DC Universe: Zero

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I’ll admit I had mixed feelings about the announcement of yet another Crisis tale, but all the rumors flying around have piqued my interest.  This one-shot breaks down the past and sets up readers for DC’s big summer event Final Crisis.  Thought mostly a tease, at only 50 cents it’s a must have.  Plus it contains, well, I won’t spoil it for you here.  Check out the Full Diagnosis.

DC Universe #0
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“I am a shaft of light split through a prism…  There is a sound.  A sound like the crack of doom.  Like a starter’s pistol, and this is me.  And now I remember.”

Setting the stage for Final Crisis this one-shot gives us a look back at the DCU as it was, as it is, and what is to come.

We begin with a small spark of light which guides us through the Multiverse and the heroes of Earth.  We peek in at all our heroes and are given short glimpses of the struggles which they will face in DC’s huge summer event.

For those unfamiliar with Crisis on Infinite Earths and Infinite Crisis this simple guide should get you quickly up to speed, but that’s not why you will buy it.

This one-shot sets up all the Final Crisis crossover events including Final Crisis: Legion of Three Worlds, Batman R.I.P., Green Lantern: Blackest Night, and more.  But that’s not why you should pick up this issue.

Included here is a short and ominous confrontation between Batman and the Joker, a short sequence involving Libra and the Secret Society, and the rise of a new threat on Themyscira.  But that’s not why you should purchase this issue.

Written by Grant Morrison and Geoff Johns with art by George Perez, Tony Daniel, J.G. Jones, Aaron Lopresti, Ivan Reis, Phillip Tan, and Carlos Pacheco it’s a montage of the DCU all for the incredibly low price of 50 cents.  But that’s not why you must have this issue.

The reason this single comic is a must have is for the title (which isn’t revealed until the final page), and the return of a classic DC hero who acts as narrator throughout the piece.  Yes folks, the rumors are true.  He’s back!

At 50 cents this issue is packed with enough to tease and tempt you to seriously look forward to DC’s big summer event.  It does everything you want a preview issue of this type to do.  Simply put, it’s a must-have.