I know! I wouldn't normally do this. I mean this is Final Crisis after-all. But . . I was just getting to read issue #6 and then . . . I go to the comic shop on Wednesday and there's issue #7. So, it wasn't anything that I was planning on doing but I figured since I'm knocking out #6 . . . I might as well read #7 also. The only thing I'm concerned about though is that I haven't read Superman Beyond #2 or Final Crisis: Requiem #5. But I think I'll be able to figure it out. Of course #6 is the big 'reveal' issue in which we find out what the final fate of Batman is, but . . . I'll get into that a little later. Just in case you've been living under a rock and haven't been reading this series. Anyways, we start out with Superman in the future and Brainiac 5 is trying to help him get home. He shows him a machine in their arsenal that was created by the Controllers. Brainiac considers it . . ' . the God-Weapon.' "It's a machine that turns thought into things. We call it the Miracle Machine." Apparently this machine will help Superman 'wish' his way home. Meanwhile, up on the JLA satellite, Black Canary is trying to make a stand while the world's being over-run by Darkseid's drones. The groups that come after them includes Black Lightning and Ollie. Which is really driving her crazy because she's trying to beat him out of the brain-washing. Supergirl is fighting Mary Marvel, while the rest of the JSA are trying to make a stand against Darksied's drones. Freddie, who is now SHAZAM! is there and he uses his magic lightning bolt to transform her back. And Tawny is fighting Kalibak who is also a tiger. Kalibak probably has the superior training, but . . "Tawny Bites!", and he definitely has the upper hand in ferocity. In the end Tawny ends up winning and with Kalibak's defeat his soldiers kneel to Tawny. Mr Terrific is busy at Checkmate castle. Mr Miracle, Shiloh Norman, has recently arrived with the Japanese heroes. Apparently the tattoo they all have on their faces is a letter in the alphabet of the New Gods. "It's a living symbol that means 'freedom from restriction' . . and protects against anti-life." Mr Terrific may use that information, but . . he's got other plans in the works also. I think these Japanese heroes are going to play some kind of role. Plus he's got both Atoms working on finding another universe that they can move the uninfected to. He has a room full of psychics trying to purge the human mass consciousness of the anti-life equation. He also has a room full of mystics
trying to contact the Spectre. And finally, he has the Omega Offensive. Apparently he's gathered up the remnants of Brother-eye, put it back together and is now calling it . . Lord Eye. When they get to a new universe, Lord Eye is going to be responsible for creating a new form of law-enforcement . . a global peace agency. They want Renee to be it's leader. Luthor and Sivana are attempting to make a stand against Libra. I think they wanted to have the power that Libra promised, but . . they can't accept the costs to their brethren and the rest of the civilian population. In the end it looks like Luthor has taken Libra down, but . . you know how that works. Barry and Wally are up to something also. I think their plan is to take down Darksied but in order to get to him they have to run faster than they ever had before. So, they've attracted the Black Racer. It's going to take everything they've got to get away from him, but . . it'll also help open the personal singularity where Darkseid is hiding . . and then they can get to him. But . . Batman is already there. When he broke out of the experiment that Simyan & Mokkari had him in, apparently he was either close to, or able to make his way to Darksied. He's got a bullet made of Radion, toxic to the New Gods. It was the bullet that killed Orion. Batman shoots the bullet which hits Darksied, but . . not before he releases the Omega Sanction from his eyes. Shortly after he hits Darksied, the rays hit him. We then see some of the other heroes and their struggles around the globe, but the big news is . . Superman's back. And he's hopping mad. He makes his way across the globe like a one-man wrecking crew. He finally comes to a stop when he finds, and . . on the final page . . stands there holding Batman's charred husk of a body. It looks like Batman is toast. And that's how we end issue #6. On #6 Grant Morrison was helped on the art by Marco Rudy, Carlos Pacheco and Jesus Merino. JG Jones still did some of the art, and he did the cover. Issue #7, however, was completely illustrated by Doug Mahnke. JG Jones again did the cover. I miss him on the inside, but . . Doug's stuff