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* ContinuityPorn: Hoo boy. Grant Morrison intended this story to be the final chapter in ''two'' trilogies of Crisis events, as well as to continue plot threads left hanging by ''Seven Soldiers'', ''52'', ''Batman RIP'', and even his ''JLA'' run, which had concluded eight years prior to Final Crisis's publication. Not to mention the story's references to ''Cosmic Odyssey'', a Creator/JimStarlin story that was ''twenty'' years old at the time. So, naturally, Final Crisis pretty much made ''entirely'' of this trope.
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The "Crisis of the 31st Century" occurs as the Time Trapper brings Superboy-Prime to the future to kill people and ruin Superman's name in the process -- with the help of the combined might of just about every single Legion villain alive. This forces Superman to unite all three incarnations of the Legion of Super-Heroes, along with resurrecting both Bart Allen and Conner "Superboy" Kent, to stop both Superboy-Prime's murderous rampage and his benefactor, the Time Trapper. This miniseries has little to do with the main plot of ''FinalCrisis'', though Superman arrives in the final act of the main story just as he leaves the 31st century.
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The "Crisis of the 31st Century" occurs as the Time Trapper brings Superboy-Prime to the future to kill people and ruin Superman's name in the process -- with the help of the combined might of just about every single Legion villain alive. This forces Superman to unite all three incarnations of the Legion of Super-Heroes, along with resurrecting both Bart Allen and Conner "Superboy" Kent, to stop both Superboy-Prime's murderous rampage and his benefactor, the Time Trapper. This miniseries has little to do with the main plot of ''FinalCrisis'', though Superman arrives in the final act of the main story just as he leaves the 31st century.
century. ScheduleSlip led to this book not getting an ending until midway through DC's ''next'' CrisisCrossover.
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* Retirony: In ''Rogues' Revenge'', Captain Cold and the other Flash villains intend to hang up the costumes once they've gotten revenge on Inertia for tricking them into killing Kid Flash. Once they succeed, however, Libra informs them that Barry Allen's back from the dead. They quickly realize they're not going to have any choice but to stay in the game.
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* Retirony: {{Retirony}}: In ''Rogues' Revenge'', Captain Cold and the other Flash villains intend to hang up the costumes once they've gotten revenge on Inertia for tricking them into killing Kid Flash. Once they succeed, however, Libra informs them that Barry Allen's back from the dead. They quickly realize they're not going to have any choice but to stay in the game.
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--->'''Nix Uotan:''' Don't you understand? This is the end of everything and the super heroes couldn't save us any more than [[OldShame my stupid drawings]] could!
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* PuttingTheBandBackTogether: ''Rogues Revenge'' has this on multiple levels. It brought Geoff Johns back to the Flash-corner of the DCU after having left back in 2005. It also brought back Scott Kolins, who had been Johns' main artist from 2001-2003.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: Grant Morrison wanted the series to be the finale of the NewGods and asked DC not to use them until Final Crisis. DC didn't listen.
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* InternalAffairs: the The Alpha Lanterns serve this role for the GreenLantern Corps.
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* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Anyone exposed on Anti-Life Equation.
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* AllTheMyriadWays:[[spoiler: Completely subverted. Despite the best efforts of all the heroes, Darkseid's presence cracks all of reality itself down to a limbo-like abyss composed of Darkseid himself, and is worsened by Darkseid's "death" at the hands of the Black Racer. The Justice League Watchtower is one of the few structured bits of reality remaining. The damage is undone when the Miracle Machine is used to wish for a happy ending, which given what Mandrakk represents, was the only way to defeat him.]].
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* TakingYouWithMe: The real reason Darkseid is doing all this? He's dying and as a final "fuck you" to everybody, he's decided to [[DisproportionateRetribution ''destroy the entire multiverse'']].
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Superman travels across the multiverse and meets up with the various "Supermen of the Multiverse" (including an alternate [[{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]], an alternate ComicBook/CaptainAtom [[ShoutOut who bears a passing resemblance]] to [[Comicbook/{{Watchmen}} Dr. Manhattan]], a Nazi Superman, and the insane Ultraman) in order to obtain the vial of AppliedPhlebotinum that will save Lois Lane's life after a Secret Society bomb mortally wounds her. This causes Superman to meet the Monitors -- who are recast by Morrison as Vampire Gods who must fight Mandrakk, the "first Monitor" -- in a MindScrew of a tie-in that is probably the most required reading of the tie-ins. To add to the screwiness, the issues were printed in 3-D.
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Superman travels across the multiverse and meets up with the various "Supermen of the Multiverse" (including an alternate [[{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]], an alternate ComicBook/CaptainAtom [[ShoutOut who bears a passing resemblance]] to [[Comicbook/{{Watchmen}} Dr. Manhattan]], a Nazi Superman, and the insane Ultraman) in order to obtain the vial of AppliedPhlebotinum that will save Lois Lane's life after a Secret Society bomb mortally wounds her. This causes Superman to meet the Monitors -- who are recast by Morrison as Vampire Gods who must fight Mandrakk, the "first Monitor" -- in a MindScrew of a tie-in that is probably the most required reading of the tie-ins.tie-ins, and was actually included in the Final Crisis trade paperback. To add to the screwiness, the issues were printed in 3-D.
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** Furthermore, it has him [[BasementDweller living as a leach in his parent's basement]], [[ThisLoserIsYou ranting about how the modern comic industry is]] ruined, and [[TakeThat fingerpecking a rant on the Official DC Comics forum in a thread about whether of not Superboy-Prime could be redeemed]].
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->''You turned your back and I '''wrecked your world'''. Deprived your people of their '''powers''', their '''hopes''', their '''future''', '''themselves'''. What will you do when your friends, your enemies, your '''lover''', are '''all''' Darkseid? When there is one '''body'''. One '''mind'''. '''One will'''. '''One life''' that is '''Darkseid'''. Will '''you''' be the enemy of all existence, then? What irony that will be, [[{{Superman}} Son of Krypton]].''
-->-- {{Darkseid}}
'''Final Crisis''' was DCComics' CrisisCrossover for the year 2008. Announced in 2006, writer GrantMorrison set out to accomplish the following goals with the event:
* Bring an end to the dual "Crisis Trilogies": TheMultiverse trilogy started by ''CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'' and the "Hero Exploration" trilogy started by ''IdentityCrisis''; ''InfiniteCrisis'' is considered the second chapter of both.
