Crisis on Infinite Earths by Marv Wolfman

A Wonder Woman who married and had a daughter, a world of cowboys with Jonah Hex, a world of soldiers still fighting WWII - anything was possible on these Earths. Old Superman in one universe, young Superman in another. This meant that every conceivable story could be told about every hero. The gist is that DC had a bajillion universes with a bajillion Earths. On the other hand, you are definitly getting your money's worth.

When I see this much text in a comic I feel like it's going to give me seizures. Most of my problem with it stems from a lack of nostalgia glasses and an excessive amount of word bubbles. And while I didn't actually enjoy reading it, I can see why it's an important comic. Back in the day, this was special and new. ĭC has kind of blown their wad too many times as events have piled up in the corner like used Kleenex.īut. Fans know it's only a matter of time before. If, or should I say when, they hype up big deaths in the present day events, nobody gives a shit. It was a big deal and fans probably thought the deaths would stick. I can see why it would matter to those who had been following these characters for years and years. Would your favorite hero survive? If not, would they go out in a blaze of glory? Maybe they would even get to ride off into the sunset? And there's nothing wrong with that!Įspecially since this was literally a world-ending event for fans of the DC universe at that time. But in reality, it was the same fight scene over and over and over in an attempt to cram all the various heroes into the story. There's a lot of pages here and I'm sure it was absolutely a nailbiter when it was first published. I'm just going by what the foreword said, feel free to correct me. So this was supposedly THE EVENT that kicked off the trend of events in comics.

Crisis on Infinite Earths by Marv Wolfman