was really pretty sweet. Issue #7 was a little different. It showed us the story of the end of the Earth, and it's heroes, from 2 different perspectives. Part of the story was told as it was happening, but then . . . the other part was told from the near future. At one point it was told as a kind of bed-time story to children as they were winding down their day. A couple of big things happen here though. First SHAZAM! goes out among the multi-verse to gather up as many Supermen as he can. I believe he gathers up 50 of them. They come into play later when Superman is confronting Darkseid and Luthor's there with his army of villains. Meanwhile, the Watchtower seems to have melded with Superman's fortress and they're floating in some kind of bubble in space. Everything outside of their walls are chaos and Darksied. But the survivors are left inside and they seem to be randomly picking up survivors from other universes. Remember when they were talking about the shell that Darksied was inhabiting? They never really explained that but . . Superman finds out this issue that it actually Dan Turpin. Which was ultimately Darksied's goal because he knew that a human host would make Superman stay his hand. And then . . . Barry and Wally show up. I thought they wanted to take down Darksied, but apparently they wanted to deliver the Black Racer to him. By the time they arrive Batman's bullet has taken it's toll on Darksied and he's very near death. As Barry and Wally run past him, the Dark Racer says . . "The terminal moment is here. I come to all! Even you!" We then find out that when Superman was looking at the Miracle Machine we assumed he was making his wish to return to his own time. However, we find out that he was also memorizing every nut and bolt so that once home he could build it again. From there, for me, it all becomes kind of murky. Mandrakk shows up and has turned Ultra-man into a vampire. He says he wants to feast on Superman. At the same time, the group of Green Lanterns are still outside of Earth's orbit trying to get in. And then, SHAZAM's team of Superman show up. Also arriving on the scene is Nix Uotan. He was that monitor that was banished. Apparently he's been living among the humans. But now he's decided to make his stand. We don't really see what happens next but as we move to the monitors hall where they're overlooking their Orrery of world's it seems that they've taken steps to fixing whatever they've done wrong. And that the humans on the various world's have already begun taking steps to fix all of their various situations. For some reason we find out about Earth 51. That's the world that Kamandi lives on. Then we find out that rather than make a mess of the universes again that they've decided to their posts and their world. Their world is swallowed in a whiteness not unlike that which devoured the various worlds in the first Crisis series. But I assume that Nix Uotan and Weeja Dell will be living on Earth, somewhere, in human form. Weeja questions Nix on what he thinks Superman's wish was. "He's Superman. He wished only for the best for all of us. He wished for a happy ending." At the end, in a kind of epilogue, we this this old man . . aborigine, maybe . . and he's some kind of story teller. He's in a cave. He has the New God tattoo on his face and on the wall is the circuit that Mr Miracle, or maybe it was the Tattooed Man, came up with. Apparently he dies. But in the shadows is someone who's looking after him. He lays on the fallen man what looks like Batman's utility belt. We then see the back of a shirtless man who looks like he's wearing the pants of Batman's uniform. We can't see his face but we can tell that he's bearded. And his shadow forms a kind of bat in the background. Whatever the case . . . this story obviously isn't over. It seems that the people of Earth now know of the multi-verse, and who knows what else has changed. You know how 1 stone can make the ripples that affect a whole lake? Well I think this Crisis series was just the rock, but we haven't even begun to see all of the ripples yet. I thought the series was fantastic and ground-breaking. I kind of have the feeling that this series isn't the redefinition of the DC Universe as much as . . . it's the starting point. I think from now on everything across the DC Universe will come back to this series. This will be where the fires of change were ignited. I thought it was a tremendous effort by Grant Morrison and I can't wait to see where we go from here. Not to mention . . . there's still a lot of rubble and situations to sort through and unravel. Things aren't going to be the same . . . for quite a while.
