Thursday, January 15, 2009

The Dark Knight Returns


Final Crisis #6
Written by Grant Morrison
*Warning: The following is an outline of the events which take place in Final Crisis #6*
The story opens with the final gambit of the heroes verses the villains. It comes out in a spectacular array of violence and pandemonium.

Mary Marvel is violently clashing with Supergirl; Black Adam reveals that it’s Dessad that has been in control of Mary. Freddy comes up with the answer on how to defeat him/her. Tawny the Tiger once again proves that he should not be under estimated when he defeats Kalibak in a grizzly dual.

Meanwhile up in the JLA satellite, Black Canary makes the Tattooed Man an honorary member of the JLA. The circuitry copied onto the Tattooed Man is blocking out the effects of the anti-life equation. An army of storm troopers raid the satellite lead by Green Arrow and Black Lightning.

The Flash gathers Jay and Wally for one last run to defeat Darkseid. A new Black Racer has been appointed and seeking Barry Allen. Barry's plan is to lead him to Darkseid.

Luthor and Sivanna team up, realizing that the end of the world really means the end of life itself. They free the Calculator and destroy Libra (yes, this is as anti-climactic as it sounds).

The Atoms (Ray and Choi) are going to navigate the bleed and move everyone left to a new dimension (is it me or does DC really like shedding dimensions like a snake). Montoya (the new Question) is asked if she will lead the law enforcement agency of this new world.

Now for the moment everyone has been waiting for since the end of Batman R.I.P. These are the last few pages of the story, Darkseid (Turpin) is on his throne and asks Batman to come out of hiding. Batman comes out of the shadow with a gun in hand. He recaps all the events that had lead up to the death of Orion. At the end of his story Batman seems to be raving, talking about his oath and guns. "In your case, I will make an exception!" he takes aim and fires
9using the bullet that killed Orion), but not before Darkseid releases his omega beams.

I will leave it there, I have highlighted some of the more revealing points of this story but I will leave you with Batman and Darkseid trapped in their dual, until you read the book. I do caution you though that there are a few more gaps to fill between Batman R.I.P. and Finial Crisis #6.

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