Product Description

INFINITE CRISIS is the hardcover collection of the hottest story in comics: one that changes everything you know about the heroes and villains of the DC Universe.Four heroes, trapped in limbo since the original CRISIS ON INFINTE EARTHS, are about to reveal themselves: one is dying, one wants to save her and restore an entire world that vanished and the other two seek unrivaled power. The plan they concoct is literally earth-shattering, and the world's greatest superheroes may not be enough to stop their attempt to alter the very nature of reality.This special edition features artist sketches, a cover gallery and lots of behind-the-scenes information, making it the must-have collection of this soon-to-be-legendary event in comics history.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #211841 in Books
• Published on: 2006-09-20
• Released on: 2006-09-20
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 264 pages

From School Library Journal
Grade 7 Up—Prior to DC Comics's revamp of its superhero universe in Infinite Crisis, a series of prelude miniseries were released to set up the larger conflicts that the central title would address. Despite the fact that each of these series—including Greg Rucka's The OMAC Project and Gail Simone's Villains United (both 2006)—ended abruptly and had a promised follow-up "special" yet to be published, they were collected in trade paperback. Unable to be included in the already-released trades or compiled with the massive Infinite Crisis collection, they appear in their semi-orphaned state in this book. The title is actually apt, but it doesn't make the effect any less jagged: the stories are clearly continuations of distant events, and they have only the most tenuous of internal connections. To use popular comic-universe terminology, they are a tangled mass of "continuity," helping to draw lines between other books, events, and situations. The varied artwork is quite good, and the stories are not without drama and effective moments, but this volume would be lost on casual readers; the characters are plentiful and the situations convoluted, as the massive cast of practically the entire superhero world shows up to be counted. As a supplement to collections that contain the previously mentioned titles, it would be welcome and quite useful, but it would be a mystifying morass if read on its own.—Benjamin Russell, Belmont High School, NH
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From Booklist
Every so often, the continuity of DC's interlocking comic books gets so convoluted and cluttered that the company clears the boards with an overarching story encompassing all its titles. The seven-issue Infinite Crisis, a sequel to Crisis on Infinite Earths (1985), is the latest such tale.A parallel-universe version of Superman, who was relegated to limbo at the end of Infinite Earths, escapes and attempts to replace the Earth that faithful readers have been watching for the past two decades with his own. The conflict that follows affects virtually every superhero in the DC universe, killing off extraneous characters and provoking the revamping of others. Infinite Crisis also aims to veer away from the dark, cynical tone that has infected the superhero genre of late. It skirts incomprehensibility, but so does much else in DC's recent output, and that is what Crisis addresses. The artwork, mostly by Phil Jimenez, creditably corrals a huge cast and keeps the myriad story lines going. Casual readers may be baffled, but for hard-core superhero fans, this is essential. Gordon Flagg
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Customer Reviews

A Better Crisis Than the Original
I found this to be much more enjoyable than the original Crisis. The story was muddled, the dialog was bad, and at times it just didn't make any logical sense. But this for me was enjoyable through out. Infinite Earths tried to cram every character they could into the story often slowing down the narrative and confusing things. Where in Infinity Crisis it felt like they were able to work in a lot of characters, but I never felt it was getting away from the plot. I also felt like there was more tension. Though the threat was just as credible in Infinite Earths if not more so. It never felt like it was as big of a threat. There were some good battles. I like the art work as well. I think it's something a lot of comic book fans would enjoy, but I guess it's not everyone's cup of tea.

The Ongoing Adventure of Crisis!
Great continuing story of the Crisis. This explains the origins of Superboy prime and more regarding the merging of DC storylines into one continuous storyline. Even better than Crisis on Infinite Earths.

Very good tie ins to the DC multiverse
The book is a great read for those who want to have some closure on the DC Multiverse. I did my research before I purchased this product so I knew what I would be getting. Great artwork to accompany the story telling. (Who knew Batman even cared!)Of course when you get this many artists together, there will be some periods where the artwork is not what it should be! (The Supermen battle falls way short artistically and is the only point where the story falll short!)

Outside of those two items, this is a excellent book. The delievery from Amazon was great! On-time and the book was in great condition.