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Crisis on Infinite Earths (Collected Editions)
Crisis on Infinite Earths: 35th Anniversary Deluxe Edition
All the greatest DC heroes from across time and space join forces to stop a being more powerful than any they've ever faced--a mysterious being known as the Anti-Monitor who has begun a crusade across time to bring about the end of all existence.
First published in 1985, Crisis on Infinite Earths is an unforgettable and defining event in comics history, a 12-issue series that rocked the comics community, tragically dooming some of DC's most beloved characters and drastically altering others.
From writer Marv Wolfman and artist George Pérez, Crisis on Infinite Earths finds the alternate worlds that once were a hallmark of the DC Universe undersiege by a mysterious force powerful enough to wipe out the lives of billions.
Collects all 12 issues of the landmark series and extra material.
First published in 1985, Crisis on Infinite Earths is an unforgettable and defining event in comics history, a 12-issue series that rocked the comics community, tragically dooming some of DC's most beloved characters and drastically altering others.
From writer Marv Wolfman and artist George Pérez, Crisis on Infinite Earths finds the alternate worlds that once were a hallmark of the DC Universe undersiege by a mysterious force powerful enough to wipe out the lives of billions.
Collects all 12 issues of the landmark series and extra material.
496 pages, Hardcover
Published October 1, 2019
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2,302 books304 followersMarvin A. "Marv" Wolfman is an award-winning American comic book writer. He is best known for lengthy runs on The Tomb of Dracula, creating Blade for Marvel Comics, and The New Teen Titans for DC Comics.
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August 1, 2019
Walls of antimatter are destroying the worlds of the multiverse and it's up to the superheroes of many earths to band stop them and their maker, the villainous Anti-Monitor!
I read a handful of issues of this miniseries over the years but never read it in its entirety. Imagine my delight when my mom got me this for Christmas despite me being "hard to buy for."
Crisis was created to get rid of the multitude of parallel earths and just have one DC earth in the name of simplification. In retrospect, I don't think kids had nearly as big of a problem with the multiverse as the adults. Anyway, the story had a lot of heavy lifting to do. How do you go about destroying universes, killing off characters, and telling a good story at the same time?
Fortunately, Marv Wolfman and George Perez were up for the task. Coming off their revolutionary run on New Teen Titans, Crisis was the assignment of a lifetime. While the story is hokey by today's standards, in 1985 it was pretty revolutionary. By the time the dust settled, Supergirl and the Flash were dead, along with a lot of other characters. Unlike today when heroes don't usually stay dead for longer than a year or two, those deaths stuck around for a while, over two decades in the case of Barry Allen.
George Perez was George Perez, the dynamo that still doesn't get the credit he deserves. Panel after panel is packed with characters, dozens at times, AND he stuck the deadlines. Not only that, the characters looked how they were supposed to look thanks to meticulous research.
The Monitor and the Anti-Monitor battling for the fate of the multiverse made for some tense moments. The heroes and villains go through the meat grinder and the multiverse was very nearly destroyed. Pretty heavy stuff for 1985. You know when Darkseid has to help out, the shit has really hit the fan.
I should also mention how coherent the story was. The last crossover of this magnitude I attempted to read, Final Crisis, was the dog's breakfast. This one was tightly plotted and made as much sense as a story featuring hundreds of people in costume punching things can. There were also some heartfelt moments, most notably Superman holding Supergirl's body and Wally West taking up the mantle of The Flash. With a couple more decades of reading under my belt, Crisis feels like an episode of Doctor Who or Star Trek with some Michael Moorcock thrown in.
Crisis was done in the name of simplifying the continuity of the DC universe and fully integrate the Quality, Fawcett, and Charlton heroes they acquired the previous couple decades into the fold. However, "simplifying" the continuity had some unforeseen repercussions. Firstly, it created a multitude of continuity issues of its own that would necessitate further tweaks every few years. Secondly, and much worse, it created the popular mass crossover storylines that encompass the entire company's books but are ultimately unsatisfying in the name of grabbing fat stacks of cash.
While I don't think Crisis on Infinite Earths stands the test of time as well as some books from the period, it does mark a transitional point in the DC Universe and much of the modern DCU starts here. 3.5 out of 5 stars, though it would have been a five if I'd reviewed it as an eight year old in 1985.
2019 Read: For some reason, I thought the impending birth of my son would be a good time to re-read Crisis. Instead of focusing on all the problems it caused and fun it eliminated from the DC universe, I intended on focusing on the story itself, the creation of a new universe from the ashes of thousands of old ones.
Thirty eight hours later, my son is about to be shot from my wife's loins like a cannonball, as I understand the birthing process, and I finished the story in a haze sometime early this morning.
Crisis is pretty fucking good if you like Bronze Age stories. Marv Wolfman had literally hundreds of characters to work into the mix and he did a fantastic job. The Anti-Monitor is a damn believable threat and the way the story unfolds is masterful. There is nothing I would call filler in this. The premise is worthy of a Doctor Who series finale. One godlike being is destroying universes and another godlike being is assembling a force of heroes and villains to oppose him.
Even with a premise like that, Crisis could have easily shat the bet without George Perez on the art. George Perez is the best artist of the Bronze Age and possibly of 1980 to the present. Every panel is crammed with characters and details and George doesn't skimp. Some panels have over a hundred individual characters in them.
Crisis reads like a loveletter to everything that came before at times. Wolfman and Perez work Anthro, Kamandi, Enemy Ace, and hundreds more characters into the mix, even to just show them in a panel or two. The character deaths that appear on screen are meaningful and powerful. THEY SHOULD NEVER HAVE BROUGHT BARRY ALLEN BACK!
One of the things I loved is that Marv Wolfman didn't build the story around the usual suspects of Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman. Superman gets more screen time than the other two but it's the Superman of Earth-2 that gets his moment in the sun. The Monitor recruits people like Blue Beetle for his initial team rather than Batman and it isn't Batman that saves the day, which seems appropriate since Batman is a detective and not Reed Richards.
Anyway, at the end of the day, this should be the measuring stick for blockbuster events and I shouldn't hold it responsible for all the imitators. I'll go back to my wife's side and get ready to catch the kid as he comes flying out of her uterus.
I did not give Crisis a fair shake on my last read. It's the grand daddy of them all and should be treated as such. 4.5 out of 5 stars.
I read a handful of issues of this miniseries over the years but never read it in its entirety. Imagine my delight when my mom got me this for Christmas despite me being "hard to buy for."
Crisis was created to get rid of the multitude of parallel earths and just have one DC earth in the name of simplification. In retrospect, I don't think kids had nearly as big of a problem with the multiverse as the adults. Anyway, the story had a lot of heavy lifting to do. How do you go about destroying universes, killing off characters, and telling a good story at the same time?
