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adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
dantastic's review against another edition
3.0
Crisis on Multiple Earths volume 3 collects Justice League/Justice Society team-ups from issues 91-92, 100-102, 107-108, and 113 of Justice League of America.
Back when super hero comics weren't written for 30 year olds and allowed to be fun, the Justice League of America teamed with the Justice Society of America twice a year. In this volume, the teams battle a alien child and his missing pet, Iron Hand, Nazis, and Sandy, sidekick to the Golden Age Sandman.
Sure, it's a little hokey but it's also a fun read. The assembled teams retrieve the Seven Soldiers of Victory from where they've been scattered throughout the time stream after their final battle with the Nebula Man, liberate Earth-X from Nazis after WWII goes horribly wrong, and learn the dark secret the Golden Age Sandman has been carrying around all these years.
Some second stringers like Metamorpho, Elongated Man, and Red Tornado get a lot of focus. It's interesting that Wonder Woman lost her powers during this era and took to wearing a white jumpsuit. It's also interesting that Zatana and Black Canary were both wearing fishnet stockings with their costumes. Go, Fishnet Force!
While I found the collection a little slow going at times, it was fun to read about moments I'd only experienced in Who's Who as a kid, like the Seven Soldiers of Victory being restored and the Freedom Fighters being introduced. I also really liked the Earth-1 Robin wearing the Earth-2 Neal Adams Robin costume when his was shredded. Alan Scott and Hal Jordan reciting the Green Lantern oath at the same power battery was another high point.
Dick Dillin did the art on all of these and he was a workhorse. His art looks best with Dick Giordano's inks but whose doesn't? Len Wein wrote most of the tales and they have kind of a late 60s Marvel feel to them. However, most of them follow the "let's split up and battle different menaces" template but most team books of the era followed that path.
Crisis on Multiple Earths volume 3 provides a lot of uncomplicated fun from an era when comics weren't so damn serious all the time. Three out of five stars.
Back when super hero comics weren't written for 30 year olds and allowed to be fun, the Justice League of America teamed with the Justice Society of America twice a year. In this volume, the teams battle a alien child and his missing pet, Iron Hand, Nazis, and Sandy, sidekick to the Golden Age Sandman.
Sure, it's a little hokey but it's also a fun read. The assembled teams retrieve the Seven Soldiers of Victory from where they've been scattered throughout the time stream after their final battle with the Nebula Man, liberate Earth-X from Nazis after WWII goes horribly wrong, and learn the dark secret the Golden Age Sandman has been carrying around all these years.
Some second stringers like Metamorpho, Elongated Man, and Red Tornado get a lot of focus. It's interesting that Wonder Woman lost her powers during this era and took to wearing a white jumpsuit. It's also interesting that Zatana and Black Canary were both wearing fishnet stockings with their costumes. Go, Fishnet Force!
While I found the collection a little slow going at times, it was fun to read about moments I'd only experienced in Who's Who as a kid, like the Seven Soldiers of Victory being restored and the Freedom Fighters being introduced. I also really liked the Earth-1 Robin wearing the Earth-2 Neal Adams Robin costume when his was shredded. Alan Scott and Hal Jordan reciting the Green Lantern oath at the same power battery was another high point.
Dick Dillin did the art on all of these and he was a workhorse. His art looks best with Dick Giordano's inks but whose doesn't? Len Wein wrote most of the tales and they have kind of a late 60s Marvel feel to them. However, most of them follow the "let's split up and battle different menaces" template but most team books of the era followed that path.
Crisis on Multiple Earths volume 3 provides a lot of uncomplicated fun from an era when comics weren't so damn serious all the time. Three out of five stars.
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