* Officially re-introduce TheMultiverse to the DCU.
* Renew interest in the NewGods, particularly {{Darkseid}}, who was suffering from massive VillainDecay.
To help achieve the last goal, Morrison did two things:
* He first used his ''[[SevenSoldiers Seven Soldiers Of Victory]]'' series (particularly the ''[[NewGods Mister Miracle]]'' issues) to set up key plot points for ''Final Crisis''.
* He then asked DC to declare a moratorium on creators using the New Gods series, so that their return in the pages of ''Final Crisis'' would have the proper emotional impact. Whether it was done [[ExecutiveMeddling intentionally]] or due to miscommunication, DC editorial ignored his request, and the NewGods ended up getting passed around like chlamydia at Burning Man, most prominently in the weekly ''CountdownToFinalCrisis'' series. (DC also commissioned a ''Death of the New Gods'' miniseries to be published before ''Final Crisis''. The Resulting ContinuitySnarl led Morrison to RetCon away as much of these two series as he possibly could, while [[HandWave including a scenario]] that still allows for the events of these series to have happened.)
The story to ''Final Crisis'' begins with Darkseid having killed his son, Orion; he has also sent his minion Libra to Earth to gather Earth's villains under his control and arrange for the murder of the MartianManhunter. In the meantime, Darkseid orders fellow god Granny Goodness to possess a GreenLantern, who is used to frame Hal Jordan for killing Orion and capture Batman. As [[TheFlash Barry Allen]] returns from the void of death in a (failed) attempt to save Orion, Darkseid unleashes the Anti-Life Equation upon Earth, enslaving billions of humans. This event forces the few remaining non-corrupted heroes and villains into hiding as Earth struggles to defeat Darkseid and prevent the coming of a greater threat... one that looms within the multiverse and seeks to finish what Darkseid started in bringing about -- ''the end of everything''.
The series featured several tie-in events:
!!!''Final Crisis: [[TheFlash Rogues' Revenge]]'':
The "Rogues Gallery", a group of The Flash's most dangerous enemies, sever their ties with Libra and the Secret Society following Martian Manhunter's murder, which causes Libra to demand revenge. The Rogues also seek out Inertia, the boy who manipulated the Rogues into killing his hated rival, Bart "Impulse/Kid Flash" Allen.
!!!''Final Crisis: Revelations'':
[[GothamCentral Crispus Allen and Renee Montoya]] meet in their secret identities as TheSpectre and TheQuestion for the first time since Allen's death. As Spectre goes after the Secret Society, killing off those villains who were involved in the murder of MartianManhunter, Libra seeks to use the Spear of Destiny to enslave Spectre and keep him from interfering with Darkseid's plans.
!!!''Final Crisis: Superman Beyond'':
Superman travels across the multiverse and meets up with the various "Supermen of the Multiverse" (including an alternate CaptainMarvel, an alternate CaptainAtom [[ShoutOut who bears a passing resemblance]] to [[Comicbook/{{Watchmen}} Dr. Manhattan]], a Nazi Superman, and the insane Ultraman) in order to obtain the vial of AppliedPhlebotinum that will save Lois Lane's life after a Secret Society bomb mortally wounds her. This causes Superman to meet the Monitors -- who are recast by Morrison as Vampire Gods who must fight Mandrakk, the "first Monitor" -- in a MindScrew of a tie-in that is probably the most required reading of the tie-ins. To add to the screwiness, the issues were printed in 3-D.
!!!''Final Crisis: [[{{Legion Of Super-Heroes}} Legion of 3 Worlds]]'':
The "Crisis of the 31st Century" occurs as the Time Trapper brings Superboy-Prime to the future to kill people and ruin Superman's name in the process -- with the help of the combined might of just about every single Legion villain alive. This forces Superman to unite all three incarnations of the Legion of Super-Heroes, along with resurrecting both Bart Allen and Conner "Superboy" Kent, to stop both Superboy-Prime's murderous rampage and his benefactor, the Time Trapper. This miniseries has little to do with the main plot of ''FinalCrisis'', though Superman arrives in the final act of the main story just as he leaves the 31st century.
!!!''Final Crisis: Requiem'':
The first part of this one-shot expands Martian Manhunter's death scene to show that he put up more of a fight than previously indicated. The rest of the book focuses on the reaction from [[JusticeLeagueOfAmerica his friends]] as his death triggered a telepathic event in their heads that compelled them to write down the history of the now-extinct Martian race.
!!!''Final Crisis: Submit'':
Essentially ''Final Crisis'' #3.5, this one-shot shows Black Lightning responding to a rescue call to save the new Tattooed Man and his family from Darkseid's forces. The climax features Black Lightning giving Tattooed Man the symbol that can protect someone from being infected by the Anti-Life Equation -- right before Lightning gets turned into an Anti-Life Slave.
!!!''Final Crisis: Resist'':
This tie-in covers the fall of humanity; Mr. Terrific and Snapper Carr form an alliance with the villainess Cheetah to try and stay alive while Checkmate, the black ops spy organization, is corrupted by Darkseid.
!!!''Batman'' #682-683:
The two-part "Last Rites" storyline involves more MindScrew storytelling as henchmen of Darkseid attempt to find a way to suck Batman's mind out of his body and into clones of himself that they have created using him as a template. This tie-in is largely known for two things: setting up a major plot point as far as Batman carrying around the bullet used to kill Orion in his utility belt right before his capture by Granny Goodness, and for establishing that "Batman R.I.P." takes place immediately before ''Final Crisis'', with Batman (upon crashing into Gotham River) swimming to shore, going straight to the Batcave, and promptly being summoned to help the JLA find Orion's killer.
!!!''The Dark Side Club'':
This is the name given to several ''Final Crisis'' tie-ins throughout TheDCU -- ''ComicBook/BirdsOfPrey'' #118, ''TheFlash'' vol. 2 #240, ''InfinityInc'' vol. 2 #11-12, ''The ComicBook/TeenTitans'' vol. 3 #59-60, and ''Terror Titans'' #1-6. Shortly before ''Final Crisis'', Darkseid (in the mortal guise of Boss Dark Side) captures several adolescent superhumans and forces them to fight to the death for his amusement. Mostly notable for introducing [[ComicBook/{{Static}} Static]] to the DC Universe.