Fortunately, Marv Wolfman and George Perez were up for the task. Coming off their revolutionary run on New Teen Titans, Crisis was the assignment of a lifetime. While the story is hokey by today's standards, in 1985 it was pretty revolutionary. By the time the dust settled, Supergirl and the Flash were dead, along with a lot of other characters. Unlike today when heroes don't usually stay dead for longer than a year or two, those deaths stuck around for a while, over two decades in the case of Barry Allen.
George Perez was George Perez, the dynamo that still doesn't get the credit he deserves. Panel after panel is packed with characters, dozens at times, AND he stuck the deadlines. Not only that, the characters looked how they were supposed to look thanks to meticulous research.
The Monitor and the Anti-Monitor battling for the fate of the multiverse made for some tense moments. The heroes and villains go through the meat grinder and the multiverse was very nearly destroyed. Pretty heavy stuff for 1985. You know when Darkseid has to help out, the shit has really hit the fan.
I should also mention how coherent the story was. The last crossover of this magnitude I attempted to read, Final Crisis, was the dog's breakfast. This one was tightly plotted and made as much sense as a story featuring hundreds of people in costume punching things can. There were also some heartfelt moments, most notably Superman holding Supergirl's body and Wally West taking up the mantle of The Flash. With a couple more decades of reading under my belt, Crisis feels like an episode of Doctor Who or Star Trek with some Michael Moorcock thrown in.
Crisis was done in the name of simplifying the continuity of the DC universe and fully integrate the Quality, Fawcett, and Charlton heroes they acquired the previous couple decades into the fold. However, "simplifying" the continuity had some unforeseen repercussions. Firstly, it created a multitude of continuity issues of its own that would necessitate further tweaks every few years. Secondly, and much worse, it created the popular mass crossover storylines that encompass the entire company's books but are ultimately unsatisfying in the name of grabbing fat stacks of cash.
While I don't think Crisis on Infinite Earths stands the test of time as well as some books from the period, it does mark a transitional point in the DC Universe and much of the modern DCU starts here. 3.5 out of 5 stars, though it would have been a five if I'd reviewed it as an eight year old in 1985.
2019 Read: For some reason, I thought the impending birth of my son would be a good time to re-read Crisis. Instead of focusing on all the problems it caused and fun it eliminated from the DC universe, I intended on focusing on the story itself, the creation of a new universe from the ashes of thousands of old ones.
Thirty eight hours later, my son is about to be shot from my wife's loins like a cannonball, as I understand the birthing process, and I finished the story in a haze sometime early this morning.
Crisis is pretty fucking good if you like Bronze Age stories. Marv Wolfman had literally hundreds of characters to work into the mix and he did a fantastic job. The Anti-Monitor is a damn believable threat and the way the story unfolds is masterful. There is nothing I would call filler in this. The premise is worthy of a Doctor Who series finale. One godlike being is destroying universes and another godlike being is assembling a force of heroes and villains to oppose him.
Even with a premise like that, Crisis could have easily shat the bet without George Perez on the art. George Perez is the best artist of the Bronze Age and possibly of 1980 to the present. Every panel is crammed with characters and details and George doesn't skimp. Some panels have over a hundred individual characters in them.
Crisis reads like a loveletter to everything that came before at times. Wolfman and Perez work Anthro, Kamandi, Enemy Ace, and hundreds more characters into the mix, even to just show them in a panel or two. The character deaths that appear on screen are meaningful and powerful. THEY SHOULD NEVER HAVE BROUGHT BARRY ALLEN BACK!
One of the things I loved is that Marv Wolfman didn't build the story around the usual suspects of Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman. Superman gets more screen time than the other two but it's the Superman of Earth-2 that gets his moment in the sun. The Monitor recruits people like Blue Beetle for his initial team rather than Batman and it isn't Batman that saves the day, which seems appropriate since Batman is a detective and not Reed Richards.
Anyway, at the end of the day, this should be the measuring stick for blockbuster events and I shouldn't hold it responsible for all the imitators. I'll go back to my wife's side and get ready to catch the kid as he comes flying out of her uterus.
I did not give Crisis a fair shake on my last read. It's the grand daddy of them all and should be treated as such. 4.5 out of 5 stars.
January 3, 2022
Epic, tragic, inter-dimensional space opera, the penultimate event that started all events and changed DC history forever.
The plot: Anti-Monitor versus the known universe.
The cast: The DCU in its entirety.
The artwork: Mind-boggling, hand-illustrated macroscopy.
The writing: Prosaic but incredible.
Read Crisis On Infinite Earths for twelve issues of hyperbole perfection.
The plot: Anti-Monitor versus the known universe.
The cast: The DCU in its entirety.
The artwork: Mind-boggling, hand-illustrated macroscopy.
The writing: Prosaic but incredible.
Read Crisis On Infinite Earths for twelve issues of hyperbole perfection.
September 3, 2021
Pretty entertaining but needed more Batman.
March 10, 2017
DC Comics proudly presents....
The most Risky, Confusing, Over-populated and Important comic book event of the 80's.
Welcome to pre-crisis multi-verse containing Earth-1, Earth 2, Earth 3, Earth-Prime, Earth-S, Earth-X and whatever alphabets you can think of. Ah, Never mind, they are all being destroyed anyway.
But the question is by whom and how can the heroesssss stop them?
Why the multiple S in heroes, you ask? Because the story is criminally full of them. Superheroes from five different Earths Plus superheros from past and future are featured in this 13 chapter long mega crossover event. I must have read at least 200 distinct superhero names in this run!
Plus it is the 80's. The story telling style of that era is a bit difficult to read as well as a bit outdated.
Exhibit A : Everyone narrates their own actions for simple folks like us to understand
Exhibit B : If they are too busy to narrate, someone else will do it for them!
Exhibit C : Nightwing looking like Elvis Presley
Now about the plot! Well, it started with a bang (literally) and from there started my saga of confusion! Hell, even the characters were confused!
But the middle chapters really pulled it off by telling the origin of multi-verse and by explaining what the hell have been happening since the beginning. At this point, i was more like Robin!
And the ending chapters once again slipped into the realms of confusion as tons of characters started talking at once.
Nevertheless, this is a revolutionary event which changed everything in DC universe. But on a pure enjoyment standpoint, the story is lacking in places.
The most Risky, Confusing, Over-populated and Important comic book event of the 80's.
Welcome to pre-crisis multi-verse containing Earth-1, Earth 2, Earth 3, Earth-Prime, Earth-S, Earth-X and whatever alphabets you can think of. Ah, Never mind, they are all being destroyed anyway.
