Status Updates From Crisis Final (Eventos DC: F...

Lex Luther and other so-called Supervillains rebel against Darkseid. Throughout their arc, they observe that this war is not about bad guys vs good guys or heroes vs villains. It is about free will vs control, autonomy vs singularity, and Life vs Anti-Life.

In this war, even heroes and villains are on the same side. Even after Darkseid is defeated, they collaborate to pick up the pieces, displaying their humanity.

Incorporating the lore of the black racer/black flash into the way that Darkseid is defeated is clever, satisfactory, yet will probably alienate some readers who haven’t read Jack Kirby’s New Gods.

Any other way of killing Darkseid would have likely come off as convenient and too easy considering how powerful he is at this moment.

Incorporating flash lore and resurrecting BA is a plus for creativity too.

It’s difficult to kill off such a beloved superhero in a way that is actually significant. I critiqued Final Crisis for this in the first issue when J’onn’s death is barely even addressed or given any emotional weight. The death of the main hero in #6, however, was done well. Reading BM #682-3 helps to add more emotional weight to his death too, seeing him break out of a mind prison.

This crisis is not about stopping evil from taking ive the world, but about addressing what do heroes do when evil has already taken over the world and already one. This is one constant theme that makes it so unique.

Morrison does a great job showing humanity fighting until the bitter end, even after Darkseid has won the battle, never losing hope.