Final Crisis
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History
There was a war in heaven, Mr. Turpin. And I won. Your future belongs to Dark Side now. 
In the higher dimension of the Fourth World, there was a vast cosmic war between forces of ultimate good and evil. A war that ultimately ended when the forces of evil gained control of the Anti-Life Equation which can destroy free will. With this, Darkseid won, and in his victory, the survivors on both sides fell through reality, landing on New Earth just before the Infinite Crisis. From here, Darkseid consolidated his position, possessing a mobster named Boss Dark Side and uniting the evil gods of the Fourth World. The good gods could not fight him.
Building his position, Darkseid began using his godly power to alter reality, subtly removing the positive effects of the Fourth Worlds: as a result, Bruno Mannheim founded a cult dedicated to the evil of the Fourth World. Metron, a scientist connected to the Fourth World, fought Darkseid's actions across time and space: convincing "Mister Miracle", an escape artist, to take the role of the spirit of freedom; inspiring Anthro with "fire and knowledge". But it was not enough - Darkseid's evil was spreading over the universe like a shadow.
After the villains escaped from the prison planet, Darkseid sent Libra to lead them in the preaching of his word. Taking control of the Secret Society of Super-Villains, he transformed it into something resembling a terrorist organization. When the time was right, Darkseid arranged the death of Orion. It was only then that the heroes of Earth realised that something might be amiss. As their leading lights were picked off, the heroes united to fight them... but it was too late. Darkseid's followers spread the Anti-Life Equation across the world, taking control of everything. However, there is one hero no-one could have predicted... Barry Allen, the second Flash.
Related Articles
- Crisis on Infinite Earths
- Zero Hour: Crisis in Time
- Identity Crisis
- Infinite Crisis
- Countdown to Final Crisis
- Final Crisis Crossovers
- The Multiverse
Issues
Issues in event are unknown.
Paraphernalia
Items:
Vehicles: None known.
Weapons: None.[1]
Notes
- A recurring theme throughout the book is "fire," and what it means for humanity. As of yet, it is unknown what pivotal role it will play, but fire appears in the following places:
- Grant Morrison has stated that he chose to use the unpopular villain "The Human Flame," because "The name was just so great, "the Human Flame," in a story about evil coming to Earth…and snuffing out "the Human Flame"."[2]
- In the beginning of "Final Crisis #1," the first thing we're shown is Anthro receiving the gift of fire from Metron.
- Immediately afterwards, Dan Turpin gives a small speech about how fire was our first big mistake as a species. "Like everythin' else the sad, stinkin' human race ever thought of. We take a good idea. And we use it to kill ourselves." Turpin is smoking at the time.
- The Martian Manhunter, J'onn J'onzz's weakness is fire. He is murdered by Libra, who stabs him through the chest with his flaming scales trident.
Deaths
Trivia
- No trivia.
