Countdown to Infinite Crisis
這段日子我多把時間花在看美漫上，近視度數又深了。
但舊漫如此多，我到底要換多少副眼鏡才能讀完呢？
這次看的是DC第二次大事件，INFINITE CRISIS的前奏。其實我本想直接去看IC的，但我深明它有如此多countdown書籍，一來不看可惜，二來我不想邊看邊猜邊上wiki。
於是這次就看了其中一本countdown了。以下內容摘自DC Comics Database：
Twenty minutes ago, Blue Beetle breaks into a building office and begins working on a computer. On the computer he finds a file containing information about Batman, including his identity as Bruce Wayne. He calls Oracle.
Four days ago, Oracle tells Blue Beetle that the previous day someone siphoned 20 million of his money to several dummy corporations, nearly bankrupting him. One of the names on the receipts is O.M.A.C. She also tells him that someone is using his ATM card. Beetle goes to where his card is being used and finds Booster Gold. Beetle tells Gold about his problems and Gold suggests they go see Maxwell Lord. Lord says he'll look into things and Beetle tells Gold they need to go see Bruce Wayne. Gold leaves to shoot a commercial and Beetle goes to see Batman. Batman tells Beetle he'll look into it and Beetle leaves.
Back in the office building, Beetle is looking through the file he has found and sees Superman's secret identity as Clark Kent.
Three days ago, Beetle calls a group of superheroes to one of his warehouses that has been burglarized. Among the items taken is 100 pounds of Kryptonite. The other heroes leave and an hour later, still at the warehouse, Beetle is attacked by six laughing villains known as the Madmen.
Back in the office building, Beetle continues to pore through the file, finding Captain Marvel's secret identity.
Two days ago, Beetle and Gold are doing some computer hacking, trying to find the source of Beetle's money problems. Gold spells Beetle at the computer and a bomb explodes. Gold is wounded and is taken to the hospital. Beetle's scarab begins pulsating and he follows the pulses to a door that leads him to the hall of the wizard Shazam. Beetle has a cryptic meeting with Shazam, in which he learns nothing before being teleported away.
Beetle goes to get into his Beetle shaped ship and it explodes. Beetle's wounds are tended at the JLA Watchtower, where Wonder Woman questions him about his investigation. She asks him to keep her posted and leaves for the embassy. Beetle tells J'onn J'onzz about what is happening and J'onnz receives a distress call from Adam Strange that the planet Rann is under attack by Thanagarians. J'onzz leaves to help Strange.
Beetle teleports home and then goes to see Gold in the hospital. At the hospital, Beetle tells Gold he has found a transmitter in his goggles that someone has been using to keep tabs on Beetle. Gold tries to get out of the hospital bed to help his friend and faints. After seeing Gold put back into the bed, Beetle leaves.
Beetle backtracks the signal from the transmitter he found in his goggles to a fortified complex in the Swiss Alps. He sneaks into the complex and gains entry to an office in which he finds on a computer a file that contains the secret identities of numerous heroes around the world. Beetle opens the file on him that is on the computer and sees that he is marked as deceased. The office lights turn on and Beetle whirls to find himself facing Maxwell Lord and three guards. Lord tells Beetle that he is the King of the new Checkmate organization, whose purpose is to stop the metahumans around the world. The computer files on the screen, disappear and Lord rushes to the computer to see what Beetle has done to them. Beetle uses the opportunity to try and escape. An O.M.A.C. unit disarms Beetle and once he has been immobilized, Lord shoots him in the head, killing him.
故事的主角Blue Beetle，是個當時不太有名的DC二線英雄，在這次大事件中他率先發現到Maxwell Lord的不妥並因而犧牲。
作為DC最強大事件Crisis on Infinite Earths的續作，不死數個英雄可不夠危機感。然而死甚麼人才合適呢？最理想的當然是最有名氣的英雄了，但數量可不能太多，因為這可能會引起觀眾反彈，也不用把皇牌盡出；此外還要死一堆無關痛癢的二、三線英雄，這就完美了。
於是，在前傳中首先獻上生命的就是這一名二線人物，Blue Beetle了。這個沒有超級能力的英雄，定位跟Batman相似，都是靠智慧及高科技取勝。印象中Blue Beetle沒太多代表作，我也只記得他跟Booster Gold在Justice League International插科打諢。
說到這裡，我可為這號人物感到一點悲哀，這個人不就像一個縱使不斷努力都沒法大紅大紫的藝人嗎？只有在人生最後日子才能教人記住。但他也算是個幸運兒了，不少人連最後發光發亮機會都沒有。
既然本作是BB最終歷程，那就可以盡情發揮了。在本作中，BB被人鄙視、無視，卻憑著一人之力闖到Lord的秘密基地中，得知Lord的計劃：由普通人類從超能力者身上奮回控制權。Lord指早知道會有人調查到自己的計劃，不是Batman就是BB。他又指很賞識BB的能力，邀請他加入自己的陣營。最終BB寧死不從，Lord就一槍轟掉BB的頭了。
也許是BB在故事中不停的自嘲和英勇吧，我都有點同情他了。但他的死真的很有意義，先是側面交代了JL忙著應付不同的危機、Lord的陰謀和部署、OMAC的能力，這些都加強了讀者對IC的好奇和興趣。可是我還不能直接觀看IC，因為我要先看看Thanagar-Rann War。
我真的越來越期待Infinite Crisis了。
75分。
但舊漫如此多，我到底要換多少副眼鏡才能讀完呢？
這次看的是DC第二次大事件，INFINITE CRISIS的前奏。其實我本想直接去看IC的，但我深明它有如此多countdown書籍，一來不看可惜，二來我不想邊看邊猜邊上wiki。
於是這次就看了其中一本countdown了。以下內容摘自DC Comics Database：
Twenty minutes ago, Blue Beetle breaks into a building office and begins working on a computer. On the computer he finds a file containing information about Batman, including his identity as Bruce Wayne. He calls Oracle.
