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Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, the Flash, Supergirl and a host of other heroes and villains must face an enemy that threatens all reality! Intergalactic battles at the farthest reaches of space; the dissolution of the Justice League; relentless assaults on Earth's superhumans by Brother Eye's OMAC warriors; the Spectre's crazed mission to destroy all magic. Who is behind these events, and why? The answers are guaranteed to amaze you!This pulse-pounding story is written by fan-favourite writer Geoff Johns, and features the art of Phil Jiminez (New X-Men), in an unmissable collection that will forever redefine what is it to be a hero!
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Geoff Johns is a highly respected writer and has written a great many comics titles, including The Avengers, The Flash, Hawkman, JSA and Superman. Phil Jimenez is currently working on his own title, Otherworld, for Vertigo, and is the artist on high-profile titles The Invisibles, Teen Titans and Wonder Woman.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Infinite Crisis...,
This review is from: Infinite Crisis (Paperback)
I have had to read this book 3 times before writing a review for it. The reason being is that upon my first read, I didn't know what to make of it. By that I don't mean I failed to understand it, I just mean I didn't know if I liked or loathed it.
I have been out of comics for several years, and came back into them with this book being one of my first purchases. However I have not read much of anything in DC after the last crisis (crisis on infinite earths). The story follows the four characters who stepped aside at the end of the last crisis, those being superboy prime, superman of earth 2 along with his lois lane, and alex luthor of earth 3. It appears that they have been following the dark events that have been going on since the last crisis, the death of superman, the whole hal jordan/parallax story, death of the second robin etc etc... As a result of viewing all this they decide that the world is going to pot, and they are the ones to rectify matters by recreating earth 2 and starting over. This as I'm sure you can guess causes a whole host of problems, but I'm not going to spoil how it all pans out. The real reason behind this story, I feel, is that DC has so much going on, more story lines, on top of story lines, on top of back stories. DC launched the original crisis to settle things down so they could attract new readers, without said reader having to read nearly every story from the last 5/10 years. But again things went wild; I ask people if they prefer marvel to DC, or dark horse to DC (etc...), and dc rarely comes out on top, the reason being, people can't follow everything going on, only the die hard fans who have read everything for years actually know what is going on. This book starts us off fresh again, and it is a good book, the artwork is consistant, the plot is as solid as the last crisis and you can, as I have, re-read the book several times and still enjoy it. If you have just started reading comics, and want to read DC, don't be intimidated with all the characters in here, in fact I'd recommend this as a good place to start.
13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Lets Do The Crisis Again....,
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This review is from: Infinite Crisis (Hardcover)
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the amazing "Crisis On Infinite Earths", DC Comics decided to have another crisis. The last one (back in 1986) rebooted the DC Universe, cleared up character histories, brought characters (e.g. Captain Atom, Blue Beetle) into the DCU and relaunched several titles (e.g. Justice League America, Wonder Woman) - does Infinite Crisis do the same?
Since the original Crisis the DCU (DC Universe) has become a darker place, what with heroes dying (Superman, Robin II, Green Arrow, Metamorpho) -with some returning, going evil (Hal Jordan/Parallax, Hawk/Monarch) and the raping/mind wiping incidents (see Identity Crisis). Picking up on all of this Geoff Johns (JSA, Teen Titans), Phil Jimenez (Wonder Woman) and George Perez (Avengers, Crisis On Infinite Earths, JLA/Avengers) have created an epic story showing the return of Earth-2 Superman (with Lois), Earth-3 Alex Luthor and Superboy Prime, and their hopes of saving the multiverse from all this darkness. I originally read Infinite Crisis as it came out and could not wait for each issue - there's so much action, and so much happening that its an amazing read. Seeing the plot unfold, the mysteries of the 2 Lex Luthors, who destroyed the JLA Watchtower and hoping that the Trinity (Batman, Superman & Wonder Woman) can put their differences aside and work together to stop the destruction of their Earth, leads to a pulse pounding read. Add into that Superboy Primes slippery decent into evil (I kinda felt sorry for him, what with loosing his Earth, having only 3 people to talk to and then being rejected by people he wanted to be friends with), some kick @$$ scenes with the Green Lantern's, excellent one liners (Batman to Superman, "The only time you inspired people was when you were dead") and Power Girl finally finding out the truth about her part - and this becomes an instant classic. Definitely 5 out of 5. A side note for the skirmish/parents thinking of purchasing for children: The story does contain several deaths, so I'd recommend flicking through it before buying. Watch for my favourite involving Black Adam and watch out for Jokers 2nd appearance - its both terrifying and creepy. So does Infinite Crisis hold up against Crisis On Infinite Earths? Only time will tell, but it has lead to history altering, several titles relaunching (Justice League America, Wonder Woman) and has strengthened the bond between characters. BTW, anyone interested in more IC should check out the lead in stories (e.g. OMAC Project, Day Of Vengeance, Rann/Thangar War and Villains United) - all available in TPB. As for this hardcover, extras some scenes being increased (Deathstroke/Batman fight) and some being altered (gun click has gone). There's also a gallery of covers and a great Q/A chat with the creators.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
This is not the end, it is not even the beginning of the end; it is merely the end of the beginning,
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This review is from: Infinite Crisis (Superman (Graphic Novels)) (Paperback)
This is `merely' a section of a `big event', and if you haven't read the numerous lead-in volumes, and the numerous follow-up volumes (which in turn lead in to the subsequent `52' and `Final Crisis' events), then you may be a tad confused. The important stuff actually happens in `Superman - Infinite Crisis' and in `Superman - The Sacrifice', although the events of the first are repeated here. Basically, the events of the original `Crisis on Infinite Earths' are being undone, though that will not be revealed immediately - see the follow-up events mentioned above. Note that in the text pages at the end of this volume the writers complained that they didn't have enough issues to fit everything in - a sad comment on the state of editing at DC Comics in that (a) - the editors didn't plan it better, and (b) the editors didn't edit the comment out. Hey, if they can't be bothered to get it right AGAIN - why should we care?The story is just about readable, but a lot of the action seems to refer to things happening off-stage, which might be happening in associated issues of the main characters' titles, or might simply have been omitted for space. I don't know, and there are no footnotes to tell us. Fans will like it, casual readers will not.
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