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From NYCC- With the third installment of the New York Comic Con drawing to a close Sunday, DC’s final panel of the convention focused on, appropriately enough, Final Crisis. DC Universe Executive Editor Dan DiDio was joined by Final Crisis artist JG Jones, editor Eddie Berganza, assistant editor Adam Schlagman and, arriving about 15 minutes into the panel, Grant Morrison, writer of the mini-series
DiDio began the panel by explaining the basic concept behind Final Crisis - that it’s the third part of both “official” and “unofficial” trilogies in the DC Universe. Officially, it’s the third “Crisis” after Crisis on Infinite Earths and Infinite Crisis, with the former representing the “death of the multiverse,” the latter representing the ‘rebuilding of the multiverse,” and Final Crisis being the “final saga of the multiverse.”
Unofficially, it’s part of a trilogy of recent events that DiDio calls “an exploration of our heroes.” Identity Crisis, the first part, was in DiDio’s words, a “personal threat” to the protagonists of the DC Universe. Follow-up Infinite Crisis was “putting the greatest odds against the heroes,” and Final Crisis is ‘the day that evil won.”
“This is the one time evil wins,” said DiDio. “What does that mean for our heroes?”
DiDio then discussed the Final Crisis tie-in titles, hinting that “a tragic event that occurs in the very first issue” will lead into Final Crisis: Requiem (a truncated title - presumably the full one would spoil that tragic event) by Peter Tomasi and Doug Mahnke.
“It involves one of the cornerstones of the DC Universe, and how his life has changed as a result of Final Crisis #1,” said DiDio
DiDio then ran through the rest of the side books, Final Crisis: Rogues Revenge, Final Crisis: Revelations, Superman Beyond, Submit, Resist and Rage of the Red Lanterns.
After that, a Q&A session began, with Morrison being asked what characters might do something surprising in Final Crisis - Morrison answered by giving a surprising character involved in the series, Fourth World ally Sonny Sumo, specifically praising the way Jones draws him. Morrison continued by saying that iconic characters like Batman will have “big, big roles” in the series.
Morrison said that everything he’s been doing since he started working for DC culminates in Final Crisis, especially JLA, specifically mentioning the “World War III” and “Rock of Ages” stories.
A fan asked about Morrison’s predilection towards obscure characters from DC’s past, and Morrison pointed towards Len Wein’s ‘70s Justice League of America run as a major influence, with mostly forgotten villain Libra playing a role in Final Crisis the latest example. Morrison shared an anecdote of recently talking to Wein, who joked “You owe me about 20% of your earnings.” Morrison said that Libra “seemed to fit the story,” and that the character has a big secret and we’ll see under his mask.
A Kamandi the Last Boy fan was pleased to hear from Morrison that the character is in the very first issue.
“If you don’t kill the Martian Manhunter, could you write an ongoing with him,” a fan asked. “Oops,” Morrison replied, perhaps in jest, or perhaps ominously
When a reader expressed concern over Final Crisis having too many tie-ins, Berganza reminded that it’s not tying into any ongoing comics. Morrison spoke frankly about event comics, saying, “there’s always something essential, you don’t have to buy all these books, because some of them are crap. Buy what you like by the guys you like.
Berganza quickly stepped in to clarify that Morrison wasn’t calling the Final Crisis tie-ins crap.
“Oh, no those guys are great,” said Morrison of Final Crisis tie-in writers like his 52 co-writers) Geoff Johns and Greg Rucka. “I was talking about other crossovers.”
A fan asked Jones how drawing a sequential series differs from his weekly covers on 52. “I was trying to distill the story to one moment,” said Jones. “This is more like being a cinematographer for a film.”
Concern was expressed over having a street-level character like Batman in a cosmic event like Final Crisis - “You can’t throw a Batarang at Darkseid,” the fan said. “Well, you can, but don’t expect to get away with it,” quipped Morrison, before clarifying that the series starts from the ground-up, with the first six pages featuring Anthro the Cave Boy.
A Green Lantern Corps fan was reassured when Morrison said the Corps will appear early in the series, conducting a police-type investigation.
Morrison was asked about the themes behind Final Crisis, and he said that first, he was interesting in doing something with the New Gods characters. But as far as more real world inspirations, he said, “I wanted to talk about how comics have developed since 9/11, kind of the darkness, the ‘soldier super-hero comics.’”
“The western world feels kind of under threat a little bit,” the writer said, adding that he has “pretty high ambitions” for the story, thematically. “Everyone’s feeling a little bit creepy and overwhelmed by events.”
“Are you, Grant Morrison, going to be in Final Crisis,” asked a fan, referencing Morrison’s appearance in his last issue of Animal Man. “Not yet, maybe we can fit me in,” Morrison said. “I’d like to be abused by Desaad.
Does "Batman R.I.P." tie-in to Final Crisis? Morrison said that after "R.I.P." there will be a two-part story that “fits in” to Final Crisis, and is “kind of the last Batman story in a way.”
