The mysterious Monitor has been arming super-villains for months, increasing the threats the heroes have been facing. Now the multiverse is dying and the heroes face the ultimate threat. The constant division in the multiverse has made it too weak and the shadow of a menace the likes of which they’ve never faced before looms large on the horizon. Will even the combined might of the heroes of Earth-One, Earth-Two, Earth-Four, Earth-S, Earth-X and more be enough to stop the end of all reality?
The first major event from DC Comics would completely reframe the DC Universe, giving new readers a chance to jump into a far-less confusing continuity. Or that was the plan…
40 years on, Crisis on Infinite Earths is still an crossover event that all other DC events are compared to. Set in motion by Marv Wolfman – sowing seeds in a number of DC titles since 1982, the Crisis to end all Crises was led by a 12-issue mini-series featuring stellar art by George Pérez, with numerous tie-in issues.
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Major Event: With a primary mini-series and numerous related tie-ins, Crisis on Infinite Earths is considered to be one of the biggest events in the history of the DC Universe. If you want to keep things as simple as possible, just stick to Crisis on Infinite Earths #1-12 and you’ll do just fine!
Must-Reads: The essential chapters are included in bold in the Core List and include a ✔ in the Full Reading Order and Fallout sections.
Anthology Issues: When an issue contains multiple stories, the relevant story is denoted with square brackets. For example, [2/5] refers to the second story of the five stories in that issue.
Red Skies: A number of crossover and tie-in issues only feature the red skies and resulting weather or similar blink-and-you’ll-miss-it elements – these include Batman #389-391, Detective Comics #556-558, Omega Men #26, Vigilante #22, Warlord #97-98 and Wonder Woman #327; other loose tie-ins and crossover issues include DC Comics #78, Losers Special #1 and Omega Men #26.
Shadow War: The tie-ins that also impact Hawkman’s ‘Shadow War’ storyline are anomalous in that they arguably take place in both Earth-One and Earth-85 continuities.
Spoilers: The issue descriptions and fallout section contain spoilers, so be warned!
Previous events that directly impact this story:
- THE CITADEL WAR (1982) – The debut of the Monitor
- CRISIS ON EARTH-PRIME (1982) – The previous Crisis on Earths One to Three
- BAPTISM OF BLOOD! (1984) – Wally West quits being Kid Flash
Want to keep it simple? Here’s the chronological reading order without story descriptions, or spoilers; bold issues are ‘must-reads’:
- DC Comics Presents #78 (tie-in)
- Crisis on Infinite Earths #1
- All-Star Squadron #50
- Firestorm #41
- Swamp Thing #39 (tie-in)
- Detective Comics #555 [1/2] (tie-in)
- Infinity Inc #18
- Infinity Inc #19
- Justice League of America #244
- Warlord #97 (tie-in)
- Warlord #98 (tie-in)
- Batman #389 (tie-in)
- Detective Comics #556 [1/2] (tie-in)
- Wonder Woman #327
- Batman #390 (tie-in)
- Detective Comics #557 [1/2] (tie-in)
- Batman #391 (tie-in)
- Detective Comics #558 [1/2] (tie-in)
- Crisis on Infinite Earths #2
- Green Lantern #194
- Vigilante #22 (tie-in)
- Crisis on Infinite Earths #3
- The Losers Special #1
- All-Star Squadron #51
- All-Star Squadron #52
- DC Comics Presents #88
- Crisis on Infinite Earths #4
- DC Comics Presents #86
- Infinity Inc #20
- Swamp Thing #44 (tie-in)
- Superman #410 (tie-in)
- Omega Men #26 [1/2]
- Wonder Woman #328
- Crisis on Infinite Earths #5
- Infinity Inc Annual #1
- All-Star Squadron #53
- All-Star Squadron #56
- Swamp Thing #45 (tie-in)
- Infinity Inc #21
- Infinity Inc #22
- All-Star Squadron #53
- Swamp Thing #46
- All-Star Squadron #54
- Crisis on Infinite Earths #6
- Swamp Thing #46
- Infinity Inc #21
- Superman #412 (tie-in)
- Superman #413 (tie-in)
- Infinity Inc #21
- Infinity Inc #22
- DC Comics Presents #95 (tie-in)
- Crisis on Infinite Earths #7
- Wonder Woman #329
- Infinity Inc #23
- All-Star Squadron #55 [1/2]
- Infinity Inc #24
- Legion of Super-Heroes #16
- DC Comics Presents #87
- Superman #414
- All-Star Squadron #55 [2/2]
- All-Star Squadron #57
- Crisis on Infinite Earths #8
- Omega Men #31 (tie-In)
- Blue Devil #17
- Blue Devil #18
- Blue Devil #19 [1/6] (tie-in)
- Blue Devil #19 [2/6] (tie-in)
- Blue Devil #19 [4/6] (tie-in)
- Justice League of America Annual #3
- Blue Devil #19 [3/6] (tie-in)
- Superman #415
- Green Lantern #195
- Legion of Super-Heroes #18
- New Teen Titans #13
- Firestorm #42
- Blue Devil #19 [5/6] (tie-in)
- New Teen Titans #14
- Blue Devil #19 [6/6] (tie-in)
- Crisis on Infinite Earths #10
- Green Lantern #196
- Green Lantern #197
- All-Star Squadron #58 [1/2]
- Green Lantern #198
- Crisis on Infinite Earths #11
- Justice League of America #245
- Amethyst #13
- Justice League of America #245
- All-Star Squadron #58 [2/2]
- Crisis on Infinite Earths #12
- All-Star Squadron #59
- All-Star Squadron #60
| Must Read | Title, Issue & Synopsis |
| ✔ | DC Comics Presents #87 [2/2] (pp.1-12) In the universe that’s home to Earth-Prime (a world without metahumans), Jor-El of the planet Krypton uses his teleportation tech to transport his son Kal-El to planet Earth when the destruction of Krypton is imminent. Before Jor and Lara-El can follow Kal through, Councillor Durkin of Krypton’s Science Council enters the chamber and takes the next spot. But the weight calibration isn’t set for him and the chamber explodes. Krypton dies. Kal-El is found and raised by Jerry & Naomi Kent as their son. They name him Clark Kent, despite him having to share his name with a comic book character. The boy exhibits no powers… |
| DC Comics Presents #78 (tie-in) On Earth-One, the sorcerer Kraklow continues to pit Superman and the Forgotten Heroes against Forgotten Villains. The team overcome the Faceless Hunter from Saturn, then travel to the living planet Yggardis with help from Space Cabbie and Chris KL-99. Kraklow, Yggardis and the Enchantress successfully combine their magical powers. But the Forgotten Villains turn against the Enchantress, while Chris-KL99 opens fire on Yggardis. The magical Triad are defeated. In space, aboard his satellite, the Monitor orders his assistant Lyla Michaels to scan Earth-Three… | |
| ✔ | Crisis on Infinite Earths #1 (pp.1-11) An unnamed purple-haired metahuman can only watch as one of the Earths in the multiverse is swallowed by nothingness. He’s transported to Earth-Three to observe the end of the Crime Syndicate‘s world. Earth-Three’s Lex Luthor places his infant son into an experimental craft and launches it into the multiverse… 1st appearance: Pariah/Kell Mossa (unnamed) |
| ✔ | Crisis on Infinite Earths #1 (p.12) / Firestorm #41 (pp.1) Aboard the Monitor’s satellite, Lyla becomes Harbinger divides, sending versions of herself to the infinite variations of Earth… |
| ✔ | Crisis on Infinite Earths #1 (pp.13–16) One Harbinger travels to Gorilla City on Earth-One and takes King Solovar. Next, she takes Dawnstar of the Legion of Super-Heroes from the 30th Century… 1st appearance: Alexander Luthor Jr (Earth-Three) |
| All-Star Squadron #50 (pp.1-20) In April 1942 on Earth-Two, the Justice Battalion are taken prisoner by Nazis. Before Engineer Gootsden can use rockets to launch them into space, the rockets vanish. Harbinger arrives in the timeline, recalling how the Monitor sold the missiles to Gootsden. Commander Steel is captured by the Nazis while on a rescue mission in Berlin. The All-Star Squadron make a public appearance in Manhattan. Having almost healed from recent injuries, Rod Reilly tells his sister, Danette Reilly, he’s looking to take his Firebrand identity back from her… | |
| ✔ | Crisis on Infinite Earths #1 (pp.16-17) / All-Star Squadron #50 (pp.20-22) Harbinger locates Danette Reilly, transforms her into Firebrand and teleports ph her away… 1st appearance: Shadow Demons |
| All-Star Squadron #50 (pp.22-23) Harbinger is unable to leave the time period with Firebrand due to interference from a device the Monitor gave the Nazis; in Berlin, Commander Steel breaks free and releases Captain Brad Farley, but Steel is teleported away by the Monitor’s tech; Uncle Sam recruits Phantom Lady, Plastic Man, Jester, Manhunter and the Blackhawk Squadron into his Freedom Fights, before they all leave Earth-Two to liberate to Earth-X from the Nazis. Libby Lawrence (Liberty Belle) and John Chambers (Johnny Quick) get married. Green Lantern (Alan Scott) and the rest of the Squadron fail to prevent Harbinger from leaving Earth-Two with Firebrand, but Alan, Liberty Belle and Johnny Quick manage to follow them through Harbinger’s portal before it closes. They find themselves on a different Earth. Having been transported to Earth-One, Commander Steel decides to start a new life. Doctor Occult reveals to the remaining Squadron members that something sinister has entered their world from another… |
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| ✔ | New Teen Titans #13 (pp.1-12) The Tamaranean prince Karras desperately tries to reach Earth, but encounters a wave of anti-matter. Nightwing turns to Wonder Girl and Terry Long for advice on Starfire’s willingness to kill and wonders if asking her to marry him may be a mistake. Cyborg finds out Sarah Simms is seeing someone else due to his constant disappearances. People think the Teen Titans’ nemesis Trigon is responsible for the skies turning red… Also see STORM WARNINGS |
| ✔ | Crisis on Infinite Earths #1 (pp.17-22) Harbinger recruits Blue Beetle from Earth-Four. Another Harbinger is possessed by a Shadow Demon before aggressively snatching Arion from Earth’s distant past. A third Harbinger procures Psycho-Pirate (Roger Hayden) from an asylum on Earth-Two… |
| ✔ | Firestorm #41 (pp.2-24) Both Ronnie Raymond and Dr Martin Stein have relocated to Pittsburgh. The Harbinger who recruited Psycho-Pirate arrives on Earth-One. Psycho-Pirate sneaks off and instils Dr Stein with extreme fear. Harbinger forces Ronnie and Dr Stein to merge as Firestorm. He immediately feels intense fear and fights her off until Harbinger makes Psycho-Pirate relinquish control of Firestorm’s emotions. As the skies turn red and a storm breaks, Harbinger takes Firestorm and Psycho-Pirate to find Killer Frost… 1st appearance: Hugo Hammer, Wendy Olsen, Stu Schwab |
| Swamp Thing #39 (tie-in) Under John Constantine’s direction, Swamp Thing arrives in the sunken town of Rosewood which is riddled with aquatic vampires. Their eggs hatch, birthing their monstrous brood. The strongest one among them consumes the others, growing in size until it’s strong enough to take on the Swamp Thing and behead him. Transferring his consciousness into the roots and soil below, Swamp Thing becomes a buried giant and causes the water to flow, oxygenating it and killing the vampires in the process. Later, Constantine arrives in the no-longer flooded Rosewood and berates the reconstituted Swamp Thing for allowing the people who saw the vampires to live. Warning that the red skies and strange weather is a warning of what’s to come, Constantine tells Swamp Thing to meet him in Kennescrook, Maine, in two weeks. Also see A MURDER OF CROWS | |
| Detective Comics #555 [1/2] (tie-in) As the skies go red over Gotham City, Sgt Harvey Bullock smashes the Bat-Signal when he gets over-excited about Batman’s plan to catch the two Rogues (as per the events of RETURNING REFLECTIONS, 1985). Taking the bait, Captain Boomerang commands Mirror Master to steal the Tien Hsu Jade Necklace as it leaves the museum, though he takes Bullock prisoner. Mirror Master faked being hypnotised and fights back when Boomerang tries to take the necklace. But all that’s in the box is the shards of the recently-broken Bat-Signal. Batman takes down Captain Boomerang and Mirror Master. Alse see RETURNING REFLECTIONS | |
| Infinity Inc #18 Earth-Two, present day, Fury (Hippolyta Trevor) and the Silver Scarab (Hector Hall) of Infinity Inc have been captured by Mister Bones’ strange team, Helix, made up of metas who were experimented on before they were born. The Harlequin warns Thorn to leave Infinity Inc alone. Obsidian and Jade follow a lead to Mister Bones’ Los Angeles hideout, overpowering Arak and Tao Jones who escape. Fury and the Silver Scarab are free, but Harbinger suddenly arrives and takes Obsidian away. Jade, Northwind, Nuklon and Star-Spangled Kid chase the rest of Helix. In the fracas, Mister Bones accidentally glances Jade with his poison touch… 1st appearance: Doctor Love/Benjamin Love | |
| Batman #389 (pp.1-2) (tie-in) Commissioner Jim Gordon expresses concern to Batman over Catwoman’s return, despite her reforming (see THE VENGEANCE SPIRAL, 1985). Elsewhere, Catwoman looms over a murdered member of the False Face Society… | |
| Infinity Inc #19 Infinity Inc rush Jade to a hospital where Dr Charles McNider (secretly Doctor Mid-Nite) and Dr Beth Chapel tend to her. The team notice the red skies above them when Commander Steel appears from nowhere, accompanied by a robotic woman named Mekanique. Steel was living a normal life on Earth-One for decades until a group of criminals took over the Justice League of America. Steel met Mekanique who transported him to Earth-Two to recruit Infinity Inc to oppose this new Justice League. Arriving on Earth-One, Infinity Inc catch the League off-guard. Commander Steel and Mekanique take the JLA’s Steel (Hank Heywood III, Commander Steel’s grandson) and vanish. Infinity Inc begin to think they’ve been duped. In Earth-Two’s Gotham City, Doctor Fate (Kent Nelson) reveals to the Justice Society of America that every Earth is under threat… 1st appearance: Dr Beth Chapel, Mekanique | |
| Justice League of America #244 In the Justice League Compound in Detroit, Commander Steel and Mekanique take down Infinity Inc. The Justice League return from a quick trip to Earth-Two, bringing the Justice Society with them. Hawkman reveals Mekanique will go on to face the Justice Society in their past. Mekanique vanishes. The Justice League, Justice Society and Infinity Inc head outside to save innocents threatened by the insane storms, hurled down from the red skies. Inside, Steel defeats Commander Steel… | |
| ✔ | New Teen Titans #13 (pp.13-17) Harbinger approaches Cyborg. After a brief scuffle, he realises her intentions are good and goes with her… Also see STORM WARNINGS |
| ✔ | Green Lantern #194 (pp.1-10) Green Arrow and Black Canary rescue Star City’s citizens as the weather goes wild. Green Lantern Corps members John Stewart and Katma Tui return to Earth, noticing the skies across the planet have gone red. Harbinger materialises and tries to recruit John, but he thinks she’s attacking him. Eventually, he realises her good intentions and goes with her. At the closed-down Ferris Air, Hal Jordan is inspired by Tom Kalmaku… |
| Vigilante #22 (pp.1-9) (tie-in) Adrian Chase recently gave up the Vigilante identity. But now a new Vigilante mercilessly kills thieves who are taking advantage of the bad weather that’s hit New York. Chase is losing his mind due to the emergence of the new Vigilante, believing himself to be under the mask… | |
| ✔ | Crisis on Infinite Earths #1 (pp.23-25) On Earth-One, Psycho-Pirate makes Killer Frost fall in love with Firestorm so Harbinger can recruit her. The Monitor considers the fact that he will die at the hands of his own daughter. Aboard his satellite, Harbinger pulls her multiple selves together again… |
