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I’m Hooked on Final Crisis

I’ve read all 4 of the main Final Crisis issues that have been released and my interest level has gone from zero to totally obsessed. Since reading them, I’ve bought: DC Universe #0, Final Crisis: Legion of Three Worlds #1-2, Final Crisis: Rage of the Red Lanterns, Final Crisis: Requiem, Final Crisis: Rogues’ Revenge #1-3, Final Crisis: Resist, Final Crisis: Revelations #1-3, Final Crisis: Submit, and Final Crisis: Superman Beyond #1. Whew! A lot of books and a lot of cash. I haven’t read it all, but what I have read I’ve liked. I will say this, if you are interested in only the Final Crisis story line, just read the main books (and possibly Resist/Submit). The tie-ins are good reads, but they don’t have anything to do with the Final Crisis main plot, at least not yet. I’m fine buying them, because I like the stories, but I think it’s misleading to put the Final Crisis banner on top.

I’ve also noticed a disturbing trend in both DC and Marvel’s story arc release styles. Both companies have decide to start story arcs in there basic titles (namely Superman and X-Men Legacy) with a one shot. This means that issue 680 of Superman ends an arc and issue 681 picks up at part two of the new Superman: New Krypton! To make matters worse, part 3 is in Adventure Comics Special featuring The Guardian. By the way, part three is actually a continuation of a story from Superman’s Pal, Jimmy Olsen Special #1. Issue 682 of Superman features part five. On the Marvel side, the new X-Men Legacy arc started with a one shot called X-Men Original Sin and was part one of the arc. The next issue of X-Men Legacy was part 2. So if you just pulled X-Men Legacy, you miss the first part of the arc! I mean come on, the current run of X-Men is hard enough to understand as it’s written. It doesn’t need to have parts missing on top of that.

Like a sucker, I’ll keep buy this stuff as long as the stories are good. Just please, give us a break for a few months and cool off on the event stuff!