Between the Panels: Final Crisis: Superman Beyond
Final Crisis: Superman Beyond
DC Comics
Writer: Grant Morrison
Illustrator: Doug Mahnke
Inks: Christian Alamy, Rodney Ramos, Tom Nguyen, Walden Wong, and Douge Mahnke
Colors: David Baron
Welcome everyone to the first of a brand new segment to TheNerdiestKids.com, Between the Panels. This segment will feature reviews and previews of some of the latest comics coming out of Marvel, DC and other publishers. Now for the spoilers…
Grant Morrison has completely done it again. He mixes very obscure and near insane ideas that manages to match the tone of Superman. This title picks up right where Superman was left off in issue 3 of Final Crisis at Lois Lane’s bedside. From that point on, Superman is drafted into a Multiverse spanning Crisis by the female Monitor sporting a headdress very reminiscent of Marvel’s own character Lilandra of the Shi’Air Empire.
Superman with a 4-D vision upgrade
This female Monitor uses Superman and other Multiverse counterparts of his to help operate a multiverse traveling ship attempting to catch up with the “Dark One” only to end up in Limbo with a few unknown or extremely obscure characters who have all been forgotten. Then the issue ends on a cliff hanger with the Earth-3 evil counter part of Superman, Ultraman announcing the “Dark One’s” arrival.
Nazi Superman, Captain Marvel, Captain Atom
On the writing front Grant Morrison manages to weave in ideas he’s used in the past from previous titles he’s worked on such as the idea of Limbo which was featured in his famed Animal Man run. The way he presented the inter workings of the Multiverse put the scope on how grand the crisis really will be. Doug Mahnke’s art was a real suprise especially with the added 3D panels. His style is able to convey the emotional reaction of each Superman while still able to show the crisis surrounding them. For anyone following Final Crisis or a fan of Morrison’s this title is a definite must own to help understand the grand-ness of the coming Crisis.
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