But the question is by whom and how can the heroesssss stop them?
Why the multiple S in heroes, you ask? Because the story is criminally full of them. Superheroes from five different Earths Plus superheros from past and future are featured in this 13 chapter long mega crossover event. I must have read at least 200 distinct superhero names in this run!
Plus it is the 80's. The story telling style of that era is a bit difficult to read as well as a bit outdated.
Exhibit A : Everyone narrates their own actions for simple folks like us to understand
Exhibit B : If they are too busy to narrate, someone else will do it for them!
Exhibit C : Nightwing looking like Elvis Presley
Now about the plot! Well, it started with a bang (literally) and from there started my saga of confusion! Hell, even the characters were confused!
But the middle chapters really pulled it off by telling the origin of multi-verse and by explaining what the hell have been happening since the beginning. At this point, i was more like Robin!
And the ending chapters once again slipped into the realms of confusion as tons of characters started talking at once.
Nevertheless, this is a revolutionary event which changed everything in DC universe. But on a pure enjoyment standpoint, the story is lacking in places.
September 2, 2020
Crisis on Infinite Earths is very much a product of its own time, an ambitious, convoluted, massive, 12-issue crossover event, the first of its kind, and I can see how it worked as a template for future crossover events, Jim Starlin for example stole a lot of ideas from it and created a much better version of it, the Infinity Gauntlet, which was illustrated by the same artist, George Pérez.
I just don't think Crisis have much revelance today unless you're a massive DC fan, I've always been a Marvel guy myself and had a really hard time trying to care for the colossal amount of characters that were in this book, I didn't knew who half of them were, which I think is where this book fails, in trying to give everyone some paper time, the main story becomes a slog to read, and it doesn't help that Anti-Monitor, the main villain, is super boring, just your regular baddie who wants to destroy the universe, but the series does have some memorable, exciting moments, such as the death of Supergirl, the death of Flash, and the Spectre final battle, and it was fun to get a look at this golden age.
Only recommended to hardcore superhero fans, or DC completists.
I just don't think Crisis have much revelance today unless you're a massive DC fan, I've always been a Marvel guy myself and had a really hard time trying to care for the colossal amount of characters that were in this book, I didn't knew who half of them were, which I think is where this book fails, in trying to give everyone some paper time, the main story becomes a slog to read, and it doesn't help that Anti-Monitor, the main villain, is super boring, just your regular baddie who wants to destroy the universe, but the series does have some memorable, exciting moments, such as the death of Supergirl, the death of Flash, and the Spectre final battle, and it was fun to get a look at this golden age.
Only recommended to hardcore superhero fans, or DC completists.
March 27, 2020
Si uno tuviera que poner un solo ejemplo de épica en el mundo del comic, sin duda sería este. Nueva relectura que me permite dimensionar un poco más la maravillosa construcción narrativa que implica con la enorme cantidad de personajes que tiene. De todas formas, la lectura se hace más fácil al darnos cuenta que todo ocurre alrededor de Pariah, los Monitores, Harbinger, Alexander Luthor y el Superman de Tierra 2; esos son los que mueven toda la trama; el resto acompaña.
Me gusta que se vayan presentando de a poco los sucesos, la estructura circular, las reales consecuencias que tiene el evento, el dibujo y ciertos diálogos y situaciones que quedan para el recuerdo. Respecto al dibujo, si bien el mérito de George Perez está más que establecido, me gustaría mencionar el entintado del maestro Jerry Ordway, que se refleja principalmente en las caras y gestos de los personajes.
La edición que tengo es el típico oversize hardcover con sobrecubierta yanqui, que además de la historia tiene unos extras con dibujos, bocetos y el pitch de la historia (que a mí todo eso me importa poco, la verdad). Igual es un hermoso tomo para tener.
En definitiva es una placentera lectura que recomiendo repasar cada tanto porque no pierde con el tiempo, sino que gana enteros, más con las porquerías que se escriben hoy en el género de superhéroes.
Me gusta que se vayan presentando de a poco los sucesos, la estructura circular, las reales consecuencias que tiene el evento, el dibujo y ciertos diálogos y situaciones que quedan para el recuerdo. Respecto al dibujo, si bien el mérito de George Perez está más que establecido, me gustaría mencionar el entintado del maestro Jerry Ordway, que se refleja principalmente en las caras y gestos de los personajes.
La edición que tengo es el típico oversize hardcover con sobrecubierta yanqui, que además de la historia tiene unos extras con dibujos, bocetos y el pitch de la historia (que a mí todo eso me importa poco, la verdad). Igual es un hermoso tomo para tener.
En definitiva es una placentera lectura que recomiendo repasar cada tanto porque no pierde con el tiempo, sino que gana enteros, más con las porquerías que se escriben hoy en el género de superhéroes.
March 13, 2019
An extra star for George Perez's art.
I remember when this came out, I was already more than halfway done with comics, and I never read it all the way through. If anything, it confirmed why I was done. At 18, I was too old for such foolishness.
(In college, someone gave me Watchmen to read, and out of respect for Frank Miller, I kept up with Daredevil: Born Again and Batman: Year One, but other than that, I lost touch)
Lately, however, I have been catching up with the 30 years I missed, and so much of current DC refers back to this that I felt obliged to read it all the way through.
It's bad, y'all. It's repetitive. It's pointless. It's corny as hell. It keeps stopping and starting again as if no one really plotted it.
One thing I was thinking as I read. When this came out, Jim Starlin was still the paradigm for cosmic 'events.' It would be possible (but tedious) to map out the ways this was bound to follow in the footsteps of Starlin's Captain Marvel and Warlock.
Watchmen was a paradigm shift, and that's why this decadent Starlinism strikes us as so alien and barely comprehensible.
Finally, let me say: Headband Supergirl had to die. She was a fashion disaster.
I remember when this came out, I was already more than halfway done with comics, and I never read it all the way through. If anything, it confirmed why I was done. At 18, I was too old for such foolishness.
(In college, someone gave me Watchmen to read, and out of respect for Frank Miller, I kept up with Daredevil: Born Again and Batman: Year One, but other than that, I lost touch)
Lately, however, I have been catching up with the 30 years I missed, and so much of current DC refers back to this that I felt obliged to read it all the way through.
It's bad, y'all. It's repetitive. It's pointless. It's corny as hell. It keeps stopping and starting again as if no one really plotted it.
One thing I was thinking as I read. When this came out, Jim Starlin was still the paradigm for cosmic 'events.' It would be possible (but tedious) to map out the ways this was bound to follow in the footsteps of Starlin's Captain Marvel and Warlock.
