Final Crisis
| Final Crisis | |
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Cover art of the Final Crisis hardcover
Art by J. G. Jones. |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| Schedule | Monthly |
| Format | Limited series |
| Genre | |
| Publication date | July 2008 – March 2009 |
| Number of issues | 7 |
| Main character(s) |
Clark Kent Hal Jordan Barry Allen Bruce Wayne Diana Libra Freddy Freeman Kara Zor-El Wally West Darkseid rest of DC Universe |
| Creative team | |
| Writer(s) | Grant Morrison |
| Artist(s) |
J. G. Jones (1-6) Marco Rudy (5-6) |
| Penciller(s) |
Carlos Pacheco (4-6) Doug Mahnke (6-7) |
| Inker(s) |
Jesus Merino (4-6) Christian Alamy (6-7) Tom Nguyen (7) Drew Gerasi (7) Norm Rapmund (7) Rodney Ramos (7) Walden Wong (7) Doug Mahnke (7) |
| Letterer(s) |
Rob Leigh (1-4) Travis Lanham (5, 7) Rob Clark (6) |
| Colorist(s) |
Alex Sinclair Pete Pantazis (6-7) Tony Aviña (7) |
| Creator(s) |
Grant Morrison J. G. Jones |
| Editor(s) |
Eddie Berganza Adam Schlagman |
| Collected editions | |
| Hardcover | |
| Paperback | |
| Absolute Final Crisis | |
"Final Crisis" is a crossover storyline that appeared in comic books published by DC Comics in 2008, primarily the seven-issue miniseries of the same name written by Grant Morrison. Originally DC announced the project as being illustrated solely by J. G. Jones; artists Carlos Pacheco, Marco Rudy and Doug Mahnke later provided art for the series. It directly follows DC Universe #0 after the conclusion of the 51-issue Countdown to Final Crisis weekly limited series. Promotion about the limited series describes its story as "the day evil won". The series deals with alien villain Darkseid's plot to overthrow reality, and the subsequent death and corruption of various DC characters and their universe.
Final Crisis came out of several ideas Grant Morrison had when he returned to DC Comics in 2003. Morrison said, "I pitched a huge crossover event called Hypercrisis, which didn’t happen for various reasons. Some of Hypercrisis went into Seven Soldiers, some went into All-Star Superman, some went into 52 and some of it found a home in Final Crisis." According to Grant Morrison, work finally began on Final Crisis #1 in early 2006, with the intention of the series being a thematic and literal sequel to Seven Soldiers and 52, two projects that Morrison was heavily involved in at the time.
References to Infinite Crisis as the "middle Crisis" gave readers the impression there would be at least one additional major follow-up to the original Crisis on Infinite Earths. A May 2007 teaser poster confirmed this speculation with the tagline: "Heroes die. Legends live forever."
Final Crisis was preceded by Countdown, a year-long weekly series which was meant as a follow-up to 52. Halfway through, the series was renamed Countdown to Final Crisis. However, the artwork met with delays. To keep the release on schedule, Countdown wrapped with issue #1 and its planned final issue (#0) was revamped as a 50 cent one-shot special called DC Universe #0. Besides hyping upcoming storylines such as "Batman R.I.P." and "Blackest Night," the issue was narrated by Barry Allen and featured Libra leading a group of super-villains in prayer for the "god of evil", Darkseid. The result is, as described by Morrison, that "we’re watching him fall back through the present, into the past of Seven Soldiers where he finally comes to rest in the body of 'Boss Dark Side’, the gangster from that story."
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