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A review by heartpages
Crisis on Infinite Earths The Absolute Edition by Marv Wolfman
3.0
I completely understand why this book had to be written. It was necessary, and it was time. Wolfman did as expert a job as anyone could have, and the story is legendary now. It's a good story, if copped out somewhat when a loose end was too loose. The heroes like to say things like, "There are many paradoxes, and not all can be explained." Duh. This is DC.
But...maybe comics have grown up, or I've grown up, but as this is from 1985 I couldn't help finding it somewhat juvenile. Old-time comics sound a little funny and that makes them charming; this era of comics sounds funny and that's about it. An example, from the lovely journalist Lana Lang: "It's apparent to all that our planet is under seige, and that Earth's greatest heroes have banded together to repel the demonic invaders. Lois?" Or: if you are experiencing overwhelming pain, would you yell out, "The pain is overwhelming!" I should have been engaged, and instead I was chuckling a little bit.
The art is lovely and famously colorful, but somewhat repetitive. The Harbinger is portrayed as a floating head so much that I started to forget she had a body attached. And Pariah is always shown close-up, mouth opened in frightened surprise. Does he ever feel any other emotions? Strangely, those images actually work, almost like themes composers repeat in a symphony. The crisis truly was infinite.
I love comics, but reading 350 pages of this tome was more like work. Loved the story, iffy on the dialogue, liked the art. And so so glad Earth 1 was saved.
But...maybe comics have grown up, or I've grown up, but as this is from 1985 I couldn't help finding it somewhat juvenile. Old-time comics sound a little funny and that makes them charming; this era of comics sounds funny and that's about it. An example, from the lovely journalist Lana Lang: "It's apparent to all that our planet is under seige, and that Earth's greatest heroes have banded together to repel the demonic invaders. Lois?" Or: if you are experiencing overwhelming pain, would you yell out, "The pain is overwhelming!" I should have been engaged, and instead I was chuckling a little bit.
The art is lovely and famously colorful, but somewhat repetitive. The Harbinger is portrayed as a floating head so much that I started to forget she had a body attached. And Pariah is always shown close-up, mouth opened in frightened surprise. Does he ever feel any other emotions? Strangely, those images actually work, almost like themes composers repeat in a symphony. The crisis truly was infinite.
I love comics, but reading 350 pages of this tome was more like work. Loved the story, iffy on the dialogue, liked the art. And so so glad Earth 1 was saved.