The Final Nightby Jennifer M. ContinoReviews may contain information that could be considered 'spoilers'. Readers should proceed at their own risk.
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Credits Grade: 8 The Sun Eater is coming and the Earth is about to undergo another Ice Age, unless the world's greatest heroes can save the Sun.An epic battle with a presumed unstoppable evil that resulted in villains fighting for what was right, heroes doubting their worth, and a supposedly ultimate evil attempting redemption, The Final Night was one of the most controversial stories of 1998. An emotionally charged four-part series that crossed into most of the DCU titles and left hardly any hero unscathed. This TPB collects: The Final Night Preview, The Final Night # 1-4, and Parallax: Emerald Night #1. What is a Sun Eater you ask? Well, basically, it is something that "eats" suns. And, let's face it, without a sun ... what are we? Not much really ... dead. That's what faces our heroes, the end of life as we know it, thanks to the obliteration of our Sun. What a terrible predicament for our world to be in. How can you stop something that eats suns for breakfast, lunch, and dinner? Especially when one of your strongest heroes is solar powered and is rendered inert once the Sun is blotted out. What can a Batman or even a Flash hope to do if Superman is powerless? In the wake of all the natural disasters films of that point in time, I think The Final Night was a realistic threat that a world with superpowered beings would be forced to face. After all tornadoes, floods, volcanoes, even asteroids, those aren't much to omnipotent beings; however something that eliminates the power of some of the most powerful ... how would you combat that? It was a masterful evil taken from the pages of the original Legion of Superheroes and spun in a different light by Ron Marz and Karl Kesel. They accurately portrayed the wide range of human emotions and the gauntlet that our heroes were put through. I was impressed with the way they utilized certain characters and gave depth and dimension to ones that most thought of as toss-away or worse. The struggle when faced with Armageddon or certain death is one that everyone — powers or not — can appreciate. If you're in the mood to see our heroes reacting to a different kind of threat than the visible "evil" they usually face, then The Final Night is the TPB for you! Written: May 16, 2002
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