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December 4, 2008

Batman #682 – “The Butler Did It” (A Final Crisis Tie-In) (A Last Rites Tie-In)

Filed under: Annotations — Tags: Alfred Pennyworth, Annotations, Batman, Batman Annotations, Batman RIP, DC Comics, Final Crisis, Final Crisis Annotations, Grant Morrison, Lee Garbett, Mokkari, Simyan, The Evil Factory — David Uzumeri @ 3:38 am

Batman #682

Double crossover banners, bitches! THIS ISSUE IS IMPORTANT!

And the title of this post isn’t even a spoiler, I ain’t doin’ my victory dance just yet. Note time. Also, this issue? Less straightforward than the last two.

But first, a note.
If you’ve dug Grant Morrison’s run on this title, and the sort of philosophical psycho-thriller approach he’s taken, then I highly recommend you check out this week’s X-Men Noir #1 by Fred Van Lente and Dennis Calero. It’s a gorgeous book, and Van Lente’s script is incredibly smart and bursting with novel ideas in a way I haven’t seen on an X-title since, well, Grant Morrison. It’s astonishing how well he translates the X-Men’s core themes – and I don’t mean the Claremontian “wah wah we’re persecuted just like real world minority” themes, I mean the themes about evolution and natural selection and the generation gap – into a world without powers, but everything remains intact, and the manners in which this is accomplished are absolutely inspired. It’s a great book, totally worth both the admittedly high price of $3.99 and the considerable amount of hype Marvel’s given it, and may have actually been my favorite book I’ve read this week. (I haven’t hit up Jason Aaron’s Punisher X-Mas Special, though, which Tim Callahan seems to have adored, so that might change. But I doubt it.)

UPDATE: I just read the X-Mas Special. Tim’s right, it really is brilliant, so get that too.

Lo, there shall be… annotations!!
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October 22, 2008

Final Crisis #4 – “Darkseid Says”

Filed under: Annotations — Tags: anti-life equation, Barry Allen, Black Canary, Countdown, Darkseid, Day of Holocaust, Female Furies, Final Crisis, Final Crisis Annotations, Glorious Godfrey, Grant Morrison, Green Arrow, Green Lantern, Hunger Dogs, JG Jones, Justifier, Kalibak, Kurt Busiek, Lady Styx, Metron, Mister Miracle, Mokkari, Seven Soldiers, SHADE, Slayer, Sonny Sumo, Speed Force, Super Young Team, Tawky Tawny, The Evil Factory, The Flash, the New Gods, The Omega Offensive, the Tatooed Man, The Unternet, Turpin — David Uzumeri @ 1:15 pm

Quick Comments before the rundown:

1. Grant Morrison absolutely needs to take over Green Arrow/Black Canary, as all of his scenes with both of these characters throughout this series have been fantastic, especially any time Ollie even approaches a rant.

2. Make sure, if you got it, to read Submit before, not after, this issue. It’s a great book (albeit very straightforward and not especially begging to be annotated), and I know my experience (at least) was sort of lessened by reading #4 first.

With that out of the way, let’s get into the fourth issue of Final Crisis. Which is shockingly different from the original solicitation, now that I look at it, and I am really sad they did not actually go with the title “How to Murder the Earth,” because that rules.
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