| ✔ | Crisis on Infinite Earths #1 (pp.26-28) / Green Lantern #194 (pp.10-11) The recruited superhumans – who also include Doctor Polaris, Geo-Force and Psimon of Earth-One and Superman of modern-day Earth-Two among their number – are attacked by Shadow Demons… |
| ✔ | Green Lantern #194 (pp.11-13) Katma Tui mentally reports her run-in with Harbinger and the mention of the Monitor to the Guardians of the Universe on the planet Oa. She tries to contact Dalor in Sector 2813, but the sector is gone… |
| ✔ | Crisis on Infinite Earths #1 (pp.28-31) The superhumans battle the Shadow Demons… |
| ✔ | Crisis on Infinite Earths #1 (pp.31-32) / Green Lantern #194 (p.13) The Monitor emerges and disperses the Demons and announces to all that their universes are about to die! |
| Must Read | Title, Issue & Synopsis |
| Warlord #97 (tie-in) In Skartaris, the land of eternal daylight at the core of Earth-One, Travis Morgan – the Warlord – is fighting a war against the New Atlanteans. who have claimed the city of Shamballah. Morgan’s forces initiate his plan to reclaim the walled city, but Lord Sabretooth knew they were coming. Scarhart and Captain Trogero are among the warriors who lose their lives. After his forces retreat, Morgan blames the minstrel Graemore, believing him to be a traitor. Lord Sabretooth’s army invade the valley where Morgan’s army is camped. The only thing that saves them from defeat is a sudden earthquake and a volcanic eruption – all caused by the Crisis – that sends Lord Sabretooth’s army running. Jennifer Morgan and her cat kill the real spy, the with Saaba. But Graemore was gravely wounded in the battle, trying to prove he wasn’t a traitor. | |
| Vigilante #22 (p.10) (tie-in) Adrian Chase presides as judge on the Trinidad Santiago court case, but hasn’t prepared… | |
| Wonder Woman #327 (pp.1-8) Major Keith Griggs and Lt Lauren Haley of the US Air Force and journalist Gene Lewis have travelled to Tropidor to confront Colonel Montez, only for him to reveal himself as the mad god Tezcatlipoca. As Wonder Woman travels to Tropidor, the aggressive winds almost hurl her Invisible Plane from the sky… | |
| Warlord #98 (tie-in) In Skartaris, many of Travis Morgan’s friends are dying or injured. Deciding he’s no longer a worthy Warlord, Travis deserts the camp until he’s knocked off his horse by an earthquake. He’s found by the Old Hermit who explains that worlds are being destroyed and the universe is about to change. After passing through the Eye of Truth, emerging in the throne room of Cykroth the Unholy – wizard king of New Atlantis – Travis is just as suddenly transported back to the camp where he decides he needs to step up and lead. 1st appearance: Cykroth the Unho | |
| Batman #389 (pp.3-23) (tie-in) Under the red skies ofGotham City, Nocturna reclaims the closed-down Gotham Observatory from a gang. Vicki Vale angrily rejects Bruce Wayne before he can even end their relationship. Batman offers to help Catwoman find the killer who’s framing her when a fourth False Facer dies. First he takes her to the Batcave to show her a stalactite that looks a bit like a cat that reminds him of her, which isn’t weird at all. Robin and Sgt Harvey Bullock join forces to investigate reports of Nocturna’s return. Robin finds her first, but calls her “mom”. Elsewhere, the Night-Slayer kills another False Facer, convinced Nocturna has claimed leadership of the False Face Society. | |
| Detective Comics #556 [1/2] (tie-in) As red rain falls over Gotham, Bullock realises Robin’s under Nocturna’s sway, but passes up the chance to shoot her as she leaves the observatory. Bullock confesses his actions to Jim Gordon who reminds him Nocturna has reformed, unaware she’s busy taking over the False Face Society. Bullock and Gordon have also figured Robin isn’t the original and that he’s Nocturna’s son (following Natalia Knight’s adoption of Jason Todd during NIGHTMARES, INC, 1984-1985). Batman saves a False Facer from Night-Slayer who escapes. Batman confronts Nocturna at the observatory, but they soon kiss. | |
| Batman #390 (pp.1-4) (tie-in) The red rain is accompanied by storms and even a minor earth tremor. Nocturna admits she plans to steal from the rich for the funds she needs to conduct her research on the current cataclysm. Batman warns Nocturna and departs… | |
| Wonder Woman #327 (pp.9-23) Wonder Woman finally exits the storm and finds Tezcatlipocalording it over an Aztecs in their ancient garb, and they’re ready to sacrifice Gene, Keith and Lauren. However, they all appear to be caught in a time loop until Wonder Woman breaks it, causing Tezcatlipoca and the Aztecs to return to three win time. Wonder Woman and her friends leave in the Invisible Plane. They return to the present via the stormy red skies a d Wonder Womsn knows a bigger threat is on the horizon. At the Pentagon, Brad Covington accuses General Phillip Darnell of funding a bloodbath in Tropidor and using Wonder Woman to do it. Antiope plans on staging an uprising on Paradise Island. | |
| Batman #390 (pp.4-23) (tie-in) The red rain is accompanied by storms and even a minor earth tremor. Nocturna admits she plans to steal from the rich for the funds she needs to conduct her research on the current cataclysm. Batman warns Nocturna and departs. Elsewhere, Catwoman follows a False Facer back to the group’s meeting with Nocturna who encourages the gang to continue stealing, despite another recent murder. Batman watches as Vicki Vale kisses her fitness instructor. Robin visits Bullock’s home to tell him the Night-Slayer is behind the murders. The Boy Wonder and Batman return to the observatory just as Catwoman tries to take Nocturna in. In the conflict, red lightning strikes the telescope Catwoman is stood on. Batman turns against Nocturna and leaves with Catwoman’s charred body, followed by Robin. Another quake separates the observatory behind them. | |
| Detective Comics #557 [1/2] (tie-in) The storms caused by the Crisis get drastically worse. Catwoman is now hospitalised and Batman realises he still loves her, telling aher so when she wakes. At the Batcave, Robin answers a call from Martian Manhunter and the Justice League, asking him to stay on alert as they’re still unsure of the cause of the storms. Night-Slayer invades the False Face Society’s hideout and, despite them telling him where Nocturna is, he slaughters them all. Robin stands guard as close as he can get to the observatory. Night-Slayer arrives, ready to kill him! | |
| Batman #391 (tie-in) Night-Slayer defeats Robin and climbs to the observatory. Trapped by the rising floods caused by the red rain, Robin calls in Batman. Catwoman flees the hospital. Nocturna realises the end is coming. Inspired by Darkwolf (see THE VENGEANCE SPIRAL, 1985), Robin hang-glides to the observatory, but is too late to stop Night-Slayer from stabbing Nocturna. When the Slayer turns his attention to Robin, the dying Nocturna goes for the killer! She’s stabbed again before Batman shows up and takes the next cut that was meant for her. Catwoman crashes a helicopter into the observatory, destroying it. Robin sends Nocturna off in her hot air balloon. Night-Slayer, Catwoman, Batman and Robin fall with the crumbling cliff. They survive and immediately detain the unconscious Night-Slayer. Nocturna’s balloon is destroyed by the raging storms. | |
| Detective Comics #558 [1/2] (tie-in) Batman takes the defeated Night-Slayer to the Gotham City Police Department. Batman and Robin try to help the security guard Julian Marsh who was enthralled by Nocturna at the Gotham Observatory, chasing him up to the spire of the Ardeco Building that snagged Nocturna’s hot air balloon after it was hit by red lightning. Only the passenger’s blood remains, and Batman & Robin fail to convince Marsh not to throw himself from the tower. He’s swallowed by red ether before he reaches the ground. Batman visits Catwoman in the hospital, but soon receives a call from Harvey Bullock, telling him the Joker has escaped from Arkham Asylum! | |
| ✔ | Crisis on Infinite Earths #2 (pp.1-8) At the Dawn of Man on Earth-One, the heroic Anthro momentarily witnesses the 30th Century, as a stampede of woolly mammoths make the jump from one period of time to the other. This alerts Brainiac 5 of the Legion of Super-Heroes to the anti-matter energy threatening the universe. On present-day Earth-One, the Joker evades capture at the Batman’s hands when the Flash (Barry Allen) appears before them, disintegrating before Batman’s eyes… |
| ✔ | Crisis on Infinite Earths #2 (pp.9-13) / Green Lantern #194 (p.14-15) The Monitor explains to the gathered superhumans that over 1000 universes have already perished. Those heroes are to stand against the Anti-Monitor who threatens to wipe out all existence with anti-matter. Harbinger finds herself growing to hate her adoptive father, falling under the evil influence of his foe. Still, she transports the metahumans through time to locate the five devices powerful enough to stop the Anti-Monitor. On Oa, an unseen force activates the Green Lantern Power Battery and renders the Guardians unconscious…. |
| ✔ | Green Lantern #194 (p.16-23) Katma Tui is unable to contact Oa. She finds Hal Jordan and they renew their friendship. Hal visits Abin Sur’s grave and finds Guy Gardner digging it up in search of his ring so that he can again become a Green Lantern. The two men fight until a Guardian arrives and grants Guy a Green Lantern Ring. As the Guardian teleports away with Guy, Hal leaps into the area and teleports with them! |
| ✔ | Green Lantern #195 (pp.1-7) The Guardian dumps Hal Jordan somewhere on Oa and takes Guy Gardner in for a safer landing. The Guardian explains to Guy – whose brain damage is miraculously healed – how he was first passed over as a Lantern and how he ended up in a coma,. This led to John Stewart taking Hal’s place when he quit. Now that John is fighting for the Monitor, the Guardians are ready to make Guy the Green Lantern of Sector 2814… |
| ✔ | Crisis on Infinite Earths #2 (p.14) On Earth-One, Batman meets with Superman to tell him about the Flash’s message. The Flash briefly appears before them both, warning them the world is about to die… |
| Vigilante #22 (pp.11-23) Adrian Chase decides to hunt down the new Vigilante, scaring off Marcia King when she finds him preparing his arsenal. The Vigilante kills the Heights Warriors gang. Chase fails to locate the new Vigilante, so he visits Marcia and opens up to her about how he first took on the persona. | |
| ✔ | Crisis on Infinite Earths #2 (pp.15-25) Dawnstar, Solovar and Earth-Two’s Superman arrive on Earth-AD where they meet Kamandi who’s investigating a strange tower. The heroes fend off Shadow Demons, realising their silhouette matches the Monitor’s. Arion, Obsidian and Psycho-Pirate emerge in ancient Atlantis where another tower stands. The purple-haired man, Pariah, materialises and is driven mad by Psycho-Pirate until the unseen enemy snatches the Pirate away and recruits him. On the Monitor’s satellite, the infant Alexander Luthor of Earth-Three has rapidly aged and is now a boy. With Psycho-Pirate turned, the Monitor decides to create the new Doctor Light! 1st appearance: Anti-Monitor (in shadow), Pariah (named), Cosmic Tuning Forks |
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| ✔ | Crisis on Infinite Earths #3 (pp.1-5) The Monitor’s tests reveal the young Alexander Luthor is composed of both matter and anti-matter, which may make him the key to saving the universes. The Anti-Monitor orders Harbinger to kill Alex. In Earth-One’s future, the Flash’s peaceful life is interrupted by cataclysmic weather and a wave of anti-matter. The Flash vibrates out of the timeline… |
| ✔ | Crisis on Infinite Earths #3 (p.5) / New Teen Titans #13 (p.18) On present day Earth-One, the Teen Titans and Outsiders witness an anti-matter wave destroying everything in its path… Also see STORM WARNINGS |
| ✔ | New Teen Titans #13 (p.18) Batman and Superman show up to help. The Titans worry about their missing team-mate, Cyborg… Also see STORM WARNINGS |
| ✔ | Crisis on Infinite Earths #3 (pp.6-10) The heroes rescue as many civilians as they can. The Flash appears before them all, but is ripped to atoms before he can say much. In space, Brainiac feels fear for the first time while observing the anti-matter wave’s destructive power. He decides to seek out Lex Luthor… |
| The Losers Special #1 (pp.1-31) On Earth-One, circa 1944, Captain William Storm recalls the formation of his unit, the Losers. Sgt. Rock’s Easy Company call on the Losers for assistance… | |
| ✔ | Crisis on Infinite Earths #3 (pp.6-15) Easy Company and the Haunted Tank crew locate a strange tower in Markovia. Geo-Force and Doctor Polaris are distracted from the Monitor’s mission and instead concentrate on fighting Nazis. While Blue Beetle focuses on the tower, the Losers join the battle, but are beset by Shadow Demons… |
| The Losers Special #1 (pp.32-40) The Losers believe they’re overpowered by Nazis as they lose their lives. | |
| ✔ | Crisis on Infinite Earths #3 (pp.16-19) Easy Company move in on the Shadow Demons, assisted by Geo-Force and Doctor Polaris. The Monitor returns the Blue Beetle to his own time when he’s almost killed. At the time of the Great Disaster, Solovar is returned to his own time when he’s mortally wounded. |
| All-Star Squadron #51 Hopping aboard his Mindtripper, Mister Mind leaves Earth-S and reverse-tracks Harbinger’s trail back to Earth-Two, circa 1942. There, he selects Mister Who, Nyola, Oom the Mighty and Ramulus the Plant-Master to form his new Monster Society of Evil. The group capture Doctor Fate, Hawkgirl and Hourman at the Justice Society of America’s meeting place. The arrival of Sandman’s sidekick, Sandy, turns the tide. Oom teleports Doctor Fate to his home, but the other heroes escape. Meanwhile, Green Lantern, Liberty Belle and Johnny Quick materialise on Earth-S where they face an angry Captain Marvel… 1st appearance: Monster Society of Evil IV | |
| All-Star Squadron #52 [1/2] (pp.1-11) The three Squadron members help Captain Marvel defeat the Shadow Demons he’s been fighting for hours, under the now-red skies of Earth-S. Captain Marvel takes the Green Lantern to China to recharge his ring from the untouched green meteorite… | |
| ✔ | Crisis on Infinite Earths #3 (pp.19-23) On Earth-One, circa 1879, Bat Lash, Jonah Hex, Nighthawk, Scalphunter and Johnny Thunder investigate another strange tower. Shadow Demons emerge soon after the arrival of Cyborg, Firebrand, Green Lantern and Psimon. Nighthawk flees the scene, only to be swallowed up by a wave of antimatter… |
| ✔ | Green Lantern #195 (pp.8-10) On present day Earth-One, Katma Tui is helping people in Europe who’ve been affected by earthquakes and volcanic eruptions caused by the Crisis. Her Green Lantern Ring suddenly runs out of power. On Earth-One, circa 1879, John Stewart’s ring runs out of power while battling the Shadow Demons… |
| All-Star Squadron #52 [1/2] (pp.11-16) Liberty Belle catches up on sleep and dreams of Firebrand running around with cowboys and a different Green Lantern (John Stewart). Captain Marvel takes the three heroes to the Rock of Eternity where the wizard Shazam asks them to follow an energy trail that leads them to a portal home. Green Lantern takes a piece of rock back with him. Shazam needed to prevent Captain Marvel from seeing that portal for a few years, yet… | |
