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Final Crisis: Revelations (Final Crisis)
As a massive cosmic battle between good and evil rages across the DC Universe, a war of faith tests the might of the Spectre and the souls of humanity!
Darkseid, the malevolent New God has waged a brainwashing war against mankind, leaving the Spectre - God's embodiment of vengeance - to face off against the mad god's followers. Worshipping a religion based on crime, these d...more
Darkseid, the malevolent New God has waged a brainwashing war against mankind, leaving the Spectre - God's embodiment of vengeance - to face off against the mad god's followers. Worshipping a religion based on crime, these d...more
Hardcover, 168 pages
Published
August 11th 2009
by DC Comics
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Greg Rucka can do so much better than this. In fact, this might be the least successful thing that I've read by him. There are sparks of what made me enjoy his work in the past, mostly in the form of Renee Montoya, now working as The Question. But there's an awful lot of standing around talking in circles, and after awhile, it just gets dull. But the art is great, and the covers are gorgeous. (The one thing that the Final Crisis line has been blessed with is an awesome set of covers.) Really onl...more
Mar 26, 2011
Michael
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This has got to be one of the worst Greg Rucka books I've ever encountered. It's just so muddled throughout and at least 2 issues too long. The first issue is quite decent. Still muddled but there is a bit of a wow factor going on to distract from the incoherence. We've got two of the best characters from the GCPD in Crispus Allen and Renee Montoya - one dead and resurrected as the Spectre and the other resigned from the police department and now fighting crime as The Question. We've got Philip...more
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This is a spinoff of the 'Final Crisis' miniseries, and I tried to read it when it was coming out in issues but I had no idea what was going on b/c I wasn't reading 'Final Crisis.' Later on, I did read FC, but of course now I don't remember what happened in it. Oh well.
On the one hand, the art in this book is pretty atrocious, and the plot focuses on the character of the Spectre, who never made sense to me and still doesn't. On the other hand, writer Greg Rucka makes the best of it by using sig...more
On the one hand, the art in this book is pretty atrocious, and the plot focuses on the character of the Spectre, who never made sense to me and still doesn't. On the other hand, writer Greg Rucka makes the best of it by using sig...more
DC has generally "lost the plot" over the past few years. Their last big "crisis" was nearly incomprehensible... and this spinoff series, focuses on the mystical, divine Spectre and reveals that the classic DC villain, Vandal Savage, is actually the biblical Cain.
What?
Uhm... ok... whatever. Some of the art is beautiful, and Rucka tries to give the more down-to-earth Characters of The Question and Huntress a decent role, but it makes little sense, and only seems tangentially connected to the Fina...more
What?
Uhm... ok... whatever. Some of the art is beautiful, and Rucka tries to give the more down-to-earth Characters of The Question and Huntress a decent role, but it makes little sense, and only seems tangentially connected to the Fina...more
The book starts off slowly and a little confused (as opposed to confusing, though there's that, too). By the final two sections, the story's rolling really well, and Rucka's tale and religious meditations are quite effective.
There are a few strange storytelling glitches (particularly having the Huntress arrive somewhat randomly, apparently just to introduce a Catholic voice into the discussion).
The story does work well as a tie-in. It's not essential to understanding Final Crisis, but it does de...more
There are a few strange storytelling glitches (particularly having the Huntress arrive somewhat randomly, apparently just to introduce a Catholic voice into the discussion).
The story does work well as a tie-in. It's not essential to understanding Final Crisis, but it does de...more
I very much like Greg Rucka's writing. I very much like Gotham Central. I very much like The Question: Five Books of Blood. I very much like Batman & Huntress: Cry for Blood. This? This, the further adventures of Question and Huntress as written by Rucka? I don't like. At all. The character moments are few and far between, and the rest feels utterly meaningless; nothing in this makes me care about the events of Final Crisis.
I regret having read this, never mind having paid money for it.
I regret having read this, never mind having paid money for it.
