Justice League: Final Crisis
Rating: Average 6.88 / 10
Alternative: Final Crisis
Author(s): Grant Morrison
Artist(s): J.G. Jones
Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Superhero
Type: Comic
Release: July 2008 - March 2009
Status: Finished
Plot Summary:
What happens when evil wins? That's the question Superman, Batman, the Justice League and every being in the DCU have to face when Darkseid and his otherworldly legion of narcissistic followers actually win the war between light and dark. Featuring the deaths and resurrections of major DC characters, Final Crisis is more than your average multi-part event - it's a deconstruction of Super Hero comics and a challenging, thought-provoking take on the modern, four-color icons..
Reviews
Rating: ★★★★★
"Final Crisis (FC) was - and probably still is - a very polarising story. However, love it or hate it, it undeniably remains one of the most ambitious comic book stories ever produced. Few stories have the scope and the stakes of FC, and off the top of my head I can think only of the epic Seven Soldiers maxi-series and The Multiversity, both maybe-not-so-coincidentally books by Grant Morrison. FC is a book you can read multiple times and still find something new in it, there is just so much packed into it. And the Absolute treatment (thick, oversized pages, slipcase, and an assortment of bonus features, not to mention brand-new story pages) is just fantastic! "
Rating: ★★★★☆
"Like all of these epic crossovers, not for the novices. A good read if into the illustrious Grant Morrison, such as their 90s JLA, continuing into the continuity clusterf*ck that is the 21st Century DC. Post-Infinite Crisis, but a more linear story (even though there's some weird non-linear stuff--it is Morrison). The whole end of the world, this time focusing on Darkseid and Kirby's New Gods but the Seven Soldiers versions. It may not have been the last of the Crises, but it was the climax of the Batman RIP and Superman Beyond was awesome too. Nobody does DC cosmic like Grant!"