Getting all the future DC

Although I've never really felt the need to get every issue of any comics crossover, I have recently been snapping up issues of the DC 1 Million tie-ins when I see them. I got the basic four-issue limited series at the time, because Morrison JLA was the best JLA, but only ever bought a handful of the issues that crossed over to the 853rd century.

I'm getting them now partly because the late 90s is a fascinating time in DC history, the post-Crisis glow definitely fading, and the whole universe trying new directions every six months, looking for a way forward (they would eventually go the road of Geoff Johns, for better or for worse).

Now I can pick up the couple of dozen tie-in issues on the cheap, and they're a lot of fun, with some terrific art and crazy stories. The issues that hold up best are the ones that grab a slice of future living and have little to do with the uber-plot, although it's nice to finally understand what the deal with Lois Lane's DNA at the end was all about.

They're not the greatest comics in the world, and are already incredibly dated for comics from the far, far future, but even the idea that there will still be a far, far future for all of us is deeply heartening.