| All-Star Squadron #52 [2/2] The Nazi rocket carrying Hawkman arrives on a version of Saturn from an alternate universe. After helping the warrior Aka reunite with his beloved Ysult by defeating her despotic father Hora, Hawkman is rewarded with a case of radium. Mastering the rocket’s controls, Hawkman pilots it back towards Earth. | |
| DC Comics Presents #88 After putting the moon back in its correct orbit, Superman returns to Earth where three media executives ask Clark Kent to counter the inflammatory Crisis coverage by news reporter Jack Ryder. By night, Ryder operates as the insane, crime-fighting Creeper! When the man called the Hermit is given a regular slot on Jack Ryder’s show, warning of the end of the world, it gives the demon who possess the Hermit the means to control his audience. Superman is joined by the Creeper when the demon takes form, ending his threat before he can summon more of his kind. | |
| ✔ | Crisis on Infinite Earths #3 (pp.19-23) The antimatter wave hits Earth in the 30th Century. Kid Psycho of the Legion of Super-Heroes is swallowed by it. Aboard the Monitor’s satellite, Harbinger confronts the Monitor! |
| DC Comics Presents #86 (pp.1-7) On Earth-One, Supergirl apprehends some joyriders. At the Galaxy Communications building, Clark Kent sees a double black hole configuration in space. Supergirl gets a call from Batgirl… |
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| ✔ | Crisis on Infinite Earths #4 (pp.1-3) / DC Comics Presents #86 (pp.7-8) The red skies darken and the storms continue. Supergirl locates Batgirl and they express their fears over the apparent end of the world… |
| DC Comics Presents #86 (pp.9-23) Initially, Superman believes the two black holes are causing the storms, but instead, Supergirl’s foe Blackstarr appears and blames Superman over the state of the universe. Supergirl proves Blackstarr wrong and with Superman’s help, she reverses the gravitational flow of the entire universe. Supergirl and Superman are unable to find Blackstarr in the aftermath. | |
| Infinity Inc #20 (pp.1-22) On Earth-Two, Green Lantern and Starman assist Infinity Inc with rescues during the raging red storms. At the hospital, Nuklon and Dr Charles McNider are introduced to Rex Tyler’s son, Rick Tyler. Charles and Rex resume their old identities as Doctor Mid-Nite and Hourman, respectively, to rescue people from a fire caused by the storms. Rick takes one of his father’s Miraclo Pills and saves Dr Beth Chapel from the flames… 1st appearance: Hooty XIV, Rick Tyler | |
| ✔ | Crisis on Infinite Earths #4 (pp.3-7) Elsewhere, at Mento’s mansion, John Constantine believes he knows how the Crisis is affecting the Swamp Thing. Pariah witnesses the destruction of Earth-Six – home of King Volt and Lady Quark. Pariah saves Lady Quark as her world dies… 1st appearance: Princess Fern/Liana, Lady Quark/Tashana, Lord Volt/Karak, Earth-Six |
| Swamp Thing #44 (tie-in) Swamp Thing’s visit to Abby Cable’s home leaves him feeling awkward. Outside Mento’s mansion, John Constantine and Mento watch the bizarre red skies and bump into Batman for no apparent reason. The Swamp Thing finds a corpse – the 165th victim of a serial killer believing himself to be the Bogeyman. Swamp Thing finds and drowns the killer and accepts he needs John Constantine to help him find direction. Meanwhile, Constantine calls Abby’shome and tells her he’ll meet Swamp Thing in San Miguel in one week… Also see A MURDER OF CROWS | |
| Infinity Inc #20 (pp.22-23) On Earth-Two, hours after the incident, Rick Tyler decides he wants to be the next Hourman, against his father’s wishes. Beth Chapel comes out of surgery exhibiting powers and claiming the role of the new Doctor Midnight! | |
| Superman #410 (pp.1-14) (tie-in) On Earth-One, Superman catches and disposes of an old nuclear-powered NASA satellite that was knocked out of orbit by a meteor. Clark Kent quickly writes up the story for the Daily Planet in time for the late edition. But NASA confirm with Morgan Edge that the satellite Superman caught is still in orbit and never left. Superman himself finds no trace of the satellite leaving orbit and, questioning his sanity, tells Morgan Edge directly that he has no idea where Clark Kent got the story from. Clark has a tense meeting with Morgan Edge and Perry White… | |
| Omega Men #26 [1/2] (pp.1-17) (tie-in) In the Vega System, Nimbus of the Omega Men hurtles through space toward the insane X’Hal contained within the sphere of Vega, but he’s intercepted by her son, Auron. A streak of flame licks out from Vega at Nimbus, leaving him in unimaginable pain. The Uxorian Green Lantern dubbed Green Man holds the damaged Omega Men’s ship together as it makes its way to Tamaran. The team struggle to trust the Lantern due to an ancient pact between the Psions and the Guardians of Oa that keeps the Green Lantern Corps out of the Vega System. But Green Man loses his link to Oa, which cancels out his ring’s abilities. Nimbus heads down to Vega where X’Hal snatches him and brings him inside. She has obtained the power to destroy the Vega System and end her and Auron’s lives. The system is hit by Crisis-induced solar storms… | |
| ✔ | Crisis on Infinite Earths #4 (pp.8-10) The Monitor takes solar energy from the fight between Nimbus and X’Hal and sends it to Dr Kimiyo Hoshi on Earth-One. Harbinger prepares to kill the Monitor… 1st appearance: Dr Kimiyo Hoshi |
| Superman #410 (pp.15-24) Clark Kent empties his desk and says goodbye to Lois Lane, Lana Lang and Jimmy Olsen as he leaves the Daily Planet. With that, Superman departs from Metropolis and puts himself through a series of tests at the Fortress of Solitude. Though they come up blank, he correctly guesses Lex Luthor’s involvement. Luthor somehow sent the false scenario into Superman’s brain and now believes the Man of Steel must feel immeasurable guilt for Clark Kent’s public humiliation. | |
| ✔ | Green Lantern #195 (pp.11-16) On present day Oa, Hal Jordan finds himself stranded in the desert. However, his indomitable will connects to the desert dust radiated by the Central Power Battery, miles away, which leads him to a research tunnel. Hal escapes a creature that has been freed from the Sciencells… |
| Omega Men #26 [1/2] (pp.18-19) A force wave knocks the Omega Men’s ship off-course and into the mouth of a huge space creature… | |
| Wonder Woman #328 (pp.1-13) Wonder Woman’s mother, Hippolyta, is the victim of an uprising on Paradise Island stirred up by Antiope. Demeter appears before the Amazons and summons them to war as Shadow Demons swarm the island. At the Pentagon, Hermes shows up to summon Diana Prince who reveals her Wonder Woman identity to her friends and coworkers! With Hermes, she defeats the Weaponers of Qward who burst into the Pentagon. Wonder Woman and Hermes depart together… | |
| ✔ | Crisis on Infinite Earths #4 (pp.11-16) The Anti-Monitor snatches Red Tornado from Earth-One. Firestorm and Killer Frost are sent to defend the Cosmic Tuning Fork on Earth-Two, in the time of King Arthur. Vandal Savage watches as the Shining Knight joins them in fending off the Shadow Demons. In each era on Earth’s One and Two, the Shadow Demons merge to form giant, singular Demons at each Fork. Now the new Doctor Light, Kimiyo Hoshi has to stop Halo and Starfire from attacking a Cosmic Tuning Fork and reveals the threat of the Anti-Monitor to Superman. New identity: Kimiyo Hoshi as Doctor Light |
| Wonder Woman #328 (pp.14-23) In Washington, General Phillip Darnell falls into a trap set by Delilah. He leaves Steve Trevor and the others in charge in his absence. On Paradise Island, the Shadow Demons form one giant Shadow Demon as they overpower the Amazons. Wonder Woman arrives and shoots the Purple Ray from Science Island at the creature, obliterating it. On Olympus, Hippolyta orders the Amazons not to fight… | |
| ✔ | Crisis on Infinite Earths #4 (pp.17-25) On Paradise Island, Earth-One, only Wonder Woman chooses to oppose the coming threat, disobeying her mother. Pariah materialises on the Monitor’s satellite, where the Monitor reveals he’s responsible for the Pariah’s abilities, and that he’s saved the last of his energy for the end. Harbinger materialises and, against her own will, kills the Monitor. Harbinger vanishes and Pariah can only watch as the anti-matter claims all Earths… |
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| ✔ | Crisis on Infinite Earths #5 (pp.1-5) The Monitor is dead and Earths One and Two are gone, but the power of the Anti-Monitor is unchanged. The Monitor allowed his adopted daughter, Harbinger, to kill him so that his energies would transfer to the Cosmic Tuning Forks to create a Netherverse. This is now home to Earths One and Two and their universes. But the two Earths are slowly merging. When they fully align, both worlds will be destroyed! Alexander Luthor – last survivor of Earth-Three – obtains the Monitor’s instructions on how to save the remaining Earths… |
| Infinity Inc Annual #1 (pp.1-14) On present day Earth-Two, Alan Scott and Molly Mayne meet Infinity Inc for dinner. Alan explains to Jade he was widowed a year before she and Obsidian were born. Obsidian crashes the party following his mission for the Monitor, and his shadow powers briefly go out of control! The group leave the restaurant as red snow falls. Jade and Obsidian return home to find their friend, Rose Canton, missing. They’re unaware of Rose’s dark Thorn persona, which has taken control of her. Thorn attacks Alan Scott in his home, and reveals she knows he’s secret identity. He activates his Green Lantern Ring, but her wood-like vines are his ring’s one weakness… | |
| All-Star Squadron #53 (pp.1-17) On Earth-Two, in the 1940s, Mister Who, High Priestess Nyola and Ramulus break the Dummy out of prison under Mister Mind’s guidance, despite Superman’s best efforts. The Man of Steel meets with the All-Star Squadron who inform him the Justice Society are missing. Doctor Occult and the Seven Soldiers of Victory are on hand to join the search. Elsewhere, Oom the Mighty materialises in the Monster Society of Evil’s hideout, crushes Mister Mind’s Mindtripper and takes command of the team with brute force, renaming them ‘The Society of Oom’. The Mindtripper is barely stable enough for Mister Mind to fly it back through Harbinger’s portal – past Green Lantern, Johnny Quick and Liberty Belle – and to the next world he hopes to conquer: Earth-S… New identity: Monster Society of Evil as the Society of Oom | |
| All-Star Squadron #56 [1/2] Under the red skies, the Shining Knight’s search for the Seven Soldiers of Victory is sent off-course by a rampaging robot. He tracks it to the waterfront, but the robot takes him unawares. The Sense-Master empowers five mobsters with a heightened sense each and orders them to steal five jewels for him. The Shining Knight survives the Sense-Master’s attempt to slay him and summons the Seven Soldiers of Victory. Against all odds, the thefts are successful. ‘Sense-Master’ kills his stooges and the robot unmasks, revealing himself to be Dr Brett, a man who needs the gems to create a magical army. Instead, Brett is turned to stone by his own gem. | |
| Infinity Inc Annual #1 (pp.15-37) In the morning, Thorn tries to kill Jade and Obsidian. The Harlequin and Green Lantern join the fight, but it’s Rose who defeats Thorn by stabbing herself with one of her own spikes. Green Lantern realises he just watched the wife he thought dead die all over again. Rose Canton was Jade and Obsidian’s mother. Harlequin reveals how Rose was ‘cured’ of her Thorn persona on Transformation Island with Wonder Woman’s help. She returned to the world as ‘Alyx Florin’ and married Alan Scott. Jade and Obsidian were conceived on their honeymoon, after which ‘Alyx’ tried on Alan’s Green Lantern Ring only for it to trigger Thorn’s return, along with an explosion that led Alan to believe ‘Alyx’ was dead. Rose gave up her twins for adoption so Thorn couldn’t hurt them. Harlequin then reveals she knows Alan is the Green Lantern and that she’s really Molly Mayne. The two of them express their love for one another. And Alan reveals he wears a toupee. | |
| All-Star Squadron #56 [2/2] Doctor Mid-Nite lands on Neptune – or an alternate version. He gives the Neputunians a vaccine for the measles. In return, they give him books that give him the knowledge to, among other things, reprogramme his craft and send it back toward Earth. | |
| Swamp Thing #45 (tie-in) In California, two young couples explore the allegedly-haunted home of the long-dead Amy Cambridge whose family made the Cambridge Repeater rifle in the Old West. The four of them are soon separated by the shifting 160 room building and two are murdered by the ghosts. Swamp Thing arrives, scares the ghosts out of the Cambridge House and takes the survivors to safety. Swamp Thing meets John Constantine and his friends Benjamin Cox and Frank North as they prepare for the end of the universe… Identity revealed: Benjamin Cox (named), Frank North (named) Also see A MURDER OF CROWS | |
| Infinity Inc Annual #1 (pp.38-41) Within days of tso many revelations, Green Lantern and Harlequin are married. Even Doiby Dickles makes it to the wedding! | |
| Infinity Inc #21 (pp.1-11) The heroes of Earth-Two celebrate at Green Lantern and Harlequin’s wedding. Rick Tyler feels responsible for Elizabeth Chapel’s blindness. Jade is relieved when Brainwave joins the party. Reporter Yolanda Montez uses her powers to gatecrash the party. Harbinger materialises among the wedding guests and teleports everyone away, leaving only Rick Tyler, Yolanda Montez and the other civilians. Rick decides to leave for South Carolina to find Beth Chapel… | |
| Infinity Inc #22 (pp.1-10) Obsidian explains to the JSA and Infinity Inc that they’ve been transported to the Monitor’s Satellite and updates them on the Crisis. Helix are also present and attempt to goad the Earth-Two heroes into a fight. Star-Spangled Kid meets Jonni Thunder. Solomon Grundy has to be contained when he lunges at Alan Scott… | |
| All-Star Squadron #53 (pp.18-19) In ‘space’ around 1940s Earth-Two, Green Lantern is left alone when energy snatches Liberty Belle and Johnny Quick. They reappear on the Monitor’s Satellite and are reunited with Amazing Man and Tarantula. They’re confused by the sight of Alan Scott and realise he’s from their future… | |
| Swamp Thing #46 (pp.1-8) John Constantine and the Swamp Thing observe the chaos on Earth-One before they’re transported aboard the Monitor’s Satellite… Also see A MURDER OF CROWS | |
| Infinity Inc #22 (p.10) Alexander Luthor prepares to address the heroes & villains… | |
| ✔ | Crisis on Infinite Earths #5 (pp.6-12) / All-Star Squadron #53 (p.20) / Infinity Inc #22 (p.11) Earth-One and Two are safe for now, but all times exist at once. Alexander Luthor transports a number of heroes and villains from numerous time periods from the two Earths to the Monitor’s Satellite. He explains there was only ever meant to be a single universe, but the universe was split into multiple universes at the dawn of time. To save their worlds – and all worlds in their respective universes – they must complete the Monitor’s work and become one universe. Only Earth-Two Superman agrees to help… |
