Can someone please explain Final Crisis to me.....

[4lott]

.....like I'm a five year old. From what I got Superman just wished (or sang) everything back to normal. :confused: BTW, I'm not looking to start a Grant Morrison good or bad debate, I get that he was trying to show heroes at their most heroic and that good will always triumph over evil etc. I just want to know what actually happened and how did Bats wind up in the BC past (and how that ties into the end of Batman RIP) Thanks.

[Super_Megatron]

Final Crisis opens with a series of scenes depicting events across the DC Universe. Metron of the New Gods is shown at the dawn of human civilization giving Anthro the gift of fire. The story returns to the DC Universe's present day, where private detective Dan Turpin is shown discovering the dying Orion, and the superheroes are brought into the plot as they investigate the murder. Meanwhile, the villain Libra builds a supervillain army and kills the Martian Manhunter to prove his power. In the series' second issue, Green Lantern John Stewart is brutally attacked and Hal Jordan is framed for the attack and Orion's deicide.

The superheroes slowly become aware of a plot by Darkseid and the other evil New Gods of Apokolips to conquer and enslave humanity. In Final Crisis #2, Batman is captured, while in Final Crisis #3, Superman is forced to leave Earth in an attempt to save the life of Lois Lane. Mary Marvel, who is possessed by Desaad, infects Wonder Woman with the Anti-Life Equation. Also in the second issue, Barry Allen, the second Flash, returns from the dead, and attempts to prevent Orion's murder. The evil gods' forces deliver the final blow to humanity when they release the Anti-Life Equation on modern means of communication, from TV and radio to the Internet, turning nearly half of humanity into mindless slaves of Darkseid.


Barry Allen reunites with his wife, Iris West, and kisses her, freeing her from the Anti-Life Equation. Throughout the world, various superheroes are shown resisting Anti-Life, culminating in an attack on Darkseid's forces in Blüdhaven, which occurs in Final Crisis #5. Also in this issue, Nix Uotan, a Monitor who was sentenced to live life on Earth as a human, with the help of what looks like Sam Simeon, is shown to remember his past and is awakened as a powerful new being.

In Final Crisis #6, the Flashes attempt to stop Darkseid before his presence on Earth destroys all of reality. Within Darkseid's bunker, Batman escapes and confronts Darkseid. He states that he will "make a once in a lifetime exception" to his "no firearms" rule and shoots Darkseid using the bullet that killed Orion. As Darkseid dies, he fires the Omega Sanction from his eyes and apparently kills Batman. Doctor Sivana helps disable the Justifiers so that Lex Luthor can kill Libra. Superman returns to Earth from the 31st century, where he was given access to the reality-altering Miracle Machine by Brainiac 5. In a fit of desperate rage, Superman attacks Darkseid's bunker, finding Batman's charred corpse within.

Barry Allen and Wally West, still pursued by the Black Racer, arrive to witness Superman's clash with Darkseid. Darkseid's followers unleash Omega Beams on the two Flashes, who outrace the beams and cause them to hit Darkseid. The Female Furies clash with Libra's army of mind-controlled superhumans, who are now under Luthor's control. Wonder Woman is freed and binds Darkseid with her lasso, freeing the rest of humanity from Darkseid's control. The Black Racer then claims Darkseid as he dies from Radion poisoning.

As reality breaks down around him and the Earth slowly dies, Superman completes construction of a copy of the Miracle Machine, at which point Mandrakk the Dark Monitor arrives to consume all remaining life. At the same time, an army of alternate Supermen from across the Multiverse, led by the Captain Marvel of Earth-5 arrive, followed by Nix Uotan who, in turn, summons the Zoo Crew (restoring their original forms and powers in the process), the army of Heaven, the Green Lantern Corps, and the Super Young Team (now transformed into the new Forever People). The battle ends when the Green Lantern Corps stake Mandrakk with a spear created by their rings. Superman then wishes upon the Miracle Machine for "a happy ending", recreating the Multiverse as it was before Darkseid's ascension. Nix Uotan then forces the other Monitors to stop interfering with the multiverse, leading to their nonexistence. In the end, Nix is reborn in the Multiverse.

In the distant past, Anthro dies of old age after bringing fire to the people of Earth. Bruce Wayne, still in his Batman garb, lays his utility belt upon Anthro's body, and starts drawing a bat on the cave wall according to the wiki.

[4lott]

Thank you. That was an excellent synopsis.