Monthly Archives: September 2010
Final Crisis Revisited: Final Crisis 5
For a series whose biggest flaw is that it’s often too compressed and cryptic, Final Crisis 5 is strangely light on story. I wonder if the series would have met greater success and appreciation if the pacing were better and … Continue reading
Final Crisis Revisited: Final Crisis 4
Finally, the pieces start falling into place. This issue starts the fruition of all the plot threads: Darkseid has released the anti-life equation; the greatest of the heroes, Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman, have been taken out of play.
Superman in the Fourth Age
Look, I didn’t plan on doing things this way. I envisioned writing a three part series on Morrison’s run on Animal Man; then, a seven part series on Final Crisis; and maybe some reviews sprinkled here and there for good … Continue reading
Review: The Last Avengers Story
The Last Avengers Story is from 1995, and even though that was around the height of my comics fandom as a teenager, I didn’t read it. In fact, I had never heard of it until I saw it featured on … Continue reading
All-Star Superman: The Movie?
An All-Star Superman animated direct-to-DVD movie, with Christina Hendricks voicing Lois Lane and Ed Asner (!) voicing Perry White? I’m glad to hear that Bruce Timm is producing, but the handful of DVD movies from DC I’ve seen recently have … Continue reading
Final Crisis Revisited: Final Crisis 3
However you may feel about the last two issues, you can’t say they don’t have extraordinary beginnings and endings: the first opens with Metron visiting Anthro, and ends with Anthro having a vision of Kamandi’s future. The second opens with … Continue reading
Final Crisis Revisted: Final Crisis 1
Final Crisis was a controversial book when it came out. It was DC’s big event that year, published to run against Marvel’s Secret Invasion. It sold worse than Secret Invasion, and it met much criticism: Morrison had lost it; no, … Continue reading
