Comments on: Final Crisis 2 Volume Set https://comicbinding.com/mapping/final-crisis-2-volume-set A Community for Comic Binding Sat, 07 Jun 2025 18:14:09 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.40 By: bluedevil2002 https://comicbinding.com/mapping/final-crisis-2-volume-set/comment-page-1#comment-138 Wed, 14 Apr 2010 20:22:26 +0000 http://comicbinding.com/?p=936#comment-138 The Director’s Cut has the original black and white art for #1. No colors, no text, just the pencils and inks. Then, it has the script to #1, and finally commentary on issue #1 by Grant Morrison and JG Jones. Really, the entire book is extras. It’s not like Marvel’s “Director’s Cuts” where it’s the issue printed in full, and then a few other supplemental items.

In this case, I appreciated DC for doing it this way, because it didn’t feel like wasting $5 on an issue I had purchased three months prior and only getting 50 cents worth of new material.

As for issue placement, Batman issues included, I carefully scrutinized the series for a long time before binding, and read a lot of message board postings. Normally I’m a stickler for strict chronology, but this time, I was more concerned with the narrative flow. And I want to say that technically, the Batman issues take place during #5, because there’s a scene with Darkseid’s minions early on in the issue that seems like it would take place before the Batman story.

]]> By: Corwin https://comicbinding.com/mapping/final-crisis-2-volume-set/comment-page-1#comment-134 Wed, 14 Apr 2010 14:49:39 +0000 http://comicbinding.com/?p=936#comment-134 What are the extras in the director’s cut for issue #1?

Just for comparison/contrast reasons: I put the Batman issues before #5 because a small reference is made to the failed experiment in the Batman issues.

]]> By: bluedevil2002 https://comicbinding.com/mapping/final-crisis-2-volume-set/comment-page-1#comment-133 Wed, 14 Apr 2010 14:29:20 +0000 http://comicbinding.com/?p=936#comment-133 Rather than make a new post, I’ll put my map here for comparison, since it’s really not that drastically different. I was going for a one volume version, but not so far as to only include the Morrison material.

I know that JLA #21 probably should go before DCU #0, but I wasn’t as concerned about strict chronological order with this one, especially since Morrison wasn’t.

DC Universe #0
JLA #21
Final Crisis #1
Final Crisis: Requiem
Final Crisis #2-3
Final Crisis: Superman Beyond 3D #1-2
Final Crisis Secret Files
Final Crisis: Resist
Final Crisis: Submit
Final Crisis #4-5
Batman #682-683
Final Crisis #6-7
Final Crisis #1 Director’s Cut

Technically, the Batman issues should go before #5, but I deferred to Morrison’s reading order. Figuring out Resist and Submit were the hardest — actually more Resist.

Originally I was planning on doing this in two volumes, with an interlude volume of Revelations, Rogue’s Revenge, and Secret Files (I was going to put Legion of 3 Worlds separate to go along with my Legion collection). The break point would have been after Superman Beyond #2.

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