Final Crisis turns out to be one of those books I don't really know what I thought of. Grant Morrison always packs a lot into his stories, but this one packs in even more than most: it's a murder mystery, it's a trip by Superman in a forgotten realm, it's the triumph of evil over the world, it's about resistance and redemption, it's the death of Batman, it's the threat to all the multiverse, it's the return of Barry Allen from the dead, it's the death of the Martian Manhunter. There are a crazy amount of strands here, and one's never quite sure what kind of story one is actually reading. There was stuff I liked, obscure trivia that delighted me (the Green Man from The Omega Men makes an appearance!), and the themes seemed to be of interest when I could grasp them.

But I couldn't always integrate what I was reading into a big picture, so ultimately my response is more tepid than I'd like: this is one of those stories one ought to love or hate, and yet here I am, being lukewarm. Now that I know the shape of the whole, I'd like to reread it and see what I think. Some day, I guess!

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The crisis stories have been pretty interesting, oddly enough the final chapter was the least attractive as far as well written coherent story. The art was good and the book (in Absolute format) was well put together. But the scope never narrowed enough to follow a storyline to get you to really care and identify with the characters. Despight the length it felt rushed.

Identity Crisis at this point remains the jewel of the books as far as a well rendered story and character moments in one cohesive story IMHO.

The four books in the Crisis series are:
Crisis on Infinite earths
Infinite Crisis (omnibus)
Identity Crisis
And finally, Final Crisis
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