Peter HammersonSpeaking of last things this year - the last comics! My standing order for December 2022 from the Big Bang. The Dark Crisis is over!
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So Dark Crisis was... fine. It was okay. It didn't do anything amazing, but it didn't annoy me either. I think I have two main complaints -
1) It didn't really change anything. Numerically there's a big difference between 52 alternate earths and infinite alternate earths but as far as stories go - it's not like DC had run out of AU's to play with. So 52 earths, infinite earths - what's the difference? Who cares?
2) Because next to nothing DC published at the same time tied into Dark Crisis it felt very low stakes. Yes - the Justice League is 'dead' but that hardly matters when you can still read Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman's own titles. Not to mention that Wonder Woman has only *just* been resurrected after the last event.
So to update my ranking of DC Crisis Events:
1) Crisis on Infinite Earths - the GOAT
2) Zero Hour: Crisis in Time - it's not good, but it's GOOD, you know?
Tied for 3)
Dark Crisis - completely okay. Needed more impact.
and
Infinite Crisis - some truly terrible ideas - but it mattered to the DC Universe.
Rock bottom is Flashpoint which was wretched and didn't even use the word Crisis in it's name.
David Wynne@PytyrH Final Crisis is my #1- interested that you’ve not ranked it at all
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Completely forgot that one! My list is garbage. Final Crisis is incredible.
Completely forgot that one! My list is garbage. Final Crisis is incredible.