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FINAL CRISIS..I have a certain ennui [a world weariness]when it comes to comics.  But I jump from a jet fighter and plummet to earth without a parachute when I hear “Final Crisis”!

Maybe I’m a little too jaded and ought to give DC a chance?  Anyhow,people keep asking me about this series so I thought I’d quote DC themselves:

“In case you didn’t know it, that’s what COUNTDOWN has been, well, counting down to. Now normally an announcement like this would come with an unprecedented amount of hype and hoopla. You know, something like…

“Greatest Maxiseries Ever!”

“The Crisis To End All Crises”

“The One Story They Dared Not Tell, Until NOW!!”

Sounds like fun, but actually, we have no plans to promote it that way. No need to, the title speaks for itself. But before we discuss the end, let’s go back to the beginning.

It was a story not with the same size and scope of the Crisis stories that preceded it, but one of a very personal nature. IDENTITY CRISIS forced each hero to examine the reason they became heroes and more important, why they remained heroes. With this series we felt a tonal shift in how the DC heroes were perceived by their peers and the world. It was the start of darker times and greater challenges, and our heroes were ready to meet them head on.

Then came INFINITE CRISIS, and stories returned to the grand and cosmic scale that DC was best known for. Our heroes were pushed to their limits, friends had become foes, there was dissension among the heroes, and the universe was torn apart just to be born anew. Old concepts were reintroduced and reimagined in new and exciting ways. There wasn’t just one brave new world, but 52 of them. It seemed like an ending with a new beginning, but in fact, it was just the close of the second act of the grand epic that encompasses the DC Universe.

With COUNTDOWN, or should I say, COUNTDOWN TO FINAL CRISIS, we enter into act three, the final act. The stakes are raised once again, and everything put into motion over the last five years will come into play. Time is still broken, the multiverse is unstable, and heroes are called upon to make the ultimate sacrifice.

There is no turning back now. This is one story we dared not….. oops, sorry, got a little carried away. Said that wasn’t going to happen, but, hell — with a story this big, sometimes you just can’t help yourself.

To be continued…”

Will I be buying the series?  Hmm.  Let’s wait and see.