| Swamp Thing #46 (pp.8-10) After Alex Luthor’s rallying speech, Swamp Thing finds the Phantom Stranger aboard the Satellite. The Stranger recognises John Constantine and is surprised to see him alive. Constantine brings Swamp Thing to meet Alex who says he’s happy Swamp Thing will be dealing with the effect that the Crisis will have on the spiritual dimensions surrounding Earth, much to the muck-monster’s surprise… Also see A MURDER OF CROWS | |
| ✔ | Crisis on Infinite Earths #5 (p.12) Alex Luthor sends all the heroes and villains home to consider his words… |
| Infinity Inc #21 (pp.12-16) Rick Tyler is arrested for hitchhiking and carrying pills (actually Miraclo pills) and bombs (Dr Mid-Nite’s Blackout Bombs). In his new Hourman guise, he breaks out of his cell, evades the police and hitches a ride to South Carolina… New identity: Rick Tyler as Hourman | |
| ✔ | Crisis on Infinite Earths #5 (pp.13-18) Katma Tui and other Green Lanterns return to Oa to find the Guardians trapped. Alexander Luthor returns the heroes and villains of Earths One and Two, but not all to the right Earths. The Anti-Monitor subverts the Red Tornado. |
| Swamp Thing #46 (pp.11-12) Swamp Thing witnesses first-hand the horrors of man’s inhumanity as the world descends into chaos… Also see A MURDER OF CROWS | |
| ✔ | Crisis on Infinite Earths #5 (pp.13-21) / All-Star Squadron #53 (pp.20-22) On Earth-One, heroes from different timelines stop a lightning storm and discover Red Tornado was the cause. Wildcat saves a young girl, but red lightning hits his legs are shattered… |
| ✔ | Crisis on Infinite Earths #5 (p.21) The injured Wildcat is reunited with Yolanda Montez. The heroes all decide to save the Earths… |
| All-Star Squadron #53 (p.23) On Earth-One, Green Lantern (present day Alan Scott), Johnny Quick, Deathbolt, Per Degaton and Star Sapphire are selected for a mission by Harbinger… | |
| All-Star Squadron #54 (pp.1-17) On Earth-Two, circa 1942, Batman, Robin, the Flash and the returning Green Lantern join the search for the Society of Oom, only for them to attack the All-Stars directly. Oom’s attempt to keep the Red Moon Stone of Yzgartyl safe by swallowing it ends up backfiring when he explodes. Doctor Fate returns in time to help shut down what’s left of the Society of Oom. Amazing Man and Tarantula vanish mid-fight, and it seems they were pulled from their time to stand among the heroes selected by Alex Luthor… | |
| ✔ | Crisis on Infinite Earths #5 (pp.22-24) Alexander Luthor summons a select team – Doctor Light and Starfire of Earth-One and Hawkman, Northwind and Steel of Earth-Two – for a special mission to save the other three surviving positive matter Earths. The enemy finally reveals his true face, emerging from the shadows and calling himself ‘the Monitor’, while looking like a distorted version of the original. On Earth-X, the Freedom Fighters stand ready to die in battle. 1st full appearance: Anti-Monitor (calling himself ‘Monitor’) |
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| ✔ | Crisis on Infinite Earths #6 (pp.1-6) The dark ‘Monitor’ empowers the Psycho-Pirate to conquer the three remaining Earths, aside from the hidden Earths-One and Two. The power it emanates causes disruptions in the Netherverse, damaging the Monitor’s Satellite and hurling the specially-selected squads of heroes from within it. Harbinger stops Alexander Luthor from sacrificing himself before the satellite explodes… |
| Swamp Thing #46 (pp.13-22) Swamp Thing witnesses more horrors before reuniting with John Constantine who tells him the Monitor’s Satellite is gone. He tells Swamp Thing of the Brujería – a secret society of witches who plan to bring back an as-yet-unknown darkness in order to destroy heaven. Constantine advises Swamp Thing visit the Amazon Rain Forest to seek out the Parliament of Trees. In London, a nun is murdered by a man with his head on back-to-front. Also see A MURDER OF CROWS | |
| ✔ | Crisis on Infinite Earths #6 (p.7) On Earth-Two, following Wildcat’s injuries, Yolanda Montez considers taking up the mantle… |
| Infinity Inc #21 (pp.17-26) A couple of days after the wedding on modern day Earth-Two, Rick Tyler is reunited with Beth Chapel in her home when Shadow Demons attack. Hourman quickly falls, but Beth exhibits new abilities and scares the Demons off… | |
| Superman #412 (tie-in) Former-Daily Planet reporter and WGBS-TV newscaster Clark Kent is on the unemployment line. And his commitments as Superman are getting in the way of finding work. Lana Lang berates the Man of Steel to his face. It was Lex Luthor’s Brain-Chain Beam that implanted false memories in Superman’s mind. Now, Superman punches through Lex’s Warsuit into his heart, not realising at first that it’s another hallucination, he believes himself to be a murderer. But even the realisation that it’s another hallucination sends Superman over the edge. | |
| Superman #413 (tie-in) Unable to trust his own mind, Superman falls into despair. Lex Luthor activates his Scrambler Rods and makes the Man of Steel his unconscious prisoner on Black Island while he has visions of Metropolis dematerialising. But Superman subliminally hears the sound of an event held by Clark Kent’s friends in his honour and wakes up! Superman gives chase as Luthor escapes Black Island in his Warsuit, but a portal swallows Luthor up. Superman attends the dinner meant for his alter-ego and clears his name. | |
| ✔ | Crisis on Infinite Earths #6 (pp.8-11) On Earth-One, Lex Luthor is beamed aboard Brainiac’s Skull Ship. Doctor Light and Starfire of Earth-One and Hawkman, Northwind and Steel of Earth-Two and transported to Earth-X where the mind-controlled population are trying to run head-first into a wall of anti-matter. Their efforts to save the people are intercepted by the Freedom Fighters who also seem out of character. Elsewhere, Psycho-Pirate begs the ‘Monitor’ to let him stop controlling three worlds… |
| Infinity Inc #21 (pp.27-28) The morning after their fight, Beth Chapel’s mum creates her a Doctor Midnight Costume based on Hourman’s designs. When a cannonball hits the house, the two heroes investigate. New identity: Beth Chapel as Doctor Midnight | |
| Infinity Inc #22 (pp.12-26) Doctor Midnight and Hourman find the source of the cannonball when they run into time-lost Union soldiers from the American Civil War. The two heroes flee into a cave where the soldiers are slaughtered by a dinosaur. Doctor Midnight blows up the dinosaur and the heroes stagger back to civilisation… | |
| ✔ | Crisis on Infinite Earths #6 (pp.12-16) The squad made up of Azrael, Katana and Martian Manhunter of Earth-One, Flash of Earth-Two and Blok of the Legion of Super-Heroes arrive on Earth-Four where Blue Beetle, Captain Atom, Judomaster, Nightshade, Peacemaker, the Question and Thunderbolt mistake them as enemies. On the merging Earths One and Two, Aquaman finds parts of Atlantis missing and is unable to locate Mera. Dolphin observes as Black Manta and Ocean Master suddenly vanish… |
| DC Comics Presents #95 (pp.1-20) (tie-in) Superman struggles to think of a way to end the current Crisis. The Thanagarian hunter Kasta Shrev, aka Thrill-Killer, roams the galaxy, seeking out the greatest hero of each world and killing them. Having absorbed energy from a black hole, Thrill-Killer orders his crew to head to Earth. The Gentleman Ghost warns Hawkman of Kasta’s plan to kill Superman and intercepts. Superman joins the fight, but the immense power of Thrill-Killer overwhelms him until Hawkman throws the villain into a tornado caused by the Crisis… Also see SHADOW WAR | |
| New Teen Titans #13 (p.20-21) The Teen Titans battle the Psycho-Pirate-controlled heroes of the other four Earths… Also see STORM WARNINGS | |
| ✔ | Crisis on Infinite Earths #6 (pp.16-24) Black Canary, Changeling, Kole, Supergirl and Wonder Woman of Earth-One find themselves on Earth-S, fighting for their life against the mind-controlled Captain Marvel, Captain Marvel Jr, Mary Marvel and Uncle Marvel. Harbinger uses the last of her immense power to pull Earth-Four, Earth-S and Earth-X into a Multiversal Nexus with Earth-One and Earth-Two, breaking the Psycho-Pirate’s sway over them. Alex Luthor and the now-powerless Lyla observes as the five Earths continue to slowly merge… 1st appearance: Multiversal Nexus |
| DC Comics Presents #95 (pp.21-22) (tie-in) Superman departs, unaware that Hawkman is lying to him about his current ‘Shadow War’ (mirroring events on Earth-85). In space, having been rescued by his crew, Thrill-Killer absorbs more power from the back hole… Also see SHADOW WAR | |
| ✔ | Crisis on Infinite Earths #6 (pp.24-25) On Earth-Two, Yolanda Montez becomes the new Wildcat. In the Nexus, Lyla encourages Alex to fulfil his destiny… New identity: Yolanda Montez as Wildcat |
| Wonder Woman #329 (p.1-10) Ares forms an alliance with Hades, unaware that Hades has, in turn, aligned himself with the dark ‘Monitor’. Returning to Paradise Island, Wonder Woman and Hippolyta stand among the ruins where they make amends. Kore warns them of the Anti-Monitor’s alliance with Hades… |
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| ✔ | Crisis on Infinite Earths #7 (pp.1-3) The five Earths in the Netherspace are now free of Psycho-Pirate’s influence. Brainiac snatches Doctor Sivana and Ibac from Earth-S. Lyla Michaels transports herself to Earth-S where the fighting between the Marvel Family and Earth-One’s female heroes has ended. Lyla selects Captain Marvel… |
| ✔ | Crisis on Infinite Earths #7 (pp.3-4) / Infinity Inc #23 (pp.1-2) On Earth-Two, the new Wildcat decides against introducing herself to All-Star Squadron members Atom, Green Arrow and Liberty Belle – who have found themselves in the present – for fear they won’t accept her. She decides she needs to prove herself… |
| Infinity Inc #23 (pp.2-9) Star-Spangled Kid thinks he’s spotted Wildcat, but is distracted by the sight of Jonni Thunder falling from the sky. The Kid teleports Jonni away before the living female Thunderbolt pursuing her can attack again. The incident is observed by the time-travelling Knodar, aka the self-styled ‘Last Criminal’. Elsewhere, Jade and Brainwave insist on helping Northwind return home to Feithera… | |
| Wonder Woman #329 (pp.11-36) Washington DC is still ravaged by the storms on Earth-One. Steve Trevor is unable to save Lt Lauren Haley who falls into the splitting Earth. Wonder Woman shows up and confesses her love for Steve. Together, they fly to Mount Olympus together which Ares has successfully conquered and populated with their army of the dead. Wonder Woman leads the surviving warriors of Paradise Island and Atalanta against Ares. Kore convinces Hades return her love, end his pact with the Anti-Monitor and return the undead army to their graves. Steve Trevor realises the Gods of Mount Olympus are trapped in their own statues and aids Wonder Woman in defeating Ares by making the statue of Zeus fall on him. The battle is over… | |
| ✔ | Crisis on Infinite Earths #7 (pp.4-16) On Earth-Four, Blue Beetle puts himself forward to Pariah. On Earth-X, Uncle Sam agrees to help Starfire. Alex Luthor recruits the Supermen of Earths One and Two. Lady Quark also joins as the only survivor of her Earth. Lyla explains to them all how Krona caused the divergence which created the multiverse and the Anti-Matter Universe while trying to learn the origins of the universe. The Oans exiled Krona and first created the Manhunters, then the Green Lantern Corps to protect the universe. Ten billion years ago, the Monitor was born on Oa’s moon, while the Anti-Monitor was born on Qward’s moon in the Anti-Matter Universe. The Anti-Monitor created his army of Thunderers from the Qwardians and turned their elite into Shadow Demons. Millions of years ago, Pariah sought the origins of his universe, accidentally unleashing anti-matter on the positive matter universes, destroying his own homeworld and waking the Anti-Monitor. But he also woke the Monitor who empowered Pariah to find the next world the Anti-Monitor would strike… |
| Wonder Woman #329 (p.37) Zeus performs the marriage ceremony for Wonder Woman and Steve Trevor… | |
| Infinity Inc #23 (pp.10-14) Brainwave, Jade and Northwind arrive in Greenland. The trio rest in a cave where Brainwave tells Jade about how his powers levelled up when his dad died, before they make sweet sweet superhero love near the unconscious Northwind… | |
| Wonder Woman #329 (p.38) On the night of their wedding, Wonder Woman shares her hopes for the future with Steve Trevor. | |
| Infinity Inc #23 (pp.15-28) Brainwave, Jade and Northwind find the Feitherans preparing to die as a glacier slowly threatens to destroy their home. They even freed Solomon Grundy to allow him to live. Jade encourages Grundy to help her hold back the glacier while Brainwave mentally convinces the Feitherans to abandon their home. As they depart, Jade tries to save Grundy from the collapsing city, but he’s buried by it. | |
| ✔ | Crisis on Infinite Earths #7 (p.17) The Spectre explains to Deadman and the Phantom Stranger that the three of them are unable to act, yet, as their powers won’t work in the Anti-Matter Universe… |
| ✔ | Crisis on Infinite Earths #7 (p.17) / Infinity Inc #24 (pp.1-2) Power Girl expresses her frustration to Huntress over not being chosen for the strike team… |
| ✔ | Crisis on Infinite Earths #7 (p.17) The heroes of Earth-X, Earth-Four and Earth-S all share their respective fears… |
| Infinity Inc #24 (pp.2-3) Harlequin is saddened that Alan Scott has been selected for the strike team, so soon after their wedding… | |
| All-Star Squadron #54 (pp.18-23) Firebrand leads a squadron of heroes from numerous periods in time on a mission in Cape Canaveral, circa 1985 for Harbinger. Together they find a whole band of Indigenous Americans led by Super-Chief attacking a rocket launch! | |
| All-Star Squadron #55 [1/2] Firebrand’s true mission is to find Nuklon’s mother, Terri Kurtzberger-Rothstein, but now she’s focused on saving a NASA space shuttle. Her fellow heroes realise their foes aren’t villains, when they meet Strong Bow and Arak among their number. Firebrand convinces Super-Chief she means no harm, with neither aware that the Ultra-Humanite has taken control of the NASA base and installed a death ray in the shuttle. Terri Kurtzberger-Rothstein is among his captives. Cyclotron appears from nowhere to take on the Ultra-Humanite, snatched from time moments before his death (during THE ULTRA WAR, 1983). The Ultra-Humanite takes Terri aboard the shuttle. Firebrand arrives and reveals Terri is Cycloton’s daughter. Cyclotron saves Terri, taking the brunt of the Humanite’s blast before returning to his own time… and death. | |
| Infinity Inc #24 (pp.3-28) Nuklon is desperate to know how Firebrand’s mission went. Fury and Silver Scarab pass up a chance to apprehend Star-Spangled Kid rematerialise in Hollywood, circa 1935. Star-Spangled Kid takes on a gang of mobsters, but is beaten unconscious. Knodar the Last Criminal recruits the mobsters. Jonni Thunder explains to the Star-Spangled Kid how the Crisis somehow separated her from her ‘Living Thunderbolt’ form. Knodar holds the two heroes hostage and orders the Kid to hand control of Stellar Studios over to him. Fury’s pet infant Kanga, Trouble, helps Jonni and the Kid defeat Knodar and his gangsters by using the studio’s film sets against them! | |
