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Infinite Crisis 6 is such a convoluted mess it would take me several hours to dissect it. Luckily, I have a feeling that Dial B For Blog will be making an annotated asshole-ripping soon. The biggest problem with Infinite Crisis is that it's just not a complete story. It's a sampler to make you buy lots of other DCU titles. Unlike other events, like Identity Crisis, it just wasn't fully thought out and planned as a story--it was planned as a way to retool the shared universe. The jam-style artwork really irritates me. Here are the highlights of what I didn't like:
- Jaime's Blue Beetle suit magically kicking in to find Brother Eye.
- Batman's pointless excuse for bringing Green Arrow along on the trip to outer space.
- Alexander's giant hands smashing the Earths together.
- Not fully explaining what happened to Superboy and the Flashes--you'll have to buy something else.
- The predicatable lead-in to Superboy's death.
- All multiple Earth's collapsed into one Earth...again! How many times has this happened?
The following events were OK, but not enough to justify this mega-event:
- Superman I and Superman II burying the hatchet. Will older Superman stick around? There was a statue in Action Comics.
- Batman's concern over Nightwing's survival.
- The Perez double-page spread of the alternate earths: Tangent, Bizarro, DC Western, Superman-Generations.
- Black Adam giving Psycho Pirate a lobotomy.
This week's IC spin-off title, The OMAC Project, is just a waste of time unless you're dying to get a preview of the new CheckMate series. Fire becomes a lethal hot babe. Sasha gets some of her metal removed. Brother Eye's database with all the secret identities is destroyed. It's just written and drawn so poorly. Save your money on this one, kids. Nuff said.
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Dial B For Blog Dissects Infinite Crisis #6
Infinite Crisis is, in my opinion, probably the greatest comic book story ever written. I am surprised that you are not enjoying it.
Admittedly, the original Crisis worked better as a story than the current model. But, I have to admit there's enough cool moments for me to sit back and enjoy the ride.
Don't think I'll buy the trade, but hey - that's what (semi-) monthly comics are for!!!
P.S. You're 100% right about the OMAC special.
Infinite Crisis is, in MY opinion, probably one of the most painful to read comic book stories ever written. I am not surprised that you are not enjoying it.
Remember that bit in Blade III where the guy in the Fantastic Four and those Goths get killed? this is what current DC crossovers are like, they only annoy us loyal geeks that have actually been following dc comics for years fans of rob liefield style x-men crap probably think this is the most complex stuff ever written, these crossovers are the matrix sequels of comics, horribe things, sacrificing ted kord just launch a new blue beetle, raping and murdering second string characters just be 'dark', wonder woman acting out of character, superheroes killing and mindfucking all around them it makes me physically sick!