Four days ago, Oracle tells Blue Beetle that the previous day someone siphoned 20 million of his money to several dummy corporations, nearly bankrupting him. One of the names on the receipts is O.M.A.C. She also tells him that someone is using his ATM card. Beetle goes to where his card is being used and finds Booster Gold. Beetle tells Gold about his problems and Gold suggests they go see Maxwell Lord. Lord says he'll look into things and Beetle tells Gold they need to go see Bruce Wayne. Gold leaves to shoot a commercial and Beetle goes to see Batman. Batman tells Beetle he'll look into it and Beetle leaves.
Back in the office building, Beetle is looking through the file he has found and sees Superman's secret identity as Clark Kent.
Three days ago, Beetle calls a group of superheroes to one of his warehouses that has been burglarized. Among the items taken is 100 pounds of Kryptonite. The other heroes leave and an hour later, still at the warehouse, Beetle is attacked by six laughing villains known as the Madmen.
Back in the office building, Beetle continues to pore through the file, finding Captain Marvel's secret identity.
Two days ago, Beetle and Gold are doing some computer hacking, trying to find the source of Beetle's money problems. Gold spells Beetle at the computer and a bomb explodes. Gold is wounded and is taken to the hospital. Beetle's scarab begins pulsating and he follows the pulses to a door that leads him to the hall of the wizard Shazam. Beetle has a cryptic meeting with Shazam, in which he learns nothing before being teleported away.
Beetle goes to get into his Beetle shaped ship and it explodes. Beetle's wounds are tended at the JLA Watchtower, where Wonder Woman questions him about his investigation. She asks him to keep her posted and leaves for the embassy. Beetle tells J'onn J'onzz about what is happening and J'onnz receives a distress call from Adam Strange that the planet Rann is under attack by Thanagarians. J'onzz leaves to help Strange.
Beetle teleports home and then goes to see Gold in the hospital. At the hospital, Beetle tells Gold he has found a transmitter in his goggles that someone has been using to keep tabs on Beetle. Gold tries to get out of the hospital bed to help his friend and faints. After seeing Gold put back into the bed, Beetle leaves.
Beetle backtracks the signal from the transmitter he found in his goggles to a fortified complex in the Swiss Alps. He sneaks into the complex and gains entry to an office in which he finds on a computer a file that contains the secret identities of numerous heroes around the world. Beetle opens the file on him that is on the computer and sees that he is marked as deceased. The office lights turn on and Beetle whirls to find himself facing Maxwell Lord and three guards. Lord tells Beetle that he is the King of the new Checkmate organization, whose purpose is to stop the metahumans around the world. The computer files on the screen, disappear and Lord rushes to the computer to see what Beetle has done to them. Beetle uses the opportunity to try and escape. An O.M.A.C. unit disarms Beetle and once he has been immobilized, Lord shoots him in the head, killing him.
故事的主角Blue Beetle，是個當時不太有名的DC二線英雄，在這次大事件中他率先發現到Maxwell Lord的不妥並因而犧牲。
作為DC最強大事件Crisis on Infinite Earths的續作，不死數個英雄可不夠危機感。然而死甚麼人才合適呢？最理想的當然是最有名氣的英雄了，但數量可不能太多，因為這可能會引起觀眾反彈，也不用把皇牌盡出；此外還要死一堆無關痛癢的二、三線英雄，這就完美了。
於是，在前傳中首先獻上生命的就是這一名二線人物，Blue Beetle了。這個沒有超級能力的英雄，定位跟Batman相似，都是靠智慧及高科技取勝。印象中Blue Beetle沒太多代表作，我也只記得他跟Booster Gold在Justice League International插科打諢。
說到這裡，我可為這號人物感到一點悲哀，這個人不就像一個縱使不斷努力都沒法大紅大紫的藝人嗎？只有在人生最後日子才能教人記住。但他也算是個幸運兒了，不少人連最後發光發亮機會都沒有。
既然本作是BB最終歷程，那就可以盡情發揮了。在本作中，BB被人鄙視、無視，卻憑著一人之力闖到Lord的秘密基地中，得知Lord的計劃：由普通人類從超能力者身上奮回控制權。Lord指早知道會有人調查到自己的計劃，不是Batman就是BB。他又指很賞識BB的能力，邀請他加入自己的陣營。最終BB寧死不從，Lord就一槍轟掉BB的頭了。
也許是BB在故事中不停的自嘲和英勇吧，我都有點同情他了。但他的死真的很有意義，先是側面交代了JL忙著應付不同的危機、Lord的陰謀和部署、OMAC的能力，這些都加強了讀者對IC的好奇和興趣。可是我還不能直接觀看IC，因為我要先看看Thanagar-Rann War。
我真的越來越期待Infinite Crisis了。
75分。
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