"Worlds Will Live.
Worlds Will Die.
And The DC Universe Will Never Be The Same."
That was the advertisement leading up to DC's 50th Anniversary celebration 12 issue mini-series, which started with
Crisis On Infinite Earths #1 (April, 1985), in the story begun by
Marv Wolfman,
George Perez, and
Dick Giordano (with plot assists by
Len Wein and
Robert Greenberger).
Following years of build up with the introduction of the
Monitor and Lyla (who became the Harbinger in this issue) in
New Teen Titans, readers saw the destruction of the
Crime Syndicate of America's Earth-3 with Pariah watching; only the child, Alexander Luthor Jr., the son of
Alexander Luthor and Lois Lane Luthor, surviving.
This dealt with DC's Multiverse, introduced when
Flash Barry Allen first met Flash Jay Garrick back in the day, leading to annual team-ups of the
Justice League of America and
Justice Society of America in the
1960s,
1970s and 1980s!
Quite the adventure, and it was for the existence of everything which you've been reading about here (and more!).
Hopefully, these links and articles will help expand your mind and give you some of the information you need to help you navigate the
Crisis On Infinite Earths, from
DC's two Supermen,
Anthro, the
Wild West, the World War II
Losers and
All-Star Squadron, the
Outsiders,
Infinity Inc., the
Legion of Super-Heroes and more!
Ah, yes, that time DC destroyed its own legacy and everything that made its universe unique and different from Marvel, while simultaneously flipping the bird to longtime readers...all to solve a "problem" that didn't exist. Yuck.
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