Tuesday, April 19, 2016

Crisis on Infinite Earths

As not only my third comic, and first for DC, Crisis on Infinite Earths is one of the most memorable comics I've read thus far. This is the comic that finally confirmed to me that, yes, big crossover events like this do have other stories outside the main books due to some boxes saying you have to read separate comics to understand what's going on or finish certain plot points. Crisis is my oldest comic at this time and the first from the Bronze Age of comic books, though this comic event signaled the end of it and led to the Dark Age, or Modern Age, of comics. The comic is fun and full of great references to the nearly 50 year history that DC Comics was celebrating at the time. Filled to the brim with nearly every character that DC created or owned at the time, it sees the heroes of various alternate Earths fight an ancient cosmic entity who plans to destroy all of the alternate worlds to gain ultimate power. Despite it's use of the long history of the comic book franchise, great use of all of its characters, and being really fun, there are a few problems such as how every time a character is introduced for the first time in the books, their names are said by others in a very unnatural way or just how long it was compared to the last comics, though that's minor. In the end, Crisis on Infinite Earth's is exiting and I hope to one day find and read the other books that are part of this story. A story that forever changed not only DC but the rest of the comic book industry as a whole, especially as the first big crossover event story designed to change its universe. Over all: 100%
Top list so far:
1. Crisis on Infinite Earths
2. Star Trek: The Next Generation/Doctor Who: Assimilation2
3. Civil War

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