Recommended Reading
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 Event Synopsis:  There was a war in heaven, and Evil won. A mysterious and long forgotten supervillain named "Libra" has returned to Earth, and is assembling a new Secret Society of Super-Villains for unclear purposes. He has promised an "end to the age of superheroes," and to every villain who helps him their heart's desire. When asked what his team is for, Libra ambiguously responds "Anything you want. Anything at all." The full extent of his capabilities are unclear, but he has already slain the Martian Manhunter, at the behest of one of his line-up's villains, The Human Flame. Libra claims to be serving a higher power, although exactly what is unclear. In Blüdhaven, Dan Turpin meets a new crimelord, "Boss Dark Side," who appears to be a human reincarnation of Darkseid himself. "Dark Side" has been abducting metahuman children, and giving them to "Granny," brainwashing them into evil creatures beyond the point of redemption; he has been teaching them how to use the Anti-Life Equation. Darkseid tells Turpin that there was a war in heaven, and that he won. The "future belongs to Dark Side now." Meanwhile, the Monitors have been growing increasingly different as their realities do. Whereas once they were 52 identical beings, now time has entered their world after their interactions with mortals, and they are aging, and falling in love, and becoming capable of betrayal. For what have been deemed his failures in the Multiverse, Monitor Nix Uotan is given the harshest punishment for a monitor. He is stripped of his powers, and sentenced to a life of mortality on Earth as a human. In Tokyo, Sonny Sumo agrees to team up with Mister Miracle (Shilo Norman) and the Super Young Team in response to the news that the New Gods of Apokolips have come to Earth. However, the evil Gods have already prepared their base; in the atomic ruins of Blüdhaven, where they have trapped hundreds of people to transform into slaves, among them Batman. The gods can only act in the world through human agents - grim news for Dan Turpin, who has been selected as a host by Darkseid. The Secret Society has expanded with the news that they killed the Martian Manhunter. Lex Luthor does not approve of Libra or his policies, but Vandal Savage has sided with Libra. The Human Flame is about to discover the price of his request to kill the Martian Manhunter, while the Society targets its next victim - the Daily Planet, workplace of Clark Kent, which is destroyed by a bomb set by Clayface. The investigation of Orion's murder continues to drag on, through several disturbances: the assault on John Stewart at the crime scene, the double-cross of Alpha Lantern Investigator Kraken, the sublimation of Orion's corpse back to the Source, and the discovery of a good candiate for murder weapon - a bullet made of Radion, a substance fatal to New Gods - in undisturbed fifty-year-old soil. Batman's only theory, before being kidnapped, was that the bullet was fired backwards through time itself. Nix Uotan has adjusted to his newfound humanity, searching for his Monitor's "word of command" while sketching the images of otherworldly superhumans which he gets occasionally gets. In Central City, the Flashes have tracked a small earthquake to the site of the Martian Manhunter's murder. Searching the crimescene, they find a Crime Bible, specks of Martian blood, and a replica of Metron's Möbius Chair. The replica chair suddenly the focus of a Boom Tube which, out of which comes the Radion bullet, chased by the long-dead Barry Allen and the mysterious Black Racer of the Fourth World. SHADE hits the Dark Side Club, finding Boss Dark Side's corpse. Command-D Bunker is taken over by a crimelord. Question encounters a falling woman called Uberfraulein, who dies saying "the sky is bleeding". Jay Garrick tells his wife of Barry Allen's return. Libra enslaves the Human Flame with the Anti-Life Equation. Clark Kent keeps Lois alive and Zillo Valla offers him the chance to save her. The Alpha Lanterns arrest Hal Jordan, while a protective shield around the Earth means nothing can get in or out until the Alpha Lanterns come back. Wonder Woman believes the events are the work of the New Gods. Alan Scott invokes Article X, which allows for the drafting of superheroes. Wonder Woman investigates Command-D. Mary Marvel appears and infects Wonder Woman with a plague from Darkseid. In the bunker, Mokkari spreads the Anti-Life Equation via email to the entire planet. The Flashes have run a month into the future. Barry remarks that it was impossible to save Orion, and he doesn't know why he was brough back. Then he looks up - the sky is red, and Wonder Woman is leading a group of murderous superwomen to kill both Flashes...  Insert comic cover image (left) sized at 150px
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- Crisis on Infinite Earths
- Zero Hour: Crisis in Time
- Identity Crisis
- Infinite Crisis
- 52
- Trinity
- Countdown to Final Crisis
Links and References
- DCComics.com "Final Crisis" mini-site
- "Grant Morrison on Final Crisis" at Newsarama
- "J.G. Jones talks 'Final Crisis'" at Newsarama
- Interview with Grant Morrison at ComicBookResources.com
- Final Crisis teaser at Newsarama
- Final Crisis article at CHUD
- Final Crisis Annotations
References
- ↑ http://www.newsarama.com/dcnew/May08/solicitations.html DC Comics Solicitations for May 2008 Newsarama
- ↑ Interview with Grant Morrison at Newsarama
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