A fan that dug Morrison’s portrayal of Zatanna in Seven Soldiers asked if she was going to be in Final Crisis. “I really loved doing that character,” said Morrison, “but I believe Paul Dini is possibly doing something. I won’t be doing anything else with her.” He did add that she’d be in the Reign in Hell mini-series and that she might pop up in a small role in Final Crisis.
Black Adam? “Black Adam hasn’t come up yet,” said Morrison. “He might be in it.”
A question about Morrison possibly working with DC’s animation department resulted in the writer revealing that “they were interested in doing an adaptation of All-Star Superman,” which delighted the crowd, but Morrison quickly added that it was “just talk and vague ideas at this point.”
When asked if Final Crisis would have a similar death toll as Infinite Crisis, which felled Superboy, Star Sapphire, and Psycho Pirate, among others, Morrison said “I don’t like killing a character. I much prefer to mess with them; death is too easy for these guys.” Berganza added that the DC Universe will soon “see some light,” and “you’ll know what that means in a couple months you’ll be very happy.”
Morrison talked about how much he enjoyed writing Supergirl in Final Crisis, saying he took a cue from Jessica Abel and Dylan Horrocks’ version of the character in DC’s first Bizarro anthology. “It was the best Supergirl story I ever read,” Morrison said. “Greatest Supergirl ever. I kind of took my cue from that. she’s just really nice. A shining example of young women.”
Morrison reminded the crowd that he’s only going to be writing Batman after Final Crisis, saying “I want to take a couple years off and just rethink the whole superhero thing and come back with new ideas.” He also spoke about the New Gods, saying “they exist on a much higher plane, a symbolic plane. The war has been won by evil, and when the gods fall, they start to manifest through Earth,”
A question for Jones ended the panel, asking the artist if there’s a character he’s itching to work on that he hasn’t yet. “I don’t really think of it that way,” said Jones. “I’m more interested in good stories, it doesn’t matter who the characters are so much as long as it’s germane to the story.”
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Give me a summary. I can't read that much Didio.
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The multiverse was broken, remade, and will be broken again.
There will be too many tie ins, even after the promise that there wouldn't be.
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Does it affect my characters?
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If by "characters" you mean "wallet", probably.
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I'm not buying this shit; don't be silly! Does it affect Batman or Joker or their wide array of fun friends?
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Events of Batman: R.I.P. are supposed to lead or spill into Final Crisis. Didio himself said Batman won't be dying. But that doesn't mean anything for our pal Bruce Wayne.
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DiDio began the panel by explaining the basic concept behind Final Crisis - that it’s the third part of both “official” and “unofficial” trilogies in the DC Universe. Officially, it’s the third “Crisis” after Crisis on Infinite Earths and Infinite Crisis, with the former representing the “death of the multiverse,” the latter representing the ‘rebuilding of the multiverse,” and Final Crisis being the “final saga of the multiverse.”
I think he is just a random shit generator.
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to many words to reed. is lobo in it?
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Now we've got Meltzer coming back to DC to write a "Last Will and Testament" one-shot fitting in between Final Crisis 3 and 4. It's supposed to tell a story of the night before the final battle when all hell supposedly breaks loose.  I'm getting tired of Final Crisis already and issue 1 hasn't even hit yet.
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November 6th, 2012: Americas new Independence Day.
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This is gonna be the greatest big epic crossover evant EVAR!!!11!
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ThE dC UNIverse wiLL neVAR bee teh SAme!
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The heroes of the DC Universe will unite to face the greatest evil ever seen!
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Batman will never be the same again!
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And what part does Superman play in all of this?
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In this issue: AN ACTUAL DC HERO DIES!
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Imperiex assaults the JLA Watchtower, causing Aquaman to don new armour! Check out Final Crisis to see an all-new look for Aquaman!
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How will this war change the friendship between Batman and Superman?
Check out Final World War Infinite 52 Week Crisis to find out!
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What happened in the 32 seconds before Lex Luthor shot Green Lantern in the face with a tranquilizer dart?
You can only find out by adding "Secret Files: The lost 32 seconds" to your collection!
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And what part does Superman play in all of this? Isn't the rule of all Crises that a Flash must die and Superman must cry?
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And what part does Superman play in all of this? Isn't the rule of all Crises that a Flash must die and Superman must cry? "Supes Cries while Flash Dies."
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is he wanking while crying?
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The heroes of the DC Universe will unite to face the greatest evil ever seen! until next year when a new greatest evil ever shows up.
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And what part does Superman play in all of this? Isn't the rule of all Crises that a Flash must die and Superman must cry? you just had to give it away, didn't you?!
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The heroes of the DC Universe will unite to face the greatest evil ever seen! until next year when a new greatest evil ever shows up.  There's no such thing as spoilers here anymore.
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There's no such thing as spoilers here anymore. 
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