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"Final Crisis" is a crossover storyline that appeared in comic books published by DC Comics in 2008, primarily the seven-issue miniseries of the same name written by Grant Morrison. Originally DC announced the project as being illustrated solely by J. G. Jones; artists Carlos Pacheco, Marco Rudy and Doug Mahnke later provided art for the series.〔(Carlos Pacheco Joins JG Jones on Final Crisis ), Newsarama, June 16, 2008〕〔(Review of Final Crisis #5 ), comiXtreme, December 13, 2008〕 It directly follows ''DC Universe'' #0 after the conclusion of the 51-issue ''Countdown to Final Crisis'' weekly limited series.〔(SDCC '07: DC's 'Countdown...To The End?' PANEL ), Newsarama, July 26, 2007〕 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. ==Publication history== ''Final Crisis'' came out of several ideas Grant Morrison had when he returned to DC Comics in 2003. Morrison said, "I pitched a huge crossover event called Hypercrisis, which didn’t happen for various reasons. Some of Hypercrisis went into ''Seven Soldiers'', some went into ''All-Star Superman'', some went into ''52'' and some of it found a home in Final Crisis."〔(Grant Morrison: Final Crisis Exit Interview, Part 1 ), Newsarama, January 28, 2009〕 According to Grant Morrison, work finally began on ''Final Crisis'' #1 in early 2006, with the intention of the series being a thematic and literal sequel to ''Seven Soldiers'' and ''52'', two projects that Morrison was heavily involved in at the time.〔(Grant Morrison on Final Crisis #1 ), Newsarama, June 9, 2008〕 References to ''Infinite Crisis'' as the "middle Crisis"〔''Justice League of America'' #9: "The Lightning Saga, Chapter Three", July 2007.〕 gave readers the impression there would be at least one additional major follow-up to the original ''Crisis on Infinite Earths''. A May 2007 teaser poster confirmed this speculation with the tagline: "Heroes die. Legends live forever." ''Final Crisis'' was preceded by ''Countdown'', a year-long weekly series which was meant as a follow-up to 52. Halfway through, the series was renamed ''Countdown to Final Crisis''. However, the artwork met with delays. To keep the release on schedule, ''Countdown'' wrapped with issue #1 and its planned final issue (#0) was revamped as a 50 cent one-shot special called ''DC Universe'' #0. Besides hyping upcoming storylines such as "Batman R.I.P." and "Blackest Night," the issue was narrated by Barry Allen and featured Libra leading a group of super-villains in prayer for the "god of evil", Darkseid. The result is, as described by Morrison, that "we’re watching him fall back through the present, into the past of ''Seven Soldiers'' where he finally comes to rest in the body of 'Boss Dark Side’, the gangster from that story."〔 To help readers identify events pertinent to ''Final Crisis'' and other major DCU events as the crossover approached, a "Sightings" cover banner appeared on various DC comics as "signposts, marking important storybeats and moments throughout the DC Universe."〔"DC Nation" #110〕 The first such headers appeared on ''Justice League of America'' (vol. 2) #21 and ''Action Comics'' #866, respectively (the ''JLA'' issue featured Libra's return and his recruiting of the Human Flame). The original intent was for Jones to pencil the whole series. Due to delays, however, Carlos Pacheco drew issues #4-6 with Jones, and issue 7 was drawn entirely by Doug Mahnke. Jones said that “Any problems completing the series are my own. I love Doug Mahnke’s art, and he would have probably been a better choice to draw this series in the first place.” In addition to the core limited series the larger storyline includes a number of tie-ins, including one-shots and limited series. The one-shots comprise "Requiem,"〔 "Resist,"〔 "Secret Files" and "Submit". Also "Rage of the Red Lanterns" is the start of a storyline of the same name, that picks up on events in "Green Lantern: Secret Origin" and continues in ''Green Lantern'' #36-38. It starts as a tie-in because, according to writer Geoff Johns, "events in ''Final Crisis'' have motivated the Guardians to proceed further with their attempted containment of the light".〔 The limited series comprise ''Superman Beyond'' (a two issue mini-series also written by Grant Morrison), ''Legion of 3 Worlds'' (a five-issue limited series focusing on the different incarnations of the Legion of Super-Heroes〔), ''Revelations'' (a five-issue limited series〔), and ''Rogues' Revenge'' (a three-issue mini-series focused on the Flash Rogues〔). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Final Crisis」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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