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* AllTheMyriadWays:[[spoiler: Completely subverted. Despite the best efforts of all the heroes, Darkseid's presence cracks all of reality itself down to a limbo-like abyss composed of Darkseid himself, and is worsened by Darkseid's "death" at the hands of the Black Racer. The Justice League Watchtower is one of the few structured bits of reality remaining. The damage is undone when the Miracle Machine is used to wish for a happy ending, which given what Mandrakk represents, was the only way to defeat him. ]].
* AllThereInTheManual: ''Final Crisis: Sketchbook'' gave more information on several characters than was actually provided in the series itself. Most of it wasn't terribly important (e.g. backgrounds for members of Super Young Team) but some of it, like the true identities of the New Gods in disguise, was a little more significant (let's just say, if you didn't read Sketchbook, it could get a little confusing reading reviews that referred to the New Gods in disguise with the names of characters they ''had yet to be revealed to be.'')
* AnachronicOrder: Trying to follow the timeline of the build-up and actual events of the story can get a bit confusing. The order is about this: ''SevenSoldiers'' (where we see the first seeds being planted), ''InfiniteCrisis'' (the Crisis which reestablished the Multiverse), ''ComicBook/FiftyTwo'' (confirmation of the Multiverse, Religion of Crime), Morrison's ''Batman'', tertiary ''Countdown''/''Death of New Gods'' info (including ''Salvation Run''), ''DC Universe'' #0 (not really needed, but shows Darkseid's resurrection), ''Requiem'', ''Rogues' Revenge'', ''Final Crisis'' #1-3, ''Submit'', ''Resist'', ''Revelations'', ''Superman Beyond'' (taking place within seconds in reality to save Lois), ''Legion of 3 Worlds'' (taking place after Superman returns and is then whisked into the future, however this time around, time continues to pass in both time periods), ''Final Crisis'' #4-5, ''Batman'' #682-683 (included in the collected Batman R.I.P.), finally concluding with ''Final Crisis'' #6-7.
** Let's also not forget ''CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'' and ''IdentityCrisis'', if only for the sake of introduction to the Multiverse/The Monitor and the general tone and info respectively.
* TheAntichrist: [[BiblicalBadGuy Cain]], the first human to commit murder, is said to slay TheSpectre and herald the coming of Darkseid.
* AnyoneCanDie: MartianManhunter and {{Batman}}.
* AssimilationPlot: The Anti-Life Equation + Darkseid on Earth = Humans without humanity.
* AwesomeMomentOfCrowning: The end of Dan Turpin and the return of Darkseid.
-->'''''"Give In."'''''
* BackFromTheDead: Barry Allen returns as TheFlash for the first time in 23 years. Superboy and a de-aged Bart Allen are revived in ''Legion of 3 Worlds''.
* BelatedBackstory: ''Final Crisis: Secret Files'' gives the origin of Libra, as a former student of [[Comicbook/{{Starman}} Ted Knight]] who used Cosmic technology (with a bit of help from the evil New Gods) to become the original version of Libra from the original ''Justice League of America'' comics. It also shows how he officially started work for Darkseid.
* BiblicalBadGuy: ''Revelations'' reveals that [[spoiler: VandalSavage is Cain]].
* BigBadDuumvirate: Darkseid and Mandrakk
** More like BigBadEnsemble, since they were never actually working together. You could even go further and say that ''Mandrakk'' is the BigBad, and Darkseid is his UnwittingPawn.
* BigDamnHeroes: This series is FULL of examples, such as Batman [[spoiler: sacrificing himself to mortally wound Darkseid's host]], Superman [[spoiler: shattering Darkseid's essence with a multiversal musical note, actually ''killing'' Darkseid for good]] or the Green Lantern Corps [[spoiler: staking Mandrakk, a technical 'vampire']].
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Anyone exposed on Anti-Life Equation.
* CanonDiscontinuity: Rip Hunter's chalkboard tells you 'don't worry about Countdown'.
** Exception: Given the relative obscurity of ''Seven Soldiers'', Morrison did acknowledge [[spoiler: Darkseid's death]] at the end of ''Countdown'' and ''Death of the New Gods'' [[HandWave with the later issues of ''Final Crisis'']]: [[spoiler: Orion "killed" Darkseid's body at the end of Countdown, but Darkseid's spirit was tossed backwards through time, destabilizing the multiverse and allowing him to possess a human host, Boss Dark Side. This allowed him to resurrect his loyalists, build up a power base on Earth, kill Orion (who could not sense his father still being alive since Darkseid was now possessing a human body) and stabilize the current timeline]].
* CanonWelding: Morrison saw this series as his definitive statement about all of the themes that he has dealt with in his works, and ties up plot points left over from his runs on ''Seven Soldiers'' and ''{{Batman}}''.
** Also, some of Jack Kirby's personal creations (The New Gods, Kamandi, Dan Turpin) are brought together in order to give them all a GrandFinale.
* CaptainErsatz: ''Superman Beyond'' is built on this trope, but [[Comicbook/{{Watchmen}} Captain]] [[ContinuityNod Allen]] [[ShoutOut Atom]] is a particularly noticeable example.
** Much later, in ''Final Crisis'' #7, the entire army of Superman is made up of expies of Superman knock-offs from other companies.
* CaptainEthnic: The Great Ten (a Chinese team that includes "Socialist Red Guardsman," "Shaolin Robot," "Mother of Champions" and more) and Super Young Team (a teenage Japanese team, all of whom are basically over-the-top superhero {{otaku}} cosplayers with GratuitousEnglish codenames - and are contrasted against "traditional" Japanese heroes like, say, Rising Sun and Sonny Sumo).
* TheCavalry: Lead by Nix Uotan, comprised of:
** The Supermen of the Multiverse
** The entire Green Lantern Corps
** The angels of the Pax Dei
** Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo-Crew
** Mister Miracle, Sonny Sumo and the Super Young Team
** The Forever People from the Fifth World
* CrisisCrossover: Hyped as [[TitleDrop "The Final Crisis of Man and the Multiverse"]]. While this is certainly not the final Crisis Crossover that DC will put out, this is the last one to deal with the destruction/rebirth of the Multiverse... for now.
