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Reddit mentions of Final Crisis (New Edition)
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Color | Black |
Height | 10.17 Inches |
Length | 6.7 Inches |
Number of items | 1 |
Release date | April 2014 |
Weight | 1.51237111732 Pounds |
Width | 0.69 Inches |
It's my favorite DC event and probably my favorite comic, period. That said, it's a bit of a hard read and you should definitely spend time on each issue just absorbing what's being said, what's going on in the panels, and what everything means in context. It's a very meta book, but also a very good story.
If you REALLY want to get the most out of it, here's my copy/pasted pre-reading list from some other threads:
Insanepaco’s Final Crisis Reading List:
And there you have it. I know this list looks long and freaky and convoluted just for one event, but it's really not that bad. I would even say that I've gone more in-depth here than what's really necessary, but in my opinion this is how you'll get the best experience out of Final Crisis.
This trade is all you need. Final Crisis 1-7, Superman Beyond 1-2, Final Crisis: Submit 1, and Batman 682/683.
The Omnibus includes a lot of tie-ins etc that you don't need to read and just confuse things.
"/u/beary_good is our lord and savior, and his teachings are scribed here."
And they're all paperbacks!
Edit* but don't get Batman & Son or Final Crisis from those links - they lack a few important tie-ins. Get the new editions sibbo mentioned. linked here: Batman & Son and Final Crisis
While it seems daunting, it's actually not that hard to read.
You'll want to find these trade collections (I've included Amazon links):
I have previously made a post describing the different editions of Knightfall, and how best to collect that series, and about both of these runs of interest, I hope you don't mind me repeating that information. There are recent omnibuses and trade paper backs of both series', depending on what you prefer, and I will detail what is the most up to date versions in collecting these series.
For Knightfall:
Omnibus: 1, 2, 3
Trade paper back: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
The 3 omnibuses contain the same material as the 9 trades. As for what to read before Knightfall, people often recommend the Legends of the Dark Knight story arc Venom for introducing the chemical substance Bane uses but otherwise has little bearing on the story (it's probably cheaper to buy digital copies of the trade/individual issues, as I believe the trade is out of print), or Sword of Azrael for introducing Jean Paul Valley, as he has a lot gong on in the background with him. (Note, there are two versions, the 1993 version which is often out of print, though tells just the Sword of Azrael introduction, or the modern 2016 version, which contains both the introductory arc to be read before Knightfall, though also containing a post-Knightfall arc for JPV). In terms of what you need before hand, I read the 2012 editions, and I felt lost without Sword of Azrael and Prelude to Knightfall. It does showcase a lot of odd characters here and there, I feel like if you have a somewhat familiarity of Batman's villains (i.e. Arkham or BTAS experience) then you would be fine.
Knightfall happens early enough in the post-crisis continuity, which helps for the purpose of being a new reader. Morrison's run, on the other hand, happens at the end of the post-crisis continuity. I'm not saying reading all of post-crisis is necessary, I mean I hadn't before starting, but it does draw a bit from post-crisis knowledge (things like Hush, Under The Red Hood, etc.), though crazily enough, Morrison made everything canon. Not in a way that not reading everything is prohibitive, more so in a way that embraces even the Gold/Silver/Bronze age Batman stories. The pre-crisis stories Morrison drew influence from are collected in The Black Casebook, but really, I never found it necessary to read, it is just interesting from a history perspective. The rest of Morrison's run is fairly easy enough to follow. This infographic describes the order for reading in trade paper back format, though if I recall correctly, they have recently started putting Morrison's run in omnibus format.
Trade Paper backs: Batman and Son (New edition comes with The Black Glove arc, too), (optional Resurrection of Ra's Al Ghul), Batman RIP, then, it gets a little messy, as you might consider reading the DC wide event Final Crisis, which isn't Batman specific, but has huge ramifications for Batman going forward, but admittedly, without broad DC knowledge, can be confusing, anyway, following that is (optionally Battle for the Cowl and Whatever happened to the Caped Crusader?, which are not written by Morrison, but BftC is plot relevant to Batman going forward, and Gaiman's WHttCC? is a short and extremely well made reflection on Batman) then Batman and Robin: Batman Reborn, Batman and Robin: Batman Vs Robin, Time and the Batman, The Return of Bruce Wayne, Batman and Robin: Batman and Robin Must Die!. This is followed by the post-crisis Batman: Incorporated, but DC rebooted mid-Morrison run, so that it is finally completed with the New 52 Batman Incorporated volume 1: Demon Star and Batman Incorporated volume 2: Gotham's Most Wanted.
