Sorry I am a bit behind with everyone else. Finally got the last issue of the big DC event, and only one word comes to mind.....no make that two:

Major Disappointment.

Look we've all talked about how this event is going to bleed into Brightest Day and 'this isn't the end' type of finale. I'm sorry but to me I find that very inexcusable. Events should have a beginning and an end. Not; 'A beginning but we won't truly end it until ANOTHER story finishes it completely.' If the point of this story was just to bring us into Brightest Day and not stop the ultimate evil then that's a major problem.

Nekron never felt like a believable villain nor did I ever feel he had a chance. Sure the White Light (or 'Entity') was a bit of a factor in this, but it felt so ham-fisted to force Hal and the other heroes as the White Lantern Corps. They decimate Nekron and bring back Black Hand to life without any problems. It felt rushed is what I'm saying. Hell I don't even know what happened to Black Hand. Is he alive or dead? Cause it doesn't make sense that he's suddenly an Indigo Lantern. Then there's the revival of the heroes/villains. To me it doesn't make sense why those characters were ressurected and not anyone else. Don't say 'Dead is Dead' (ala Lost) and tell me it's perminant now. If that's the case then no one should be coming back. Where's the Dibneys, the other fallen heroes and villains, where's The Turtle? Seriously Geoff Johns does very little to explain any of this and it just felt lazy to include these characters and new philsophy onto the DCU. You know other writers are going to break this rule, so why introduce such a ridiculous concept?

Yes I'm happy to see Aquaman, Martian Manhunter, Maxwell Lord, and others. But if they were brought back just to make sure Johns can continue his story then it's lazy writing. It all feels hollow and no eloquence was made with their return. Just a flashy four page spread and somewhat of a reunion. Nothing felt real, dangerous, or even a tiny threat to the heroes. It just happened.

I'm not even going to get into Ivan Reis and his amazing, fantastical pencils. He doesn't deserve any of the hate I have for this issue right now. The one constant was his beautiful work and if that gatefold design doesn't get him an Eisner then something is wrong with the industry.

I knew this was going to happen the moment Sinestro was going to be a White Lantern. I just somehow felt it that Johns was going to rush this to make it continue in Brightest Day. That is the biggest problem with me here. This doesn't feel like a finale or end; this felt like an opening act. The big story is going to continue in Brightest Day and I don't like that. I want Brightest Day to have a seperate storyline or disconnect from Blackest Night. Not just be a continuation. They say there are 26 issues of Brightest Day, I disagree. There are 34 if you count these issues of this event. Cause this wasn't an event, it was a prelude to something else. That's why I have to score it so low because it just was a rushed and jumbled mess to end an otherwise great idea.