[Final Crisis : Hardcover Edition]It's directly follows "DC Universe Zero" after the conclusion of the 51-issue Countdown to Final Crisis weekly limited series.Promotion about the limited series describes its story as "the day evil won". The series deals with alien villain Darkseid's plot to overthrow reality, and the subsequent death and corruption of various DC characters and their universe.
!!SPOILER ALERT!! (Stop Reading if you haven't read it)
Here's THE PLOT:
Final Crisis opens with a series of scenes depicting events across the DC Universe. Metron of the New Gods is shown at the dawn of human civilization giving Anthro the gift of fire,(Our Biggest Mistake) proclaiming, "Here is knowledge.". In the present day, detective Dan Turpin discovers a dying Orion. Yes, you'll bound to see Superheroes getting killed off, now The Guardians of the Universe ,the Green Lantern Corps was notified that a god has been murdered. The superhuman community soon becomes involved. Meanwhile, the villain Libra has begun recruiting a supervillain army, killing the Martian Manhunter [Again another Superhero getting killed off] killed by Libra himself to display power to the other supervillian. While investigating the areawhere Orion's death occurred, Green Lantern John Stewart is attacked and nearly killed by an unknown assailant using a Green Lantern power ring. Hal Jordan is soon framed for the attack.
The superhuman community slowly becomes aware of a plot by the New Gods of Apokolips to conquer and enslave humanity. After discovering that John Stewart's attacker was in fact an Alpha Lantern named Kraken, Batman is abducted. Superman is forced to leave Earth in an attempt to save the life of Lois Lane. Mary Marvel, whose body is possessed by Desaad, infects Wonder Woman with morticoccus, the "god bacterium" designed to strip Earth's heroes of their powers.Also in the second issue, Barry Allen, the second Flash [Resuming from Crisis on Infinite Earths], returns from the dead, and attempts to prevent Orion's murder.The Evil Gods' forces deliver the final blow to humanity when they release the Anti-Life Equation on modern means of digital communication, from TV and radio to the Internet, turning nearly half of humanity into mindless slaves of Darkseid.
In Final Crisis #6, the Flashes attempt to stop Darkseid before his presence on Earth destroys all of reality.Within Darkseid's bunker, Batman escapes and confronts Darkseid. He states that he will "make a once in a lifetime exception" to his "no firearms" rule and shoots Darkseid using the bullet that killed Orion. As Darkseid is shot, he fires the Omega Sanction from his eyes and apparently kills Batman. [Batman R.I.P.] Doctor Sivana helps disable the Justifiers so that Lex Luthor can kill Libra. Superman returns to Earth from the 31st century, where he was given access to the reality-altering Miracle Machine by Brainiac 5. In a fit of desperate rage, Superman attacks Darkseid's bunker, finding Batman's charred corpse within.
Barry Allen and Wally West, still pursued by the Black Racer, arrive to witness Superman's clash with Darkseid. Darkseid's followers unleash Omega Beams on the two Flashes, who outrace the beams and cause them to hit Darkseid. The Black Racer reaches Darkseid as he lays dying from Radion poisoning and removes his essence/soul from Dan Turpin's body. The Female Furies clash with Libra's army of mind-controlled superhumans, who are now under Luthor's control. Wonder Woman is freed and binds Darkseid's body with her lasso, freeing the rest of humanity from Darkseid's control. But Darkseid's essence continues to drag the multiverse down into him, with only a few buildings of Earth-0/New Earth not being drawn into Darkseid who is now a black hole. Time and space begin to unwind as Darkseid's essence dies.
As reality breaks down around him and the universe slowly dies, Superman, with the help of the remaining superheroes and humans, completes construction of a copy of the Miracle Machine. Darkseid's essence attempts to claim the Miracle Machine in a last ditch effort to defeat Superman. However, Superman sings a note at a frequency that counters Darkseid's own vibrational frequency, shattering his essence. At this point Mandrakk the Dark Monitor arrives to consume Superman. He taunts Superman, saying he has nothing to start the Miracle Machine with, so Superman should come to Mandrakk and embrace the death of everything. Superman counters this, and uses the solar energy in his body to power the Miracle Machine, in order to restore the Multiverse to its proper form. Then, an army of alternate Supermen from across the Multiverse appears, led by the Captain Marvel of Earth-5 and gathered by the Question. Nix Uotan arrives and in turn, summons the Zoo Crew (restoring their original forms and powers in the process), as well as the Army of Heaven, the Green Lantern Corps, and the Super Young Team, (who are referred to as the Forever People of the 5th World), who had been on Earth-51. Together the heroes confront Mandrakk and the battle ends when the Green Lantern Corps stake Mandrakk with a spear created by their rings' energy. The Supermen and the Green Lanterns drag Earth from the black hole that is Darkseid back to its original position. Nix Uotan restores Earth-51 with bits and pieces from other versions of Earth and places the reborn New Gods there. Nix Uotan then forces the other Monitors to stop interfering with the Multiverse, leading to their nonexistence, due to Superman's wish with the Miracle Machine for a "happy ending". In the end, Nix is reborn on the restored New Earth/Earth-0.
In the distant past, Anthro dies of old age years after bringing fire to the people of earth. Bruce Wayne, still in his Batman garb, lays his utility belt upon Anthro's body, and begins drawing a bat symbol on the cave wall.
STORYLINE TIE-INS
Several one-shots and mini-series have been released as tie-ins to Final Crisis: three series run in parallel to the main main one and the one-shot,"DC Universe: Last Will and Testament," was planned to fit in the 'break' between Final Crisis #3 and #4.
Morrison, who wrote one of the "final" Batman stories in "Batman R.I.P.," stated, "First it's R.I.P., and we'll see how that winds up for Batman. Then the two-parter mentioned (Batman #682-683) goes through Batman's whole career, in a big summing up of everything that also ties directly into Final Crisis. And Final Crisis is where we see the final fate of Batman."
While not an official tie-in, the Terror Titans mini-series takes place during the events of Final Crisis and deals heavily with the Dark Side Club and the Anti-Life Equation.
Batman #682-683[29]
"DC Universe" #0
"DC Universe: Last Will and Testament"
Final Crisis: Legion of 3 Worlds #1-5
"Final Crisis: Rage of the Red Lanterns" (one-shot)
"Final Crisis: Requiem" (one-shot)
"Final Crisis: Resist" (one-shot)
Final Crisis: Revelations #1-5
Final Crisis: Rogues' Revenge #1-3
"Final Crisis: Secret Files" (one-shot)
"Final Crisis: Sketchbook" (one-shot)
"Final Crisis: Submit" (one-shot)
Final Crisis: Superman Beyond #1-2
Justice League of America (vol. 2) #21
READING ORDER
Morrison has provided a reading order for the main series and tie-ins written by him:"
Final Crisis #1-3
Superman Beyond #1-2
Final Crisis #4–5
Batman #682–683
Final Crisis #6–7
The hardcover edition of Final Crisis includes all of these issues in the reading order outlined by Morrison, with the exception of the two issues of Batman, as they appear in the hardcover edition of Batman R.I.P..
Please note that these notes are taken from Wikipedia as a source of References.
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