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Final Crisis #5 was the least convoluted and confusing issue to date, which is a little bit like saying that Katrina was the least destructive category five hurricane to hit New Orleans a couple years back.

I’m still shelling out four bucks a pop for this mess, but I don’t know why.   Wonder Woman, the character featured on the cover, appears only briefly in the comic, and only in possessed by Darkseid, female fury form.  Superman was removed from the fray a couple of issues back and has yet to return.  Batman is nowhere to be seen.  But don’t worry, we’ve got… Frankenstein on our side?

Even with the big bad Darkseid enslaving half the planet, this just doesn’t feel Crisis-y enough.  One major reason is the aforementioned absence of Superman.

Two more issues.  I really hope something happens.  Something big.  Something that makes me say ‘wow’.  Something that would fit in oh, say, Secret Invasion.  At least Superman Beyond #2 comes out next month.  Although it has been so long since I read #1 that I forget what’s happening over there.

DC, oh DC.  How I miss the good old days.  The John Byrne era when Superman was the last son of Krypton.  The reinvention of the Dark Knight.  The magnificent seven Justice League.  Now all you seem to do is retread the silver age and indulge writers whose egos have outgrown their mass appeal.

Dare I hope that the ‘new’ Batman will take us into new territory?  Speaking of which, tomorrow we’ll dish about the simply awful new Batman: the Brave and the Bold animated series.

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