The Problems Of Final Crisis

Below are the major problems of Final Crisis that, in my opinion, caused negative comments and hatred towards this classic. There might be some characters that people thought were written differently and I respect that. These are the bigger and yet sometimes less-discussed problems.


A. Delays

DC Comics made an ass out of itself with this. Delays Delays and more delays. I wish that they had released this well. The whole problem with delays would fall onto J.G Jones and some story changes. That's fine but a near 3 Month delay between Final Crisis 3 and Final Crisis 4 nearly ruined everything.


                                                 Solicit Release Date         Actual Release Date
Final Crisis 1                              May 28 , 2008                     May 28 , 2008
Final Crisis 2                              June 25 , 2008                      June 25 , 2008
Final Crisis 3                               July 30 , 2008                       July 30 , 2008
Superman Beyond 1               August 27 , 2008                   August 27 , 2008
Final Crisis 4                    September 17 , 2008                 October 22 , 2008
Batman 682                      November 12 , 2008                December 3 , 2008
Final Crisis 5                        October 29 , 2008               December 10 , 2008
Batman 683                      November 26 , 2008               December 24 , 2008                                
Final Crisis 6                     November 26 , 2008                   January 14 , 2009
Superman Beyond 2               January 14 , 2009                  January 21 , 2009
Final Crisis 7                          January 28 , 2009                  January 28 , 2009


B. Bad Release Ideas

OK, What the hell with the release dates ? Even If they were by original solicits, Final Crisis 6 and Batman 683 would come out on the same week, which is one Month after Batman's escape has already been reerenced, Was this moved around ? We will never know for sure.
Superman-Beyond should have double shipped during The Skip Month ending showing Superman pulled by The Legion. It would have fit very neatly and would have been coherent for all those who complained about incoherency of the main title.
One Problem which i completely understand from the fans is that there was no reading order recommended by DC regarding The other tie ins and the core series, Grant made his order for his book clear after Issue 7, but that was obvious for us fans. People were confused about where Revelations happened, Resist etc. They should have made all of this clear.
This has been greatly improved in Blackest Night. Hence the love for it. Final Crisis is a superior story in both scope and depth. That's another post altogether

C. Marketing

DC screwed the marketing big time. Countdown To Final Crisis was an atrocious lead in to Final Crisis. DC threw over 80 Issues of Countdown and related Tie Ins. This put off most readers off. Death Of The New Gods was an OK story but it totally contradicted with what happened. Countdown was redundant and unnecessary because The DC was literally hit unawares of Final Crisis by Darkseid's takeover. Why was all that lead in necessary ? Grant himself stated that 52 & Seven Soldiers will be referenced and used. DC could have taken the easy and better role by announcing that 52 and Seven Soldiers are references and lead ins. They would have got loads of Positive reviews and good anticipation. Wish Final Crisis was a 10 Issue Series.
They could have had the first 3 Issues the same ending with the Anti Life Equation hitting and also Darkseid getting Turpin's body.
Issue 4 to 6 could have been The Huge Battle at Bludhaven and Checkmate castle, ending with Supermans return and Batman taking Darkseid out.
Issue 7 could have been the DCU heroes taking Darkseid down and everything and just before they celeberate Mandrakk would return.
Issue 8 to 10 could be an epic battle with The Whole Multiverse/Nix taking on Mandrakk/Monitors etc.
Opinions ?

Maybe at The end Of Infinite Crisis, they could have ended with a vague reference Of a Dark Side Club, which was used in Seven Soldiers. The flow of story would have been much more organic.

D. Others

Libra could have been something more, I think Grant got bored of him halfway. How cool would it have been if He was revealed to actually be Alexander Luthor Of Earth-3 ? Think about it. Darkseid called him a conduit between universes in Crisis On Infinite Earths. Maybe that was a plan until he was Black-Lanternized, he really hasn't done much. I would have loved him as Libra. It also fits his role as participating in all Crisies and would have felt all tied together.

Next In Final Crisis : THE END ! My Opinions On Final Crisis are over. Next is Blackest Night. Lots Of Plans. This is Now a DC Universe Event Blog. The Times They are a Changing.