Talk:Crisis on Infinite Earths

Wonder Woman of Earth One
She wasn't reincarnated as the current Post-Crisis version, her entire timeline was eliminated in Legend of Wonder Woman #4

 "Mekanique and the goddess Aphrodite, who have been using their powers to hold back the full effects of the Crisis for their own purposes, allow the Crisis's reality-changing effects to take hold. Everyone except the Psycho-Pirate loses >their memories of the pre-Crisis history. The Earth-2 Aquaman, Batman, Green Arrow, Huntress, Robin, Speedy, and Wonder Woman, the Golden Age Captain >Marvel and Marvel Family, and Earth-1's Hawkman, Hawkwoman, Supergirl, and >Wonder Woman cease to exist, along with all memory of their existence." All-Star Squadron #60 (7.86), Legend of Wonder Woman #4 (8.86)


 * This claim is invalidated by the Crisis on Infinite Earths: Absolute Edition which puts all of Legend of Wonder Woman #1-4 on Earth-Thirty-Two not Earth-One.(Crisis on Infinite Earths Multiverse Index)--2606:A000:7D44:100:FDAC:E0F6:E755:A8B6 (talk) 18:03, 25 February 2018 (UTC)

Back Issue! notes
I'm not sure why I took so long to do this, but here are notes for Back Issue! #82's feature on Crisis. I'll put them here first before implementing them JOE BRO  64  20:42, 3 May 2018 (UTC)
 * p. 49: by 1981, DC's multiverse concept had grow out of hand. Crisis was initially proposed as "History of the DCU" but its name was changed because its idea of destroying the multiverse sounded more like a "crisis". The Monitor began to appear in most of DC's comics to set up the event (even Jonah Hex). Marvel apparently learned that DC was planning this and made Secret Wars in response. It was decided the main series would be in maxiseries format, which was still new (the only previous DC maxiseries was the non-canon Camelot 3000).
 * p. 50: As something like Crisis had never happened before, the producers met for around two hours a week, which back then was uncommon. It was hard for them to come up with a story; things fell into place when they came up with a beginning and ending and Perez joined. When Wolfman and Giordano told the staff in 1984 to include the Monitor twice in every one of the titles they edited, not everyone was happy; one was so miffed he did not speak for the rest of the meeting. Sales weren't good; the only comic that wasn't standard superhero fare and sold well was Swamp Thing. Wolfman said it was harder than anticipated as it had every character, a good plot that was fun and filled with surprises, and needed to bring in sales. If it failed it could have been a disaster. Many writers wanted to do whatever they could to help.
 * p. 51: Crisis is a major success. Michael Breakfield, who worked at Mile High Comics, said it changed everything about comics for him because Wolfman and Perez made it, the story was great, it became a great jumping-on point for readers, and raised the stakes with the deaths of Flash and Supergirl. Breakfield said after he became an avid DC reader and that his son reads almost only DC comics now. Many readers thought Crisis had a big impact and was unprecedented. Some readers, however, weren't confused by the multiverse and began to miss it.
 * p. 52: DC needed to fix plot threads. Some editors led by Neal Pozner wanted to recreate the Silver Age. Some byproducts included the JSA existing before the JLA. With the end of Crisis, there was a single New Earth, which remained until Flashpoint. The success inspired DC and Marvel to try again with crossovers but did not have a real reason to do so besides sales, so sales were lower than Crisis's.
 * The red sky element in crossovers may be worth mentioning. Argento Surfer (talk) 20:51, 3 May 2018 (UTC)

Significance not made clear in the intro
I'm not American and know little about American comic books. I read a Wikipedia article which mentioned "pre-crisis" and "post-crisis" which I found curious, so I followed the link to this article. I was expecting the article to say that this comic has some major significance and marked a turning point in the history of DC comics, but the intro doesn't give that impression at all, it reads just like any other comic. Perhaps those familiar with the franchise might want to consider whether the intro sufficiently summises the significance of this comic. Did it change the course of the DC franchise? Does it split the history of DC comics into two? If so, should that be noted? I know virtually nothing about DC comics and not qualified to edit, so I'll leave it with you. Grand Dizzy (talk) 11:09, 14 March 2021 (UTC)