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3.67 AVERAGE
3.67 AVERAGE
I’m not the most knowledgeable person when it comes to DC Comics or their characters, so I maybe didn’t enjoy this book as much as I maybe would have if DC was something I was really into. All I knew going into this book was that it was a nice bridge between the old DC, and the modern age DC.
For a comic book, I found it to be quite wordy, and there was a lot of expositional dialogue, which I suspect was an editorial decision. I’m also not not a fan of George Perez’s art, but I really have to give the man respect on this because he really crammed the pages with a ton of characters and details, which gave this story the big scope it needed.
This story is definitely a product of its time, with the cheesy writing, the garish coloring, and silly characters (all the things you’d expect from comics in the 1980s). While I probably won’t ever read this book again, it was a choice I made simply because of the place that it holds in DC’s history, and that it is often credited as the crossover event that started crossover events in comics. It was a convoluted story, and took me a long time to finish it, so I’m not sure it is something I’d recommend to people, much less new readers.
For a comic book, I found it to be quite wordy, and there was a lot of expositional dialogue, which I suspect was an editorial decision. I’m also not not a fan of George Perez’s art, but I really have to give the man respect on this because he really crammed the pages with a ton of characters and details, which gave this story the big scope it needed.
This story is definitely a product of its time, with the cheesy writing, the garish coloring, and silly characters (all the things you’d expect from comics in the 1980s). While I probably won’t ever read this book again, it was a choice I made simply because of the place that it holds in DC’s history, and that it is often credited as the crossover event that started crossover events in comics. It was a convoluted story, and took me a long time to finish it, so I’m not sure it is something I’d recommend to people, much less new readers.
adventurous
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
🤷 Didn't really care for this, which is unfortunate considering how big of a place it has in Comic Book history. It's just a lot of "stuff" happening without much emotional or character-based grounding, so all the multiverse and reality destroying ends up feeling pretty meaningless. I did really enjoy the issue where Supergirl dies though.
Not bad as one of the first huge events of the DC universe. Got a little tedious though. Classic 80's art.
I appreciate this book more in theory than I do in practicality. I'm just not familiar enough with DC continuity (either pre- or post- crisis) to follow everything that's going on in this book, and there's a hell of a lot going on. But nevertheless it is an exciting story and I did enjoy reading it. I would not recommend this book to the casual comic reader, though.
With Crisis, DC was trying to explain, among other things, the gap between the 'golden age' and 'silver age' heroes - some of whom had become entirely different people (often in efforts to explain away continuity errors that developed as their characters developed in the golden age.) A lot of major superheroes were killed and that was really daring at the time. Crisis was the first really big retcon and DC totally accomplished what it set out to do; the book became a precedent not only for annoying entire universe crossovers but also for cleaning house occasionally and trying to keep continuity in line.
Since continuity is a key feature of the unique medium of comics, and in particular with long running superhero titles that have achieved mythological status and functionality, keeping a tight eye on keeping things continuous is pretty much the most important thing the big editors can do besides make decisions that hopefully boost sales. DC tried for something huge with Crisis on Infinite Earths and they mostly succeeded, and should be applauded for it.
With Crisis, DC was trying to explain, among other things, the gap between the 'golden age' and 'silver age' heroes - some of whom had become entirely different people (often in efforts to explain away continuity errors that developed as their characters developed in the golden age.) A lot of major superheroes were killed and that was really daring at the time. Crisis was the first really big retcon and DC totally accomplished what it set out to do; the book became a precedent not only for annoying entire universe crossovers but also for cleaning house occasionally and trying to keep continuity in line.
Since continuity is a key feature of the unique medium of comics, and in particular with long running superhero titles that have achieved mythological status and functionality, keeping a tight eye on keeping things continuous is pretty much the most important thing the big editors can do besides make decisions that hopefully boost sales. DC tried for something huge with Crisis on Infinite Earths and they mostly succeeded, and should be applauded for it.
This is quite the event comic. Once it finally gets going it is okay and even has some good bits. That said, it wakes almost half the book to move the plot forward; the first half is repetitive and slow. It doesn't help that there is no main character or even small group of characters to identify with. Instead, it follows a (seemingly) random collection of DC's heroes.
This is one of DC's more famous volumes, and that makes sense from the standpoint of it bringing together all of their universes, but it is rather unsatisfying from a story perspective.
This is one of DC's more famous volumes, and that makes sense from the standpoint of it bringing together all of their universes, but it is rather unsatisfying from a story perspective.
I’m being generous with this rating, but some of the art was cool and I was amused by how many ‘80s DC heroes wore orange goggles.
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
adventurous
emotional
inspiring
medium-paced