Infinite Crisis begins today. In 1985,
DC Comics released
Crisis On Infinite Earths -- arguably the biggest
retcon engine in comicbook history. The
goal of the
Crisis maxi-series was the unification of
disparate DC timelines and dimensions (designated as numbered or lettered Earths) into a single universe.
Beloved heroes died and
new heroes emerged.
Twenty years later, DC is putting all of its heroes and villains back in harm's way with
Infinite Crisis. Building steam from plot elements in last year's
critically-acclaimed Identity Crisis (written by NYT Bestselling Author
Brad Meltzer) and a quartet (
1,
2,
3,
4) of related mini-series published over the last six months,
Infinite Crisis (penned by
Geoff Johns) promises to be just as jarring as the original
Crisis. So jarring, in fact, that flagship characters of the DC Universe
will be pitched forward in time, a year into the future. To account for the lost time, a
weekly series called
52* will start in May of 2006.
And when the dust settles, DC will start progressing all of its characters and stories
in real time.
posted by grabbingsand
on Oct 12, 2005 -
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