** DC announced that ''Final Crisis'' was the third part of two "trilogies". Final Crisis is the final part of the Multiverse Trilogy (which, natch, is about the life, death, and resurrection of TheMultiverse starting with ''CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'') and the final part of the Hero Exploration Trilogy (which takes an intimate look on the heroes and villains of the DCU, starting with ''IdentityCrisis''). In both cases, ''InfiniteCrisis'' is the second part.
* CurbStompBattle: Superman delivers this to [[spoiler: Darkseid in the climax when he ''sings'', at his full strength, a shattering note of power, breaking Darkseid's essence and [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu destroying the god once and for all.]]]]
* DareToBeBadass: In a metafictional sense, the entire story can be viewed as one to the readers, to tell depression to go fuck itself.
** Specifically within story:
--->'''Nix Uotan:''' Don't you understand? This is the end of everything and the super heroes couldn't save us any more than [[OldShame my stupid drawings]] could!
--->'''Mystery Guy:''' If [[PossessionImpliesMastery your]] super heroes can't save you, then maybe it's time to think of something that ''can''. If it don't exist, dream it up. Then, make it ''real''.
*** Just as follow-up, how successful was this particular dare? By the time we return to young Nix, he's ''[[MemeticBadass wearing a]] '''[[MemeticBadass hat]]''' [[MemeticBadass made out of the]] '''[[MemeticBadass internet]]''', [[MemeticBadass and an]] '''[[MemeticBadass ankle-length black leather trenchcoat]]''' [[MemeticBadass fastened with a]] '''[[MemeticBadass lightning bolt]]'''''. (ItMakesSenseInContext)
* DemonicPossession: People are posessed by New Gods.
* DespairEventHorizon: Darkseid had to break a strong-willed host's spirit in order to fully manifest.
* DeusEstMachina: Superman uses one at the end to erase Darkseid's lingering presence and restore space/time. However, rather than being a god from a machine, the machine ''is'' the god, who can perform any one task.
* EldritchAbomination: Morrison's revamp of Darkseid and his minions reposition them as spirit-beings that can possess and destroy their hosts from within, though most of them (Glorious Godfrey and the scientists) were literally reborn as humans.
** Mandrakk the Dark Monitor and the rest of [[spoiler: vampiric]] Monitors anyone?
* EnemyMine: All over the place. Luthor and Sivana hate each other but come together to take out Libra, Luthor's villain army backs up Superman, Cheetah joins up with Checkmate, and Captain Marvel enlists the aid of Black Adam.
* ExecutiveMeddling: Grant Morrison wanted the series to be the finale of the NewGods and asked DC not to use them until Final Crisis. DC didn't listen.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: When being told that Darkseid was the power behind Libra, the Rogues in ''Rogues' Revenge'' essentially tell Libra (who they have refused to work for) to go tell his master to get the hell off of their planet.
** Same with Lex Luthor versus Libra. Luthor may be a miserable sociopath, but he loves life more than he does having to live in a evil-driven world run by Darkseid. The fact that Libra promised him first place in a rape train on Supergirl probably helped Luthor decide exactly what was what he wanted.
** Dr. Sivana turns against Darkseid when he sees what the Anti-Life Equation does to his daughter.
* FateWorseThanDeath: Darkseid's Omega Sanction causes the victim's soul to tumble through an endless number of worse and worse realities until the victim's spirit breaks from the despair.
* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: What Mandrakk will be to be to those who didn't read ''Superman Beyond'', which thankfully is included in the hardcover.
* GodOfEvil: '''DARKSEID IS.'''
* GodzillaThreshold: It takes Darkseid coming back and causing TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt for Batman to finally use a gun.
* {{Goth}}: Mary Marvel's new Apokolips-enhanced image.
* IndividualityIsIllegal: There is only one will, and that will is '''DARKSEID'''.
* InternalAffairs: the Alpha Lanterns serve this role for the GreenLantern Corps.
** In the pages of the Green Lantern books, the Alpha Lanterns were specifically created to ensure they would be absolute, incorruptible Lanterns, specifically to ensure the BlackestNight would never happen. [[spoiler: They weren't expecting Granny Goodness to possess one of them]].
* ItGetsWorse: The series starts out as an investigation of Orion's death and the mysterious Dark Side Club. Then, the Anti-Life Equation hits...
* LastOfHisKind: The ultimate fate for [[spoiler: Nix Uotan]].
* MadnessMantra: Those taken by the Anti-Life Equation tend to start ranting out things like "Anti-Life justifies my hate!"
* {{Metafiction}}: All over the place in ''Superman Beyond'' and anything having to do with the Monitors. Interestingly, ''Legion of 3 Worlds'' dabbles with this in the end as well. Superboy-Prime is whisked back to the restored Earth-Prime and sees the comics with him in them. The last couple pages of the final issue is Prime literally reading the very issue the actual reader is reading.
** Furthermore, it has him [[BasementDweller living as a leach in his parent's basement]], [[ThisLoserIsYou ranting about how the modern comic industry is]] ruined, and [[TakeThat fingerpecking a rant on the Official DC Comics forum in a thread about whether of not Superboy-Prime could be redeemed]].
* MindControlEyes: The Anti-Life Equation makes your eyes turn red.
* MindScrew: The final issue, which is told in flashback, contains a whole slew of {{Noodle Incident}}s (Wonder Woman's escape from the Female Furies, etc.)
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Glorious Godfrey as Reverend Good, looks like Don King (appearance-wise) with elements of Al Sharpton in his public persona (Godfrey poses as minister and social activist).
* RasputinianDeath: [[spoiler: Darkseid]].
* ReligionOfEvil: The Religion Of Crime.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: Most Excellent Superbat's power.
** Basically, he screws all the rules of time, space and money by employing a suit of armor ''powered by the energy of infinite money''. [[GrantMorrison Or something.]]
* ShutUpHannibal: Batman did this to Darkseid.
* SubculturesInJapan: Super Young Team's amalgamate cosplay of American superheros come from what Morrison saw of Japan's youth taking Western fashion trends and making them their own often in new, hybrid ways.
