Let's Talk Comics

After several months of excitement, DC's Infinite Crisis storyline has finally come to an end with the recent release of Infinite Crisis #7. The ending ties things up nicely and will not disappoint. All in all, it was a great story and one of the most memorable comic events that I had the joy of reading.*

For those wondering what's next, DC will be following up with 'One Year Later' (after Crisis, storylines in most DC series jump forward by one year) and "52" (books that detail this one-year gap). I don't think I will be able to read that.

Anyway, with that aside, let's talk about the Infinite Crisis expansion in VS. After much examination (and much controversy on some forums), I realized that the Infinite Crisis expansion is 'incomplete'. Most of the cards from the expansion mainly covers the events from the old Crisis on Infinite Earths (i.e. the Crisis team), a bit of Identity Crisis** and the 6 Crisis mini-series. None of the stuff from Infinite Crisis #1-7 are mentioned at all (except for 2 minor spoilers***). This is quite disappointing; some fans even felt that the set should be called "Crisis on Infinite Earths" instead. Oh, well. Never mind, there is always hope for future legacy cards. Maybe then we can see the psychotic evil SuperBoy Prime in his full glory.

*For those who missed out any Crisis books, you can find me on MSN and ask me to send them to you.
** It's a 7-issue story released in 2004. Reads like a mystery novel. Very dark and sad. Worth reading.
*** One is Alexander Luthor (which was needed to avoid confusion) and the other is more of a preview for Speedforce