| ✔ | Crisis on Infinite Earths #7 (pp.18-40) Alexander Luthor’s powers allow the assembled heroes into the Anti-Matter Universe where they find their foe’s fortress, only to battle the fortress itself. The living rock is powerful enough to make Earth-Two Superman bleed, but Earth-One Superman and the new Doctor Light get through to the Anti-Monitor’s Solar Collector at the Fortress’ centre which is causing the five remaining Earths to vibrate and merge. The Anti-Monitor has almost beaten Earth-One Superman to death when Supergirl bursts in and assaults the Anti-Monitor, destroying his machine and almost killing him. But, with his body almost destroyed, he blasts Supergirl and escapes in a shape made from his Fortress. Supergirl dies in Superman’s arms. The heroes escape the Anti-Matter Universe through Alexander Luthor’s portal… Identity revealed: The dark ‘Monitor’ is called the Anti-Monitor |
| Legion of Super-Heroes #16 (tie-in) In Metropolis, circa 2985, Brainiac 5 struggles with the news of Supergirl’s death. Most of the Legion of Super-Heroes are attending the baptism of Graym Ranzz – son of Lightning Lad and Saturn Girl – when an explosion rocks Techno Park. The five newest Legionnaires rescue civilians and take down the terrorists behind the incident, but are knocked unconscious by the Science Police who don’t recognise the new members. The new Legionnaires wake and give chase, stopping the Science Police who, despite appearances, seem to be real. So why don’t they know why they took the bombers and knocked out the Legionnaires? | |
| ✔ | DC Comics Presents #87 [2/2] (pp.12-13) On Earth-Prime,Clark Kent dresses as ‘Superboy’ for a costumed beach party, taking his girlfriend Laurie Lemmon who dresses as a mermaid… |
| ✔ | DC Comics Presents #87 [1/2] (pp.1-5) The mourning Superman is transported to Earth-Prime by the alien Superman Revenge Squad… |
| ✔ | DC Comics Presents #87 [2/2] (pp.14-15) Arriving at the beach party, young Clark Kent tries to fly, but falls in the sand… |
| ✔ | DC Comics Presents #87 [1/2] (pp.6-7) / DC Comics Presents #87 [2/2] (pp.15-16) Young Clark tries to reach what he thought was Haley’s Comet, but he keeps on rising and finds himself face-to-face with the real Superman of Earth-One… 1st appearance: Laurie Lemmon, Superboy/‘Superboy-Prime’/Clark Kent |
| ✔ | DC Comics Presents #87 [1/2] (pp.8-12) Superman saves Superboy’s friends from a tidal wave caused by the Crisis, then shows the fledgling hero how to dispose of the wave… |
| ✔ | Superman #414 (pp.1-6) Back on Earth-One, the Superman Revenge Squad destroy a monument to the Man of Steel, then break into the Fortress of Solitude. After destroying MacDuff – the last of the decommissioned Superman Robots – then mine Superman’s files and deface the Fortress. This triggers a beam of information that travels to New Krypton on planet Rokyn… |
| ✔ | DC Comics Presents #87 [1/2] (pp.13-23) Superman gives the new Superboy tips on flying before they witness a small alien fleet landing on Earth. Superman and Superboy send the aliens from Polaris-Six packing. Superman uses the Polarians’ tech to transport himself and Superboy to Earth-One… 1st appearance: Jerry Kent, Naomi Kent |
| ✔ | DC Comics Presents #87 [1/2] (p.24) / Superman #414 (pp.7-8) When Superman and Superboy arrive on Earth-One, Superboy is sucked through a portal. Superman is zapped by another ray fired by the Superman Revenge Squad… |
| ✔ | Superman #414 (pp.8-22) The Superman Revenge Squad take the captured Superman to New Krypton to brag about their victory and use Kryptonian mind-control tech to enslave the remaining Kryptonians. Despite being powerless on Rokyn, the resourceful Superman frees himself and uses a hand-held projector to send the Squad to the Phantom Zone… |
| ✔ | Crisis on Infinite Earths #7 (pp.41-42) The five Earths are now partly merged, but the merge itself is paused. A memorial service is held for Supergirl. Superman flies her body up into space… |
| ✔ | Superman #414 (pp.23-24) Superman finds Supergirl’s body in Earth’s orbit and takes it back to New Krypton. |
| All-Star Squadron #55 [2/2] Lost in time and space, the shuttle carrying the Sandman (Wesley Dodds) crashes into the planet Uranus of an alternate timeline. The planet’s king Ulala saves Sandman from suffocation. In return, the Sandman defeats Ulala’s despotic foe, Kafta. He’s rewarded with curative crystals and heads back towards Earth in his repaired craft. | |
| All-Star Squadron #57 The Squadron members who were snatched from time are returned to 1945, believing the Crisis to be over despite the red skies. The memories of the experiences immediately fade. Doctor Fate and Doctor Occult use their magic to discern whereabouts of the missing members of the Justice Society. The Atom is on an alternate version of Mars where he helps bring peace to warring Martians. On an alternate Jupiter, Starman saves some cyborg super-fans from a deadly fungus. And Wonder Woman saves a race of fairy-like aliens from the oppressive Meteor Men on an alternate Venus. But the Squadron have no way of helping their allies return to Earth. |
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| ✔ | Crisis on Infinite Earths #8 (pp.1-5) Returning with streamlined armour, the Anti-Monitor returns and prepares his next move. On Apokolips, Darkseid decides to wait until the Anti-Monitor is weakened before attacking him. The imprisoned Guardians on Oa are suddenly freed. In the 30th Century, Brainiac 5 swears he’ll undo the merging of the five Earths… |
| Omega Men #31 (pp.1-12) Following a run-in with the Spider Guild, the Omega Men have allowed the rest of the Vega System to believe they’re dead, under the questionable advice of Artin. Tigorr and Ryand’r try to save lives inside a gigantic Viathan, while Artin and Green Man prepare to operate on Elu. On Tamaran, a service is held for the fallen Omega Men… | |
| Omega Men #31 (pp.16-18) Inside the Viathan, Tigorr and Ryand’r find two live prisoners. Artin’s surgery session appears to be successful. Kalista knows she’s avoiding finding out the truth about Artin and his possible connection to her husband, Primus… | |
| Blue Devil #17 (pp.1-22) Blue Devil agrees to assist STAR Labs’ experiment to examine the stormy red skies, but it electrocuted and falls into the ocean. The Fisherman stages a daring robbery at the Malibu party Blue Devil had been due to attend, and casts his line… only to pull in the Blue Devil himself! The hero defeats the Fisherman and, with help from Gopher Bloomberg, ends the threat of the tiny monstrous microbes falling from the red skies… | |
| ✔ | Crisis on Infinite Earths #8 (pp.6-8) Vixen nabs Doctor T.O. Morrow and calls in Firestorm (with Firehawk) to head to what’s left of the old JLA Satellite. Cyborg and Martian Manhunter are already trying to fix the Red Tornado, while the Atom (Ray Palmer) explores inside the robot’s body… |
| Omega Men #31 (pp.13-14) On Tamaran, Doc and Shlagen are summoned to Harry Hokum’s headquarters, which they reluctantly agreed to and board Rynoc’s ship… | |
| ✔ | Crisis on Infinite Earths #8 (p.9) / Blue Devil #17 (pp.23) Green Lantern (Jon Stewart) interrupts the Blue Devil’s tan-time to ask for his help! |
| ✔ | Crisis on Infinite Earths #8 (pp.9-12) Blue Devil tries to assist TO Morrow, but the scientist triggers an explosive which destroys the JLA Satellite… |
| Omega Men #31 (pp.14-15) Doc tries to convince Shlagen to remain calm… | |
| ✔ | Crisis on Infinite Earths #8 (p.12) / Omega Men #31 (p.15) Rynoc’s ship her towards a tear in time in space… |
| ✔ | Crisis on Infinite Earths #8 (pp.12-13) From outside the JLA’s satellite, Blue Devil is sucked through a portal aboard Rynoc’s ship which, in turn, is pulled through another portal… |
| ✔ | Blue Devil #18 Rynoc’s ship is obliterated, casting him, Blue Devil and the Omegan passengers into space. They’re saved by a ship that emerges from the nearby black hole. Even though Dan Cassidy’s friends appear to make up the ship’s crew, they’re actually from a parallel universe where space travel became possible decades earlier and film-making and entertainment are more important than war. The alternate friends vanish and part of the ship follow, as the multiverse tries to send them home to their non-existent universe. Both Dan Cassidys work together at different vibrational frequencies to bring the alternate Dan Cassidy and his friends back to Earth-One’s reality. The alternate Marla Bloom teleports Rynoc and the Omegans to Harry Hokum’s office. But when they teleport Blue Devil to Earth, something goes wrong! |
| Blue Devil #19 [1/6] (tie-in) Captain Cold and the Trickster both turn over new leaves by getting jobs at the Institute for Hyper-Normal Conflict Studies. Captain Cold is given an opportunity for extra-curricular illegal income utilising a secret no-melt ice cream project, which brings him into conflict with Kid Devil. Trickster encourages Kid Devil to defeat Captain Cold. When Cold is arrested, Kid Devil figures out it was a set-up! | |
| Blue Devil #19 [2/6] (tie-in) Blue Devil has materialised at Verner Studios on Earth-X. Here, Jock Verner is a Nazi! | |
| Blue Devil #19 [4/6] (tie-in) Blue Devil’s friends – Eddie Bloomberg, Sharon Scott & Van Vanucci – enter Jock’s office, but they’re all superhuman Nazis! Blue Devil jumps to another universe where Jock a woman named Jackie Verner! | |
| ✔ | Justice League of America Annual #3 (pp.1-8) The Red Tornado destroys what’s left of the JLA Satellite, sending what remains of it and him towards Earth. The Justice League, Black Canary, Firestorm and Green Arrow are done dealing with the falling debris… |
| Omega Men #31 (pp.19-23) Tigorr and Ryand’r bring their two freed prisoners – still inside the Viathan’s capsules – aboard their ship. Ryand’r finds out Artin has been broadcasting the Omega Men’s missions. Green Man announces Elu has survived the operation and that Artin has eased the dying Viathan’s passing. | |
| ✔ | Justice League of America Annual #3 (pp.9-41) Elongated Man and Zatanna are called to San Fransisco’s STAR Labs to deal with freak storms caused by satellites STAR created to counter the Crisis storms. They call upon the rest of the JLA who – assisted by Batman, Black Canary, Firestorm, Geo-Force, Green Arrow, Superman and Black Lightning – discover the Red Tornado’s consciousness has taken control of the satellites. Though the heroes destroy the satellites, the Red Tornado takes on the form of the Tornado Tyrant and threatens to wipe out humanity. Kathy Sutton convinces the Red Tornado to return to his android form, allowing Superman to freeze him. The Tyrant breaks free and, feeling betrayed by Kathy, returns to the stars. |
| ✔ | Green Lantern #195 (pp.17-22) On present day Oa, the remaining Guardians show Guy Gardner the new Green Lantern Power Battery they built with their own energy and offer him a role, leading a new Green Lantern Corps. Hal Jordan makes it to the Guardians’ Citadel. The Guardians he meets have accepted their fate and refuse Hal’s request to become a Green Lantern again, casting him out… |
| ✔ | Crisis on Infinite Earths #8 (pp.14-25) In the Anti-Matter Universe, the Weaponers of Qward oversee the construction of the Anti-Monitor’s Anti-Matter Cannon. The Flash (Barry Allen) breaks his bonds and violently convinces the Psycho-Pirate to use his powers to make the Qwardians attack the Anti-Monitor. Risking his life, the Flash runs against the flow of concentrated antimatter that’s due to power the Anti-Monitor’s cannon. Time starts moving backwards as the Flash appears to Kid Flash (Wally West), Joker and Batman before he crumbles to dust. The cannon is destroyed, so the Anti-Monitor powers himself with the anti-matter energy of a million worlds. On Earth-One, the Challengers of the Unknown pick up the sound of a scream, but are unaware it’s the sound of the despairing, helpless Spectre… |
| Blue Devil #19 [3/6] (tie-in) Eddie Bloomberg attends a live recording of the “I Love Lizzy” show. Actor Little Little-Nicky steals Eddie’s costume, then causes chaos on set when he puts it on! But the cast and crew soon stop ‘Kid Devil’ and Little Little-Nicky is unmasked. | |
| Superman #415 An alien called Salkor breaks into the Fortress of Solitude and takes a device called a Hokku once owned by Supergirl. When Superman stands in Salkor’s way, he explains he was once married to Supergirl. Months ago, she was struck by a Kryptonite meteor and lost her memory. Salkor found her and they fell in love. The Hokku was a wedding gift to Supergirl. Another impact to her head – caused during a fight with the alien mercenary Naxx – restored her memories and she left Salkor’s world, Makkor. By the time he traced her to Earth, Supergirl was dead. Salkor and Superman join forces to defeat Naxx. Superman lets Salkor take the Hokku home. | |
| Legion of Super-Heroes #18 (pp.1-15) In Metropolis, circa 2985, Rond Vidar realises the Legion of Super-Heroes’ memories of the Crisis are constantly shifting and being forgotten. Brainiac 5 can’t consistently remember Kid Psycho dying. With Chronarch’s help, they figure proximity to the Time Beacon can protect their memories. The Legion show up to tackle the prison break on Takron-Galtos, caused by spreading anti-matter. Tellus frees Validus from captivity, only for the gigantic villain to be spirited away by a mysterious force… | |
| ✔ | Green Lantern #195 (p.23) On present day Oa, six of the remaining Guardians (who wish to avoid their destiny and remain alive) officially make Guy Gardener a Green Lantern. |
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| ✔ | Crisis on Infinite Earths #9 (pp.1-4) The more rebellious Guardians of Oa send Guy Gardner to seek out threats before they develop. An explosion kills all except Guy and one Guardian. Elsewhere, Brainiac and Lex Luthor have gathered a veritable army of super-villains aboard Brainiac’s Skull Ship where, deducing the threat of the Anti-Monitor is over, they decide to hit the heroes while they’re weakest. Luthor kills the outspoken Alexei Luthor of Earth-Two to demonstrate his ruthlessness… Also see STORM WARNINGS |
| Legion of Super-Heroes #18 (pp.16-27) In Metropolis, circa 2985, Brainiac 5, Chronarch and Rond Vidar amplify the Time Beacon’s power in the hope it’ll help people retain their memories. Instead, it attracts the attention of the Infinite Man who pulls the Legion’s foes from time to oppose them. White Witch sends Infinite Man’s power into the Crisis energies, curing Jaxon Rugarth of his Infinite Man persona. In deep space, Takton-Galtos is ripped apart by Anti-Matter… | |
| Blue Devil #19 [5/6] (pp.1-2) (tie-in) Kid Devil is outsmarted by the jewel-thief Red Eye who escapes. Kid Devil writes a letter to Robin, asking for advice… | |
| Legion of Super-Heroes #18 (p.28) The Infinite Man’s powers had been protecting the 30th century from the effects of the Crisis. What happens to the future now? | |
| ✔ | New Teen Titans #13 (p.22-23) The Teen Titans gather at Titans Tower. Captain Karras teleports in and asks Starfire to return with him to Tamaran. Also see STORM WARNINGS |
| ✔ | New Teen Titans #14 (pp.1-7) Arella continues her search for her missing daughter, Raven. At Titans Tower, Jericho and Nightwing put themselves forward to accompany Starfire to Tamaran… Also see STORM WARNINGS |
| ✔ | Crisis on Infinite Earths #9 (p.5) Starfire, Nightwing and Jericho are transported aboard the Tamaranian craft that will bring Starfire home… Also see STORM WARNINGS |
| ✔ | Crisis on Infinite Earths #9 (p.6) / New Teen Titans #14 (p.7) The ship departs for Tamaran… Also see STORM WARNINGS |
