| Infinite Crisis |  | Author: Geoff Johns
Creators: Phil Jimenez, George Perez
Publisher: DC Comics
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Pages: 264
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Dimensions (in): 10.1 x 6.6 x 0.5
ISBN: 1401210600
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.5973
EAN: 9781401210601
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Publication Date: February 27, 2008
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INFINITE CRISIS is the hardcover collection of the hottest story in comics: one that changes everything you know about the heroes and villains of the DC Universe.Four heroes, trapped in limbo since the original CRISIS ON INFINTE EARTHS, are about to reveal themselves: one is dying, one wants to save her and restore an entire world that vanished and the other two seek unrivaled power. The plan they concoct is literally earth-shattering, and the world's greatest superheroes may not be enough to stop their attempt to alter the very nature of reality. This special edition features artist sketches, a cover gallery and lots of behind-the-scenes information, making it the must-have collection of this soon-to-be-legendary event in comics history.
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 The only nice thing I can say about this is...... *spoiler warnings* July 26, 2010
Michael Zack (DeKalb, IL)
I went through a lot of the reviews and saw a lot of very insightful comments coming from many people. All I can do is share my own thoughts on the product. I refuse to claim anyone's opinions are right or wrong. All I can do is share my own thoughts and explain why I didn't care for Infinite Crisis. If you liked it, cool. If you didn't, that's cool too.
When I read comics, I see nothing wrong with looking back at what previously happened or closely examining a scene which occurred. To me, a comic is meant to be read slowly and appreciate the art. The artist plays a huge part in telling the overall story, as comic books are primarily a visual medium along side the storytelling. So, it makes sense to take a close look at the picture and examine it to see if it makes any sort of sense along with the story.
The only nice thing I can say about the story was that they tried hard to tell it. I admire the effort DC went through to put this together.
Visually, the story did not work. There were many instances where events happened which doesn't make sense in the context of the DC universe. In DC, Batman may be the smartest man in the world, but he is still only a man. At one point, Mongul was fighting Superman, Wonder Woman, and Batman. Batman was backhanded by Mongul. He took the full force of a hit and was knocked far away. Keep in mind, Mongul is strong enough to fight both Superman and Wonder Woman at the same time. He can take hits and give them without problem. And Batman may be wearing some reinforced costume pieces, but he is still just a man. That backhand should have killed him. The fact he lived made no sense at all.
In the build-up to Infinite Crisis, Batman's Kryptonite ring was lost right next to the Sun. Wonder Woman used it in an attempt to defeat Superman. They were next to the Sun during the fight when Superman hit her quite hard, and she lost her grip on the ring. The ring was not of a significant size and, given the size of the solar system, should not be easily found. There wasn't any story which indicated that the ring was found, or that Batman retrieved it. For no apparent reason, Batman had it with him when the Superman from Earth-2 talked to him.
Space is 2 degrees above absolute zero. I remember reading multiple DC stories which confirmed that. Yet Superboy's breath was able to freeze multiple Green Lanterns and shatter them.
Early in the story, Superman was seen staring at a news article of himself. It was pretty clear to the reader that it was a picture of him lying dead. If you were to look at the other newspapers around, one of them was about the Crisis on Infinite Earths. The Crisis was not remembered by anyone but the Superheroes who were at the beginning of time. This was established in the DC Universe. This was canon. But, for no apparent reason, there's a newspaper story dealing with it.
Why was the sky red?
How did Doomsday get knocked out? He's virtually a force of nature. In fact, he was point blank on Green Arrow, but Green Arrow was able to say two sentences before Superman showed up to knock out Doomsday. Doomsday is incredibly fast and should have plowed right through Green Arrow over 50 times by the time he finished his two sentences. Doomsday should not be knocked out. He doesn't have the nervous system to be knocked out. That would contradict what was written about in Hunter/Prey.
Why in the world were Superheroes watching Earths get destroyed at the new center of the universe? Shouldn't they have been doing something to stop it? Why weren't they trying to stop it? They only did something when Superman and Wonder Woman were about to die. That makes zero sense.
There were hundreds of OMACs surrounding Luther's tower. It was established that one OMAC was powerful enough to give Superman trouble. Now, there are hundreds of them. They didn't play a role at all in the defense of the tower at all. Superboy, Wonder Girl, and Nightwing were easily able to fly right in and free the heroes with no difficulty whatsoever. That contradicted everything that is known on the OMACs. Everything.
Why did Alexander Luther kiss Power Girl? Why did that knock her out?
In Crisis of the Infinite Earths, Anti-Monitor's body was destroyed at the end when it fell into a star and the star went supernova because of the anti-matter in the Anti-Monitor. Yet, somehow the body survived for no apparent reason.
Why did Wally get sucked into the speed force? I'm sure there is a great story to explain it, but while reading the story, it seemed to happen for the sake of it happening rather than it adding to the story in any meaningful way. The event just suddenly happened for no explainable reason. It is the responsibility of the author and/or artist to communicate ideas to the reader. To have an event as important as that demands some sort of explanation within the story which it happens.
Earth-2 comes back and is hovering over Earth-1. So do the heroes rush over and investigate? Nope. They go and pray. Heroes. Going to church and praying. An Earth appeared right over the only Earth the heroes knew about exactly at the time time quite a few heroes disappeared, namely the entire Justice Society of America. The heroes appear to be concerned over the disappearance of everyone. If they had time to contact everyone to meet in one specific city and at one specific church, they had more than enough time to go to that Earth to investigate. Why didn't Superman rush over there immediately to see what happened. The fact that the heroes did absolutely nothing was just so insulting to the intelligence.
