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Crisis on Infinite Earths
by Marv Wolfman, George Perez
from DC Comics

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0

• Historically Important, but Underwhelming
  This is historically important to the DC universe, as any comic book fan knows. And for that reason I would say it should probably considered a must read (at least for DC fans). However, recently having re-read it for the first time in about 12 years (when I was about 13) I have to say I wasn't that impressed (it certainly wasn't as good as I remembered it).
  It was defiantly an achievement in that they managed to work in almost every hero that existed at that time (happily unless I missed him Plastic... more info

• Crisis on Infinite Earths: Still a Masterpiece 23 Years Later
  When writer Marv Wolfman and artist George Perez initiated DC Comics' grandly entertaining 50th anniversary saga, "Crisis on Infinite Earths," in 1985, I remember being stunned at how exciting each of the dozen installments were, especially the unforgettable finale. As a pre-teen, I certainly never expected to see the Silver Age Flash and Supergirl killed off, or that Wonder Woman would be erased from existence (albeit temporarily). Yet, I very much understood the sheer magnitude of the changes DC Comics... more info

• I, for one, believe it lives up to its hype
  Most readers know the point of this DC "event": over the years the DC universe had become increasingly cluttered with multiple earths and alternate universes. Apart from the Flash (the various incarnations of whom could vibrate into one or another) these universes were for the most part cut off from one another. The decision was made to stage a monumental event to consolidate the various worlds and . . . well . . . just make everything simpler.
  I'm confused by the wide range of reactions to the story... more info

• Whirr. Clank. Thud.
  Given the commercial difficulties that necessitated the writing of this series of comics (i.e. the need to streamline the DC universe and cure writers of their growing obsession with complicated questions of continuity) it really would have been something if CRISIS had turned out to be even a moderately good story. It isn't, sadly - the whole thing reads like a giant engineering problem. Some nice cover art, though.

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