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Whistle Stopper - Countdown to Final Crisis, Vol. 3
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List Price: $19.99
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Manufacturer: DC Comics
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 741
EAN: 9781401219116
ISBN: 140121911X
Label: DC Comics
Manufacturer: DC Comics
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 296
Publication Date: 2008-10-07
Publisher: DC Comics
Release Date: 2008-10-07
Studio: DC Comics
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Summary: Still counting to nowhere
Comment: It's common knowledge that Countdown is in no way, shape, or form close to being anywhere near as good as it's weekly series predecessor 52, and this third collected volume is yet more proof of that. If anything, these issues are slightly better (but just barely) than the ones that came before them, as things finally start to get going. Well, somewhat. The pro-longed search for Ray Palmer finally finds the man found, while the other participants of Countdown (Jimmy Olsen, Mary Marvel, Monarch, and more) continue their march towards Final Crisis. While things do pick up very little story-wise, the artwork remains inconsistent and rushed looking, and Paul Dini's overall story just doesn't seem that enthralling, and the characters still seem to be not all that worthy to really care for. If for some reason you've actually been enjoying Countdown to Final Crisis, this is pretty much more of the same, so by all means jump in. If you haven't on the other hand, you aren't missing much in the least.
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Summary: It's about time, Ray
Comment: This third volume continues on with the same threads from the previous two, so instead of rehashing them, let's focus on its key elements. First and foremost, we finally discover the whereabouts and present disposition of Ray Palmer, and an interesting development it is at that. He is discovered on Earth 51, having replaced his already deceased counterpart from that world and commencing forward with his analogue's quite significant research, which just may involve the Great Disaster. Two other less compelling developments also take prominence. Monarch joins the fray, along with his assembled army of combatant survivors from the concurrent Countdown Arena storyline, waging battle against the Monitors, plus the painfully annoying Superboy/man Prime is once again thrust into a major event, predictably persisting on with his tiresome quest for his own perfect earth, consequently just taking up space that could be better utilized by more riveting and less redundant directions. Another major problem becoming strikingly evident is the overuse of so many multiple versions of characters, in the process making it difficult to differentiate among them and just possibly illustrating how ludicrous the entire concept of the multiverse may be. The erstwhile Earth 1/Earth 2 archetype was a sufficient setting for these types of tales without creating such mass confusion, with everything ultimately coming across as one big convoluted "what if" scenario, which subsequently leads to apathy, since none of this truly matters in the grand scheme of things anyways. Despite all this, the big picture remains intriguing, even if the actual telling of it does not, with all of us finally learning first hand how effectively everything gets resolved in the concluding volume next month.
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