I know! I wouldn't normally do this. I mean this is Final Crisis after-all. But . . I was just getting to read issue #6 and then . . . I go to the comic shop on Wednesday and there's issue #7. So, it wasn't anything that I was planning on doing but I figured since I'm knocking out #6 . . . I might as well read #7 also. The only thing I'm concerned about though is that I haven't read Superman Beyond #2 or Final Crisis: Requiem #5. But I think I'll be able to figure it out. Of course #6 is the big 'reveal' issue in which we find out what the final fate of Batman is, but . . . I'll get into that a little later. Just in case you've been living under a rock and haven't been reading this series. Anyways, we start out with Superman in the future and Brainiac 5 is trying to help him get home. He shows him a machine in their arsenal that was created by the Controllers. Brainiac considers it . . ' . the God-Weapon.' "It's a machine that turns thought into things. We call it the Miracle Machine." Apparently this machine will help Superman 'wish' his way home. Meanwhile, up on the JLA satellite, Black Canary is trying to make a stand while the world's being over-run by Darkseid's drones. The groups that come after them includes Black Lightning and Ollie. Which is really driving her crazy because she's trying to beat him out of the brain-washing. Supergirl is fighting Mary Marvel, while the rest of the JSA are trying to make a stand against Darksied's drones. Freddie, who is now SHAZAM! is there and he uses his magic lightning bolt to transform her back. And Tawny is fighting Kalibak who is also a tiger. Kalibak probably has the superior training, but . . "Tawny Bites!", and he definitely has the upper hand in ferocity. In the end Tawny ends up winning and with Kalibak's defeat his soldiers kneel to Tawny. Mr Terrific is busy at Checkmate castle. Mr Miracle, Shiloh Norman, has recently arrived with the Japanese heroes. Apparently the tattoo they all have on their faces is a letter in the alphabet of the New Gods. "It's a living symbol that means 'freedom from restriction' . . and protects against anti-life." Mr Terrific may use that information, but . . he's got other plans in the works also. I think these Japanese heroes are going to play some kind of role. Plus he's got both Atoms working on finding another universe that they can move the uninfected to. He has a room full of psychics trying to purge the human mass consciousness of the anti-life equation. He also has a room full of mystics 
trying to contact the Spectre. And finally, he has the Omega Offensive. Apparently he's gathered up the remnants of Brother-eye, put it back together and is now calling it . . Lord Eye. When they get to a new universe, Lord Eye is going to be responsible for creating a new form of law-enforcement . . a global peace agency. They want Renee to be it's leader. Luthor and Sivana are attempting to make a stand against Libra. I think they wanted to have the power that Libra promised, but . . they can't accept the costs to their brethren and the rest of the civilian population. In the end it looks like Luthor has taken Libra down, but . . you know how that works. Barry and Wally are up to something also. I think their plan is to take down Darksied but in order to get to him they have to run faster than they ever had before. So, they've attracted the Black Racer. It's going to take everything they've got to get away from him, but . . it'll also help open the personal singularity where Darkseid is hiding . . and then they can get to him. But . . Batman is already there. When he broke out of the experiment that Simyan & Mokkari had him in, apparently he was either close to, or able to make his way to Darksied. He's got a bullet made of Radion, toxic to the New Gods. It was the bullet that killed Orion. Batman shoots the bullet which hits Darksied, but . . not before he releases the Omega Sanction from his eyes. Shortly after he hits Darksied, the rays hit him. We then see some of the other heroes and their struggles around the globe, but the big news is . . Superman's back. And he's hopping mad. He makes his way across the globe like a one-man wrecking crew. He finally comes to a stop when he finds, and . . on the final page . . stands there holding Batman's charred husk of a body. It looks like Batman is toast. And that's how we end issue #6. On #6 Grant Morrison was helped on the art by Marco Rudy, Carlos Pacheco and Jesus Merino. JG Jones still did some of the art, and he did the cover. Issue #7, however, was completely illustrated by Doug Mahnke. JG Jones again did the cover. I miss him on the inside, but . . Doug's stuff was really pretty sweet. Issue #7 was a little different. It showed us the story of the end of the Earth, and it's heroes, from 2 different perspectives. Part of the story was told as it was happening, but then . . . the other part was told from the near future. At one point it was told as a kind of bed-time story to children as they were winding down their day. A couple of big things happen here though. First SHAZAM! goes out among the multi-verse to gather up as many Supermen as he can. I believe he gathers up 50 of them. They come into play later when Superman is confronting Darkseid and Luthor's there with his army of villains. Meanwhile, the Watchtower seems to have melded with Superman's fortress and they're floating in some kind of bubble in space. Everything outside of their walls are chaos and Darksied. But the survivors are left inside and they seem to be randomly picking up survivors from other universes. Remember when they were talking about the shell that Darksied was inhabiting? They never really explained that but . . Superman finds out this issue that it actually Dan Turpin. Which was ultimately Darksied's goal because he knew that a human host would make Superman stay his hand. And then . . . Barry and Wally show up. I thought they wanted to take down Darksied, but apparently they wanted to deliver the Black Racer to him. By the time they arrive Batman's bullet has taken it's toll on Darksied and he's very near death. As Barry and Wally run past him, the Dark Racer says . . "The terminal moment is here. I come to all! Even you!" We then find out that when Superman was looking at the Miracle Machine we assumed he was making his wish to return to his own time. However, we find out that he was also memorizing every nut and bolt so that once home he could build it again. From there, for me, it all becomes kind of murky. Mandrakk shows up and has turned Ultra-man into a vampire. He says he wants to feast on Superman. At the same time, the group of Green Lanterns are still outside of Earth's orbit trying to get in. And then, SHAZAM's team of Superman show up. Also arriving on the scene is Nix Uotan. He was that monitor that was banished. Apparently he's been living among the humans. But now he's decided to make his stand. We don't really see what happens next but as we move to the monitors hall where they're overlooking their Orrery of world's it seems that they've taken steps to fixing whatever they've done wrong. And that the humans on the various world's have already begun taking steps to fix all of their various situations. For some reason we find out about Earth 51. That's the world that Kamandi lives on. Then we find out that rather than make a mess of the universes again that they've decided to their posts and their world. Their world is swallowed in a whiteness not unlike that which devoured the various worlds in the first Crisis series. But I assume that Nix Uotan and Weeja Dell will be living on Earth, somewhere, in human form. Weeja questions Nix on what he thinks Superman's wish was. "He's Superman. He wished only for the best for all of us. He wished for a happy ending." At the end, in a kind of epilogue, we this this old man . . aborigine, maybe . . and he's some kind of story teller. He's in a cave. He has the New God tattoo on his face and on the wall is the circuit that Mr Miracle, or maybe it was the Tattooed Man, came up with. Apparently he dies. But in the shadows is someone who's looking after him. He lays on the fallen man what looks like Batman's utility belt. We then see the back of a shirtless man who looks like he's wearing the pants of Batman's uniform. We can't see his face but we can tell that he's bearded. And his shadow forms a kind of bat in the background. Whatever the case . . . this story obviously isn't over. It seems that the people of Earth now know of the multi-verse, and who knows what else has changed. You know how 1 stone can make the ripples that affect a whole lake? Well I think this Crisis series was just the rock, but we haven't even begun to see all of the ripples yet. I thought the series was fantastic and ground-breaking. I kind of have the feeling that this series isn't the redefinition of the DC Universe as much as . . . it's the starting point. I think from now on everything across the DC Universe will come back to this series. This will be where the fires of change were ignited. I thought it was a tremendous effort by Grant Morrison and I can't wait to see where we go from here. Not to mention . . . there's still a lot of rubble and situations to sort through and unravel. Things aren't going to be the same . . . for quite a while. 
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