'The Sovereigns: The End Of The World' by Ray Fawkes with art by Johnny Desjardins is an epic story about the end of the world and the heroes who stand in the way.

The story is set over a series of different times. When Turok is presumed dead, Magnus tries to find out what happened along with Doctor Spektor and space being Solar. But things are about to get worse, before they get better.

The problem is that this "reboot" follows pretty close on the heels of another similar one. It seems they can't figure out what to do with these characters. Also, this plot is a pretty epic end of everything story, but it was hard to feel all that invested. The art was pretty good, at least.

I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Dynamite Entertainment, Diamond Book Distributors, and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.

I did not find anything in this comic that would have me following it over my normal purchases. Good story and good art but nothing that separates it from the pack.

A reboot of a reboot. The last time we saw the Gold Key characters was in Gold Key: Alliance where they all were rebooted. Now we get another miniseries where they are rebooted again. The characters fight a losing battle against The Nothing from The Neverending Story, at least that's what it reminded me of. Then there's some nonsensical element where in the future Samson is gathering keys out of the Gold Key characters' skulls. It makes absolutely no sense, which isn't surprising since this is written by one of the most obtuse writers in comics, Ray Fawkes. I get the same out of his writing as I do repeatedly hitting myself in the head with a shovel.

A mostly enjoyable comic. It definitely made me interested in the characters.

Hmmm… Never has a book been so mislabelled as this one, given the subtitle 'Book One'. It surely should be 'Book Last', and that's where it falls down, in that all it really is a slate-cleaner, a reboot. (Well, that and the very sub-Iron Man that is the hero here). As a result it's never going to be brilliant, and isn't – especially if you don't know any of the characters there is a chance you will struggle, and the ending is a bit dodgy, to say the least. Still, I must give it some kudos – I have already read the first of the rebooted Magnus titles, and it's great, great fun, so fingers crossed all the new publications can be equally good. Three and a half stars for these pages, however, for only being average ways to get there.

*** 2.5/5 ***

I believe this is the last in a series, which I didn't realize at the time. So, I was really confused with what all was going on. And the back and forth in the timeline.

Regardless, this turned out to be not my kind of graphic novel. I did appreciate the artwork.

The Sovereigns: End of the Golden Age is futuristic and dark. The Sovereigns once came together to save the world now someone is taking them out one by one. The only way to once again save the world may require the ultimate sacrifice from a member. The end gives previews to new beginnings for the characters. The art is very dramatic and dark to set the mood for the story. I found the story to jump around a little too much and harder to keep up than it should be. I would consider reading the shootoffs from the series because the previews look interesting. Overall it was an okay way to pass an afternoon. My voluntary, unbiased review is based upon a review copy from Netgalley.