| ✔ | Crisis on Infinite Earths #9 (pp.7-8) The Teen Titans head to the Warp Zone where realities overlap. Cyborg introduces Firehawk to the Titans. Firehawk offers to accompany Wonder Girl into the Warp Zone to find her husband. Also see STORM WARNINGS |
| ✔ | Firestorm #42 Firehawk and Wonder Girl head into Bew York City, aka the Warp Zone – a point of convergence for the five Earths. They find themselves in Lower Manhattan, 1776, during the Revolutionary War. Wonder Girl gets an infection from a prehistoric octopus and is rendered unconscious by a cannon ball. In exchange for help from Tomahawk and Dan Hunter, Firehawk and the beleaguered Wonder Girl agree to help George Washington turn the tide against the British. Wonder Girl is fully recovered but, with no sign of Terry Long in the Warp Zone, the two heroes leave the area. The experience sways Firehawk’s feelings on being a ‘super-hero’. |
| Blue Devil #19 [5/6] (pp.2-3) (tie-in) Kid Devil receives a letter back from Robin who, it seems, had a recent run-in with the same costumed criminal… | |
| ✔ | Crisis on Infinite Earths #9 (pp.8-9) Alexander Luthor prepares to speak at the United Nations on Earth-One. Sgt Rock’s Easy Company and the Haunted Tank’s squad witness a strange energy in the sky over Earth-One, circa World War II. On the other Earths, the villains take advantage of the reduced heroes… Also see STORM WARNINGS |
| ✔ | New Teen Titans #14 (pp.8-23) In Massachusetts, Earth-One, the angel Azrael finds the Church of Blood continuing to gain followers, even after the death of Brother Blood. Mento’s business manager, Vernon Questor, calls upon the Teen Titans when Mento – Changeling’s adoptive father – attacks him. Cyborg encourages Changeling to investigate with him, Wonder Girl and Kole. Mento’s helmet has been killing him, but now his attempt to utilise it to cure his haemorrhaging has driven Mento mad! The Titans intercept Mento at the Madison Club, but he escapes into the sewers. Starfire arrives on Tamaran, unaware her sister Blackfire is waiting to destroy her! Also see STORM WARNINGS |
| Blue Devil #19 [5/6] (p.4) (tie-in) Robin and Kid Devil join forces on Red Rye’s next flight, taking the villain down together! | |
| Blue Devil #19 [6/6] (tie-in) Blue Devil finally materialises back on Earth-One! | |
| ✔ | Crisis on Infinite Earths #9 (pp.10-25) Alexander Luthor, Lyla Michaels and Pariah speak about unity between the Earths at the United Nations, but Pariah begins to vanish, screaming that the threat isn’t over! A hologram of Brainiac appears in the UN, explaining that the combined army of villains have taken over Earths Four, S and X. Lex Luthor’s image demands control over Earths One and Two. The heroes gather and discover Brainiac has erected an energy barrier between the three Earths they control and the other two. Lyla and Earth-Two’s Flash (Jay Garrick) implore Wally West to pick up Barry Allen’s mantle. Jay and Wally rebuild the Cosmic Treadmill. The new Wildcat, along with Lady Quark, Red Star, the Metal Men and the Doom Patrol insist on joining the fight. A villain remains behind on the Skull Ship and hears how sacrificial Luthor and Brainiac believe the villain army to be. The Flashes break the barrier with the Cosmic Treadmill. The heroes tackle the villains on the three Earths. On Earth-Four, Chemo gives Aquagirl fatal levels of toxic poisoning. On Earth-S, Steel is severely injured by Plasmus before Warp teleports him elsewhere. Hawkman of present-day Earth-Two takes serious damage from Doctor Phosphorus. Aboard the Skull Ship, Psimon emerges after he mentally shakes Brainiac into several pieces. Now he intends on killing Lex Luthor! Also see STORM WARNINGS |
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| ✔ | Crisis on Infinite Earths #10 (pp.1-11) Brainiac rebuilds himself and shatters the top of Psimon’s head. On Earth-Four, Negative Woman obliterates Chemo. Kole turns Black Adam to crystal. On Earth-S, Hector Hammond, Doctor Sivana and their allies have captured the Marvel Family. Martian Manhunter and the Atom free them. Speedy blows up the Shaggy Man on Earth-X just as the Spectre orders an end to the fighting across all five worlds, announcing that the Anti-Monitor still lives. Their foe has travelled to the dawn of time to alter the past. He reminds them that the Monitor wanted the heroes and villains to fight together to save their worlds. Brainiac orders the withdrawal of the villain army. In the Vega System, the mad goddess X’Hal crushes six versions of the planet Kuraq are crushed into one segmented world… |
| ✔ | Green Lantern #196 Guy Gardner arrives on Earth and seeks out what’s left of the Shark. Hal Jordan returns to Earth, accepting he won’t be a Green Lantern again. John Stewart returns to Earth, following the destruction of the JLA’s Satellite. Katma Tui warns John that the Crisis isn’t over. Beneath the ocean, Guy resurrects the Shark using his ring and the Guardian’s instructions. However, the villain grows to an enormous size and hurls Guy away. Hal Jordan visits John Stewart and reveals he was the previous Green Lantern and that Guy Gardner is working for a separate group of Guardians. Shark suddenly attacks them both. John sends Hal into orbit in a protective bubble. |
| ✔ | Crisis on Infinite Earths #10 (pp.11-16) One hundred super-humans gather in Death Valley on Earth-One, including the Time Masters. Members of the Legion of Super-Heroes bring Time Spheres. Superboy of Earth-Prime joins the heroes. Combining their powers, the heroes and villains send their forces through time… |
| ✔ | Green Lantern #197 Guy Gardner intends building a superhuman army to face the Anti-Monitor. Guy defeats John Stewart and flies off with the Shark, his first recruit in his war against the Anti-Monitor. John checks the bubble he placed Hal Jordan in, but Hal has vanished! Guy recruits Sonar, Blindside and Throttle, freeing them all from prison. He also frees Hector Hammond, but kicks him off the team when he tries to mentally take over. John Stewart and Katma Tui’s attempt to stop Guy after he’s freed Goldface is interrupted by Hal Jordan, wearing a Green Lantern Ring given to him by the last Guardian in exchange for helping Guy! After they leave, Sinestro arrives and asks John and Kat to help him stop Hal Jordan! 1st appearance: Lurlan Dupo |
| All-Star Squadron #58 [1/2] The All-Star Squadron repair the damage done to the Perisphere by Oom. A female robot crashes into 1942, then shows up at the Perisphere and attacks the Squadron. Robotman brings the conflict a close. When Mekanique utters the word “Rotwang” at Robotman, he carries her to his lab. | |
| ✔ | Crisis on Infinite Earths #10 (pp.17-20) In the present, Brainiac shuts down his functions in the hope it’ll help him survive the inevitable end. On Earth-One, Aquagirl dies from her injuries. In the past, Alexander Luthor opens a portal to the Anti-Matter Universe where he and the time-travelling superhumans find the Anti-Monitor holding Pariah captive. The Anti-Monitor took advantage of Pariah’s experiment, revealing Pariah himself didn’t unleash the Anti-Monitor. The superhumans attack… |
| ✔ | Green Lantern #198 (pp.1-34) Sinestro believes destroying the spot in the Anti-Matter Universe where the Anti-Monitor was born is more likely to do the Anti-Monitor’s job for him. Sinestro has learned that the Anti-Monitor has returned to the dawn of time, pursued by the heroes. John Stewart agrees to allow Sinestro to propel him through space to Oa. There, the remaining Guardians insist the destruction of Qward’s moon will only destroy the Anti-Matter Universe, but maybe the multiverse will live. Sinestro lied and piggy-backed with John Stewart to reach Oa’s moon and destroy the spot where the Monitor was born. But the Guardians unleash their power and detain Sinestro. Then, the Central Power Battery speaks through Tomar-Re, warning that Guy Gardner must be stopped or the Anti-Monitor wil be free of material restraints. The Guardians drop the barrier around Oa. In the Anti-Matter Universe, Hal Jordan refuses the kill the Weaponers and quits Guy Gardner’s squad. Guy takes Hal’s ring and leaves him to die. John Stewart leads the Corps through. Arisia saves Hal. The Green Lantern Xax is killed in the three-way war between the Green Lantern Corps, the Weaponers of Qward and Guy’s villain squad. John Stewart saves Hal from Guy and proves himself as Guy’s better… |
| ✔ | Crisis on Infinite Earths #10 (pp.21-26) At the dawn of time, on Oa, Lex Luthor leads the villains on a mission to eliminate Krona before he can cause the creation of the multiverse. But Krona kills Icicle, Maaldor and Mirror Master before they can succeed. The Anti-Monitor fooled the superhumans. He needed them to travel to the past so he would steal their energies and use them to end the positive matter universes. But the magic-users fuel the Spectre who materialises and forces the Anti-Monitor back. Then… everything shatters! |
| ✔ | Green Lantern #198 (pp.35-38) The effect of the battle at the dawn of time starts to reach the present day Anti-Matter Universe. Before Tomar-Re dies, his Green Lantern Ring leaves his finger and selects John Stewart. John’s ring returns to Hal Jordan who is a Green Lantern once more! |
| ✔ | Crisis on Infinite Earths #11 (pp.1-10) Where once there were five Earths, now there is one New Earth. An older Clark Kent wakes up and heads to his office as the Editor in Chief of the Daily Star, only to find himself in Perry White’s chair. When Earth-One’s Clark Kent also shows up, the two Supermen discover the Warp Zone in New York has gone. They find more inconsistencies when they track down Jay Garrick and Kid Flash who’ve lived on this Earth all their lives! Superman & Kid Flash of Earth-One and Flash and Superman of Earth-Two utilise the Cosmic Treadmill to discover there’s now one Earth. And now there’s only a void where Earth-Two used to be! In space, Rip Hunter, Animal Man, Adam Strange, the Atomic Knight, Captain Comet and Dolphin board Brainiac’s Skull Ship. And Brainiac appears to be dead… First appearance: New Earth |
| Justice League of America #245 (pp.1-10) The severely injured Steel is lost in a random desert. He’s found by a woman named Olanda who saves him from a Killer-Bot sent by the mysterious Six. On Earth-One, Commander Steel of Earth-Two wakes from his recent injuries, demanding to see Steel… 1st appearance: Olanda | |
| ✔ | Crisis on Infinite Earths #11 (pp.11-20) A number of heroes from Earth-One, Earth-Two, Earth-Four, Earth-S and Earth-X gather in Titans Tower. They’re all aware the world has changed while the rest of the population is oblivious. Pariah refers to this as a ‘New Earth’. Lyla Michaels is now Harbinger again, and she was the one who summoned them all! Some of those present – such as Superman, Robin and Huntress of Earth-Two – exist in this new reality, despite nothing on this Earth to validate their existence. The heroes who fought the Anti-Monitor at the dawn of time are the now among the paradoxes on New Earth. Earth-Two’s Superman is distraught that his Lois Lane now never existed. The Spectre is inert or possibly dead. Jonni Thunder and Johnny Double investigate Angle Man’s death. Etrigan the Demon, Doctor Fate and Doctor Occult save Amethyst from people who believe she’s generating Shadow Demons in Salem; a sign that the Anti-Monitor still lives! Doctor Fate opens a portal to Gemworld and takes the blinded Amethyst through… |
| Amethyst #13 (pp.1-3) Doctor Fate reveals the true history of Gemworld to Amethyst. Fate knew Citrina and was aware that she’d lied to Amethyst to protect her. He begins by explaining the truth – that Amethyst’s parents lived in a fortress, not a castle.. |
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| ✔ | Crisis on Infinite Earths #11 (pp.20-21) Earth-One Superman catches up with the distraught Earth-Two Superman and tries to calm him while he mourns the loss of his Lois… |
| Amethyst #13 (pp.3-22) Doctor Fate explains how Dark Opal joined forces with the Ancient Ones and opened a portal to allow a Lord of Chaos named Vandaemon to enter Gemworld. Lord Amethyst allowed a Lord of Order called Pantagones to possess his body in order to combat Vandaemon. But Pantagones gave in to chaos by allowing emotion to take over. Pantagones had sex with Lady Amethyst while still in possession of Lord Amethyst’s body. Dark Opal’s attempt to help Vandaemon in battle backfired, killing Pantagones/Lord Amethyst while bathing the Lord of Chaos in pure order. Vandaemon cursed Dark Opal with his striped appearance and returned to his realm to heal. Lady Amethyst later gave birth to the first Lord of Order in human form. But Citrina secretly stole her from Lady Amethyst and transported the baby from Gemworld to Earth to hide her from the Lords of Chaos. She magically convinced Herbert & Marion Winston that she was their child, Amy Winston. Dark Opal killed Lady Amethyst while torturing her to find out where Amy was. Dark Opal created magical constructs of Lord & Lady Amethyst to publicly order them. Doctor Fate takes the blind Amethyst to the Temple of the Ancient Ones, teaches her to see with her mind, then abandons her to fight the Lords of Chaos alone while he returns to Earth! | |
| Justice League of America #245 (pp.10-23) Steel finds out he’s been transported a billion years into the future. The Six are Olanda’s brothers and they want to kill their father, the aged Lord of Time. His ‘children’ are younger clones of himself. The Six stole their father’s Chrono-Cube and built an army of Killer-Bots. Steel fights his way through the Killer-Bots in the Six’s Citadel, while Olanda gets the Lord of Time to his Chrono-Cube, allowing him to change the past. The Six vanish, but Olanda lives and is reunited with Steel. He decides to spend some time with Olanda before returning to his own period. | |
| All-Star Squadron #58 [2/2] Johnny Thunderbolt ends up on the alternate Mercury where he saves a race of talking spiders from agile anteaters. The Thunderbolt takes Johnny back towards Earth… | |
| ✔ | Crisis on Infinite Earths #11 (pp.21-30) Earlier, Wonder Woman and Wonder Girl of Earth-One were summoned to Paradise Island, only to find Earth-One Wonder Woman and her daughter, Fury, had also answered Earth-One Hippolyta’s call. Paradise Island is now an amalgam of both Earths. Alexander Luthor, Batman and Robin discover the villains don’t remember the Crisis. The red skies and aggressive weather returns. Cave Carson discovers a strange phenomenon beneath Peru. Pariah vanishes from Titans Tower. The Anti-Monitor suddenly shifts New Earth to the Anti-Matter Universe! |
