harleyquinnhawkgirl's Justice League of America #48 - The Dark Things: Part 5; Cyborg & Red Tornado in Cogs part 3 review

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    All dark things must come to an end.

    Story: It is the end of Dark Things. It is Alan, Obsidian/Jade versus JLA and JSA. Power Girl and Supergirl are with Mr. Terrific. Mr. Terrific discovers that the starheart has been working through the sun and that is why Power Girl and all the metas and humans were affected by it. Dr. Mid-Nite returns the gem to Starman. The battle rages on with the teams and then all of a sudden something happens to Obsidian/Jade. The separate and Jade becomes a white lantern. Jade is told by the white lantern to balance the darkness and her objective is complete and her life is returned. Obsidian still feels the urge to combine with Jade and Kyle must get him away from her. Dick figures out that the starheart is afraid of Jade. Once she returned it got startled and awoken. She can absorb the energy and it will save Alan. So Jade absorbs the energy from the starheart and Alan is saved. Everything seems to be fine. At the end Supergirl is flying around Metropolis and in a reflection on a building a black lantern form of her is seen.
    Writing: This was a solid conclusion. I like how they solved everything.
    Characters: The use of the characters was pretty good. A lot were used more than others but that's what's gonna happen when you have two teams in a comic.
    Dialogue: There wasn't much to the dialogue. It was okay.
     
    Art: Pretty good.
    Cover: I like the whole idea of the stretch cover from issue to issue but I feel that this issue's cover should have been Jennie and Alan.
    Penciling: I like the penciling but it did get lazy on the characters.
    Coloring: Pretty good.
     
    My favorite scene!
    It was definitely when Jennie turned into the white lantern. It was so cool to see her objective complete and that she is now alive for good.
     
    Reasons to and not to pick up.
    Reasons to pick up: This was a solid conclusion with some good art.
    Reasons not to pick up: I wasn't really amazed with this issue. I thought more would happen. The art could be better. Some characters are not used nearly as much as others.
    Verdict: Pick it up. 4 out of 5.

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