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Frankenstein?  SHADE?  The Super-Happy-Japanese-Hero-Team?  What is going on here? 

As Final Crisis rolls on, you need an advanced degree in Grant Morrison-ology with a minor in Jack Kirby-ism just to keep up.  Morrison is a great writer, but it seems like DC has given him a little bit too much creative freedom for self-indulgence lately.  Don’t even get me started on the insensible quagmire that is Batman R.I.P.. 

But back to the Crisis at hand.  There is some really good stuff here, and some really self-referential non-sense here, too.  I like the appearance of an alternate universe Supergirl.  That feels like a Multiversal Crisis kind of a thing.  The fight between Mary Marvel and Wonder Woman was good stuff. 

But if you’re going to turn MM into a bad girl, why give her such a hideous hairdo?  Comics 101 – bad girls in revealing tight black outfits should be nice to look at, not mostly bald with weird pink ponytails.  Now that I’m on the subject of MM, I wonder if she is bad for good now, or if this will be some soon-forgotten mind control deal.  Her descent to badness was played out inconsistently in Countdown, so I just don’t know what to make of her at this point.  My vote would be to keep her bad.

One final thought – if Superman’s heat vision is the only thing keep Lois alive (don’t ask me how), then how can he leave her to run off with Weird Robe Woman to save her?  I get that Darkseid’s plan is to take the best of all the heroes out of the fight, but I sure hope he finds his way back.  In the end, the resolution to both of the previous Crisis’ came down to a Superman.  It would be a letdown if he is nowhere to be seen when the Final Crisis comes to a close.

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