:01 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false true Fri Jun 12 04:57:20 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 05 21:20:54 -0700 2009
Grant Morrison's favorite thing to do is to write books about comic books. Here he does it with a blazing fast script that is ungodly dense. Instead of littering the pages with narrative he leaves it up to the reader to fit the pieces. The art j...more...]]> 3 0 false true Mon Feb 23 05:21:05 -0800 2009 Sat Oct 25 21:15:22 -0700 2008 Mon Feb 23 05:21:05 -0800 2009
chronology (from memory:)

'Superboy-Prime' escaped in 'Countdown to Final Crisis' or something.

Darkseid finally learned 'the anti-life equation' and enlisted Libra.

Libra killed Martian Manhunter....more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jan 05 22:31:40 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 15 10:35:38 -0800 2009
It's a story, like Morrison's Seven Soldiers, to which other writers will be playing catch...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jul 24 13:41:33 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 24 14:25:10 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 1 false false Wed Jul 15 00:57:21 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 15 01:00:12 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Oct 28 18:47:29 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 18:50:42 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=5173602