Comic Genius

The third installment of Grant Morrison’s summer event is finally starting to take shape. The issue was actually released two weeks ago, but I only got the chance to pick it up and read it yesterday. Boy, was it good.

Admittedly, the first two issues were dense and hard to understand on the first read-through. I only felt like I really understood what was going on with the story after I read the issues a second (and sometimes third) time, as well as listened to Sean and Jim’s discussion of those first two issues on their Raging Bullets podcast. I tell you, these guys are good at making sense of Morrison’s work.

First off, I have to say that Mary Marvel looked downright freaky in this issue. My immediate thought was that she has somehow merged with Eclipso. Then, I started thinking that she had befriended Britney Spears and gotten some hair tips. Because, really? She had some pigtail/mohawk thing going on along with the leather head strap that was beyond scary. When she mentioned Darkseid taking over, the focus went from Eclipso to her being a new Female Fury. Regardless, I think she’s been brainwashed.

I’m really curious about the true identity of Libra. Whoever Libra is, he/she/it has some kind of freaky deal going on with Darkseid considering the way the Anti-Life Equation is being thrown about like it’s a new toy. Mike, the Human Flame, was drawn in by wanting to become Libra’s right hand man, and instead found himself a drone.

I really enjoyed the way that all the tie-ins are being set up. One of them, Superman Beyond, is now a must have for me. The idea of him going to the ends of the Earth just to save Lois is a show of just how far he would go to save her. It was mentioned that Superman had not answered emergency calls for a period of days, as he was obviously not going to leave her side.

The story is finally starting to come together, which I’m happy about. I even got to see Renee in this issue, though I was curious as to why so many people know her secret identity and how this is going to work into Revelations. I had to geek out a little that she was starting to act more like Vic did when he was running around as the Question. I never really thought she would take on that personality trait, but I think I like it.

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