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Sunday 10 March 2019

Crisis on Infinite Earths -DCs Greed Is Symptomatic of Stagnation in Comics

This was just posted on the George Perez Face Book fan page:

Update: Amazon has a pre-order price of $350 (https://amzn.to/2UpcW3v ). According to Amazon: "Pre-order Price Guarantee"

Here is a concept art and additional details about the $500 Crisis Boxset coming in November 2019.
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Since the Justice League of America first met their Earth-2 counterparts, the Justice Society of America, the concept of a world-shaking "Crisis" has been a defining part of DC history. Now, for the first time, DC packs one incredible box set with every Crisis tale leading up to and including the industry defining CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS! This box set combines six previously existing CRISIS collected editions, printed for the first time in hardcover, with eight new CRISIS hardcover collections that spotlight the most important heroes of the 1980s CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS!

Join the Justice League, the Justice Society, the All-Star Squadron, Infinity Inc., Superman, Green Lantern and countless other heroes as they give their all to save the DC Universe!Included in this incredible collection are: CRISIS ON MULTIPLE EARTHS VOL. 1 HC - Collects JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #21-22, 29-30, 37-38 and 46-47; CRISIS ON MULTIPLE EARTHS VOL. 2 HC - Collects JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #55-56, 64-65, 73-74 and 82-83; CRISIS ON MULTIPLE EARTHS VOL. 3 HC - Collects JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #91-92, 100-102, 107-108 and 113; CRISIS ON MULTIPLE EARTHS VOL. 4 HC - Collects JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #123-124, 135-137 and 147-148; CRISIS ON MULTIPLE EARTHS VOL. 5 HC - Collects JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #159-160, 171-172 and 183-185; CRISIS ON MULTIPLE EARTHS VOL. 6 HC - Collects JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #195-197, 207-209 and ALL-STAR SQUADRON #14-15; CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS HC - Collects CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS #1-12; CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS: ALL-STAR SQUADRON HC - This new title collects ALL-STAR SQUADRON #50-60; CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS: GREEN LANTERN HC - This new title collects GREEN LANTERN #194-198, THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #16 and 18 and THE OMEGA MEN #31 and 33; CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS: JUSTICE LEAGUE HC - This new title collects THE FURY OF FIRESTORM #41-42, DETECTIVE COMICS #558, WONDER WOMAN #327-329 and THE NEW TEEN TITANS #13-14; CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS: LEGENDS HC - This new title collects THE LOSERS SPECIAL #1, SWAMP THING #44 and 46, LEGENDS OF THE DC UNIVERSE: CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS #1, BLUE DEVIL #17-18 and AMETHYST #13 


My response was this:

How long ago was Crisis on Infinite Earths published? It WAS groundbreaking at the time but all it spawned was one reboot after another that just messed things up. Now there is a boxed set collecting collections of collections and special issues and...this is just trying to bleed comic fans for more money for old rope. This is why no one really cares about characters now -how many times has the DC universe been destroyed and all the heroes killed off then been rebooted ? Just plain greed.

2 comments:

  1. The box set price works out to a but then $5.00 a comic. I suspect many dealers charge more than $5.00 for most of the books lited, if for no other reaon than their "historical significance".

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  2. I'm lucky I was there first time around so anything that interested me I got and well under $5...UK prices at the time I think were still at 25p (near as dammit 25c)

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