It’s like this company is running the same scam on us over and over again, hoping we won’t notice the grift when they give it a new coat of paint– Does anyone think this explanation of hypertime was any good? Because to me, this a clunky and rushed exposition dump to trick us into caring about whatever the hell Geoff Johns has planned next, now that he’s back in the DC Comics playground. Not only is this level of one-upmanship getting ridiculous, but it doesn’t even make much sense. The next page has Dr Baxter launching into a long-winded explanation of hypertime, immediately after dismissing the previous crises that were once seen as the be-all and end-all. The baffling thing, however, is the lack of self-awareness about it all. I might be offended if I gave a fuck about any of it.

Like Infinite Frontier before it, DC hasn’t even washed their hands of the previous event before diminishing it to lift up the next “big bad” of their grand, ultimate story. Not that any of this recap is shocking, but the way it’s delivered feels almost impetuous. Really! The opening literally spoils how Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths concludes, so… spoilers, I suppose!

I can’t in good conscience spend an entire review trashing Dark Crisis, and not subject you to the same scrutiny when you carry the same issues.įlashpoint Beyond #5 opens on a perversely funny scene, when it wastes no time in completely poo-poohing the entirety of Dark Crisis in the first three panels. You had me for a while here, but now you’re really losing me.

Flash point beyond 5