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I could give a crap
about how good Final Crisis is. Anything with
Crisis in the title usually means my brain shuts
off (I did read and enjoy Identity Crisis, but
that was character driven). I find it hilarious
how all the naysayers bitching about Secret
Invasion being more of the same have been shut
out because in reality, it's not. It's not
another crisis. It's not another multiverse.
It's a Skrull war. A war that the heroes have to
win. And it's come out on time. With FANTASTIC
results.
This is the event palette cleanser.
From the first
panel of this comic, you know the end is nigh.
The heroes have gathered together, even the
Thunderbolts and the Hood's group are there, and
it's time for the final battle. And if those
pages of war are not some of the best comics
pages you've ever seen, with some beautiful
artwork by Yu and Morales, then you're crazy.
It's just pitch-perfect how well this book works
seriously.
And Bendis knows
how to tell it. He has Fury and Osborn playing
off each other. He has Hawkeye pick up the
arrows and get down to business. He has Logan do
what Logan does best. He has Cap, Thor, Ares,
and all the Avengers working together and
kicking ass. Hell, Yu even puts Howard the Duck
front and center, getting choked out by one of
the more badass looking Super-duper-Skrulls.
When Spidey is
talking to Iron Fist about how they're going to
win, and how this is insignificant because
there's no Watcher, and then the Watcher shows
up, you laugh out loud. You laugh because you're
right there in the thick of things with them.
And that's the beauty of what Bendis does as a
writer. He sets you in the story alongside your
favorite heroes. Like good writers should. He
doesn't involve ridiculous ass mathematical
equations that turn people in zombies. Sure, it
involves punching and laser blasts, but this is
COMICS! It's supposed to be bigger than life.
And speaking of
bigger than life, I have to clap for Leinil.
I've been a fan since I saw his art for the
first time on Wolverine way WAY back on like 113
or 114 of the original series, and I always told
people, he's going to be huge. He's going to be
awesome. He's going to the best.
Goddammit was I
right. He's the best. Look at the stunning
artwork he put together for this issue. Those
insane spreads with hundreds and nearly
thousands of people there. The Galactus-Skrull.
Howard the Duck. Everybody. And just the sheer
power in his pencil is outstanding. Of course,
respect should be given to Morales and Laura
Martin for just taking those goods and kicking
them into overdrive.
And it's ON TIME!
Just insane.
I know that
something terrible is going to happen next
issue. I can feel it in my bones. When Jessica
Jones joins the fight and leaves baby Cage with
Skrullvis, uh-oh. Janet Van Dyne growing to
EXTREME levels with some sort of ionic energy
flowing out of her, uh-oh! By the way, I called
that when Skrullowjacket gave her that growth
serum in Mighty Avengers 14 or 15 or whatever
ish that was.
I cannot wait to
find out what happens next.
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