Drinkin’ The Retcon Punch No. 3
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No, I’m not kidding. Run, do not walk to your LCS and get your hands on the Sinestro Corps War Vol. 1. While comic lovers were supposed to be enthralled by Countdown, (snicker snicker) it was this tale of full-on decimation in the Green Lantern universe that stole the show.
That’s not unlike the year before when Marvel’s big deal was Civil War, but Annhilation’s high cosmic stakes were the better story. Don’t be surprised if writers start fighting each other to helm the company’s second-tier summer crossover. There’s something to being largely out of the way (like in deep space) while 15 other writers are trying to hash out a believable plot that involves every character in the company’s universe.
As I’ve mentioned before, I’m decidedly unstoked about Final Crisis. That’s partially because of how little Countdown made me care about anything happening in the DC Universe. And let’s face it, DC’s been milking Crisis so hard that I believe this one is “final” about as much as I believed Friday The 13th when they said it was the “final chapter.”
DC has developed a tendency to be the guy that comes out of the movie and tells you that Bruce Willis’ character is dead the whole time. Sometimes it’s Dan Didio spoiling the secret of 52 in a column, sometimes it’s the company admitting it’s killing the New Gods because no one since Jack Kirby has written them effectively.
Can anyone explain why that’s the characters’ fault? I’m hoping that’s all just a red herring of some kind. Let’s face it, no comic book character stays dead. They’ve brought back Bucky Barnes and Jason Todd. Can Ben Parker be very far behind? And the least powerful person in the DC Universe Jimmy Olsen becoming ridiculously powerful was cute the first twelve times it happened. It has no humor, surprise value or anything else anymore.
This is one of those times I hope I’m wrong, though. But if I’m not, there will be some underrated lesser event going on at the same time that will probably be great.
Tags: Civil War, Countdown, DC Comics, Final Crisis, Marvel ComicsRelated Stories
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2 opinions for Drinkin’ The Retcon Punch No. 3
john
Mar 18, 2008 at 2:08 pm
Look here buddy, yes Countdown is a waste of trees and ink. However Final Crisis will have little to do with it. Grant morrison is a beast of writer if not just a little strange. So he will pull this off. Was Annhilation that good and what was it about?
Brian Allen
Mar 20, 2008 at 5:58 pm
Yes Grant is strange, that’s why he’s awesome. Basically Annihilation was an excuse for Marvel to dust off cosmic characters like Ronan the Accuser, Annhilus and the like.
Marvel got a lot of good feedback on it and most importantly, it didn’t end in a surrender.
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