Not quite what I was hoping for, but a reasonable redemption story. It was also cool to see where the book of Cain stuff was going. Maybe it's just that I've studied religion, but I didn't find myself as confused by the plot as some of the other GoodReads reviewers (and I'm not sure why people would read Spectre & complain about religion...would they read Green Lantern & complain about aliens?). I'd give it 3.5.
Lovely artwork but a tenuous link to the Final Crisis story arc and not at all interesting. The whole religious angle of the tale is insulting and pointless, although I suppose melding two types of fiction is not unknown...
The story is poorly told; the characters are uninteresting,the plot is all over the place and the Spectre who is a character I've enjoyed comes off as a whiny bitch, however it's good to see Renee Montoya's Question return so not all bad.
The story is poorly told; the characters are uninteresting,the plot is all over the place and the Spectre who is a character I've enjoyed comes off as a whiny bitch, however it's good to see Renee Montoya's Question return so not all bad.
Oct 27, 2010
Jerry Daniels
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2527602 In this episode of the Final Crisis series, the Crispus Allen returns as the Spectre, expecting to deliver punishment in God's name but learning his purpose for being is much grander than he'd ever known. Readers who believed the Spectre's purpose was limited, especially after reading of the character in the Countdown to Infinite Crisis series, will feel compelled to read and learn about his destiny as well as his fate. Kudos to DC Comics for injecting familiar yet lesser known character...more
The story of Spectre and Question's experiences during the Final Crisis. They watch as people near and dear to them, like Batwoman, succumb to the Justifiers. We also find out the backstory of both these current incarnations of Spectre and Question. The ending is nice, making this a good, but not great, graphic novel.
Man, I'm out of it. Since when did the Question become a girl... and when did she get involved in the whole Vandal Savage/Spectre/eternal beings part of the DC mythos?
You know what? I don't care - because this book isn't that well written & borders (more than once) on heretical nonsense.
Avoid.
You know what? I don't care - because this book isn't that well written & borders (more than once) on heretical nonsense.
Avoid.
Nice attempt by author Greg Rucka to reconcile religion within the DCU. With how, the Spectre, aka God's vengence, has been portrayed as either all-powerful or a near serial killer, it was nice to see Rucka try to redeem the character somewhat. No longer all-powerful, nor no longer killing in gruesome ways saying ti is God's will. Plus, and interesting take on Cain from the Bible.
A bit of a confusing one. The Spectre and the Question face off Cain of bible origin and meet Radient (mercy). If it was a bit clearer storyline it would be good. Great idea but badly explained.
Not as strong as some of the other Final Crisis spin-offs, but a nice continuation of the Question's plot paired with a very meaningful turning point for Crispus Allen.
i didn't really like the story or the artwork. The story was confusing, and a bit too religious for my taste.
the spectre is the lamest (well, one of many) superheroes. keep your religion out of my comics.
Painful.
Successful neither as a companion piece to Final Crisis nor an epilogue to Gotham Central. You could argue that a DC superhero comic was never going to be the best place for a theological musing, but Mark Millar's JLA spin-off Paradise Lost pissed all over Milton's. On the plus side, Revelations does feature an enjoyably gruesome demise for rapey Dr Light.
This comic, about the Spectre (a JLA member) uses common unfounded literal Biblical interpretation that is so silly I rate the writing as a 1, but the art is easily a 3. The Spectre is neat--for a somewhat horror character--but I would not be reading this if it did not tie into Final Crisis.
Mar 09, 2010
Federiken Masters
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No sé si me lo leeré cualquiera de estos días o voy a esperar a tener un poco más de trasfondo sobre El Espectro para mandarme entre sus páginas. Lo bueno es que está esperando ahí en la biblioteca hasta nuevo aviso.
Interesting story - VERY continuity-heavy. Probably would have been better if I had read more of the boos leading up this one. As it is - eh.
It was a decent book, but the whole "Final Crisis" book series has been lacking in my opinion.
May 05, 2013
Bjorn
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Greg Rucka, is an American comic book writer and novelist, known for his work on such comics as Action Comics, Batwoman: Detective Comics, and the miniseries Superman: World of New Krypton for DC Comics, and for novels such as his Queen & Country series.
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