
Allen eventually learns that this alternative world was created by his nemesis, Professor Zoom (the Reverse-Flash).įlashpoint's mystery elements keep the narrative moving quickly, as Zoom's chicanery is eventually discovered and exposed. Bruce Wayne is dead and his father Thomas is operating as Batman the Teen Titan Cyborg was the universe's chief hero and Superman was being help in captivity by the government. Flashpoint, which consists of a number of tie-ins and a five-part miniseries by Geoff Johns, with art by Andy Kubert, opens with Barry Allen/Flash waking up in a universe where everything is dramatically different. President Barack Obama – come together to save the universe.ĭC's last major event before its New 52 reshuffling of the deck in 2011, Flashpoint is a fun throwback to the days of the company's Imaginary Stories. The event also features one of the most wild endings you'll find in comics, when dozens of Supermen from across the Multiverse – including one that is based off of U.S. But Final Crisis is probably best known for its showdown between Batman and Darkseid which ends with the presumed death of the Dark Knight. The event focuses on Darkseid, who after tumbling through time, lands on Earth and begins to destroy the Multiverse. For the purposes of this list, let's split the difference and celebrate what it does right while also acknowledging that those readers who don't view the world of comic books through Morrison's one-of-a-kind prism might have a difficult time catching all of the references and minutia buried throughout the seven-part miniseries and its numerous tie-ins. If you’ve just now discovered that Black Adam is getting his own movie, perhaps you need this guide to everything you want to know about this month’s big screen extravaganza.Another event that fans either loved or hated, 2008-09's Final Crisis, which was written by Grant Morrison, has both been praised as a mind-blowingly unique comic book crossover and derided as a bunch of unreadable gobbedlygook. Trying to make peace and compliment Marvel and smoothing a path to a future collaboration… Maybe this really will end up being a new era for DC movies after all. “And I love those guys, they’re all my friends, and they are largely responsible for the economic drive of our business for almost two decades. What they’ve done is incredible, what Kevin Feige has done is incredible,” he said in response. “As we build out the DC Universe, ushering in this new era of the DC Universe, that to me is not my lead foot, is not my goal, to take a bite out of Marvel. Anything can happen with the right people and place, and the right leadership, having the right conversations.”Įven though Black Adam is a DC movie, and one that features no small number of cameos from pre-existing DC characters, as well as the much-hyped cinematic debut of the Justice Society characters, Variety’s question wasn’t the only time that Johnson faced questions about Marvel, including the Associated Press asking if he was looking to “take a bite out of Marvel” with the new project. I truly believe that anything can happen. And then if they do, then let’s create it. Let’s get a temperature gauge if they’d like to see something like that.

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And if the end goal is to have some sort of crossover that can be compelling, smart, cool for the fans. I’d like to think that we would see that,” Johnson told Variety.
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It’s apparently not just the hierarchy of power in the DC Universe that’s going to change now that Dwayne Johnson has joined the DC family with the upcoming release of Black Adam - the star (and producer) of the upcoming movie also seems to be opening the door for a potential multiversal (and multi-company) crossover, as well.Īt Wednesday’s red carpet premiere of Black Adam in New York, Johnson was asked about the possibility of a crossover between DC and Marvel’s cinematic universes - and he didn’t shut the idea down entirely.
