Crisis on Infinite Earths

Huge DC fan and this may have been great back in its day but man is this the worse anything I've ever read.The basic foundation of the story is solid and quite an interesting idea but it is totally ruined and destroyed by the fact that it is so boring. How you make a story like this boring is beyond me. Almost literally half the book is useless dialog between characters that sounds like an episode of the 70's Batman show that adds nearly nothing to the story. Not to mention the tie-in books it tries to tell you about that are thrown in randomly and provide no benefit to the story. The writer seems to forget what he did on the page before at times too, because characters just keep switching from personality to personality for the sake of impact to the situation but just comes off as schizophrenic.I just glossed over the ending because this book is an absolute chore to read. Which the ending is about as generic and unimaginative as it gets. If you love DC and want to complete your collection go for it, if not, skip it.

"Crisis on Infinite Earths" is one of the most influential comic books ever published. It figures, together, an ensemble of characters that reveal its majestic nature and the encompassing scope of its purpose: to re-define the concept of the multiverse, in terms of a fictional re-fashioning of the comic book landscape. DC Comics is famous for its mythology, its emphasis on story as opposed to the action focus of Marvel Comics, and the fact that, its heroes are often paragons of perfection, exemplars of heroism, gods, in reality.There would have been no "Final Crisis" without "Crisis on Infinite Earths". This epic re-defined what the purpose of a comic book was meant to be, instilling a sense of drama that is often lacking in fiction and revealing, that, yes, greatness comes at a cost! Even, at the cost of one's life...

I read this first back in grade school. Up to high school I only read Marvel comics. At the time I was already a geeky comic book fan & collector when I became a teenager. I saved $$ from After Summer School jobs & a generous allowance from my parents. (They did believe that being a comic nerd was better than being a gangstered thug) I bought each issue of The Crisis & loved the story. Became a long time DC Comics fan since then. 29 years later I saw this on sale as an eBook and downloaded it. Brought back a lot of memories. There is another reprint version sold on the Kindle site that has the page zoom version. This version only has the panel zoom feature. I might be wrong regarding this, but it was the only thing that subtracted 1 star for me. Other than this, everything thing else Liked A Lot. What was personally great for me was the nostalgia.

An iconic DC event that changed the entire status quo, Crisis of Infinite Earths is a major crossover that intelligently dealt with DC's complicated continuity in an elegant way--by recognizing, rather than ignoring, inconsistencies in DC's comics, treating them as an interconnecting "multiverse" and then cleaning up that continuity in brutal, world-ending fashion. It's really so simple and so brilliant when you think about it, and it would go on to not only shape the DC universe for a generation, but would generate other "crises" and reshapings of the multiverse in events to come.The only reason I mark Crisis On Infinite Earths down slightly is because, while it's a genius concept, the execution is less than stellar, and the multitude of characters and worlds and battles make this a slog to get through in practice. It's also hard for new readers to jump in on; whereas more modern comics are better at seeding refreshers and exposition to get new or foggy readers up to speed, this requires (and presupposes) a lot of background knowledge of a lot of major characters. But, even so, there's no denying that this is an incredibly iconic moment in DC's history, and an absolute must read for any DC fan trying to learn the major moments in the DC continuity. It's definitely worth reading at least once, if just to experience an event of this magnitude.

One of my favorite graphic novels. I wouldn't recommend it to just about anyone though. It's main flaw is that you gotta at least have an idea, of who a lot of the characters are, to fully get the experience of the story. Fortunately, most characters only make limited appearances and most of the book follows the more well known characters (The Supermen and family, Justice Society/League, Teen Titans, Legion of Super Heroes, etc), however it's makes for better reading to know who the Losers, Crime Syndicate and others were. But that can be fixed by reading a bit about them on DC's Wikia, just to get an idea.Perez's art is nothing short of great. No one draws Starfire better than him either. The story is very easy to follow despite it's ridiculous scope. And it really does create a sense of dread. When you see Brainiac show fear in it's own way, and Darkseid react desperately; you know somethings hit the fan. Every being in the DC universe is made to look like organisms struggling desperately to survive. And Wolfman has a great talent for writing sad moments. #tearjerkerIf you ever feel like trying one of DC's crossovers, get this one. This is the big daddy. A classic.

I don't know why DC reprints this graphic novel but I'm glad they did because "Arrowverse" crossover event "Crisis on Infinite Earths" will be based on this storyline. "Crisis on Infinite Earths" is like DC Comics's version of Marvel's "Secret Wars". Anyway, it about the DC superheroes must save the multiverse from a villain known as Anti-Monitor. The battle came with a price as we saw the deaths of Supergirl & the Flash.This is a must-have collection and I hope the DC Extended Universe will make a movie based on this graphic novel in the future.

Not quite the 'wow' experience I was hoping for after so many years of hearing people rave about this story. A fairly well told bit of housekeeping from DC as it untangles 50 years of various continuities (which would be completely undone 20 years later by Geoff Johns, a hack who never saw a satisfying conclusion he couldn't unpick and reboot).

I used to enjoy Superman, Batman and other superheroes as a child and this series drew my attention as it brings all the heroes together, from multiple earths into one cosmic battle against the anti-matter villain who is destroying all known matter. Certainly a great read and you meet many heroes I'd never come across before and multiple versions of my favourite characters. It is a complex story but once you get into it, you'll want to read the sequels - Zero Hour, Identity Crisis, Infinite Crisis, 52, Final Crisis and many other spin offs.I was keen to get the Absolute version which looks really classy but it is out of print and costs £80 or more for a used copy but trade paperback version is pretty good quality anyway.

This was a game changer in comics. Seeing heroes from different Earths fighting the greatest evil. And not all survive.

A good read. It was a little dated for my tastes, but I think it's an important event in comics history and I'm glad I read it.

Written by Marv Wolfman and art by George Perez. I collected this when it originally came out in the 1980's. And the story still holds up nearly thirty years later. Back then this was a huge milestone in the DC world. If you haven't read it, then get it. This is a classic.