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Issue: Crisis on Infinite Earths #1
Publication Date: April 1985
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Issues: #1 of 12 Issues (36 Printings)
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Variant: Direct
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 12/11/1984
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.95 CAD
£0.35 GBP
$0.75 USD
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Content Items: 3 (1 story, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: No ads in this comic. On-sale date from DC Releases #11.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Modern Age U. S.
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Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Limited Series
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Wraparound
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Crime Syndicate [Ultra-Man; Superwoman; Johnny Quick; Owlman; Power Ring] (of Earth-3); Superman (of Earth-2); Pariah; Firestorm; Arion; Cyborg; Blue Beetle [Ted Kord]; Dawnstar; Dr. Polaris; Geo-Force; Psimon; Firebrand [Danette Reilly]; Obsidian; Harbinger; Killer Frost; Luthor (of Earth-3); Psycho-Pirate [Roger Hayden]; Green Lantern [John Stewart]; King Solovar; The Monitor (face in background)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Taschenbuch #71 published January 1985
as Krise der Parallel-Erden [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagCrisis en Tierras Infinitas #1 published April 1987
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Wraparound]
In Content Item: FlagMillennium Edition: Crisis on Infinite Earths 1 #[nn] published February 2000
as The Debut of the Epic Maxiseries [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagMillennium Edition: Crisis on Infinite Earths 1 #[nn] published February 2000
as Crisis on Infinite Earths #1 End of an Era [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Wraparound cover. Colors credit confirmed by Anthony Tollin. Logo design credit from http://kleinletters.com/, where Klein indicates "from a design by Neal Pozner."
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Crisis Beginnings

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
Feature(s): Crisis Mail
Character(s): Pariah
First Line: "My theory is, both Earths were created at the same time in two quite similar universes!..."
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: L-1913
Disclose Notes: Describes the beginnings of the DC Multiverse and this series; no letters. Located on the inside front and inside back covers.

The "First Line of Dialogue or Text" quotation is from Flash #123 (September 1961) as Barry Allen speaks to Jay Garrick.
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The Summoning!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Crime Syndicate [Ultraman; Power Ring; Owlman; Johnny Quick; Superwoman] (of Earth-3, all die); Alexander Luthor (of Earth-3, death); Lois Lane Luthor (death); Alexander Luthor, Jr. (introduction); Pariah (introduction); Harbinger [Lyla Michaels]; The Monitor; King Solovar; Dawnstar; Firebrand [Danette Reilly]; Blue Beetle [Ted Kord]; Psycho-Pirate [Roger Hayden]; Arion; Firestorm [Ronnie Raymond; Professor Martin Stein]; Killer Frost [Louise Lincoln]; Geo-Force [Brion Markov]; Cyborg [Victor Stone]; Superman [Kal-L] (of Earth-2); Obsidian [Todd Rice]; Dr. Polaris [Neal Emerson]; Psimon [Simon Jones]; Green Lantern [John Stewart]
First Line: In the beginning there was only one.
Synopsis: A man known as Pariah is destined to watch helplessly as he is drawn from one Earth to another to watch as a wave of anti-matter destroys their universes. Earth-3's universe is the next to fall to the anti-matter wave and the Crime Syndicate is helpless to stop it. Meanwhile, the Monitor orders Lyla to become Harbinger to gather heroes and villains. Taken to the Monitor's satellite, these heroes and villains are attacked by shadow demons until the Monitor drives them away.
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In Issue: FlagCrisis on Infinite Earths #[nn] published February 1998
In Issue: FlagCrisis on Infinite Earths #[nn] [unnamed variant] published February 2000
In Issue: FlagCrisis on Infinite Earths The Absolute Edition #[nn] published January 2005
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Taschenbuch #71 published January 1985
as Holt die Helden! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagCrisis en Tierras Infinitas #1 published April 1987
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMillennium Edition: Crisis on Infinite Earths 1 #[nn] published February 2000
as The Summoning [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 32
Disclose Notes: First appearance of Alex Luthor, Jr. and Pariah. Death of Earth-3 and Crime Syndicate. First DC appearance of Blue Beetle [Ted Kord], a character recently acquired by DC from Charlton Comics. The other Charlton "action heroes" -- Peacemaker, Nightshade, Question [Vic Sage], Judomaster, and Peter Cannon, Thunderbolt -- will appear in issue #6.

Perez inks credit from Crisis on Infinite Earths The Compendium.

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