These are only some of the problems I have with the story. This isn't including the story structure, the retcons from the comic books to the tradeback. To me, the problems are just too much for me to take. But I saw other reviewers love it.
Thanks for reading. I shared my opinion. What's yours?
 Artisically beautiful with an overwhelming plot! July 22, 2010
S. Penrose (Small Town, OH)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I don't know if I'm the ideal reader for this massive amount of DC Universe history but I dove right in. First off, the art was fantastic. Most was done by Phil Jimenez and its beautiful. The plot was a little confusing at times for me but after I caught on I was really enjoying it. Nothing says "event" comic like ramifications, and this series has them in spades. Overall, a well crafted series.
 Name dropping is the only thing this book does well July 9, 2010
HeroJunkie
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is a mess. There are too many characters and not much of a story to follow. I'm not quite halfway through the book and I don't know if I can finish it.
There are dozens of characters involved in battles all over the Earth and out in space. You get little snippets of each battle and you get to hear the names of famous heroes and villains, from Superman on down to Nightwing. Really naming all these famous heroes is the only thing this book has going for it. There are no reasons given for the battles, no build up to the battles, and no resolution to many of the battles. Very little has happened except descriptions of villains coming out and causing chaos for no apparent reason. So far there has been one memorable fight between the wizard Shazam and the Spectre. I can't even remember much else, though I've just been reading it.
I do remember a couple of scenes, only because they were bizarre and irritated me. One involved the super duper strong villain Mogul. Mogul punches Superman so hard that Superman smashes up out of a building into the sky. Then Mogul picks up Batman and tries to crush Batman's neck but is unable to do so because Batman has a titanium gorget protecting his throat. I just can't believe this. Anyone who can stand toe to toe with Superman can surely crush earthly metal such as titanium.
There is also a scene where the Amazons of Paradise Island are defending their island with uzis and other modern small arms. Is this normal for magically powered women, or is it just Wonder Woman who has magical strength? I don't actually read comics much so maybe this is normal. Normal or not, the whole scene is ridiculous.
As a person who enjoys comic book characters through movies and video games and the occasional graphic novel, I give a thumbs down to this novel. I am especially concerned because this book is written by Geoff Johns who is the writer for DC Universe Online, a game that I have high hopes for.
The more you think about it the worse it is. For Shame DC July 8, 2010
Danny C. Johnson (Portland, OR)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
While not as repellant as Identity Crisis or Emerald Twilight, or as unmercifully boring as the Death of Superman or Knightfall, Infinite Cop-Out takes a huge mistake: the original Crisis on Infinite Earths and it's retroactively changing of DC's then 50 years of history and mutliplies its flaws to infinity. Once you've contradicted and rewritten what has come before the audience feels inherently betrayed and has that much harder of a time enjoying new stories. The orginal Crisis was at least an entertaining read despite its shameless padding but it dealt the DC mythos a mortal blow. Infinite Crisis may well be the coup de grace. Since it came out I haven't enjoyed a single DCU comic. The only ones I can read anymore are the ones outside of the so-called continuity. DC fans need a "continuity report" to make any sense of any titles these days since the continuity seems to change as often as the weather. Geoff Johns is a talented writer but this is a hopeless task. The first couple of issues were actually kind of engaging but it quickly collapses as every single DC and Marvel big crossover has done. I hated Crisis on Infinite Earths, Secret Wars, Legends, Millenium, and so on up to this and Civil War, which I didn't even try to read. The treatment of the Golden Age Superman is unforgivable as is bringing him back as a zombie in Darkest Night. I could go on about how worthless this is but it's too painful to me. It made me realize how much I hate DC as a corporation that has betrayed and exploited countless writers and artists over it's 70 plus year history. The arrogance and short sighted stupidity of DC is truly mind boggling. They have taken mythic heroes that almost everyone loves and made their stories utterly innaccesible. No wonder the audience is shrinking for comics. It's similar to how other corporations like GM slit their own throats by outsourcing jobs until no one can afford to buy their cars and they go bankrupt. For shame DC Comics. The D clearly no longer stands for Detective since you obviously have no clue.
Very good cross-over October 30, 2009
Pablo (Colorado)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Let me start out by saying this is my first review and I do not want to give any spoilers, so the info I give will be limited. This far surpasses the previous mega DC crossover Crisis on Infinite Earths from the 1980s, which this is considered a sequal of. The previous Crisis dragged on and on at the end. This book actually focused on a limited number of characters and was a lot less confusing. I am not a long time fan of DC, but I have recently become hooked by the works of Geoff Johns, starting with Green Lantern: Rebirth and continuing with Teen Titans Vol. 1: A Kid's Game. This book starts with the big three arguing (Superman, Batman, & Wonder Woman), and ends by creating a new villain that is later seen in Green Lantern: The Sinestro Corps War, Vol. 1, also by Johns. BTW, I cannot wait for Blackest Night to come out in trade paperback. Well anyway back to my review. If you like superhero crossovers but think they have a little too much going on, then this is the book for you. There is a real danger, involving the multiverse and the primary characters are focused on instead of having an 'infinite' number of characters just duking it out. I won't give it 5 stars because, IMO, all crossovers tend to get distracted by their scope, and this one is no different, though this one does a better job of keeping on point. I think it mostly stays on point because it is a seven issue story instead of a twelve. At the end of the book in the "special features/commentary" section Johns mentioned that he wanted more issues, which I think would have been a bad mistake. Well if you want more of Infinite Crisis after reading this there are tie ins, like Superman: Infinite Crisis (Superman) by Joe Kelly. Anyway, this is my favorite crossover in comics so far, and I think after reading it you will agree. Enjoy!
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