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'''Final Crisis''' was [[DC Comics]]' [[Crisis Crossover]] for the year 2008. Announced in 2006, writer [[Grant Morrison]] set out to accomplish the following goals with the event:
 
* Bring an end to the dual "Crisis Trilogies": [[The Multiverse]] trilogy started by ''[[Crisis Onon Infinite Earths]]'' and the "Hero Exploration" trilogy started by ''[[Identity Crisis]]''; ''[[Infinite Crisis]]'' is considered the second chapter of both.
* Officially re-introduce [[The Multiverse]] to the DCU.
* Renew interest in the [[New Gods]], particularly [[Darkseid]], who was suffering from massive [[Villain Decay]].
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==== ''Final Crisis: Superman Beyond'': ====
Superman travels across the multiverse and meets up with the various "Supermen of the Multiverse" (including an alternate [[Captain Marvel]], an alternate [[Captain Atom]] [[Shout-Out|who bears a passing resemblance]] to [[Watchmen (Comic Bookcomics)|Dr. Manhattan]], a Nazi Superman, and the insane Ultraman) in order to obtain the vial of [[Applied Phlebotinum]] 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 [[Mind Screw]] 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]]'': ====
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==== ''The Dark Side Club'': ====
This is the name given to several ''Final Crisis'' tie-ins throughout [[The DCU]] -- ''[[Birds of Prey]]'' #118, ''[[The Flash]]'' vol. 2 #240, ''[[Infinity Inc]]'' vol. 2 #11-12, ''The [[Teen Titans (Comic Book)|Teen Titans]]'' 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 [[Static (Comic Bookcomics)|Static]] to the DC Universe.
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* [[All There in the Manual]]: ''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.'')
* [[Anachronic Order]]: 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: ''[[Seven Soldiers]]'' (where we see the first seeds being planted), ''[[Infinite Crisis]]'' (the Crisis which reestablished the Multiverse), ''[[Fifty Two]]'' (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 ''[[Crisis Onon Infinite Earths]]'' and ''[[Identity Crisis]]'', if only for the sake of introduction to the Multiverse/The Monitor and the general tone and info respectively.
* [[The Antichrist]]: [[Biblical Bad Guy|Cain]], the first human to commit murder, is said to slay [[The Spectre]] and herald the coming of Darkseid.
* [[Anyone Can Die]]: [[Martian Manhunter]] and [[Batman]].
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* [[Canon Welding]]: 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 [[Grand Finale]].
* [[Captain Ersatz]]: ''Superman Beyond'' is built on this trope, but [[Watchmen (Comic Bookcomics)|Captain]] [[Continuity Nod|Allen]] [[Shout-Out|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.
* [[Captain Ethnic]]: 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 [[Gratuitous English]] codenames - and are contrasted against "traditional" Japanese heroes like, say, Rising Sun and Sonny Sumo).
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** The Forever People from the Fifth World
* [[Crisis Crossover]]: Hyped as [[Title Drop|"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 [[The Multiverse]] starting with ''[[Crisis Onon Infinite Earths]]'') and the final part of the Hero Exploration Trilogy (which takes an intimate look on the heroes and villains of the DCU, starting with ''[[Identity Crisis]]''). In both cases, ''[[Infinite Crisis]]'' is the second part.
* [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: 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 [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?|destroying the god once and for all.]]}}
* [[Dare to Be Badass]]: In a metafictional sense, the entire story can be viewed as one to the readers, to tell depression to go fuck itself.
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* [[Giant Space Flea From Nowhere]]: What Mandrakk will be to be to those who didn't read ''Superman Beyond'', which thankfully is included in the hardcover.
* [[God of Evil]]: '''DARKSEID IS.'''
* [[Godzilla Threshold]]: It takes Darkseid coming back and causing [[The End of the World Asas We Know It]] for Batman to finally use a gun.
* [[Goth]]: Mary Marvel's new Apokolips-enhanced image.
* [[Individuality Is Illegal]]: There is only one will, and that will is '''DARKSEID'''.
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* [[Shut UP, Hannibal]]: Batman did this to Darkseid.
* [[Subcultures in Japan]]: 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.
* [[Omnicidal Maniac]]: Darkseid is dying, so he decides to take ''the whole freaking multiverse'' to his black hole of a grave. Also Mandrakk, an [[Eldritch Abomination]] and [[Our Vampires Are Different|cosmic parasite]] who hungers for the multiverse. He may or may not be [[Crisis Onon Infinite Earths|the original Monitor]]
* [[Time Skip]]: 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.
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* [[True Final Boss]]: The entire series is about the heroes of Earth defeating Darkseid. Once he's beaten, the final battle turns out to be against Mandrakk.
* [[The War to End All Wars]]: It's in the title.
* [[Writing for Thethe Trade]]: 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.
* [[You Have 48 Hours|You Have 24 Hours To]] [[Saving the World|Save The Universe]]
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