All of this (at least the Morrison parts, not any of the optional sections) are collected in omnibus editions: 1 containig Batman and Son, The Black Glove and RIP, there is a Final Crisis Omnibus, which I have heard is more complete, and there is 2 containing Time and the Batman, the first 3 Batman and Robin volumes, as well as The Return of Bruce Wayne. Lastly, there is the Batman Incorporated Absolute Edition finishing the all the Batman Incorporated stuff.
So Morison's may seem a little messier or harder to start, I wouldn't necessarily say it is harder, if you follow the list I have provided. I would recommend attempting it after a little more experience with comic Batman however, but it's hard to really say how much experience is needed. Some start with it, and have a great time. Another thing to consider is that with so much comics, especially omnibuses and absolute editions, it does get very expensive. I would recommend tackling it in bite sized chunks, like maybe just the first arc of Knightfall, or initially the pre-Final crisis Morrison stories, making sure you like either enough to commit to buying and reading more. I hope this has actually been helpful and informative, and hasn't made any of this seem too hard to follow!
For Final Crisis, you really do not need all of the tie-ins as there are so many. I'm guilty of owning them all, but whenever I re-read Final Crisis, I just read Grant Morrison's personal reading order, which is compiled in this trade-paperback of Final Crisis. The link I provided was for amazon, so here is the instocktrades link if you prefer that. If you did want to read some tie-ins as well, I really recommend "Legion of Three Worlds" and Rogue's Revenge.
I'll post the "plot highlights" as a second comment as it will take me a while.
Or.... How the Bat falls...
https://www.amazon.com/Final-Crisis-New-Grant-Morrison/dp/140124517X/ref=pd_bxgy_14_3?ie=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=VTRC63P2PZ3T9SET704G
I would go "Batman and Son", then "Final Crisis", then "Battle for the Cowl", and then onto "Batman and Robin: Batman Reborn" and the rest of Grant Morrison's run.
If you want the complete history of Barry Allen, then I'd suggest:
https://www.amazon.com/Crisis-Infinite-Earths-Marv-Wolfman/dp/1563897504
https://www.amazon.com/Infinite-Crisis-Geoff-Johns/dp/1401210600/ref=pd_bxgy_14_2/144-9893369-2487939?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=1401210600&pd_rd_r=V38DZTYNDARAN7WD547K&pd_rd_w=lNQwb&pd_rd_wg=etAot&psc=1&refRID=V38DZTYNDARAN7WD547K
https://www.amazon.com/Final-Crisis-New-Grant-Morrison/dp/140124517X/ref=pd_bxgy_14_3/144-9893369-2487939?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=140124517X&pd_rd_r=V38DZTYNDARAN7WD547K&pd_rd_w=lNQwb&pd_rd_wg=etAot&psc=1&refRID=V38DZTYNDARAN7WD547K
There ya go! It's $45.93 for all three of them
http://www.amazon.com/Final-Crisis-Edition-Grant-Morrison/dp/140124517X
Yes, I was referring to the one on the amazon link of the sidebar, but not the DC one
But again, I'm not that sure that those are the essential tie-ins. Please please wait for someone else to tell you what you should read to understand Final Crisis correctly
If you want the lead up to his death too, you need the whole Morrison run.
http://comicsastonish.com/2012/01/04/a-readers-guide-to-grant-morrisons-batman/
If you want some amazon links:
Batman: Batman and Son
Batman R.I.P.
Batman: Time and the Batman
[Final Crisis] (http://www.amazon.com/Final-Crisis-New-Grant-Morrison/dp/140124517X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1422589571&sr=8-1&keywords=final+crisis) Somewhat optional
Battle for the Cowl Also optional
Batman & Robin, Vol. 1: Batman Reborn
Batman & Robin, Vol. 2: Batman vs. Robin
Batman & Robin, Vol. 3: Batman & Robin Must Die
Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne
Batman Incorporated
Batman Incorporated Vol. 1: Demon Star (The New 52)
Batman Incorporated Vol. 2: Gotham's Most Wanted (The New 52)
Is this book http://imgur.com/a/vt5eB also the same as this one https://www.amazon.com/Final-Crisis-New-Grant-Morrison/dp/140124517X/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=?