Watchmen was a paradigm shift, and that's why this decadent Starlinism strikes us as so alien and barely comprehensible.
Finally, let me say: Headband Supergirl had to die. She was a fashion disaster.
February 27, 2024
I've read the Crisis story long ago. I liked it but wasn't blown away by it. But, recently having spoken with my GR friends Jayson and Chad, I decided to give this a reread (and read the Crisis books in order). I bought this really nice Deluxe edition which came in HC. It not only has the 12-issue Crisis on Infinite Earths and the 2 issue History of the DC Universe. Also included are some very good background notes on the whole creation process. All of the artwork was redone so, George Perez's artwork really shines and certainly holds up the test of time.
Crisis was the first great mega-event crossover story in comics. It was an attempt by Marv Wolfman to bring all the various continuities caused by decades of comic stories into some semblance of order. In Crisis the Monitor seeks to gather a force of heroes and villains to help him defeat the anti-monitor who seeks to destroy all life in the universe. This epic conflict will see the destruction of worlds, the extinction of famous groups and characters, and a few deaths that were shocking.
I really liked the restored artwork. It really looks good. I really enjoyed this story the 2nd time around and armed with more knowledge. If you've never read this seminal work-then this is the volume I would recommend.
Crisis was the first great mega-event crossover story in comics. It was an attempt by Marv Wolfman to bring all the various continuities caused by decades of comic stories into some semblance of order. In Crisis the Monitor seeks to gather a force of heroes and villains to help him defeat the anti-monitor who seeks to destroy all life in the universe. This epic conflict will see the destruction of worlds, the extinction of famous groups and characters, and a few deaths that were shocking.
I really liked the restored artwork. It really looks good. I really enjoyed this story the 2nd time around and armed with more knowledge. If you've never read this seminal work-then this is the volume I would recommend.
August 1, 2017
Cheesy, confusing (not in a good way), desperately trying to be EPIC and IMPORTANT. To be fair, I don't have any real history with most of the characters or the worlds they strut around in, and I much prefer stories and art that are a bit more grounded. Oh well, still glad I read it.
August 2, 2023
What a Comic Epic that introduced me to characters and storylines I never knew about even as they came to a close. The art is timeless and the story unfortunately is quite confusing for someone who wasn't up to date with 1980s DC but after 100 pages I started to know the characters better and the pace began almost immediately to pick up once it introduced the multitude of heroes.
December 22, 2018
In 1985, Crisis was the most ambitious comic series ever. Certainly, Secret Wars preceded it as a 12-part story focused on shaking up the status quo, but nothing before had ever had the scope of Crisis, a story which fundamentally shifted the entire DC setting.
This was the book that brought the Captain Marvel family and the Charlton heroes into regular DC continuity, that merged Earth-1, Earth-2, and Earth-X into a single timeline. Just look at the importance of characters like Blue Beetle, Captain Atom, and the Big Red Cheese to later DC history, and you can see the impact. This was the book that slew Barry Allen and Linda Danvers, that made Wally West the Flash and that made Guy Gardner a regular member of the Lanterns. It's a shame that so much of this has been undermined and reversed by later comics like Flashpoint and various Rebirths, but Crisis absolutely defined the DC universe in the '80s, '90s, and '00s.
The plotting itself is a little less notable. Every couple of issues the heroes get a new quest: defend some big machines, invade the anti-matter world, destroy the big gun, fight the villains, etc. There's not a lot of foreshadowing, so the story at times feels a little arbitrary. But the scope, that's amazing. Wolfman and Perez do a great job of really bringing the whole DC universe together, the whole EXTENDED DC universe, and that's part of what makes Crisis as amazing of a read 35 years later.
And it's also great to have History of the DC Universe collected with Crisis in this newest iteration. Under any circumstances, History would have been a magnificent melding together of the stories of an entire comic line, but as the melding together of the stories of Earth-1, Earth-2, Earth-X, the Charlton heroes, and the Captain Marvel heroes, it's even more amazing. (Admittedly, the Shazam! family gets short shrift). And the artwork on these full pages is outstanding. Let's admire for a moment that DC had a coherent chronology ... for about 2 minutes, before it started falling apart to the problems of Hawkman and others.
This was the book that brought the Captain Marvel family and the Charlton heroes into regular DC continuity, that merged Earth-1, Earth-2, and Earth-X into a single timeline. Just look at the importance of characters like Blue Beetle, Captain Atom, and the Big Red Cheese to later DC history, and you can see the impact. This was the book that slew Barry Allen and Linda Danvers, that made Wally West the Flash and that made Guy Gardner a regular member of the Lanterns. It's a shame that so much of this has been undermined and reversed by later comics like Flashpoint and various Rebirths, but Crisis absolutely defined the DC universe in the '80s, '90s, and '00s.
The plotting itself is a little less notable. Every couple of issues the heroes get a new quest: defend some big machines, invade the anti-matter world, destroy the big gun, fight the villains, etc. There's not a lot of foreshadowing, so the story at times feels a little arbitrary. But the scope, that's amazing. Wolfman and Perez do a great job of really bringing the whole DC universe together, the whole EXTENDED DC universe, and that's part of what makes Crisis as amazing of a read 35 years later.
And it's also great to have History of the DC Universe collected with Crisis in this newest iteration. Under any circumstances, History would have been a magnificent melding together of the stories of an entire comic line, but as the melding together of the stories of Earth-1, Earth-2, Earth-X, the Charlton heroes, and the Captain Marvel heroes, it's even more amazing. (Admittedly, the Shazam! family gets short shrift). And the artwork on these full pages is outstanding. Let's admire for a moment that DC had a coherent chronology ... for about 2 minutes, before it started falling apart to the problems of Hawkman and others.
July 11, 2020
First part of my re-reading of all DC Comics crisis events. Crisis on Infinite Earths (1985). I think I haven’t read it in 30 years. It stands the test of time.
An epic battle of the whole multiverse against the anti-monitor. A roster so large that it’s impossible to keep count. Every character of the times gets a part. Sergeant Rock and The Losers, in their original incarnation, before Andy Diggle and Jock turned them into a blockbuster to be. Anthro, the first man. Kamandi, the last one. A young John Constantine, and many others... Some deaths occur. Some permanent. Some lasting for decades. DC wasn’t joking at the time.
The anniversary edition has been remastered and recolored. The work has been done with great care, and is mostly exempt of faults often seen in such attempts. There are a few lines missing here and there, some others a little thick, a few lettering issues in some captions but, overall, it looks pretty good in digital. Of course, purists will always prefer the 4 color offset newsprint original.
This edition contains foreword and afterwords of previous collections, some original lineart, and the one shot history of the DC universe that was published in the aftermath.
