Final Crisis Mass Market Paperback – November 29, 2011

Graphic Audio does it again with the movie in your mind. The Final Crisis is an excellent story that brings one of DCs most dangerous villains to Earth, DARKSEID! This story will take you to the edge of your seat and to edge of all reality (don't listen to this while you are on the bus or train, you will miss your stop!).

From start to finish this graphic novel really does become a "movie in your mind"! The story holds true to the comic book series and the narrators are spot on with their perspective characters!

I think after the disappointing Countdown, where Cox was hamstrung by the cast of characters in the story, he succeeded quite admirably in this adaptation of the Final Crisis miniseries.While short shrift is given to the events of the preceding Countdown, such as any bridges for the characters who featured in both books (like the Challengers of the Unknown and their vow to monitor the Monitors, yet they are absent from the opening of the book which had such repercussions later..., or how the evil New Gods were murdered in Countdown but somehow were able to possess human bodies in the meantime...), with marquee characters in Final Crisis, we have more action, bigger battles (think Jerry Bruckheimer on steroids), and more impact to the future of the DC universe.The book opens with a puzzling murder of Orion of the New Gods (strange, since supposedly _all_ the New Gods died in Countdown...), followed by the murder of a big-name founder of the Justice League, the return of a long-dead hero, and the corruption of the entire world being reborn in the image of Apokolips even as the possessing evil New Gods attempt to reincarnate Darkseid on Earth.There are twists and turns, but the mysteries only exist for those who've not read the comics. While Cox reveals much as he goes, those bits which are tantalizing for those reading this story for the first time are without their shock value for those of us who read the comics. Note that I did not allow this to affect my review. The effort Cox takes to include as much of the source material is admirable, and the gap-filling he delivers is also nice. The proofreading on this book was better than on some of the earlier DC books, with far fewer errors (and those were cases of a missing word here and there and not actual typos), made this one a joy to read.The story is cosmic and all-encompassing as far as the DC heroes and villains are concerned. It's a great read, but it might depress you if you aren't prepared for how far heroes can fall when preyed upon by an evil New God. We get to see how these New Gods fare against some of the stalwarts among the human pantheon of heroes, such as the fierce and initable willpower of Batman and the steadfast refusal to quit of the Green Lanterns. It's a knockdown-dragout fight nearly the entire way, and it's great to read it in this form.

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.

Great story, well told.

Don't read this book! Not only has it plot holes you can drive a truck through but it's depressing and nonsense.

A decent adaptation of a spectacular comic book epic. Not my first foray into novelizations of a major comic book story. Some are good and some are bad, this one is average at best. Not written by the same writer, but Greg Cox does a decent job in adapting this story. A fine compliment that can be given especially since the original story had several spinoffs and side stories involved. But it is still flawed, in fact, it is just as weak as the comic book.I am usually not a fan of multiverse stories, believing that the nearly infinite number of alternate worlds is too cluttered and full of information that becomes irrelevant to the story of the main universe. But over time I have gotten quite used to certain stories, some of which I have enjoyed greatly. In this case, the multiverse is watched or monitored by beings that are responsible for its well-being, for there are always powerful beings out to destroy or conquer a universe. But in this case, one such powerful being in his quest to rule his universe will end up destroying the entire multiverse.A comic book story known as the Death of the New Gods has transpired to lead to the prophecy of the end of the New Gods and the conquest of the New God Darkseid. Having spent so long searching for the Anti-Life Equation that will allow him total control of the universe he ends up discovering the secret as a powerful being ended up destroying all the New Gods. Yet somehow, Darkseid manages to survive and unleash his plans for universal domination by claiming the planet Earth where he wages war on his enemies, the Justice League. Bringing forward his disciples to subjugate and destroy his enemies all the while they fight back some dying, while others fall to his sway, as others manage to fight on.All things considered, this is not as bad as the adaptation of Crisis of Infinite Earths - avoidable at all costs I might add. But it is not as good as Infinite Crisis which was only slightly better. This story still takes the histories of the previous universe as well as certain extensions of the plot that were absent from the graphic novels. It is still pretty chaotic and lives up to why I avoid Multiverse stories.Thankfully, Greg Cox sets this story with a multitude of characters and does what he can to stick to some of the important parts. Even if the whole point of the Multiverse involvement was a bit contrived.This adapts the Final Crisis graphic novel, but they either should have been more thorough mentioning the Death of the New Gods storyline better if not outright create a Death of the New Gods novel.The adaptation is chaotic with only a few good moments that show the thoughts of some of the heroes that fight, die, or even better come back to life.All things considered, this is okay but it’s not like the Death of Superman, Knightfall, and Kingdom Come novelizations. But this was not a great story to adapt in the first place. They should have done one for the Blackest Night or even Flashpoint instead.

I have been dying to read this! Such a great read!! I'm so happy to have this in my collection!

This novel is incredible and it honours the graphic novel. It is a wonderful adaption and the story keeps you on the edge of your seat.

Didn't read the reviews, IT'S NOT A COMIC BOOK but a bloody novel. Who the hell wants to read a comic in novel format?