Every emotional beat is handled with care, and seeing how the young sidekicks stay positive in the face of total annihilation is admirable, even as Black Adam disagrees. Read Full Review

Dark Crisis On Infinite Earths #5 feels like the series is coming together. Williamson has built something really intriguing so far, and this issue makes one appreciate it even more. Sampere and Sanchez are doing brilliant work with the art, and Napolitanos letters bring the dialogue to life so well. This event is a DC lovers dream. Read Full Review

Joshua Williamson and Daniel Sampere make sure the pieces come together amid a significant reveal. The heroes rally after the JSA inspired, but evil comes closer to bringing doom. This issue will leave you super excited for what is to come, and I can't wait for next month! Read Full Review

As we approach the last act of this event, things are falling into place for one hell of a final showdownbut surprisingly this issue feels like the ones before it, in terms of it being very character-focused. Read Full Review

Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths #5 releases what has been building the entire event. There have been confrontations, battles, and showdowns before, with huge amounts of damage done to the heroes and their community. But there was always a sense that a battle that dwarfed those skirmishes was coming. And here it is with the fate of a universe in the balance... with the nature of this comic, there is possibly something even bigger around the corner. Read Full Review

Wear a neckbrace for this one, folks, because this ride is wild. Read Full Review

Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths#5 is an event comic that should be a slam dunk, and in many ways is on paper, but without a clear resonate core, ends up feeling like a hollow series of amazing images on the page. With two issues left in the main title, Im willing to admit everything could fall into place and reveal that missing piece, but based on the first five issues, that seems unlikely. That doesnt mean this book should be ignored, as Sampere and Snchezs work on this book is some of the best work delivered from DC in recent years, which is a testament to the companys output for art has been top notch. This comic andJudgment Dayfrom Marvel are proof that for many it's not even fatigue that kills momentum for a massive story, but the underlying message, or lack thereof. Read Full Review

Sampere delivers visually on the serious and sometimes uplifting tone of the story. They complement each other well.  Read Full Review

The last few issues of Dark Crisis have all been slightly better than the one before it, and this is the best issue to date, though slightly hampered by a stumble at the end. Read Full Review

I liked many of the moments here and have spotlighted my favorites here. But I don't know if I quite truly grasp what is happening. Perhaps that ups the ante? Anything is possible? Read Full Review

This was another strong issue in terms of the writing and art, but it did feel like it was treading the same ground as the last issue. A few bits of plot advancement, a little talking, but again constant reminders of the overwhelming odds against our heroes. I enjoyed it, but I wanted more, I wanted to see the story push forward more. I guess the pacing has to factor in the one-shots, so I wont blame Williamson too much. Samperes art was, as always, perfect for this book. It all looked gorgeous.Darkness on the edge of the Multiverse is now darkness across the Multiverse. Red skies, Earths dying, mass battles for the future. Read Full Review

Dark Crisis On Infinite Earths #5 moves this event forward into its final stages. The way we get there is not the cleanest but when it comes to giving fans moments to get hyped for what happens next Joshua Williamson and Daniel Sampere deliver big. Read Full Review

Its like when movie companies say that fans wont watch a three-hour movie because its too long. So, they trim it down, cut critical parts, and make a far worse movie. Williamsons story just screams that right now. There appears to be way too much that fans arent seeing which is causing a ton of nonsense thats completely unnecessary if given the appropriate amount of space to share the story. Let me know what you think, have a great week, and God Bless! Read Full Review

While you do get a little bit more about Pariah's goals and the feeling that we're finally in a Crisis, it comes off as a lot of repeat of what we've already dealt with for the majority of the book. Yeah, we get a great cliffhanger and some excellent art but ultimately I felt that there wasn't much new to this new issue.6.8/10 Read Full Review

It's more controlled and contained than something like Death Metal, but it's also less imaginative. Dark Crisis has been promoted as everything a fan could want, and my biggest worry isn't that it's a lie. Read Full Review

I really enjoyed this. Great art, action, and this finally feels like a crisis event. Although this feels redundant it still feels entertaining.

8.5 I'm being generous but Dark Crisis managed to intrigue me. It's a bit of a repetitive race and this issue doesn't escape the flaw of trying to explain everything at the expense of the action. I think the whole thing suffers from a pacing problem and would have benefited from tightening up the plot more. So many issues for so little to show gives the impression of a lame story. That said, it's finally moving along here and now that all the players are clearly aware of what's at stake, we may see some real fight scenes in the next issue. The art is always great. I just wish they would stop treating the Titans like children. They haven't been for a while. It would be nice if they won the battle without the "big guys" "their parents" !!! I'll be there for the sequel but a little more nerves would be nice. more

It wasn't bad at all, but a bit too rush.

It doesn’t feel like a “Crisis” event, but the pencils are good and I’m interested enough.

There are some moments I really liked, and the art is good. However, a lot of the remaining heroes are former Justice League and are adults. The idea that only kids or legacy characters are left behind doesn’t work. Nightwing, while the first sidekick, is one of the most experienced heroes in the DCU, has led multiple teams, and has been an adult solo hero for years/decades. Having multiple characters call him some variation of kid is just annoying. Vixen is also not a kid or sidekick, nor are various other characters. In fact, some characters that are shown were in the JL, but not the Titans, which makes the rallying cry confusing. (Speaking of, where’s Tempest?) I’m guessing a Titans book will be coming out of this event, but this just seems like an odd framing. There’s a lot of focus on group names instead of just rallying heroes to battle villains, which is more what I thought this issue was intending based on Oracle’s direction to call at the beginning. more

So far this series felt more like a regular Justice League story, not a Crisis, after the last issue it seemed that this would change. Not the case unfortunately. The scale of the battles feels small and rushed. This is supposed to be about legacy but all we get is some cheap fanservice. It lacks a real argument about legacy heroes, instead it just goes "hey, look, the young heroes look cool". Also, this issue also was hyped as the return of the Justice League, which is horrible for a story about legacy, in my opinion. Some of this event is feeling like an Walking Dead ep, something insane happens at the end, to hook you up for the next ep, but then, nothing happens, people just talk and in the end another crazy thing happens. Last issued ended with the return of the infinite earths, today's issue should open with the insanity something like this should bring but we get stuff that should be at the begging of a story like this, like heroes being recruted. And again, nothing original. The return of the infinite earths? We got that years ago in another sequel for crisis on infinite earths, infinite crisis. Again, the art is amazing and at least the plot is rolling but it feels so empty. What is the point of this besides events with crisis on the name making easy money? more

Weak, I hope that in the end Rose is important, not just a minion.

It's time to put a stop to these "crisis" events. To only give us fan-service and the same story, again and again.

Uninteresting and boring

The worst issue. For so many reasons. First, why Williamson needs to explain everything to us? The plot treat us like we were dumbs, its frustrating. And yea, is the fifht issue of seven, and there are like 13 pages of nothing and so many script. Also, this is not legacy, the 90% of the characters in the ''Titans'' page doesnt even have any series or comic. Why's blue beetle a legacy character, for example? And where's Jace Fox as the new batman? And who's the new character? I say it again, fifht issues, and nothings happening. Pariah still show up like 1 secong, and the fake world's thing is absurd, why everyone scape so easily? They even rescued wonder woman OUTSIDE OF THE PAGES. She appears suddenly in the world of superman. And the action is just empty pages. Like I said, worst issue. So far. more

Josh Williamson might have just written some of the worst dialogue I have ever read in a cape comic before. Literally nothing has happened throughout all 5 of these issues. What a disappointment.

By far the worst Crisis yet.