In the end, only a single universe remains. Some surviving characters from other earths went into a pocket dimension of their own, and will make an exploding return in Infinite Crisis.
But, before that, on to Zero Hour.
An epic battle of the whole multiverse against the anti-monitor. A roster so large that it’s impossible to keep count. Every character of the times gets a part. Sergeant Rock and The Losers, in their original incarnation, before Andy Diggle and Jock turned them into a blockbuster to be. Anthro, the first man. Kamandi, the last one. A young John Constantine, and many others... Some deaths occur. Some permanent. Some lasting for decades. DC wasn’t joking at the time.
The anniversary edition has been remastered and recolored. The work has been done with great care, and is mostly exempt of faults often seen in such attempts. There are a few lines missing here and there, some others a little thick, a few lettering issues in some captions but, overall, it looks pretty good in digital. Of course, purists will always prefer the 4 color offset newsprint original.
This edition contains foreword and afterwords of previous collections, some original lineart, and the one shot history of the DC universe that was published in the aftermath.
In the end, only a single universe remains. Some surviving characters from other earths went into a pocket dimension of their own, and will make an exploding return in Infinite Crisis.
But, before that, on to Zero Hour.
June 19, 2023
Crisis on Infinite Earths: 35th Anniversary Deluxe Edition
The multiverse is imploding, universes being superimposed on each other until they converge and annihilate each other. A mysterious being known the Monitor calls on the champions of many Earths to prevent a disaster of immeasurable consequence. Guilty secrets will be unveiled and heroes will sacrifice everything to save everything they love.
The plot is epic in scope and the artists work well to differentiate the many versions of the various superheroes. But 'Crisis on Infinite Earths' is more than just this amazing story. Wolfman's seminal maxi series redefined a way of working within the comics industry. Its goal was to streamline the various books and reconcile the best of what had occurred over almost five decades of an increasingly complex web of back stories which had made the DC Universe almost impenetrable for new readers to understand.
The heroism of the characters is never in doubt and their reasons for the choices they make are clearly outlined so that readers can understand the impact of the storyline. Ironically, a series which ended an overly complicated universe became a book that everyone can read and enjoy on its own merits.
This edition also includes "The History of the DC Universe", a companion book for the storyline.
The multiverse is imploding, universes being superimposed on each other until they converge and annihilate each other. A mysterious being known the Monitor calls on the champions of many Earths to prevent a disaster of immeasurable consequence. Guilty secrets will be unveiled and heroes will sacrifice everything to save everything they love.
The plot is epic in scope and the artists work well to differentiate the many versions of the various superheroes. But 'Crisis on Infinite Earths' is more than just this amazing story. Wolfman's seminal maxi series redefined a way of working within the comics industry. Its goal was to streamline the various books and reconcile the best of what had occurred over almost five decades of an increasingly complex web of back stories which had made the DC Universe almost impenetrable for new readers to understand.
The heroism of the characters is never in doubt and their reasons for the choices they make are clearly outlined so that readers can understand the impact of the storyline. Ironically, a series which ended an overly complicated universe became a book that everyone can read and enjoy on its own merits.
This edition also includes "The History of the DC Universe", a companion book for the storyline.
May 1, 2021
É uma história muito braba, reunindo herói pra caralh*!! Tem uns lá que nunca vi na vida, conseguirem nem clicar e morreram. Mas no geral é boa, vale mto a pena ler para entender o reboot que a DC fez no universo para acabar com o multiverso. Único ponto é que, por ser uma história da década de 80, têm muitos balões de diálogo, que torna a leitura cansativa.
August 25, 2024
Çizgi roman tarihinde yarattığı etki bakımından bambaşka seviyede bir kitap. Öyle ki bu kitaptan sonra DC ve Marvel Final Crisis ve Secret Wars gibi süper kahramanların bir araya gelip büyük tehditlere göğüs gerdiği büyük hadiseler yaratmaya başladı. Yani süper kahraman kitapları için bir milat denebilir.
Süper kahramanlar dışında DC için de bir milat niteliği taşıyor. DC bu kitaptan önce kırk yıla yakın bir külliyata sahipti fakat paralel evrenler ve farklı zaman dilimleri iç içe girmiş ve serilerin takibi güçleşmişti. Günümüzdeki New 52 ve Rebirth'e benzer olarak DC kendine bu hadise ile reset atmak istemişti. Paralel evrenlerin öldüğü, dünyaların çarpıştığı bir hikayeyle DC kendini daha derli toplu, daha okuyucu dostu bir hale getirdi.
Kitabın böyle önemli sonuçları olması epey etkileyici iken maalesef içeriği konusunda o kadar güzel görüşlerim yok. DC'nin güncel döneminde pek kullanmadığı, daha çok eskinin hikayelerinde yer edinen kahramanların epey fazla olduğu, Marv Wolfman'ın uzun uzun açıklamalarının ve düşünce bulutlarının okurken bunalttığı bir hikaye bu. Seksenlerde sıkça görülen bir durum olsa da Wolfman maalesef bunu epey sık yapıyor. Çok sevdiğim Fantastic Four'da dahi kendisini okurken bunalıyordum. En azından kitabı George Perez yine şahane çizimlerle bezemiş. Kendisi döneminin açık ara en iyi çizerlerinden biri şüphesiz. Wolfman'ın on iki sayılık epik hikayesi ilk yarısından sonra biraz daha açılsa da finali bu denli geniş çaplı bir hikaye için bence biraz sönük kalıyor.
35th Anniversary adı altında yayınlanan bu özel versiyonda yaklaşık yüz sayfa kadar bir DC tarihçesi bulunuyor. Bu kısımda DC evrenindeki çeşitli karakterler hakkında kısa kısa bilgiler bulunuyor. Özellikle de tanımadığım, günümüzde DC'nin kullanmadığı karakterler hakkında bilgi edinmek için güzel bir bölümdü.
Süper kahramanlar dışında DC için de bir milat niteliği taşıyor. DC bu kitaptan önce kırk yıla yakın bir külliyata sahipti fakat paralel evrenler ve farklı zaman dilimleri iç içe girmiş ve serilerin takibi güçleşmişti. Günümüzdeki New 52 ve Rebirth'e benzer olarak DC kendine bu hadise ile reset atmak istemişti. Paralel evrenlerin öldüğü, dünyaların çarpıştığı bir hikayeyle DC kendini daha derli toplu, daha okuyucu dostu bir hale getirdi.