| ✔ | Crisis on Infinite Earths #12 Aboard Brainiac’s ship, Rip Hunter and he’s allies notice the Earth has vanished from the ship’s monitors. Despite not recalling the battle against the Anti-Monitor, Brainiac agrees to help this band of humans, taking them to Darkseid on Apokalips. In the Anti-Matter Universe, the Anti-Monitor announces New Earth will die, just like the Flash did, and sends his Shadow Demons across the planet. Bug-Eyed Bandit, Clayface (Matthew Hagen), Dove, Lori Lemaris, Prince Ra-Man, Sunburst and Kole of Earth-One, as well as Earth-Two’s Green Arrow, Huntress and Robin are among those slain by the Demons. At the Tower of Fate in Salem, Alan Scott and Doctor Occult channel the power of a host of magic-users and imprison the Shadow Demons in a mystic cage in space. Harbinger takes a number of heroes to Qward, where Kid Flash finds the Flash’s costume and ring, as well as the Psycho-Pirate. The recharged Anti-Monitor appears before them! Alexander Luthor begins draining the Anti-Monitor’s anti-matter energy while Negative Woman burns the creature with her radioactive touch. Doctor Light absorbs the power of a binary star and unleashes it at the Anti-Monitor, felling him. As New Earth is returned to the positive matter universe by Alexander Luther, the caged Shadow Demons are drawn to the Anti-Monitor who rises again. However, the magic has warped the demons’ power and they’re killing him. The Anti-Monitor kills Earth-One’s Wonder Woman. Earth-One’s Superman and Superboy-Prime stay behind to hold back the dying villain as the portal closes. Using Alexander Luthor as a conduit, Darkseid blasts the Anti-Monitor into the binary star. When he comes out again, Superman’s punch sends him back to the star, causing shockwaves that will wipe out the whole universe. Alexander Luthor reunites Earth-Two Superman with his Lois Lane, then takes the two of them and Superboy-Prime into a pocket universe inside himself. Wonder Woman didn’t die and was, in fact, sent back through time to become the clay she’d be born of. Zeus invites Earth-Two’s Wonder Woman to live out her days on Mount Olympus with her Steve Trevor. On New Earth, the effect of the chemicals that were killing Kid Flash (initially forcing him to quit being Kid Flash during BAPTISM OF BLOOD, 1982) go into remission. Wally becomes the new Flash. A future still exists in which a boy becomes Kamandi, while Jonah Hex slings his guns in a future world gone mad. Harbinger, Lady Quark and Pariah decide to explore their new home together. The Psycho-Pirate is locked in Arkham Asylum and believes himself to be the only one who remembers the Crisis and the multiverse. |
| All-Star Squadron #59 [1/2] Somehow, the red skies are still raging in 1942. Aquaman accepts the invite for the biggest All-Star Squadron gathering to find the missing Justice Society members. Robotman reveals he and Chuck Grayson have repaired the damaged robot who recently attached the Squadron and named her Mekanique. He refuses to hand her over to the team, so a band of All-Stars try to talk sense into Robotman, only for it to descent into violence. Green Lantern saves everyone when a power surge blows up the lab. Firebrand fuses the raging Robotman’s legs together, causing the awakened Mekanique to blast her into unconsciousness… | |
| All-Star Squadron #59 [2/2] On an alternate Pluto, two races are at war, battling for their own survival, only to risk the lives of all Plutonians. The Spectre forces peace between them, is given a portable heater, then flies back towards Earth… | |
| All-Star Squadron #60 The Spectre and Thunderbolt combine their powers to bring themselves and the rest of the JSA back together, under the red skies of… Earth-Two? They immediately disrupt an FBI stakeout by rousting a Nazi safehouse, finding Gootsden – the man who launched them into Hyperspace. In New York, Firebrand, Green Lantern and the Shining Knight clash with Mekanique, believing her to be sent by Nazis. She reveals she’s from the future convinces the heroes to save a girl from a car accident in Manhattan. The All-Stars return to the Perisphere and reunite with the JSA. Johnny Quick takes a photo of all the heroes together. Later, under some duress from Robotman, Mekanique is revealed to have been built by a man named Rotwang to travel back in time and hold off the effects of the Crisis back, delaying the changes to New Earth, circa 1942. She erases Robotman’s memory of this. Johnny Quick presents the photo of the Squadron to President Franklin Roosevelt, though the image no longer includes Aquaman, Batman, Robin, Superman and Wonder Woman who have now been replaced with the Freedom Fighters, with the events of the Crisis on Infinite Earths having taken effect. |
See how this story impacts the wider DC Universe with these reading orders:
- BRAINIAC, 1958-Present – Vril Dox of Earth One
- JOKER, 1956-1986 – The Silver & Bronze Age
- PEACEMAKER, 1966-1986 – Introducing the Peacemaker
- SWAMP THING, 1971-1986 – Earth-One
| Must Reads | Issue(s) & Fallout | Event/ Crossover |
| DC Retroactive: 1080s – Superman #1 (2011) An untold tale reveals how Lyla Michaels – disguised as a mysterious figure called Destiny – tests Earth-One Superman’s resolve for the coming Crisis. | DC RETROACTIVE | |
| Legends of the DC Universe: Crisis on Infinite Earths #1 (1999) Untold tales taking place during the Crisis are finally revealed, including the Flash of Earth-One’s attempt to save Earth-D with the JLA’s h | ||
| ✔ | JLA: Incarnations #5 (2011) The events of the core moments of Crisis on Infinite Earths are told from the perspective of the Justice League the way it’s remembered on New Earth. | |
| ✔ | DC Universe Legacies #5-6 (2010) The Crisis is viewed from the perspective of cop Paul Lincoln. | |
| Omega Men Annual #2 (1985) The connection between Artin and Primus is revealed. | THE TESTIMONY OF PRIMUS | |
| Omega Men #33-34 (1986) X’Hal forcing six versions of the planet Kuraq into one world gives the Vega System refugees a potential new world to live on; the Omega Men arrive on Tamaran, confirming they’re very much alive. | STORM WARNINGS | |
| ✔ | New Teen Titans #17 (1986) Starfire is forced to marry Karras, though this is all revealed to be part of Blackfire‘s latest attempt to rule Tamaran. | STORM WARNINGS |
| Warlord #100 (1985) Graemore’s death marks the end of the war with the New Atlanteans. | ||
| ✔ | Green Lantern #199-200 (1986) Hal Jordan is back in the Green Lantern Corps; Guy Gardner’s villainous partners seek revenge on him; Hector Hammond manipulates Guy Gardner and Star Sapphire into attacking Hal Jordan; due to their recent failures, Guardians leave the Green Lantern Corps in charge of Oa and depart through a spatial rift. | IGNITION |
| Justice League of America #246-247 (1986) Steel kicks the Justice League out of their factory HQ; the JLA relocate to the Secret Sanctuary. | ||
| Blue Devil #20 (1986) Blackjack returns for his final clash with Blue Devil. | ||
| Batman #392 (1986) Batman and Catwoman continue to get closer. | A NIGHT ON THE TOWN | |
| Detective Comics #560 (1986) Robin shares his feelings over the death of Nocturna with Catwoman, bringing them closer together. | ||
| Booster Gold #2-4 (1986) A new incarnation of Thorn (Rhosyn Forrest) emerges on New Earth. | ||
| Vigilante #27 (1986) Adrian Chase unmasks Alan Welles as the new Vigilante at the moment of his death. | ||
| New Teen Titans #18 (1986) Wonder Girl and Terry Long are shown to have reunited. Swamp Thing #47 (1986) Swamp Thing meets the Parliament of Trees. | A MURDER OF CROWS | |
| Amethyst #14-16 (1986) Amethyst is drawn into the battle between the forces of Chaos and Order. | THE WAR OF ORDER AND CHAOS | |
| ✔ | Swamp Thing #49-50 (1986) Swamp Thing, John Constantine, the Phantom Stranger and others gather to end the threat of the Great Darkness; Constantine uses Mento as his pawn to oppose the Darkness. | A MURDER OF CROWS |
| ✔ | DC Comics Presents #94 (1986) Harbinger, Lady Quark and Pariah decide to tour America to learn about their new home world; Lady Quark briefly turns against Harbinger, Pariah and Superman when she meets a man who she believes is her husband’s counterpart on New Earth. |
| Must Reads | Issue(s) & Fallout | Event/ Crossover |
| Legion of Super-Heroes #23 (1986) Superboy (or at least, a Superboy) continues to fight alongside the Legion of Super-Heroes in their future. | ||
| ✔ | Last Days of the Justice Society of America Special #1 (1986) The Justice Society of America hold a funeral service for Huntress and Robin of Earth-Two; most members of the JSA are trapped in a never-ending battle to hold back Ragnarok. | LAST DAYS OF THE JUSTICE SOCIETY |
| Superman Annual #12 (1986) Superman of Earth-One has his last clash with Lex Luthor as they both make their final appearances. | ||
| ✔ | Batman #400 (1986) Batman of Earth-One has his last outing, battling his entire rogues gallery alongside Robin and Catwoman. | KNOW YOUR FOES |
| Superman #423 (1986) Action Comics #583 (1986) Initially considered to be the last Earth-One Superman story, ‘Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow’ is later revealed to have taken place on Earth-423. | WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE MAN OF TOMORROW? | |
| All-Star Squadron #64 (1986) The reworked Golden Age makes its debut, with the All-Star Squadron taking on Funnyface in a clash that originally included Superman. | ||
| Secret Origins #12 (1987) A new ‘Golden Age’ Fury (Helena Kosmatos) is introduced. | THE COMING OF THE YOUNG ALL-STARS | |
| ✔ | Young All-Stars #1 (1987) A new iteration of the Golden Age of Heroes on New Earth is explored; Fury (Helena Kosmatos) joins the Young All-Stars, the next-generation the All-Star Squadron; Fury, Iron Munro and Flying Fox become new Golden Age analogues for Wonder Woman, Superman and Batman; Fury has a premonition of Mekanique’s return. | THE COMING OF THE YOUNG ALL-STARS |
| ✔ | Young All-Stars Annual #1 (1988) Mekanique meets young Per Degaton and teaches him the secrets of time travel in exchange for his help in defeating the All-Star Squadron; with the assistance of the Young All-Stars, Robotman finally sees Mekanique for what she is and destroys her; Per Degaton buries Mekanique’s head. | THE MEKANIQUE/DEGATON PARADOX |
| ✔ | The Man of Steel #1 (1986) Superman of New Earth makes his debut appearance with a new origin; New Earth continuity officially begins. | |
| ✔ | Wonder Woman #1 (1987) The Wonder Woman of New Earth appears for the first time, unknowingly born of the clay that Earth-One Wonder Woman reverted to; fresh versions of Aella, Antiope, Hippolyta, Menalippe, Phillipus and the rest of the Amazons of Themyscira and Themyscira itself; this voids the placement of Earth-Two’s Wonder Woman and Steve Trevor on Themyscira at the end of the Crisis. | |
| ✔ | Swamp Thing #52 (2986) Debut of New Earth’s Lex Luthor. | |
| Infinity Inc #31-33 (1986) Jonni Thunder’s Thunderbolt employs the Psycho-Pirate to oppose Infinity Inc; the new Doctor Midnight, Hourman and Wildcat join Infinity Inc; Obsidian’s origin is revealed; in light of the history of New Earth, Fury’s origins are called into question. | ||
| ✔ | Batman #401 (1986) Batman (Bruce Wayne) and Robin (Jason Todd) of New Earth make their debut. Green Lantern Corps #207 (1986) Guy Gardner returns to Earth. Legends #1 (1986) Darkseid makes his play against the heroes of the DC Universe; Captain Marvel makes his true New Earth debut; this story was originally called “Crisis of the Soul”. | LEGENDS |
| Infinity Inc #34 (1987) Cameron Mahkent, the son of the original Icicle, takes up his father’s mantle as the new Icicle. | ||
| Justice League of America #260 (1986) Steel is left near death when one of Professor Ivo‘s robots explodes near him mid-battle; Commander Steel turns off Steel’s life support and lets him die. | LEGENDS | |
| ✔ | Legends #6 (1987) Black Canary, Batman, Blue Beetle, Captain Marvel, Doctor Fate, Guy Gardner and Martian Manhunter form a new Justice League line-up. | LEGENDS |
| Vigilante #37 (1987) Adrian Chase becomes the Vigilante again. |
| Must Reads | Issue(s) & Fallout | Event/ Crossover |
| New Teen Titans #28 (1987) Brother Blood is resurrected. | ||
| Firestorm #58 (1987) Firehawk (Lorraine Reilly) returns for the first time since the Crisis, assisting Firestorm against the New Earth version of the Parasite. | ||
| Infinity Inc #37 (1987) The origin of Northwind and the Feitherians is revealed; new Feithera is revealed to be in Greenland. | ||
| ✔ | Justice League #1 (1987) The new Doctor Light joins the Justice League. | |
| Infinity Inc #40-41 (1987) The origin of Jonni Thunder’s Thunderbolt, Mzzttexxal, is revealed; Infinity Inc trap the Thunderbolt in its statue prison, freeing Jonni from its control. | ||
| ✔ | Legion of Super-Heroes #38 (1987) Despite Earth-One’s Supergirl being forgotten on New Earth, the Legion of Super-Heroes erect a statue in her honour as a fallen Legionnaire; following the revelation that the Legion’s Superboy hails from a Pocket Universe (the same universe as Matrix-Supergirl), he dies in battle alongside the Legion against the Time Trapper | A TWIST IN TIME |
| Superman #12 (1987) The New Earth incarnation of Lori Lemaris – retaining her Atlantean origins – makes her debut. | ||
| New Teen Titans #38 (1987) The Ultra-Humanite emerges on New Earth, with most of his history intact. | CLUSTERS | |
| Millennium #1-8 (1988) Harbinger’s knowledge threatens the heroes of Earth; Harbinger finds a new role among the Chosen on Earth. | MILLENNIUM | |
| Vigilante #50 (1988) Adrian Chase takes his own life. | ||
| ✔ | Infinity Inc #49 (1988) With Fury (Hyppolyta Trevor-Hall) no longer being the daughter of Earth-Two’s Wonder Woman, her history is altered, making her the daughter of New Earth’s Golden Age Fury, Helena Kosmatos. | |
| ✔ | Superman #16 (1988) The first Supergirl emerges on New Earth. | |
| ✔ | Captain Atom #16-17 (1988) Justice league International witness the return of the Red Tornado; Captain Atom’s attempt to calm Red Tornado results in a violent explosion, though the Tornado finds peace following their confrontation. | |
| Secret Origins #28 (1988) New Earth versions of Punch & Jewelee are revealed to exist as foes of Nightshade. | ||
| Infinity Inc Annual #2 (1988) Per Degaton rebuilds Mekanique and attacks Infinity Inc with her; Mekanique self-destructs, killing herself and Per Degaton. | THE MEKANIQUE/DEGATON PARADOX | |
| Power Girl #1 (1988) Rather than being a variant of Supergirl, Power Girl is revealed to be the time-frozen granddaughter of Arion of Atlantis. | ||
| ✔ | Superman #21 (1988) Supergirl is revealed to be a protoplasmic being called Matrix from a Pocket Universe. | THE SUPERGIRL SAGA |
| ✔ | Hawk & Dove #1 (1988) It’s revealed that Dawn Granger accepted the mantle of Dove from Terataya, becoming the new avatar of Peace; Dawn travelled from England to America to find Hawk and become his partner. | |
| Animal Man #8 (1989) Inspired by Sam Scudder, Evan McCulloch becomes the new Mirror Master. | ||
| Starman #8 (1989) Starman (William Payton) rejects Lady Quark’s forceful efforts to make him her consort. | ||
| ✔ | Animal Man #10 (1989) Returned to Arkham Asylum, it’s clear that Psycho-Pirate can still remember the Crisis. |
| Must Reads | Issue(s) & Fallout | Event/ Crossover |
| ✔ | Huntress #1 (1989) On New Earth, teacher Helena Bertinelli becomes the Huntress to oppose organised crime in Gotham City. | |
| Christmas with the Super-Heroes #2 (1989) Deadman is consoled at Christmas by someone who appears to be Earth-One’s Supergirl. | ||
| ✔ | Animal Man #23-24 (1990) Psycho-Pirate is able to see a number of beings who were removed from reality due to the events of Crisis on Infinite Earths, including Aquagirl, the Crime Syndicate and Kole; the Psycho-Pirate fades from continuity. | |
| L.E.G.I.O.N. #18 (1990) Vril Dox (Brainiac 2) recruits Lady Quark into his LEGION. | ||
| Hawk & Dove Annual #1 (1990) Icicle of Earth-One is among a number of villains found in Limbo by STAR Labs; Icicle betrays his fellow villains by helping Titans West defeat them before returning to Limbo. | ||
