tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5013594081496330946.post69579934553657685..comments2023-03-25T04:53:31.262-07:00Comments on Final Crisis Annotations: Final Crisis: Rogues' Revenge #3Douglas Wolkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10691167073493285913noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5013594081496330946.post-6977166055385147502008-10-18T18:51:00.000-07:002008-10-18T18:51:00.000-07:00The speedsters being the "Breakers of the Bleed" g...The speedsters being the "Breakers of the Bleed" goes back to Flash V.1 #123, wherein Barry discovers Earth-2. As I'm sure you know, of course. =P<BR/><BR/>They don't break the Bleed as in destroy. They break through it. As it stands, I think speedsters are the only mortal heroes that can traverse through Earths.Cahse Garlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15933559274647362276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5013594081496330946.post-41362336876250412342008-10-17T01:00:00.000-07:002008-10-17T01:00:00.000-07:00Kris, this is great stuff--I'll try to integrate i...Kris, this is great stuff--I'll try to integrate it a bit later. Thanks so much.Douglas Wolkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10691167073493285913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5013594081496330946.post-41210738291733393912008-10-16T21:02:00.000-07:002008-10-16T21:02:00.000-07:00The first time Heat Wave melted the Flash's boots ...The first time Heat Wave melted the Flash's boots was way back in Flash v.1 #266, his first outing as a solo villain. (Prior to that story, he had never been seen outside the company of other Rogues.)Kris Weberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00550629204597763462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5013594081496330946.post-8305334610566878832008-10-16T08:59:00.000-07:002008-10-16T08:59:00.000-07:00pp. 4-5, center panel: Policeman Jared Morillo is...pp. 4-5, center panel: Policeman Jared Morillo is visible in one of the mirror-scenes; the shaving scene recalls an earlier one in which Morillo discovered his Cicada-induced healing powers in Flash v.3 #173.<BR/><BR/>pg. 13: It's blasphemy because part of Libra's religion of crime seems to be that only Darkseid has the ALE, and Daerkseid's scheme in Final Crisis appears to involve the Apokolips gods of the Fourth World refusing to give way for the Earth-born gods of the Fifth World. If thart's Darkseid's goal, then a mortal like the Piper can't be considered a "muse of the New Gods."<BR/><BR/>pg. 19: Libra's pwoer seems to be a weaker version of the evil New God Glorious Godfrey's; Godfrey's power didn't work on exceptionally strong-willed individuals either.<BR/><BR/>pp. 23-4: This is, of course, visually as well as narratively parallel to the Rogues' murder of Bart Allen in Flash: TFMA #13.<BR/><BR/>pg. 25: Presumably Zoom could spread the word without everyone who hears the "BOOM" knowing exactly what's going on. Alternately, this is the "breakers of the Bleed" idea; Zoom could take Darkseid's message to the infinite parallel worlds.<BR/><BR/>pg. 26: "Lightning storms with no rain? Red skies?"<BR/><BR/>These were, of course, the most visible effects of the original Crisis on Infinite Earths.<BR/><BR/>pg. 27, panel 2: Cold used the Flash Museum basement as a hideout in Flash v.3 #185-6, during the "Crossfire" story arc.<BR/><BR/>I see, going clockwise from the upper left, a stack of the Mirror Master's mirrors, a statue of Abra Kadabra, a Flash statue like the one in front of the museum, Mr. Element's mask, a bust of either Grodd or Solovar, and one of the Top's various top-weapons.Kris Weberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00550629204597763462noreply@blogger.com