Kitabın böyle önemli sonuçları olması epey etkileyici iken maalesef içeriği konusunda o kadar güzel görüşlerim yok. DC'nin güncel döneminde pek kullanmadığı, daha çok eskinin hikayelerinde yer edinen kahramanların epey fazla olduğu, Marv Wolfman'ın uzun uzun açıklamalarının ve düşünce bulutlarının okurken bunalttığı bir hikaye bu. Seksenlerde sıkça görülen bir durum olsa da Wolfman maalesef bunu epey sık yapıyor. Çok sevdiğim Fantastic Four'da dahi kendisini okurken bunalıyordum. En azından kitabı George Perez yine şahane çizimlerle bezemiş. Kendisi döneminin açık ara en iyi çizerlerinden biri şüphesiz. Wolfman'ın on iki sayılık epik hikayesi ilk yarısından sonra biraz daha açılsa da finali bu denli geniş çaplı bir hikaye için bence biraz sönük kalıyor.
35th Anniversary adı altında yayınlanan bu özel versiyonda yaklaşık yüz sayfa kadar bir DC tarihçesi bulunuyor. Bu kısımda DC evrenindeki çeşitli karakterler hakkında kısa kısa bilgiler bulunuyor. Özellikle de tanımadığım, günümüzde DC'nin kullanmadığı karakterler hakkında bilgi edinmek için güzel bir bölümdü.
September 23, 2022
Not sure why there is so much praise for this. I understand it would be a big thing in 1985 but in 2022?
George Perez is synonymous with 80’s looking comic art but a lot of his art is more suited for posters than for actual comic book readers. Seems convoluted.
The storyline is mediocre at best, very clustered, moves 100mph, a new thing happens on every page. There’s no pace to this, there’s nothing to hook and grab you. The writing is…eh.
Everything is “You must die” or “Meet the (insert irrelevant character here)” at the end of every issue.
I get this was the first of the crisis sagas and we all have to start somewhere but, if you look at the art that was coming out in the 80’s. “Terminator” was groundbreaking, “Back to the future” was revolutionary…stories like “Crisis of infinite earths” were simply lackluster and more so appeasing to the nostalgia affect of one’s child hood more than anything.
George Perez is synonymous with 80’s looking comic art but a lot of his art is more suited for posters than for actual comic book readers. Seems convoluted.
The storyline is mediocre at best, very clustered, moves 100mph, a new thing happens on every page. There’s no pace to this, there’s nothing to hook and grab you. The writing is…eh.
Everything is “You must die” or “Meet the (insert irrelevant character here)” at the end of every issue.
I get this was the first of the crisis sagas and we all have to start somewhere but, if you look at the art that was coming out in the 80’s. “Terminator” was groundbreaking, “Back to the future” was revolutionary…stories like “Crisis of infinite earths” were simply lackluster and more so appeasing to the nostalgia affect of one’s child hood more than anything.
October 31, 2023
I have never seen such an uneven book when comparing writing to art quality. Not only is the writing beyond dated, its too sprawling, covering far too many characters who I can't imagine even people in the 80s would have cared about.
Perez art though, spectacular. Yes, it's in an older style, but the amount of detail and emotion he is able to get in each panel, he really is special.
Also for a deluxe edition, it does offer a lot. Lots of notes, sketches, etc. Definitely worth the price point.
But overall, this story was uneven, boring, and stretched way too much. Disappointing for how lauded it is.
Perez art though, spectacular. Yes, it's in an older style, but the amount of detail and emotion he is able to get in each panel, he really is special.
Also for a deluxe edition, it does offer a lot. Lots of notes, sketches, etc. Definitely worth the price point.
But overall, this story was uneven, boring, and stretched way too much. Disappointing for how lauded it is.
November 21, 2025
Finally finished. This book was a bit of a slog and very wordy. While I can appreciate the cultural and historical importance of this story and now have some background knowledge for stories and events moving forward, I don't really feel like this added a lot to me personally
The story follows a wide range of DC heroes and villains from different earths and realities coming together to fight a common foe The Anti Monitor who is wiping out earths and universes at will. The story drags on a bit and has far too many characters to keep track of.
The story follows a wide range of DC heroes and villains from different earths and realities coming together to fight a common foe The Anti Monitor who is wiping out earths and universes at will. The story drags on a bit and has far too many characters to keep track of.
July 9, 2021
DC's first big event lead by Marv Wolfman and George Perez. I'm tired lol. This was a 12 issue maxi-series that was suppose to take care of the mess that was their multi-verses. The story overall was actually really creative and I think that Marv and George find a really fun way to make an event feel so important and have some actual consequences. (for a while at least c;). This read was a little rough for me though as Marv really kinda just fills some pages with some crazy amount of info dumping and unnecessary dialogue. There are times where the book just feels slowed down but when the book is good, its good. We have some real epic moments in this series and the ending is actually pretty awesome. It just feels at times the the story isn't consistent entertaining wise. One thing that does stay consistent though is George Perez's artwork. We get some of his best work in this and I really don't see anyone else being able to do a book like this, better than Perez. This was around the time that Marvel's "Secret Wars" and I gotta say this is a lot better. Overall I think this is an important read for anyone who wants to get into DC. Has some parts that feel a little dragged but still a interesting and fun read.
July 13, 2021
This is a general review of Crisis on Infinite Earths (CoIE): As I started reading DC in 2009 and looking back, this graphic novel has been a brilliant milestone. Not only it reshaped the DC Comics's history, but became a true definition of climactic epicosity. Without CoIE, DC would never be the same.
Yes, I endorse the old fashion texts by Marv Wolfman and awesome sketches by George Pérez. They are not old, they are "vintage".
Before I get into recommendations I have to mention that most of the DC's crossover-stories can be very hard to follow if you're not familiar with the concept of Multiverse. My personal recommendations for reading such epic, large follow-up stories would be going to Google and search for "DC Comics's crisis". You would get a thorough introduction of where and when to read.
Ciao!
Yes, I endorse the old fashion texts by Marv Wolfman and awesome sketches by George Pérez. They are not old, they are "vintage".
Before I get into recommendations I have to mention that most of the DC's crossover-stories can be very hard to follow if you're not familiar with the concept of Multiverse. My personal recommendations for reading such epic, large follow-up stories would be going to Google and search for "DC Comics's crisis". You would get a thorough introduction of where and when to read.
Ciao!
January 18, 2022
I can totally see now why DC needed to just nuke the whole industry back in the early 90's and start over. I'm so glad I finally had a chance to go back and read this and see for myself the brilliant way that DC reset everything. Perfect way to roll into the Grant Morrison run.
November 20, 2019
One of the best DC stories ever written!
January 6, 2025
It was a fun event to read. Got inspired to read this series after watching the tv adaptation of COIE on the CW.
2nd time reading it and it was still great. An epic event.
