So DC's Final Crisis has come to an end. And while there is much about the story that I like, both my overall reaction and the sales numbers as compared to Marvel's Secret Wars tell me that this event was ultimately less than a complete success. There are numerous reasons for this, including several things that probably didn't impact the success ( Read more... )

Now that we're a month past the halfway point of Countdown, and therefore more than halfway through the lifespan of this incarnation of the DC Multiverse (as Final Crisis, from its name alone, will almost certainly scramble and reboot things once again), it's clear that DC has completely squandered the storytelling potential of this set-up ( Read more... )