by Russell Burlingame
Final Crisis #6
Russell Burlingame on the issue
This week, while Marvel revels in the success of Amazing Spider-Man #583 (with its Barack Obama cameo), there is really only one choice for our Hot Shot of the Week: Final Crisis #6.
It's ironic, because when Final Crisis and Secret Invasion started, I had promised myself (and readers, I think) that only the first/last issues of the series could qualify as Hot Shot of the Week material, since usually these big events are so full of "wow" moments that it's impossible to distinguish one issue from the next. This week, though, we finally get an on-camera death (the first of the series, as far as I can remember), and it's the most profitable, popular character that DC owns. Even if nobody, including this writer, believes that it will last, it's impossible not to acknowledge it.
For that small handful of people out there who haven't heard about it yet, I'll spare the spoilers-but go read this book. Now.
Take A Look Inside
The Official Word
Written by Grant Morrison; Art and covers by J.G. Jones and Carlos Pacheco and Jesus Merino
As the entire world turns against them, the last of Earth's Super Heroes must face the unstoppable power of the Gods of Apokolips for the final time. Supergirl vs. Mary Marvel! Superman vs. Darkseid! The fate of the Flash! And the incredible return of the New Gods! The End of Days has come and the ultimate war between good and evil will at last be decided on the battlefield of a broken world!
And as the skies bleed, as the walls between universes crumble and fall, the ultimate threat to life makes its presence felt as an evil beyond imagining arrives to claim its prize. Mandrakk the Dark Monitor is coming and the DC Multiverse will never be the same again!
DC Universe | 40pg. | Color | $3.99 US
On Sale January 14, 2009
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