2nd time reading it and it was still great. An epic event.
January 29, 2024
Edición absolute argentina. Tiempo después Ovni la reeditaría pero sin los extras, bajando mucho el puntaje final. Personajes pendientes, créase o no.
September 2, 2024
Crisis On Infinite Earths 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition. Libro de Marv Wolfman. Calificación 3/5 estrellas.
Lápices de George Pérez. Tiene la serie de doce números buen arte por parte de Perez.
En los primeros dos números lo mejor fue la destrucción de Earth - 3, despues se ha vuelto aburrido, demasiado texto de Marv Wolfman, también se siente demasiadas páginas y muchos números que leer. Números más adelante se siente hasta sueño.
Por momentos es agradable y por otros aburrido, algo de propaganda militar con Sgt. Rock. Cada número sigue un patrón repetitivo como la agonía y suplica de Barry Allen. Personajes que desaparecen, el primer grupo de el Monitor no es tan llamativo o interesante, debieron ser solo la Justice League para evitar la destrucción.
De lo poco interesante hasta el número #5 se vuelve Firestorm y killer Frost, esto duro poco.
Lo mejor que le pudo pasar a esa versión de Barry Allen era morir por como iba la historia hasta ese momento. En el #5 mejoró la historia, se mezclan las tierras y los tiempos, pero esas 25 páginas parecen como si estuviera leyendo el directorio telefónico. En el número seis es igual.
The uncanny X-Men #136 (1980) cover hecho por John Byrne y Crisis on Infinite Earths #7 cover (1985) hecha por George Perez, las portadas son parecidas claro hubo otras antes pero estas dos son iconicas.
El issue #7 tiene 42 páginas relata el origen de Monitor, Anti-Monitor, Pariah, Layla, se siente algo forzado y sacado sobre la marcha, luego por el puro guión Superman tuvieron que ser subestimada sus habilidades o fue menospreciado, para el lucimiento final de esta versión de Supergirl, solo se trató de que DC debería deshacerse de personajes.
En el Crisis on Infinite Earths #8 por fin muere Barry Allen, prefiero la versión escrita de Barry por Geoff Johns en Flashpoint y en su Justice League. No me agrada ese Psycho Pirate, Anti-Monitor están cliché o villano convencional.
En los dos siguientes números se enfrentan heroes y villanos. Batman es relegado a un simple espectador, el discurso de ese ridículo tío Sam hablando de Lucha por la libertad, ¡vamos! Estados Unidos en todos los años de la usurpación judía en Palestina solo ha dado armas, bombas para que maten niños en incubadoras en Gaza en 2024.
Episodio #11 al principio es como un capitulo de Twilight Zone.
Episodio #12 lo mejor para el final en el último tercio de este número, el uso de Doctor Light contra Anti-Monitor, es emotivo cuando Superman Earth 2 decide quedarse para pelear, también me gustó cuando Darkseid ayuda para derrotar a Anti-Monitor, digno el destino de Superman Earth - 2, su Loise Lane, Superboy y Alexander, después de todo era inecesario destruir a todos esos personajes, bueno el final en Arkham con ese loco bociferando. Demasiado material extra en la versión de lujo.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
October 23, 2024
This was actually a fun read though it was very long lol, I love how it takes its time to explain everything and tie so much stuff together from the crisis at hand and how heroes from different worlds and time come together to what's going on with the cosmic part and the various crises and all happening, the introduction of counterparts like Lex of earth 3, Superman of Golden age and so on and then you have different heroes coming together and going on different missions and questions across times and even different universes.
It took quite a bit of time to read and that just shows you how massive it is and I like how its actually the first proper event and you can see the scope of it and then bviously there is the tragic story of Pariah and his curse, whats the stake of Monitor and how he is sort of the impetus of the heroes getting together and his sacrifice which gives the heroes a chance and Harbinger who brings them all together and even after an incident which is not her fault, she sticks to being the glue that holds the heroes together and she is the one through whose sacrifice the heroes win and I love the character by the end.
Anti-monitor was badass from his introduction till the end and you just see him become comic level of villains where his plans get crazy and he absorbs one universe after the another lol and his henchmen and all are kinda funny and the Shadow demons too. Its a good villain thingy for such events and is the reason for the heroes getting together and omg..
I love the ending for Supergirl and those moments where you see her give her life for Superman and how that motivates him and its like one of the first major deaths and that iconic cover of Clark holding her is awesome and then there is FLASH aka Barry Allen and wow the way he is so tortured throughout the book and the way he fights back and how he sacrifices is so awesome and it love what it means for Wally and in hindsight this is one of those big DC moments that really changed the character and his mythos.
The ending was awesome with the big fight and you can see the crazy cosmic thing it became but nice ending for all the characters involved and a big status quo change. And after so many attempts of reading it, I finally finished it and I can see why this is one of the big DC stories ever and the art is freaking gorgeous, to be able to draw so many characters and scenes given the complexity of it all.. hats off! Loved it!
There is the secret history also some of it has changed but still nice read!
It took quite a bit of time to read and that just shows you how massive it is and I like how its actually the first proper event and you can see the scope of it and then bviously there is the tragic story of Pariah and his curse, whats the stake of Monitor and how he is sort of the impetus of the heroes getting together and his sacrifice which gives the heroes a chance and Harbinger who brings them all together and even after an incident which is not her fault, she sticks to being the glue that holds the heroes together and she is the one through whose sacrifice the heroes win and I love the character by the end.
Anti-monitor was badass from his introduction till the end and you just see him become comic level of villains where his plans get crazy and he absorbs one universe after the another lol and his henchmen and all are kinda funny and the Shadow demons too. Its a good villain thingy for such events and is the reason for the heroes getting together and omg..
I love the ending for Supergirl and those moments where you see her give her life for Superman and how that motivates him and its like one of the first major deaths and that iconic cover of Clark holding her is awesome and then there is FLASH aka Barry Allen and wow the way he is so tortured throughout the book and the way he fights back and how he sacrifices is so awesome and it love what it means for Wally and in hindsight this is one of those big DC moments that really changed the character and his mythos.
The ending was awesome with the big fight and you can see the crazy cosmic thing it became but nice ending for all the characters involved and a big status quo change. And after so many attempts of reading it, I finally finished it and I can see why this is one of the big DC stories ever and the art is freaking gorgeous, to be able to draw so many characters and scenes given the complexity of it all.. hats off! Loved it!
There is the secret history also some of it has changed but still nice read!