| Starman #40 (1991) A new version of Maaldor emerges on New Earth. | ||
| The Flash #56 (1991) The grandchildren of the original Icicle – Doyle Christie and James Christie – become new incarnations of the Icicle. | ||
| Green Lantern Corps Quarterly #5 (1993) A new Harlequin makes her New Earth debut, attacking Alan Scott for unrevealed reasons. | ||
| ✔ | Eclipso #13 (1993) Following the disbanding of Infinity Inc, Doctor Midnight (Beth Chapel) and Wildcat (Yolanda Montez) join Amanda Waller‘s Shadow Fighters, alongside Commander Steel (Hank Heywood Sr); all three are killed in battle with Eclipso. | |
| Legion of Super-Heroes #60 (1994) Brainiac 5 empowers the Infinite Man again to give him the means to overcome the Time Trapper, only for Glorith and Mordru to steal his power. | ||
| ✔ | Zero Hour #4-0 (1994) Introducing the concept of Hypertime, a number of oustanding continuity discrepancies are addressed. | ZERO HOUR: CRISIS IN TIME! |
| New Titans Annual #11 (1995) Terry Long demands a divorce from Donna Troy due to the constant danger to his life and the life of their children. | CRIMELORD-SYNDICATE WAR YEAR ONE | |
| Showcase ’95 #7 (1995) Arion is finally acknowledged as the Sorcerer Supreme. | ||
| ✔ | Manhunter #11-12 (1995) Pycho-Pirate inexplicably returns and his Medusa Mask is upgraded by Neron. | UNDERWORLD UNLEASHED |
| Extreme Justice #14-18 (1996) The disbanding of Infinity Inc and his apparent break-up with Jade makes Brainwave snap, form his own Legion of Doom and attack the Justice League strike force, Extreme Justice. | ||
| ✔ | Showcase ’96 #9 (1996) It’s revealed that the new Doctor Light recalls the events of Crisis on Infinite Earths. | |
| ✔ | Supergirl #1 (1996) Matrix-Supergirl accidentally merges with student Linda Danvers while trying to save her life, creating a new Supergirl. | |
| Wonder Woman #131-136 (1998) It’s revealed that the Anti-Monitor saved the life of ‘Donna Troy’ from Earth-Seven and made her his agent, Dark Angel; Dark Angel is essentially Harbinger’s counterpart. |
| Must Reads | Issue(s) & Fallout | Event/ Crossover |
| Green Lantern #108 (1999) Jade faces a plant creature called Spore who’s using a human host, similar to the one that infected Jade’s mother, Thorn; Jade is reassured that the evil influence of the spore was probably making her mother behave the way she did. | ||
| JSA Secret Files & Origins #1 (1999) Nuklon renames himself Atom Smasher in honour of of his godfather, Al Pratt – the original Atom – and his grandfather Terence Curtis, Cyclotron. | JUSTICE BE DONE | |
| The Flash #155 (1999) New Earth’s incarnation of Angle Man (Angelo Bend) makes his debut. | THE DARK FLASH SAGA | |
| Suicide Squad #6 (2002) A completely new incarnation of Blackstarr/Rachel Berkowitz emerges on New Earth. | ||
| JSA #37 (2002) Captain Marvel (Billy Batson) and Hourman (Rick Tyler) join the Justice Society of America. | ||
| ✔ | Wonder Woman Secret Files & Origins #3 (2002) On Themyscira, Harbinger continues her stay in the island, on the proviso that she gets to record the history of the universe. | |
| Robin #105 (2002) Natalia Metternich is revealed to be the New Earth incarnation of Nocturna. | BRUCE WAYNE: FUGITIVE | |
| JSA #40 (2002) Northwind is revealed to have evolved into a true Feitherian. | ||
| ✔ | Supergirl #75-76 (2002-2003) The cosmic being Fatalist makes Earth-One Supergirl’s rocket crash-land on New Earth, instead – altering her timeline; Earth-One Supergirl is mentored by New Earth’s Supergirl (Linda Danvers). | |
| Detective Comics #779 (2003) Prince Ra-Man’s existence and his death in the Crisis still counts, as proven when he’s resurrected by Mark Merlin. | ||
| ✔ | Supergirl #80 (2003) Linda Danvers returns Kara Zor-El to her original timeline where she crashes on Earth-One; with her memories wiped by Fatalist, Kara resumes her original role in that reality. | |
| ✔ | Superman/Batman #8-10 (2004) The true Kara Zor-El of New Earth is introduced; Harbinger is revealed to be living on Themyscira; Harbinger sacrifices herself to save Kara’s life from Darkseid’s attack; Kara Zor-El becomes Supergirl. | |
| JSA #70 (2005) Alexander Luthor next appears, shrouded in shadow; he recruits Black Adam into his new Society. | ||
| Aquaman #26 (2005) Lorena Marquez becomes the Aquagirl of New Earth. | ||
| ✔ | Adventures of Superman #636 (2005) ‘Lex Luthor’ is revealed to be recruiting super-villains; this is actually Alexander Luthor of Earth-Three in disguise. | IDENTITY CRISIS |
| ✔ | Villains United #5-6 (2005) Lady Quark is kidnapped by Sinestro for Alexander Luthor as part of a plan to restore the multiverse; Pariah is murdered by Alexander Luthor. | COUNTDOWN TO INFINITE CRISIS VILLAINS UNITED |
| ✔ | JLA #119 (2005) Appearing almost entirely off-panel, Superboy-Prime returns, blowing up the JLA Watchtower. | COUNTDOWN TO INFINITE CRISIS CRISIS OF CONSCIENCE |
| ✔ | Identity Crisis #1 (2005) Superman & Lois Lane of Earth-One, Alexander Luthor of Earth-Three and Superboy of Earth-Prime are revealed to have escaped their pocket universe, intent of ‘fixing’ the New Earth reality. Infinite Crisis #3 (2006) The Society’s ‘Lex Luthor’ is revealed to be Alexander Luthor of Earth-Three when he meets New Earth’s Lex Luthor. Infinite Crisis #4-5 (2006) The heroic Doctor Light temporarily loses her powers to the original Doctor Light; Lois Lane of Earth-Two dies in the arms of her beloved Superman. Infinite Crisis Secret Files & Origins 2006 (2006) A flashback story reveals how Alexander Luthor put his plan to alter New Earth and restore the multiverse into motion; Superboy-Prime’s growing rage is explored; Earth-Two’s Lois Lane’s deteriorating health is explained. Infinite Crisis #6-7 (2006) Alexander Luthor’s pawn, the Pyscho-Pirate, is murdered by Black Adam; the multiverse is restored; the Joker kills Alexander Luthor; the Supermen of New Earth and Earth-Two defeat Superboy-Prime; Earth-Two Superman dies in Power Girl’s arms. | INFINITE CRISIS |
| Must Reads | Issue(s) & Fallout | Event/ Crossover |
| ✔ | 52 #3 (2006) Lex Luthor of New Earth uses Earth-Three’s Lex Luthor’s corpse as a scapegoat for his criminal activities while he was President, avoiding incarceration. Brave New World #1 (2006) Following the events of ‘Infinite Crisis’, multiple Monitors survey the various Earths in the multiverse. | 52 |
| Omega Men #4 (2007) Demonia is resurrected by Lady Styx, only for her physical form to be destroyed by Lianna. | ||
| ✔ | Countdown #44 (2007) The role the Crisis played in the DC Universe is explained by the Monitors. | COUNTDOWN TO INFINITE CRISIS |
| ✔ | Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps Special #1 (2007) Superboy-Prime (now calling himself Superman-Prime) and the Anti-Monitor are revealed to be members of the newly-formed Sinestro Corps. | SINESTRO CORPS WAR |
| Green Arrow and Black Canary Wedding Special #1 (2007) New Earth’s Natalia Knight makes her debut, though it seems Earth-One Nocturna’s ‘final’ clash with Batman and Robin took place in some form in New Earth history. | INJUSTICE LEAGUE UNLIMITED | |
| Final Crisis: Rage of the Red Lanterns #1 (2008) A long-standing pact between the Guardians of the Universe and the Psions is revealed to be the real reason the Green Lantern Corps stay out of the Vega System, due to the fact it’s where the Orange Lantern Power Battery is hidden. | FINAL CRISIS RAGE OF THE RED LANTERNS | |
| Gotham Gazette: Batman Dead? #1 (2009) It’s confirmed that Nocturna of New Earth had a near-death experience in a hot air balloon, just like her Earth-One counterpart. | BATTLE FOR THE COWL | |
| ✔ | Blackest Night #2 (2009) Aquagirl (Tula) is briefly resurrected as a member of the Black Lantern Corps. Blackest Night: Superman #1 (2009) Superman & Lois Lane of Earth-Two briefly return as Black Lanterns. Blackest Night: The Flash #1 (2009) Sam Scudder returns as an undead Mirror Master, resurrected as a member of the Black Lantern Corps. | BLACKEST NIGHT |
| ✔ | Teen Titans #98-100 (2011) Superboy-Prime forms his own Legion of Doom and attacks New Earth’s Superboy and his fellow Teen Titans; Superboy-Prime is imprisoned behind the Source Wall. | |
| ✔ | Flashpoint #1-5 (2011) A clash between the Flash (Barry Allen) and Professor Zoom results in a new timeline – effectively acting as another universe-altering crisis; first appearance of Prime Earth. | FLASHPOINT |
| Green Lantern Corps #17 (2013) First appearance of the Prime Earth incarnation of the Anti-Monitor, unnamed. | WRATH OF THE FIRST LANTERN | |
| Justice League of America’s Vibe #6 (2013) Pariah is revealed to have survived ‘Flashpoint’ and exists in Prime Earth continuity. | ||
| ✔ | Forever Evil #7 (2014) First full appearance of Prime Earth’s Anti-Monitor. | FOREVER EVIL |
| Batwoman #31-34 (2014) Night-Slayer/Anton Knight of Prime Earth continuity makes his debut; in this continuity, Natalia Mitternacht is is stepmother. | ||
| ✔ | The Multiversity #1 (2014) The artificial intelligence that runs the multiversal House of Heroes is another version of Harbinger. | THE MULTIVERSITY |
| ✔ | Convergence #0-8 (2015) The Futures End version of Brainiac gains access to the Vanishing Point and creates a world from major cities from a number of lost multiversal Earths; following a series of battles between the various cities, the entire multiverse is restored, including realities that previously perished due to various Crises. | CONVERGENCE |
| ✔ | Justice League #40 (2015) The Anti-Monitor’s real name is revealed as Mobius; Metron‘s Mobius Chair is revealed to have once been the property of the Anti-Monitor. | THE DARKSEID WAR |
| Must Reads | Issue(s) & Fallout | Event/ Crossover |
| ✔ | Dark Nights: Batman Who Laughs #1 (2018) A new Monitor appears in Prime Earth continuity. | DARK NIGHTS: METAL |
| Justice League #8 (2018) First appearance of Perpetua. | NEW JUSTICE | |
| Heroes in Crisis #9 (2019) We don’t see another incarnation of Kole until she’s seen in the mental health facility for costumed heroes called Sanctuary on Prime Earth. | HEROES IN CRISIS | |
| Shazam! #10-11 (2020) Despite the universe-altering events of ‘Flashpoint’, Superboy-Prime is revealed to have survived and allies with Mister Mind against Shazam. | ||
| ✔ | Justice League #22 (2019) The origin of the new Monitor – or Over-Monitor – is revealed, which differs from the post-Crisis Monitor; the Monitor is the Anti-Monitor’s brother and the son of Perpetua of the Sixth Dimension; the World Forger (Alpheus) is the elder brother; the Monitor’s real name is revealed to be Mar Novu. | NEW JUSTICE |
| ✔ | Dark Nights: Death Metal – The Secret Origin #1 (2021) Superboy-Prime finally returns to the restored Earth-Prime. Dark Nights: Death Metal #7 (2021) It’s confirmed that all past and present DC multiverses now exist concurrently, including Earth-One, Earth-Two, Earth-Three, Earth-Four, Earth-S, Earth-X and all potentially all others that were lost in the battle with the Anti-Monitor. | DARK NIGHTS: DEATH METAL |
| ✔ | Doomsday Clock #12 (2020) The restored Earth-One is given the new designation Earth-1985. | |
| ✔ | Tales From The Dark Multiverse: Crisis on Infinite Earths #1 (2021) In the Dark Multiverse, Earth-Two becomes the primary template for New Earth, with the Justice Society of America being the world’s primary super-team; the JSA prove to be ill-equipped to deal with an attack from the demon Surtur. | TALES FROM THE DARK MULTIVERSE |
| ✔ | Infinite Frontier #6 (2021) Pariah is revealed to be a prisoner of the Empty Hand; driven insane, Pariah promises to make the perfect realities for everyone. | INFINITE FRONTIER INFINITE FRONTIER INCARNATE |
| ✔ | Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths #1-7 (2022-2023) The insane Pariah threatens to destroy the multiverse, believing himself to be an agent of the Great Darkness. | DARK CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS |
| Action Comics #1064 (2024) Following a number of cameo appearances in various timelines, Earth-One’ Brainiac is revealed to be a member of the multiversal members of the House of Brainiac. | HOUSE OF BRAINIAC |
| Collected Edition Title | Collects… |
| Crisis on Infinite Earths | Crisis on Infinite Earths #1-12 |
| Absolute Crisis on Infinite Earths Crisis on Infinite Earths – The Deluxe Edition | Crisis on Infinite Earths #1-12 History of the DC Universe #1-2 |
| Crisis on Infinite Earths Companion – The Deluxe Edition vol.1 | All-Star Squadron #50-60 DC Comics Present #78 Firestorm #41-42 Green Lantern #194-198 |
| Crisis on Infinite Earths Companion – The Deluxe Edition vol.2 | DC Comics Presents #86 Detective Comics #558 Infinity Inc #18-25 Infinity Inc Annual #1 Justice League of America #244-245 Legends of the DC Universe: Crisis on Infinite Earths #1 Losers Special #1 New Teen Titans #13-14 Swamp Thing #44 |
| Crisis on Infinite Earths Companion – The Deluxe Edition vol.3 | Amethyst #13 Blue Devil #17-18 DC Comics Presents #87-88, 94-95 Justice League of America Annual #3 Legion of Super-Heroes #16, 18 Omega Men #31, 33 Superman #413-415 Swamp Thing #46 Wonder Woman #327-329 |
| Crisis on Infinite Earths Box Set | All-Star Squadron #14-15, 50-60 Amethyst #13 Blue Devil #17-18 Crisis on Infinite Earths #1-12 DC Comics Present #78, 86-88, 94-95 Detective Comics #558 Firestorm #41-42 Green Lantern #194-198 Infinity Inc #18-25 Infinity Inc Annual #1 Justice League of America #21-22, 29-30, 37-38, 46-47, 55-56, 64-65, 73-74, 82-83, 91-92, 100-102, 107-108, 113, 123-124, 135-137, 147-148, 159-160, 171-172, 183-185, 195-197, 207-209, 244-245 Justice League of America Annual #3 Legends of the DC Universe: Crisis on Infinite Earths #1 Legion of Super-Heroes #16, 18 Losers Special #1 New Teen Titans #13-14 Omega Men #31, 33 Superman #413-415 Swamp Thing #44, 46 Wonder Woman #327-329 |
| DC Finest – Events: Crisis on Infinite Earths, Part One | All-Star Squadron #50-52 Batman #389-391 Crisis on Infinite Earths #1-4 DC Comics Presents #78 Detective Comics #555-558 Firestorm #41 Green Lantern #194 Infinity, Inc. #18-19 Justice League of America #244 Losers Special #1 Wonder Woman #327 Swamp Thing #39 |
| Collected Edition Title | Includes… |
| Absolute Swamp Thing vol.2 | Swamp Thing #39, 44-46 |
| Saga of the Samp Thing, Book Three Swamp Thing: The Curse | Swamp Thing #44-46 |
| Saga of the Samp Thing, Book Four Swamp Thing: A Murder of Crows | Swamp Thing #44-46 |
| DC Finest – Batman: Red Skies | Batman #389-391 Detective Comics #555-558 |
| DC Finest – Justice League of America: The Return Justice League: The Detroit Era Omnibus | Infinity Inc #19 Justice League of America #244-245 Justice League of America Annual #3 |
| DC Finest – Wonder Woman: The Legend of Wonder Woman | Wonder Woman #327-329 |
| DC Goes to War | The Losers Special #1 |
| Green Lantern: Sector 2814 vol.3 | Green Lantern #194-198 |
| New Teen Titans vol.10 New Teen Titans Omnibus vol.4 | New Teen Titans #13-14 |
| Superboy: A Celebration of 75 Years | DC Comics Presents #87 |
Reading Order © Omniverse Comics Guide 2025
Mate!!! Talk about comprehensive!!! I honestly had no idea Crisis was so wide spread and appeared in so many other books outside the main series! You are to be commended for this Herculean effort 👏👏👏👏
Cheers for taking a look, Scrubs!
Bit of a task, this one, but I’m glad it’s done! This was my fourth read-through of CoIE and ended up being the most fun I had with the story!