COUNTDOWN TO FINAL CRISIS #4Story by Paul Dini
Story consulting by Keith Giffen
Script by Adam Beechen
Art by Carlos Magno and Rodney Ramos
The previous Earth was Earth-51, the very same Earth Monarch and Superman Prime destroyed, along with most of that universe, when Monarch exploded. Think about that for a minute. This universe engulfing explosion from Monarch didn't destroy the planet and everything was back to normal so Atom could be responsible for destroying the exact same planet all over again with the Great Disaster.
In a book where Piper destroyed Apokalips and it was fine the next issue just a few weeks back, this doesn't even bother me that much anymore and that's pretty sad.
What happens in this issue? Grant Morrison wanted Mary Marvel evil for Final Crisis. Countdown's story was the fall and redemption of Mary and the story was supposed to be finally over. I'm guessing this was rewritten to tie into FC because this is worse than the original fall of Mary and I didn't think it could get any worse than that.
Seems Darkseid has been chilling, drinking some Bud back in Mary's apartment and just lounging about on her couch, yes, physically sitting casually on her couch, while he waits for her to return. Staying seated, he begins monologuing and tempting Mary, who, with what I guess is supposed to be a tear for a dramatic effect, accepts the ludicrous offer for more power because, well, she likes having more power. Awesome.
From here, Jason Todd proves he's an even bigger dick than we could have known and tells everyone to screw themselves and leaves. He later joins up with Holly and Harley, whom he was seen fighting with and being a general asshole to a couple issues back, and returns to Gotham. Right, I'm sure they'd be happy to have him along...
Finally, the remaining group takes Jimmy to the JLA, where they are no sooner attacked by Black Mary or whatever horrible name she's going to use. They fight and in the chaos, Mary grabs Jimmy and flies off. No build up or resolution or even explanation for any of this nonsense.
Verdict - Avoid It. Countdown had almost wiped the stench of the first half off, but decided to throw away any goodwill it had built up and provide us with this drek for the final month. Bravo.
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