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Darkseid has unleashed the forces of Apokolips on Earth. Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and the Justice League of America remain humanity's only hop against the darkness.
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GREG COX is The New York Times bestselling author of numerous books and short stories. Besides the novelizations of 52 and INFINITE CRISIS, he has also written books and stories based on such popular series as ALIAS, BATMAN, BUFFY, DAREDEVIL, FARSCAPE, GHOST RIDER, IRON MAN, ROSWELL, SPIDER-MAN, STAR TREK, UNDERWORLD, XENA, X-MEN, and ZORRO.
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3.6 out of 5 stars (8 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Epic, Well Told, Nov 7 2010
By This Reader - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Final Crisis (Paperback)
This is an epic, fantastic story that is very well told and is actually better than the source material it is based upon.Cox has taken the entire Final Crisis story and made it into one well intergrated tale that is far better paced and far more coherent than the original comic.
The origianal Final Crisis was written by a great writer--Grant Morrison--and had fantastic art, but the story was badly paced, had weak transistions between scenes, contained dialogue that was hard to follow (and often left readers feeling like they'd missed a few lines that would have cleared things up), did very little to try to explain what was happening, heavily referenced parts of the story Morrison was telling in other books without doing anything to explain those parts of the story (or even where they were being told), did little to introduce characters or histories that were important for the reader to know, never explained much of anything, and devolved into an experiment in abstract, non-linear, meta-story telling with multiple interpretations and even internal contradictions.
Greg Cox mentions in his introduction that he researched many fansites and Wikipedia to read detailed analysis of the original series in order to peice together the whole story, and his novelization truly lets the story shine.
This version of the story felt more immersive to me and truly felt epic and oppressive. The threat felt more defined, and the hopelessness seemed more real. This version introduced characters and situations better, was able to reveal character motivations to make dialogue more coherent, referenced the things readers needed to know, incorporated the Batman RIP and Superman Beyond issues of the story needed to make the overall story make sense, and put the non-linear, abstract, and even self contradicting final part of the story into a coherent framework that was easily understood while still remaining just as large scale and amazing.
I honestly had not realized how good of a story Final Crisis was until I read this novelization of it. It's a shame that the comic--despite it's fantastic art--didn't come off as well.
I usually don't find adaptions as good as the original--whether it's book to comic or comic to book--but in this case the adaption actually surpasses the original and is the definitive version of the story to me.
5 of 7 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
terrific rendition, July 8 2010
By Harriet Klausner - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Final Crisis (Paperback)
The war of the Gods is over after eons of lethal combat; Darkseid and his evil Apokolips horde are victorious. His next step now that he defeated the defenders is to employ the Anti-life destruction of free will in order to take charge of earth, the key to controlling the Multiverse. Once he succeeds on this, which is inevitable as only the embattled JLA remains to stop him, eternal darkness will be everywhere.While tracking down six missing children, ex cop Dan "Terrible" Turpin meets dying New God Orion, who warns him that "he's in all of you!" Confused and upset, Turpin ends up at a Command bunker in devastated Bludhaven. As the Anti-Life turns millions into Darkseid minions, supervillain Libra murders a member of the Justice League, which enables him to claim leadership of the Society of Super-Villains. The Green Lanterns investigate the murder of Orion leading to a new hope with the rebirthing of a dead superhero, but Superman is trapped in a non future and Batman is a prisoner. It will take a miracle to save the universe, but none seem forthcoming.
With homage and awe to the late great Jack Kirby and his Fourth World mythos, Greg Cox provides a terrific rendition of the wonderful Final Crisis (comic books are well written too; thanks to my spouse a big comic book fan). With seemingly every DC characters making at least a cameo appearance in "It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" and multiverse, Final Crisis is actually a simplistic tale of superheroes and others willing to go out (not in a blaze of glory as the victors write the history books) to fight overwhelming evil that has won eternity. Mr. Cox does a fabulous novelization of the classic miniseries as even down to the final flicker, goodness refuses to quit.
Harriet Klausner
5.0 out of 5 stars
FINAL CRISIS by Greg Cox, Feb 27 2012
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Another DC Comics shake-up. Story actually has a surprise or two and Greg Cox does justice to the comics and graphic novels. I've been a comic fan for years and I'm becoming a fan of Greg's work. He's penned fiction and media tie-ins for other properties. If he's not an avid fan of them all then he must really do his homework for every piece. I would recommend this for new and veteran readers alike.
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