Nov 16 2008
Final Crisis - Submit
Greetings – once again – from your friendly neighborhood Searnold [Shár- Nŭhld]. Today is Sunday, November 16th, 2008. Welcome to my daily comic book review blog – thanks for tuning in! Are you interested in a comic book but not sure you want to shell out the cash? Let me know and I’ll review it for you – letting you know if it’s worth your hard earned money!
Today’s Issue:
Final Crisis – Submit, published by DC in October, 2008. It was written by good ol’ Final Crisis scribe Grant Morrison (X-Men, Batman) with pencils by Matthew Clark (whom neither the internet nor I have ever heard of - but his art is QUITE fantastic). This is a one-shot that has DIRECT tie-ins to Final Crisis.
Premise:
Black Lightning and The Tattooed Man team up to escape from Anti-Life. But The Tattooed Man doesn’t like superheroes, and thus has quite a time getting along with Black Lightning. Plus Anti-Life has spread everywhere – so escape is impossible.
Awesome Parts:
The last image in this comic is incredibly bad-ass. It was just awesome. Obviously I can’t tell you what it is (as that would be major spoilers) – but it’s great. And it has a lot more power if you’ve read the issue. Also, Grant actually told us Black Lightning’s name! That’s a vast improvement over his other scripts.
Un-Awesome Parts:
The emotional ending had no power for me. None. Not only was it ambiguous what exactly had happened, but I never cared about either of these characters enough for the big climactic moment to affect me. The beginning made absolutely zero since, until it was explained much later. And it wasn’t because it was supposed to be a mystery. It was because the dialogue was written poorly so interpreting what had actually happened was nearly impossible. Now is also when we get into some serious problems with reading order. Near as I can tell, this was the first Final Crisis book published after Final Crisis 3. So we go from the release of Anti-Life INSTANTLY to the ENTIRE world has been consumed and there is no hope left. What happened to the battle to prevent the spread? I would have liked to see that. In fact, I felt like I had missed a HUGE part of the story. Also, now having read Final Crisis 4, I know that there is ESSENTIAL information in this issue. And the conclusion of this issue isn’t explained unless you read Final Crisis 4. So if it’s going to have THAT direct of a tie-in, shouldn’t it be part of the actual series?
My Recommendation:
Well, if you’re going to read Final Crisis, then you HAVE to read Submit. But that final bad-ass image simply is not enough to justify buying this book.
Alright - that’s all my rambling for today. As always - thanks for reading - see you tomorrow for Final Crisis - Resist. And don’t forget to let me know if there are any comic books you’d like me to review for you – I take requests!
-Searnold, SuperSearnold@yahoo.com www.myspace.com/SuperSearnold
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