Slouching towards New Earth - Infinite Crisis #6
Touchdown
⋅ Writers: Geoff Johns ⋅ Pencilers: Phil Jimenez / George
Continued from Infinite Crisis #5
We start with a slightly freaked-out Blue Beetle taking Batman's crew into space, onboard the Bug, with Booster trying and failing to calm down Jaime, so badly that Batman, BATMAN!, points it out (he's trying okay). In a weird opening, we have a call back to Hal and Ollie's Hard Travelling heroes days, as Hal is apparently whistling Take me out to the Ball Game, as multiple Earths crash into each other. It's weird if it's about the chaos outside, less so if it's about life going on regardless (Hal's looking forward to the new season, I don't know as he might as well be talking martian!). Anyway, the Scarab reveals Brother Eye, and a wave of OMACs head toward the craft.
Back on Earth-2, the two Superman make peace, with our Superman giving his condolences over Lois and mentioning if they're much the same he understands how he misses her! Wonder Woman then mentions there's still time to make amends and the two say they have faith in their Earth because it still has faith in them. Before wondering which Earth is there Earth.
Meanwhile, we get a two-page splash of a multitude of Earths, each getting a splash panel before Alexander takes two of them and just smooshed them together. This creates an amazing-looking Aztec world, which not being what he's looking for he just destroys. Whilst all the mystical characters gather at Stonehenge to summon the Specter to find out what's going on, which doesn't go well as the Specter destroys Star Sapphire out of hand.
Nightwing, Conner and Wonder Girl have been using there time more productively finding the tower where Alexander's has been doing his work from, Conner, who unlike some must consider Power Girl family, bats away Psycho Pirate who's perving on her, whilst Alexander sticks OMAC on the three Titan's. Whilst at the same time Batman's team is fighting Brother Eye in space. Black Lightening and Mister Terrific take the lead once inside, with Brother Eye stupidly trying to take Black Lightening out with electricity!
Whilst this is going on Alexander decides to smoosh Earth-2 with another Earth, which does very bad things to the three heroes on the planet (if the JSA are there it's not really covered here). The two Supes and Wonder Woman are saved by the space-bound heroes, attacking Alexander's giant space hand, the attack saves the planet but some of the heroes seem to disappear!
This distraction was enough for the Titans to free the heroes from the tower, and we finally get Power Girl back, going straight for Alexander. It's a little fuzzy as to what happens next as one minute she's zapping him with laser eyes, the next she's chastising Black Adam to poking Psycho Pirate's eyes out through his mask and Alexander is up to other stuff. But we don't have time for that as Superboy-Prime is here to fight the assembled heroes.
Batman gets to the core control room of Brother Eye and with a little help from Mister Terrific takes down the satellite, whilst Conner fights again against Superboy-Prime. In the fight, the two Superboys crash into the tower causing it to explode! This apparently stops the multiple Earths to happen, creating a new Earth-Prime!
Conner is found in the wreckage by Wonder Girl, and he apparently dies in her arms as we end the issue with this Superboy surrounded by the two Superman's, Batman, Nightwing, and Wonder Woman..
Thing get a little messy here and there, obviously things got a little lost with all the artists, but most of the storylines get nicely tied together, with a little bit left over for the final issue!
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