* OmnicidalManiac: Darkseid is dying, so he decides to take ''the whole freaking multiverse'' to his black hole of a grave. Also Mandrakk, an EldritchAbomination and [[OurVampiresAreDifferent cosmic parasite]] who hungers for the multiverse. He may or may not be [[CrisisOnInfiniteEarths the original Monitor]]
* TimeSkip: The series skips about a month (or more due to time distortion messing up the passage of time) forward in time at the end of the third issue, between the release of the Anti-Life Equation and the Flashes Wally West and Barry Allen's failed attempt to intercept the bullet that killed Orion. This was reflected with the ''Final Crisis'' mini-series skipping a month between #3 and #4, a move that was done mainly to give the book's artist a chance to catch up with deadlines. Which he couldn't do, leading to issues #4-6 being delayed and delayed again and again, forcing DC into the position to having to bring in fill-in artists to draw large portions of ''Final Crisis'' #5-6 and ultimately ''Final Crisis'' #7, due to the company refusing to delay 70-80% of their line of comics while the book was finished.
** Interestingly, this was mostly done on just the planet Earth, the rest of the universe went on as normal with only a few days passing everywhere else while Earth was skipping time.
* TheNightThatNeverEnds: Darkseid's fall from the Fourth World has enough metaphysical momentum to drag ''Earth itself'' towards the pitch-black hole at the bottom of creation.
* TheVirus: The Anti-Life Equation turned was promoted to this.
** There was also a God-Disease released that shut down many superhero's powers, including Dr. Mid-Nite's, but wasn't elaborated on any more than Frankenstein being immune to it (due to him not actually being alive).
*** This appears to be one of the things ''Countdown'' was supposed to explain. That did not go well.
* ThighHighBoots: [[http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3474/3399613930_7dbd525e68_m.jpg Mary Marvel]].
* TookALevelInBadass: Darkseid took ''several''.
** Don't forget Talky Tawny.
* TrueFinalBoss: The entire series is about the heroes of Earth defeating Darkseid. Once he's beaten, the final battle turns out to be against Mandrakk.
* TheWarToEndAllWars: It's in the title.
* WritingForTheTrade: Reading it in its original form was confusing at best, incomprehensible at worst. In the trade, where most of the important tie-ins were included, it becomes a tour-de-force, especially if you have the ''R.I.P.'' trade handy as well (as that has the Batman tie-ins by Morrison).
** Reading Morrison's own Seven Soldiers is important, too. Whilst the various series got lost in the build-up to Infinite Crisis and was branded as 'on the eve of Infinite Crisis, this is what Character X was doing before that!', it actually proves to be very important in the setup for Final Crisis. It explains a variety of questions - Which DC Editorial then went and trampled over by having Countdown try to explain everything and try to line up the dots - Only to fail miserably.
* [[YouHave48Hours You Have 24 Hours To]] [[SavingTheWorld Save The Multiverse]]
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->''You turned your back and I '''wrecked your world'''. Deprived your people of their '''powers''', their '''hopes''', their '''future''', '''themselves'''. What will you do when your friends, your enemies, your '''lover''', are '''all''' Darkseid? When there is one '''body'''. One '''mind'''. '''One will'''. '''One life''' that is '''Darkseid'''. Will '''you''' be the enemy of all existence, then? What irony that will be, [[{{Superman}} Son of Krypton]].''
-->-- {{Darkseid}}
'''Final Crisis''' was DCComics' CrisisCrossover for the year 2008. Announced in 2006, writer GrantMorrison set out to accomplish the following goals with the event:
* Bring an end to the dual "Crisis Trilogies": TheMultiverse trilogy started by ''CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'' and the "Hero Exploration" trilogy started by ''IdentityCrisis''; ''InfiniteCrisis'' is considered the second chapter of both.
* Officially re-introduce TheMultiverse to the DCU.
* Renew interest in the NewGods, particularly {{Darkseid}}, who was suffering from massive VillainDecay.
To help achieve the last goal, Morrison did two things:
* He first used his ''[[SevenSoldiers Seven Soldiers Of Victory]]'' series (particularly the ''[[NewGods Mister Miracle]]'' issues) to set up key plot points for ''Final Crisis''.
* He then asked DC to declare a moratorium on creators using the New Gods series, so that their return in the pages of ''Final Crisis'' would have the proper emotional impact. Whether it was done [[ExecutiveMeddling intentionally]] or due to miscommunication, DC editorial ignored his request, and the NewGods ended up getting passed around like chlamydia at Burning Man, most prominently in the weekly ''CountdownToFinalCrisis'' series. (DC also commissioned a ''Death of the New Gods'' miniseries to be published before ''Final Crisis''. The Resulting ContinuitySnarl led Morrison to RetCon away as much of these two series as he possibly could, while [[HandWave including a scenario]] that still allows for the events of these series to have happened.)
The story to ''Final Crisis'' begins with Darkseid having killed his son, Orion; he has also sent his minion Libra to Earth to gather Earth's villains under his control and arrange for the murder of the MartianManhunter. In the meantime, Darkseid orders fellow god Granny Goodness to possess a GreenLantern, who is used to frame Hal Jordan for killing Orion and capture Batman. As [[TheFlash Barry Allen]] returns from the void of death in a (failed) attempt to save Orion, Darkseid unleashes the Anti-Life Equation upon Earth, enslaving billions of humans. This event forces the few remaining non-corrupted heroes and villains into hiding as Earth struggles to defeat Darkseid and prevent the coming of a greater threat... one that looms within the multiverse and seeks to finish what Darkseid started in bringing about -- ''the end of everything''.
The series featured several tie-in events:
!!!''Final Crisis: [[TheFlash Rogues' Revenge]]'':
The "Rogues Gallery", a group of The Flash's most dangerous enemies, sever their ties with Libra and the Secret Society following Martian Manhunter's murder, which causes Libra to demand revenge. The Rogues also seek out Inertia, the boy who manipulated the Rogues into killing his hated rival, Bart "Impulse/Kid Flash" Allen.
!!!''Final Crisis: Revelations'':
[[GothamCentral Crispus Allen and Renee Montoya]] meet in their secret identities as TheSpectre and TheQuestion for the first time since Allen's death. As Spectre goes after the Secret Society, killing off those villains who were involved in the murder of MartianManhunter, Libra seeks to use the Spear of Destiny to enslave Spectre and keep him from interfering with Darkseid's plans.
