Friday, July 11, 2014

Flashback Friday: Infinite Crisis...again? 52 style.



I've decided to add flash back Friday to my (somewhat) weekly lineup. Most of the "Flashbacks" I will have will have to do with something happening currently.
If the comixology app was how it was before I probably would have found out sooner that the Infinite Crisis coming out next week is currently online at the DC comics site. It is running exactly how they ran injustice, the other comic that became a game, where they have three parts that become one hard copy issue. Each part comes out weekly while you have to wait for the hard copy to come out every month. Also, you are still behind a few issues compared to the online issues. Now, Injustice was phenomenal in a way that I could not wait for the next issue to come out. I did follow that weekly compared to just getting it in a hard copy. However, I still bought some hard copies. Like the issue of the death of my beloved. 

I did download the first part of issue one last night. And I guess no matter what you can't get rid of the number 52. New 52, 52 worlds, 52 issues in the last Infinite Crisis story, 52 stories out at a time in the DC universe, 52 pick up! The number 52 is everywhere. It's like those conspiracy movies where everything has the number 8 in it or something like that! Except this is all intentional. I still love how corny that is though. 

They mention the previous Infinite Crisis, saying that they had to end it with a terrible price. In one way, I get why they would mention that, but at the same time I don't. From what I have said from previously in another post, the new 52 doesn't make any sense because they kept some facts before the new 52 happened and some facts just don't exist and are created new because it is supposed to be a "reboot." I don't think there was a real need to mention the previous Infinite Crisis. Unless most of DC just doesn't care at this point because Infinite Crisis marks the end of the new 52 and possibly Futures End. However, I haven't looked that part up yet. Whether it is true or not, be prepared for ANOTHER reboot. But you can forgive them because Marvel already had a re-reboot with some of their issues like Wolverine and X-force. No one wants to make it to that 100th issue point anymore. 


Also, the story starts off with the character Harbringer. She is going to the different Earths to find heroes, at least that's what it seems like. Every earth just seems to be in chaos and everyone is fighting. So, while she tries to escape from people trying to kill her, she just teleports somewhere else. And who is the first recruit we see? Some shadowy figure with claws! 

I don't think it matters who she gets from each universe. All anyone wants is just an army of Batman. Let's be real here. 

When I tell my customers about this new Infinite Crisis coming out. I love how some people are like, "Really, again?" Though, people didn't have that reaction when Marvel had Original Sin came out. Only because this Original Sin is a bigger event than the previous Original Sin. The first was just a story of Wolverine, Xavier, and Daken. Then we have this Original Sin affecting the entire Marvel Universe. People shouldn't really judge DC. Even if the story will probably be around the same lines as the other Crisis'. 

Lastly, I believe most of the popular comic books have to start all over again at some point. In our lives both Batman and Superman are 75 years old and some other comic book characters older. If we just continued from the point of their creation and on to now, they would be Batman Beyond status. Unless both never age, and batman's sidekicks are the only people actually aging. 

That's it for the somewhat Flashback! 

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