Crisis on Infinite Earths: Every DC Comics event ranked worst to best
By Scott Brown
13. Event Leviathan
Who is destroying every intelligence agency in the DC universe and why is he doing it?
There are so many great detectives in the DC universe, but they so often don’t get the play that they deserve. Event Leviathan attempts to rectify that and, for the most part, doesn’t a solid job. This is a compelling mystery that touches on many facets of DC and pairs characters who often aren’t paired together.
However, the series doesn’t end on the strongest note as it is very anti-climactic. The identity of Leviathan makes sense and provides some very strong themes, but there is no true resolution to the series.
12. Brightest Day
12 heroes and villains have come back from the dead, but for what purpose? A mysterious White Lantern has plans for them beyond simply providing them a new life.
Following up Blackest Night is seemingly an impossible feat and was that would surely disappoint in some ways. Surprisingly though, Brightest Day manages to live up to its potential in most ways. In a series that focuses on several different stories, it manages to make most interesting and compelling, while also using the individual stories to build on the larger one. Probably the most compelling part of the series is Deadman’s, a character that is rarely interesting, yet is made so in this story. Even though Deadman’s is the most compelling though, fans of Aquaman, Hawk & Dove, Hawkman & Hawkgirl, and Martian Manhunter won’t be disappointed.
During the last couple of issues, the story begins to fall flat as the overarching story doesn’t come together all that well. The ideas presented are interesting, but don’t come fully to an emotional punch that one might expect from a 24-issue series like this.