!!!''Final Crisis: Superman Beyond'':
Superman travels across the multiverse and meets up with the various "Supermen of the Multiverse" (including an alternate CaptainMarvel, an alternate CaptainAtom [[ShoutOut who bears a passing resemblance]] to [[Comicbook/{{Watchmen}} Dr. Manhattan]], a Nazi Superman, and the insane Ultraman) in order to obtain the vial of AppliedPhlebotinum that will save Lois Lane's life after a Secret Society bomb mortally wounds her. This causes Superman to meet the Monitors -- who are recast by Morrison as Vampire Gods who must fight Mandrakk, the "first Monitor" -- in a MindScrew of a tie-in that is probably the most required reading of the tie-ins. To add to the screwiness, the issues were printed in 3-D.
!!!''Final Crisis: [[{{Legion Of Super-Heroes}} Legion of 3 Worlds]]'':
The "Crisis of the 31st Century" occurs as the Time Trapper brings Superboy-Prime to the future to kill people and ruin Superman's name in the process -- with the help of the combined might of just about every single Legion villain alive. This forces Superman to unite all three incarnations of the Legion of Super-Heroes, along with resurrecting both Bart Allen and Conner "Superboy" Kent, to stop both Superboy-Prime's murderous rampage and his benefactor, the Time Trapper. This miniseries has little to do with the main plot of ''FinalCrisis'', though Superman arrives in the final act of the main story just as he leaves the 31st century.
!!!''Final Crisis: Requiem'':
The first part of this one-shot expands Martian Manhunter's death scene to show that he put up more of a fight than previously indicated. The rest of the book focuses on the reaction from [[JusticeLeagueOfAmerica his friends]] as his death triggered a telepathic event in their heads that compelled them to write down the history of the now-extinct Martian race.
!!!''Final Crisis: Submit'':
Essentially ''Final Crisis'' #3.5, this one-shot shows Black Lightning responding to a rescue call to save the new Tattooed Man and his family from Darkseid's forces. The climax features Black Lightning giving Tattooed Man the symbol that can protect someone from being infected by the Anti-Life Equation -- right before Lightning gets turned into an Anti-Life Slave.
!!!''Final Crisis: Resist'':
This tie-in covers the fall of humanity; Mr. Terrific and Snapper Carr form an alliance with the villainess Cheetah to try and stay alive while Checkmate, the black ops spy organization, is corrupted by Darkseid.
!!!''Batman'' #682-683:
The two-part "Last Rites" storyline involves more MindScrew storytelling as henchmen of Darkseid attempt to find a way to suck Batman's mind out of his body and into clones of himself that they have created using him as a template. This tie-in is largely known for two things: setting up a major plot point as far as Batman carrying around the bullet used to kill Orion in his utility belt right before his capture by Granny Goodness, and for establishing that "Batman R.I.P." takes place immediately before ''Final Crisis'', with Batman (upon crashing into Gotham River) swimming to shore, going straight to the Batcave, and promptly being summoned to help the JLA find Orion's killer.
!!!''The Dark Side Club'':
This is the name given to several ''Final Crisis'' tie-ins throughout TheDCU -- ''ComicBook/BirdsOfPrey'' #118, ''TheFlash'' vol. 2 #240, ''InfinityInc'' vol. 2 #11-12, ''The ComicBook/TeenTitans'' vol. 3 #59-60, and ''Terror Titans'' #1-6. Shortly before ''Final Crisis'', Darkseid (in the mortal guise of Boss Dark Side) captures several adolescent superhumans and forces them to fight to the death for his amusement. Mostly notable for introducing [[ComicBook/{{Static}} Static]] to the DC Universe.
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!!This series contains examples of:
* AllTheMyriadWays:[[spoiler: Completely subverted. Despite the best efforts of all the heroes, Darkseid's presence cracks all of reality itself down to a limbo-like abyss composed of Darkseid himself, and is worsened by Darkseid's "death" at the hands of the Black Racer. The Justice League Watchtower is one of the few structured bits of reality remaining. The damage is undone when the Miracle Machine is used to wish for a happy ending, which given what Mandrakk represents, was the only way to defeat him. ]].
* AllThereInTheManual: ''Final Crisis: Sketchbook'' gave more information on several characters than was actually provided in the series itself. Most of it wasn't terribly important (e.g. backgrounds for members of Super Young Team) but some of it, like the true identities of the New Gods in disguise, was a little more significant (let's just say, if you didn't read Sketchbook, it could get a little confusing reading reviews that referred to the New Gods in disguise with the names of characters they ''had yet to be revealed to be.'')
* AnachronicOrder: Trying to follow the timeline of the build-up and actual events of the story can get a bit confusing. The order is about this: ''SevenSoldiers'' (where we see the first seeds being planted), ''InfiniteCrisis'' (the Crisis which reestablished the Multiverse), ''ComicBook/FiftyTwo'' (confirmation of the Multiverse, Religion of Crime), Morrison's ''Batman'', tertiary ''Countdown''/''Death of New Gods'' info (including ''Salvation Run''), ''DC Universe'' #0 (not really needed, but shows Darkseid's resurrection), ''Requiem'', ''Rogues' Revenge'', ''Final Crisis'' #1-3, ''Submit'', ''Resist'', ''Revelations'', ''Superman Beyond'' (taking place within seconds in reality to save Lois), ''Legion of 3 Worlds'' (taking place after Superman returns and is then whisked into the future, however this time around, time continues to pass in both time periods), ''Final Crisis'' #4-5, ''Batman'' #682-683 (included in the collected Batman R.I.P.), finally concluding with ''Final Crisis'' #6-7.
** Let's also not forget ''CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'' and ''IdentityCrisis'', if only for the sake of introduction to the Multiverse/The Monitor and the general tone and info respectively.
* TheAntichrist: [[BiblicalBadGuy Cain]], the first human to commit murder, is said to slay TheSpectre and herald the coming of Darkseid.
* AnyoneCanDie: MartianManhunter and {{Batman}}.
* AssimilationPlot: The Anti-Life Equation + Darkseid on Earth = Humans without humanity.
* AwesomeMomentOfCrowning: The end of Dan Turpin and the return of Darkseid.
-->'''''"Give In."'''''
