Countdown to Final Crisis #26 - DC

I guess because this is the middle of the series, but they take a different story-telling approach this issue. They've also changed the title. This whole issue is told from the Monitors perspective. The one that's been trying to rally them all together, is going through all the individual stories and trying to get his comrades to see the connections. He really wants them to rally, and try to thwart whatever it is that Bob, the rogue monitor, is trying to accomplish with his Challengers. But he has an agenda too. We don't know what it is yet, but I'm sure we'll be seeing it unfold in future issues. We do know, that he thinks everything that's happening is because of one person. "There is no doubt in my mind that these events are being orchestrated by a single will . . . or, at the very least, multiple wills working toward a shared goal. All we must determine is . . . . who has the most to gain?" Also, for some reason, our challengers have stayed on Earth 8, the world of Lord Havok. They could've jumped to a different Earth, but rather they just jumped farther away from his castle. And, on Earth 15, someone has abducted Lex Luthor. We don't see the face, but from what we can see of the costume, it looks like Superman. Well not the Superman, but when he first came back from the Doomsday incident, and was dressed in black, with long hair. Like I said, from the uniform and shadows . . . . that's what it looks like. Finally, my understanding is that at the end of this series, we'll see how all the Crisis stories fit together. We have Crisis, Identity Crisis, and Infinite Crisis. Then this one's going to be the Final Crisis. Obviously there's been a plan in place ever since Identity Crisis came out. So for the last 4 years, this is what they've been building to. I think it's brilliant that they're tying it in to the original Crisis also, because by doing that they're truly solidifying the DC Universe and continuity. Also I think that if they didn't do that, the story told here would've negated that series. And truly that one was the building block for all the stories after it. Yes they're going to be reversing it, essentially. But, I think by tying them all together, we're going to see the threads of connection, and they will all serve a purpose in the grand scheme. So, if you don't have the original Crisis books, you should probably get on E-bay and start looking. There's going to be a lot of people out there doing the same thing. Just a forewarning.