NYCC '08: DAN DIDIO ON THE FINAL CRISIS TIE-INS

[MattBrady]

It’s become the second, expected part to any given publisher’s “event” – the tie ins. A main miniseries or central storyline is now always accompanied by one-shots, other minis, and issues of ongoing series that touch upon the larger storyline.

DC’s Final Crisis is no different as fans have been learning, with news of Legion of 3 Worlds, Rogue’s Revenge and Revelation being officially named as tie-in miniseries.

What else is to come? DC’s Dan DiDio has explained a little in a video interview (part two debuting now explains more), and now, we’ve got him laying it out in black and white.

Newsarama: Okay Dan – you’ve maintained for a while now that Final Crisis will be limited in scope in terms of the number of books it will touch, along the lines of the Sinestro Corps War storyline. So what have you got so far in terms of tie-ins?

Dan DiDio: Right now, we’re looking at Final Crisis starting in May, and in July, the three-part Final Crisis: Rogue’s Revenge begins, which is Geoff Johns and Scott Kolins; and then, come August, we launch the other two five-part miniseries, which are Final Crisis: Revelations by Greg Rucka and Philip Tan, and Final Crisis: Legion of 3 Worlds, which is by Geoff and George Perez. Also in August, you have one of our first one-shots appear, Final Crisis: Superman Beyond, which is by Grant Morrison and Aaron Lopresti, and will be in 3-D to increase the story experience which Grant is bringing...

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[SpaceButler]

Man, DC is trying to bankrupt me!

[johnstumbo]

This all sounds really good.

[Nukeboy]

This is the 52 team doing an event minus Mark Waid.

[TheJerkle]

There's like 30 tie-ins issues already and rising

[BoosterGold-]

Originally Posted by TheJerkle

There's like 30 tie-ins issues already and rising

Hmmmm
DCU #0 (1)
Final Crisis (7)
Legion of Three Worlds (5)
Revelation (5)
Rogues Revenge (3)
Submit (1)
Resist (1)
Red Lanterns (1)
Superman Beyond (1)
Requiem (1)

26 and holding
not 30 and rising.....


-Michael C

[greenflameuk]

Sounds like there really trying to keep the story as tight as possible. Final Crisis is sounding like it's going to be one hell of an event.

[SuperSpeedy]

Originally Posted by BoosterGold-

Hmmmm
DCU #0 (1)
Final Crisis (7)
Legion of Three Worlds (5)
Revelation (5)
Rogues Revenge (3)
Submit (1)
Resist (1)
Red Lanterns (1)
Superman Beyond (1)
Requiem (1)

26 and holding
not 30 and rising.....


-Michael C

and for those of us continueing to do the math that means 19 tie ins, 26 total issues total. For a major event story this is incredibly tight. I can't wait!

[JLAJRC]

What, no Final Crisis: Sugar and Spice one-shot? I'm hurt.

[SMARTASS8]

Originally Posted by Nukeboy

This is the 52 team doing an event minus Mark Waid.

As long as Geoff and Grant are still a part of it, that's fine by me.

[JT Skywalker]

Originally Posted by BoosterGold-

26 and holding
not 30 and rising.....

Yep. And compare to Secret Invasion, House of M, Civil War, and Infinite Crisis... this is very, very tight here.

The only one tighter would be the Sinestro Corps War:

Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps Special (1)
Green Lantern #21-25 (5)
Green Lantern Corps #14-19 (6)
Blue Beetle #20 (1)
Tales of the Sinestro Corps: Parallax (1)
Tales of the Sinestro Corps: Cyborg Superman (1)
Tales of the Sinestro Corps: Superman-Prime (1)
Tales of the Sinestro Corps: Ion (1)

17 issues. That's a tight story.

~JTS

[BoosterGold-]

and the thing is with the tie-ins in questions -p-- reading all of them is not essential to get the full story, but reading them gives you a depth and scope to the event.

Don't care for Legion? Don't read it
Just like Legion and nothing else well then that is okay too.
same goes for each mini abnd one shot.

So the 26 is if you want a BIG picture type story. (a 3 ring circus)

-Michael C

[ljacone]

I like what DiDio is saying here, regarding if it's not vitally important to Final Crisis then they are not going to label it as such. I am reminded of an Infinite Crisis tie-in for Aquaman, where Aquaman fought an OMAC in San Diego. It was a cool little action comic, and I bought it because I was collecting the title, but it was totally unnecessary as part of the overall IC story.

The main problem I am having now is that a lot of these sound really interesting; I will have to make some decisions based on the ongoing story whether or not to get certain one-shots. Rogue's Revenge is a must-buy for me as I am a big Flash fan, and the others sound appealing, but the wallet may win out.

[Paul Rogan]

I'll agree with most other posters here and say that this is how you structure an event like this, not with a million tie-in issues and mini-series.

Now, apart from Legion of 3 Worlds, I probably won't be getting any of the tie-ins (maybe Red Lanterns), but I'm sure those that are will be grateful for a little cash relief.

[anuragsahay]

Originally Posted by BoosterGold-

Don't care for Legion? Don't read it

-Michael C

Since it has Geoff Johns and Perez on it, I doubt any self-respecting DC fan will skip it, even if they're skipping the whole event in general.

[Kevenn]

Originally Posted by anuragsahay

Since it has Geoff Johns and Perez on it, I doubt any self-respecting DC fan will skip it, even if they're skipping the whole event in general.

Actually, I'm skipping it because I have absolutely ZERO interest in Legion. I've never liked those characters, and I've never read a Legion story or have seen a Legion animated story that has made me liked them. The one episode of S:TAS, "New Kids in Town," almost had me there, but then the Justice League Unlimited episode with the Legion brought the suck back. And I resented them for "stealing" Supergirl away into the future.