* BackFromTheDead: Barry Allen returns as TheFlash for the first time in 23 years. Superboy and a de-aged Bart Allen are revived in ''Legion of 3 Worlds''.
* BelatedBackstory: ''Final Crisis: Secret Files'' gives the origin of Libra, as a former student of [[Comicbook/{{Starman}} Ted Knight]] who used Cosmic technology (with a bit of help from the evil New Gods) to become the original version of Libra from the original ''Justice League of America'' comics. It also shows how he officially started work for Darkseid.
* BiblicalBadGuy: ''Revelations'' reveals that [[spoiler: VandalSavage is Cain]].
* BigBadDuumvirate: Darkseid and Mandrakk
** More like BigBadEnsemble, since they were never actually working together. You could even go further and say that ''Mandrakk'' is the BigBad, and Darkseid is his UnwittingPawn.
* BigDamnHeroes: This series is FULL of examples, such as Batman [[spoiler: sacrificing himself to mortally wound Darkseid's host]], Superman [[spoiler: shattering Darkseid's essence with a multiversal musical note, actually ''killing'' Darkseid for good]] or the Green Lantern Corps [[spoiler: staking Mandrakk, a technical 'vampire']].
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Anyone exposed on Anti-Life Equation.
* CanonDiscontinuity: Rip Hunter's chalkboard tells you 'don't worry about Countdown'.
** Exception: Given the relative obscurity of ''Seven Soldiers'', Morrison did acknowledge [[spoiler: Darkseid's death]] at the end of ''Countdown'' and ''Death of the New Gods'' [[HandWave with the later issues of ''Final Crisis'']]: [[spoiler: Orion "killed" Darkseid's body at the end of Countdown, but Darkseid's spirit was tossed backwards through time, destabilizing the multiverse and allowing him to possess a human host, Boss Dark Side. This allowed him to resurrect his loyalists, build up a power base on Earth, kill Orion (who could not sense his father still being alive since Darkseid was now possessing a human body) and stabilize the current timeline]].
* CanonWelding: Morrison saw this series as his definitive statement about all of the themes that he has dealt with in his works, and ties up plot points left over from his runs on ''Seven Soldiers'' and ''{{Batman}}''.
** Also, some of Jack Kirby's personal creations (The New Gods, Kamandi, Dan Turpin) are brought together in order to give them all a GrandFinale.
* CaptainErsatz: ''Superman Beyond'' is built on this trope, but [[Comicbook/{{Watchmen}} Captain]] [[ContinuityNod Allen]] [[ShoutOut Atom]] is a particularly noticeable example.
** Much later, in ''Final Crisis'' #7, the entire army of Superman is made up of expies of Superman knock-offs from other companies.
* CaptainEthnic: The Great Ten (a Chinese team that includes "Socialist Red Guardsman," "Shaolin Robot," "Mother of Champions" and more) and Super Young Team (a teenage Japanese team, all of whom are basically over-the-top superhero {{otaku}} cosplayers with GratuitousEnglish codenames - and are contrasted against "traditional" Japanese heroes like, say, Rising Sun and Sonny Sumo).
* TheCavalry: Lead by Nix Uotan, comprised of:
** The Supermen of the Multiverse
** The entire Green Lantern Corps
** The angels of the Pax Dei
** Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo-Crew
** Mister Miracle, Sonny Sumo and the Super Young Team
** The Forever People from the Fifth World
* CrisisCrossover: Hyped as [[TitleDrop "The Final Crisis of Man and the Multiverse"]]. While this is certainly not the final Crisis Crossover that DC will put out, this is the last one to deal with the destruction/rebirth of the Multiverse... for now.
** DC announced that ''Final Crisis'' was the third part of two "trilogies". Final Crisis is the final part of the Multiverse Trilogy (which, natch, is about the life, death, and resurrection of TheMultiverse starting with ''CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'') and the final part of the Hero Exploration Trilogy (which takes an intimate look on the heroes and villains of the DCU, starting with ''IdentityCrisis''). In both cases, ''InfiniteCrisis'' is the second part.
* CurbStompBattle: Superman delivers this to [[spoiler: Darkseid in the climax when he ''sings'', at his full strength, a shattering note of power, breaking Darkseid's essence and [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu destroying the god once and for all.]]]]
* DareToBeBadass: In a metafictional sense, the entire story can be viewed as one to the readers, to tell depression to go fuck itself.
** Specifically within story:
--->'''Nix Uotan:''' Don't you understand? This is the end of everything and the super heroes couldn't save us any more than [[OldShame my stupid drawings]] could!
--->'''Mystery Guy:''' If [[PossessionImpliesMastery your]] super heroes can't save you, then maybe it's time to think of something that ''can''. If it don't exist, dream it up. Then, make it ''real''.
*** Just as follow-up, how successful was this particular dare? By the time we return to young Nix, he's ''[[MemeticBadass wearing a]] '''[[MemeticBadass hat]]''' [[MemeticBadass made out of the]] '''[[MemeticBadass internet]]''', [[MemeticBadass and an]] '''[[MemeticBadass ankle-length black leather trenchcoat]]''' [[MemeticBadass fastened with a]] '''[[MemeticBadass lightning bolt]]'''''. (ItMakesSenseInContext)
* DemonicPossession: People are posessed by New Gods.
* DespairEventHorizon: Darkseid had to break a strong-willed host's spirit in order to fully manifest.
* DeusEstMachina: Superman uses one at the end to erase Darkseid's lingering presence and restore space/time. However, rather than being a god from a machine, the machine ''is'' the god, who can perform any one task.
* EldritchAbomination: Morrison's revamp of Darkseid and his minions reposition them as spirit-beings that can possess and destroy their hosts from within, though most of them (Glorious Godfrey and the scientists) were literally reborn as humans.
** Mandrakk the Dark Monitor and the rest of [[spoiler: vampiric]] Monitors anyone?
* EnemyMine: All over the place. Luthor and Sivana hate each other but come together to take out Libra, Luthor's villain army backs up Superman, Cheetah joins up with Checkmate, and Captain Marvel enlists the aid of Black Adam.
* ExecutiveMeddling: Grant Morrison wanted the series to be the finale of the NewGods and asked DC not to use them until Final Crisis. DC didn't listen.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: When being told that Darkseid was the power behind Libra, the Rogues in ''Rogues' Revenge'' essentially tell Libra (who they have refused to work for) to go tell his master to get the hell off of their planet.
