Final crisis Secret files in december.

[spidervenom]

Oh, boy. Everyone grab your torch's and pitchfork's. It's superboy-prime reality punch all over again.

FINAL CRISIS: SECRET FILES #1
Written by Grant Morrison & Peter J. Tomasi
Art by Frank Quitely & various
Covers by Frank Quitely and Jim Lee & Scott Williams
Finally, the secrets of this year’s most talked about event can be revealed! Witness how Darkseid's death shattered the Multiverse, creating continuity ripples throughout the DC Universe! Submit to Darkseid and read the full Anti-Life Equation! This is a book you cannot resist to buy!
Retailers please note: This issue will ship with two covers by Frank Quitely and Jim Lee & Scott Williams that will ship in approximately 50/50 ratio. Please see the Previews Order Form for more information.
On sale December 24 • 40 pg, FC, $3.99 US

So all those issues of countdown are officially worthless continuity wise.

[Buried Alien]

Its shipping date is Christmas Eve.

Which, by the way things work where I get comics, means I could get this up to two weeks late.

FINAL CRISIS...NOT the Fastest Event Alive!

Buried Alien (The Fastest Post Alive)

[Magneto Rocks]

Note the conspicuous absence of Final Crisis #7- previous issues of FC have ALWAYS appeared in the previews.

We'll see if it's just a blip. Because if DC's event ends up delay-ridden AND with fill-in art..... well.

Also? Nice to see they're actually referencing Darkseid's death in Countdown. Maybe this WILL make sense continuity-wise, albeit with a little tad of "retcon punch" Darkseid style. (To be fair, a God of Evil's interference is a bit better than 'punching reality'.)

[Mat001]

Oh, boy. Everyone grab your torch's and pitchfork's. It's superboy-prime reality punch all over again.

FINAL CRISIS: SECRET FILES #1
Written by Grant Morrison & Peter J. Tomasi
Art by Frank Quitely & various
Covers by Frank Quitely and Jim Lee & Scott Williams
Finally, the secrets of this year’s most talked about event can be revealed! Witness how Darkseid's death shattered the Multiverse, creating continuity ripples throughout the DC Universe! Submit to Darkseid and read the full Anti-Life Equation! This is a book you cannot resist to buy!
Retailers please note: This issue will ship with two covers by Frank Quitely and Jim Lee & Scott Williams that will ship in approximately 50/50 ratio. Please see the Previews Order Form for more information.
On sale December 24 • 40 pg, FC, $3.99 US

So all those issues of countdown are officially worthless continuity wise.

Actually, I think that's still in continuity. Morrison and Tomasi are just connecting the dots since there's that disconnect.

[Paul Dee]

I thought FC wasn't going to be a continuity-changing event? I suspect this is an attempt to clear up the mess created by Countdown but if so I don't really like feel like splashing out on something which exists purely to rectify previous mistakes.

From the little information given in the solicitation it does sound like a Retcon Punch! Part 2.

[Magneto Rocks]

I thought FC wasn't going to be a continuity-changing event?

I think it is partially an attempt to streamline continuity to a degree, much as all crises seem to be. I've strongly suspected this was coming in some form ever since Morrison started dropping hints about how Countdown/DotNG/Final Crisis' continuity WOULD be resolved, and directly addressing the bizarreness of Sonny Sumo in the present day.

[Herr Mike]

Who cares? Frank Quitely.

Well, probably 2 pages of Quitely, then a whole lot of "various".

[Sean Walsh]

Who cares? Frank Quitely.

Well, probably 2 pages of Quitely, then a whole lot of "various".

But still - Frank Quitely.

[siberia77]

So all those issues of countdown are officially worthless continuity wise.

geez, us comicfans get shafted again. probably because we always take it so well:eek:

[Adam C]

I think it is partially an attempt to streamline continuity to a degree, much as all crises seem to be. I've strongly suspected this was coming in some form ever since Morrison started dropping hints about how Countdown/DotNG/Final Crisis' continuity WOULD be resolved, and directly addressing the bizarreness of Sonny Sumo in the present day.

Indeed. Granted based on the interview comments I get the sense that the Sonny Sumo and Mister Miracle disconnect was planned. The Countdown/Death of the New Gods one though seems more like a mopping up operation.

Its shipping date is Christmas Eve.

Which, by the way things work where I get comics, means I could get this up to two weeks late.

FINAL CRISIS...NOT the Fastest Event Alive!

Indeed. I love Morrison, but it's really disappointing and frustrating the way this thing is becoming log-jammed.

[4thHorseman]

I wonder if this will be similar to the Infinite Crisis Secret Files and show more of how Final Crisis came to be. Perhaps this is the book where we'll see more from the War in Heaven

[HaroldAllnut]

I have a Countdown-related question that I was hoping someone could clear up for me: does Jimmy still know that Clark is Superman, or is everyone just ignoring the fact that that happened?

FINAL CRISIS...NOT the Fastest Event Alive!

[applause and laughter]

Also? Nice to see they're actually referencing Darkseid's death in Countdown. Maybe this WILL make sense continuity-wise, albeit with a little tad of "retcon punch" Darkseid style. (To be fair, a God of Evil's interference is a bit better than 'punching reality'.)

Yeah. I think since Countdown to Final Crisis essentially ballsed-up the DCU, Morrison and Tomasi are just trying to fix things once and for all. After this, I hope DC cools it with the big event books for awhile. I don't have a problem with weekly series, though, after 52 they haven't been doing fantastically. I mean, Trinity is alright, but it's nothing to write home about, as far as I'm concerned, what with its lackluster backups.

But still - Frank Quitely.

You make a damn fine point there, Mr. Walsh.

[Sean Walsh]

I have a Countdown-related question that I was hoping someone could clear up for me: does Jimmy still know that Clark is Superman, or is everyone just ignoring the fact that that happened?

The latter (if ya can believe it!) :tongue:

I think Jimmy's whole role from COUNTDOWN (superpowered multiversal sponge ZZZZZZZZZZZZ) is being ignored. Amongst other things, James Robinson said he's working on re-normalizing Jimmy "as a 22 year old kid" in the pages of SUPERMAN.