December 29, 2023
4.5 stars. Finally read DC’s most famous event, and it does not disappoint. The pace quickens a few issues in and never slows down from there. The Anti-Monitor is an unrelenting, credible threat that seems impossible to keep down. Really enjoyed the background on The Monitor, Anti-Monitor, Pariah, Harbinger, and Alexander Luthor. It was neat exploring the birth of the multiverse, and at the same time the anti-matter universe, due to Krona on OA, and then Pariah being the reason for the Anti-Monitor awakening again. All of the incredible world building is bittersweet knowing that the goal of this is to shrink the scope of the DC Universe.
There is a massive list of characters and for the most part they get their chance to shine. Supergirl’s and Barry Allen’s deaths were really well done and added to the seriousness of the threat. Story is continuously full of new twists, new background information, and new setbacks to saving the day. No major problems having a lack of background knowledge on some of the characters, though the story can get a little confusing at times, and definitely some loose ends at the end.
This anniversary deluxe edition is awesome in the larger size with the extra content, as The History of the DC Universe serves as a nice epilogue of sorts. George Perez’s art holds up very well all these years later. It is complete chaos from start to finish, and did a phenomenal job of what it set out to do in terms of cleaning up the continuity. It was always going to be a lot to manage but it made for an incredible story.
There is a massive list of characters and for the most part they get their chance to shine. Supergirl’s and Barry Allen’s deaths were really well done and added to the seriousness of the threat. Story is continuously full of new twists, new background information, and new setbacks to saving the day. No major problems having a lack of background knowledge on some of the characters, though the story can get a little confusing at times, and definitely some loose ends at the end.
This anniversary deluxe edition is awesome in the larger size with the extra content, as The History of the DC Universe serves as a nice epilogue of sorts. George Perez’s art holds up very well all these years later. It is complete chaos from start to finish, and did a phenomenal job of what it set out to do in terms of cleaning up the continuity. It was always going to be a lot to manage but it made for an incredible story.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
July 7, 2025
Para mí, un desastre infinito. Una historia tan ambiciosa, tan superlativa, tan desmedida, que descarrila sin remedio. Con tantos y tantos personajes, tantos y tantos escenarios, no hay espacio para que las tramas se desarrollen. Paria podría ser con diferencia el personaje más irritante de la historia de los cómics (sus diálogos son siempre, sin excepción: «¡Huid todos! ¡El fin se acerca! ¡Oh, destino cruel! ¿Por qué he de revivir una y otra vez esta tortura?»). La lucha con el Antimonitor es también un patrón que se repite por lo menos cuatro veces. El famoso capítulo de Supergirl es anticlimático —la épica solamente está en las portadas—, y tan solo se percibe algo de emoción en el capítulo de Flash/Barry Allen.
Sé que la narrativa de los cómics de otra época era más simple de lo que ahora estamos acostumbrados —y más aún en DC—, pero no me vale como excusa. Estamos en 1985, ya se han publicado por ejemplo La Saga de Surtur de Walter Simonson, o el Superman de Alan Moore y Dave Gibbons con Para el hombre que lo tiene todo. Tan solo un año después llegan Watchmen, Daredevil: Born Again, El Regreso del Caballero Oscuro… Así que, de revolucionario, más bien nada.
Sé que la narrativa de los cómics de otra época era más simple de lo que ahora estamos acostumbrados —y más aún en DC—, pero no me vale como excusa. Estamos en 1985, ya se han publicado por ejemplo La Saga de Surtur de Walter Simonson, o el Superman de Alan Moore y Dave Gibbons con Para el hombre que lo tiene todo. Tan solo un año después llegan Watchmen, Daredevil: Born Again, El Regreso del Caballero Oscuro… Así que, de revolucionario, más bien nada.
December 15, 2022
3,5 seria mais justo.
É a primeira vez que leio esta já clássica história e é um gibizão divertido. Não acho que seja a obra-prima que muitos exaltam. Creio que boa parte da fama foi pela novidade do "super-ultra-crossover" na época (1985), tornando-se um marco importante na cronologia da DC.
Dá pra entender a história sem precisar ler algum material prévio, embora a história em si seja confusa em alguns momentos. Claro, há algumas pontas soltas, como a questão do Flash, que até antes da história estava sumido e havia sido acusado de assassinato (então você precisa ir atrás dessa história se quiser saber sobre, mas como dito antes, não é obrigatório pra entender o que se passa nesta série.)
O que tirou estrelas da avaliação:
- meio cansativa, principalmente a questão do "vilão que nunca morre".
- falta de protagonismo dos heróis. Por boa parte da trama, os heróis e vilões são meros peões, guiados pelos reais protagonistas, que são personagens desconhecidos. O excesso de personagens também contribui pra isso.
- o vilão é genérico, do tipo, quero poder e ponto final (deve-se relevar pela época da série).
É a primeira vez que leio esta já clássica história e é um gibizão divertido. Não acho que seja a obra-prima que muitos exaltam. Creio que boa parte da fama foi pela novidade do "super-ultra-crossover" na época (1985), tornando-se um marco importante na cronologia da DC.
Dá pra entender a história sem precisar ler algum material prévio, embora a história em si seja confusa em alguns momentos. Claro, há algumas pontas soltas, como a questão do Flash, que até antes da história estava sumido e havia sido acusado de assassinato (então você precisa ir atrás dessa história se quiser saber sobre, mas como dito antes, não é obrigatório pra entender o que se passa nesta série.)
O que tirou estrelas da avaliação:
- meio cansativa, principalmente a questão do "vilão que nunca morre".
- falta de protagonismo dos heróis. Por boa parte da trama, os heróis e vilões são meros peões, guiados pelos reais protagonistas, que são personagens desconhecidos. O excesso de personagens também contribui pra isso.
- o vilão é genérico, do tipo, quero poder e ponto final (deve-se relevar pela época da série).
October 15, 2023
The birth of modern DC Comics stems from the aftermath of Crisis on Infinite Earths. Hailed as one of the earlier examples of an event, "Crisis" does a lot in the ways of crafting universe definining events while smashing every toy in DC's chest together. The story is almost needlessly complex, but still quite coherent given how many ideas are laced into a twelve issue maxiseries. There are heartfelt moments aplenty, but the crux of the conflict is a multiversal battle between the Monitor and the Anti-Monitor. Dense for a comic about superheroes, the real richness of "Crisis" comes from George Perez's ability to churn out some truly imaginative panels. Primoridial origins are explored as worlds collide and superheroes die, but Perez is able to craft a gorgeous comic with utmost confidence. Though I found the overall story just okay, I was more than a few times blown away by the creative sparks demonstrated throughout by Perez. This isn't going to be considered one of the greatest comics of all time by any means, but there is something in the signficance to this first of DC's hundreds of "Crisis" storylines that makes it a worthwhile read.
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