** Same with Lex Luthor versus Libra. Luthor may be a miserable sociopath, but he loves life more than he does having to live in a evil-driven world run by Darkseid. The fact that Libra promised him first place in a rape train on Supergirl probably helped Luthor decide exactly what was what he wanted.
** Dr. Sivana turns against Darkseid when he sees what the Anti-Life Equation does to his daughter.
* FateWorseThanDeath: Darkseid's Omega Sanction causes the victim's soul to tumble through an endless number of worse and worse realities until the victim's spirit breaks from the despair.
* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: What Mandrakk will be to be to those who didn't read ''Superman Beyond'', which thankfully is included in the hardcover.
* GodOfEvil: '''DARKSEID IS.'''
* GodzillaThreshold: It takes Darkseid coming back and causing TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt for Batman to finally use a gun.
* {{Goth}}: Mary Marvel's new Apokolips-enhanced image.
* IndividualityIsIllegal: There is only one will, and that will is '''DARKSEID'''.
* InternalAffairs: the Alpha Lanterns serve this role for the GreenLantern Corps.
** In the pages of the Green Lantern books, the Alpha Lanterns were specifically created to ensure they would be absolute, incorruptible Lanterns, specifically to ensure the BlackestNight would never happen. [[spoiler: They weren't expecting Granny Goodness to possess one of them]].
* ItGetsWorse: The series starts out as an investigation of Orion's death and the mysterious Dark Side Club. Then, the Anti-Life Equation hits...
* LastOfHisKind: The ultimate fate for [[spoiler: Nix Uotan]].
* MadnessMantra: Those taken by the Anti-Life Equation tend to start ranting out things like "Anti-Life justifies my hate!"
* {{Metafiction}}: All over the place in ''Superman Beyond'' and anything having to do with the Monitors. Interestingly, ''Legion of 3 Worlds'' dabbles with this in the end as well. Superboy-Prime is whisked back to the restored Earth-Prime and sees the comics with him in them. The last couple pages of the final issue is Prime literally reading the very issue the actual reader is reading.
** Furthermore, it has him [[BasementDweller living as a leach in his parent's basement]], [[ThisLoserIsYou ranting about how the modern comic industry is]] ruined, and [[TakeThat fingerpecking a rant on the Official DC Comics forum in a thread about whether of not Superboy-Prime could be redeemed]].
* MindControlEyes: The Anti-Life Equation makes your eyes turn red.
* MindScrew: The final issue, which is told in flashback, contains a whole slew of {{Noodle Incident}}s (Wonder Woman's escape from the Female Furies, etc.)
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Glorious Godfrey as Reverend Good, looks like Don King (appearance-wise) with elements of Al Sharpton in his public persona (Godfrey poses as minister and social activist).
* RasputinianDeath: [[spoiler: Darkseid]].
* ReligionOfEvil: The Religion Of Crime.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: Most Excellent Superbat's power.
** Basically, he screws all the rules of time, space and money by employing a suit of armor ''powered by the energy of infinite money''. [[GrantMorrison Or something.]]
* ShutUpHannibal: Batman did this to Darkseid.
* SubculturesInJapan: Super Young Team's amalgamate cosplay of American superheros come from what Morrison saw of Japan's youth taking Western fashion trends and making them their own often in new, hybrid ways.
* OmnicidalManiac: Darkseid is dying, so he decides to take ''the whole freaking multiverse'' to his black hole of a grave. Also Mandrakk, an EldritchAbomination and [[OurVampiresAreDifferent cosmic parasite]] who hungers for the multiverse. He may or may not be [[CrisisOnInfiniteEarths the original Monitor]]
* TimeSkip: The series skips about a month (or more due to time distortion messing up the passage of time) forward in time at the end of the third issue, between the release of the Anti-Life Equation and the Flashes Wally West and Barry Allen's failed attempt to intercept the bullet that killed Orion. This was reflected with the ''Final Crisis'' mini-series skipping a month between #3 and #4, a move that was done mainly to give the book's artist a chance to catch up with deadlines. Which he couldn't do, leading to issues #4-6 being delayed and delayed again and again, forcing DC into the position to having to bring in fill-in artists to draw large portions of ''Final Crisis'' #5-6 and ultimately ''Final Crisis'' #7, due to the company refusing to delay 70-80% of their line of comics while the book was finished.
** Interestingly, this was mostly done on just the planet Earth, the rest of the universe went on as normal with only a few days passing everywhere else while Earth was skipping time.
* TheNightThatNeverEnds: Darkseid's fall from the Fourth World has enough metaphysical momentum to drag ''Earth itself'' towards the pitch-black hole at the bottom of creation.
* TheVirus: The Anti-Life Equation turned was promoted to this.
** There was also a God-Disease released that shut down many superhero's powers, including Dr. Mid-Nite's, but wasn't elaborated on any more than Frankenstein being immune to it (due to him not actually being alive).
*** This appears to be one of the things ''Countdown'' was supposed to explain. That did not go well.
* ThighHighBoots: [[http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3474/3399613930_7dbd525e68_m.jpg Mary Marvel]].
* TookALevelInBadass: Darkseid took ''several''.
** Don't forget Talky Tawny.
* TrueFinalBoss: The entire series is about the heroes of Earth defeating Darkseid. Once he's beaten, the final battle turns out to be against Mandrakk.
* TheWarToEndAllWars: It's in the title.
* WritingForTheTrade: Reading it in its original form was confusing at best, incomprehensible at worst. In the trade, where most of the important tie-ins were included, it becomes a tour-de-force, especially if you have the ''R.I.P.'' trade handy as well (as that has the Batman tie-ins by Morrison).
** Reading Morrison's own Seven Soldiers is important, too. Whilst the various series got lost in the build-up to Infinite Crisis and was branded as 'on the eve of Infinite Crisis, this is what Character X was doing before that!', it actually proves to be very important in the setup for Final Crisis. It explains a variety of questions - Which DC Editorial then went and trampled over by having Countdown try to explain everything and try to line up the dots - Only to fail miserably.
* [[YouHave48Hours You Have 24 Hours To]] [[SavingTheWorld Save The Multiverse]]
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