Originally Posted by
Sutekh
I loved that it took something from the previous era, Darkseid, and built it forward into the Legion's future, without any sort of messy crossover nonsense (like in the horrid Manhunters event) or the later attempts to copy that success with other 20th century immortal villains transplanted into the future (R'as Al-Ghul). It, IMO, used the richness of the setting to it's advantage, and wasn't bogged down by continuity kerfluffles, or what was going on in some other book (or anyone else's future plans for Darkseid, since he was kind of a forgotten character, when they chose him as their Big Bad).
It amuses me that this arc started in 1982, and now, well over three decades later, Darkseid is still the gold standard villain for DC's biggest properties, and it was the Great Darkness Saga that put him on this trajectory.
It was also cool to see the Legion-verse pull out everything they had. The Subs were there. The Wanderers. The Heroes of Lallor. And twenty to thirty actual Legionnaires. Against a couple of million folks with the power of Superman (and, thankfully, none of his experience using those powers, and somewhat bogged down by being mind-controlled!). Yikes!