"An era can be said to end when its basic illusions are exhausted." - Arthur Miller

Friday, October 14, 2005

Infinite Crisis Newbie Guides


Sheesh four posts in one day, a personal record.

This Wednesday marked the release of the much hyped and talked about release of Infinite Crisis #1. After a buildup of 5 mini-series, multiple issues in comics, it has arrived. Does it disappoint? Eh, too soon to say. The potential fun is ungodly but its just to early to say, afterall, its only the first issue. The story is "What if the universe is coming to and end, but the Superheroes are unable to work together and Villians have learned to work together?". The story itself can be describes simply, but the buildup to it, the history its indicating, and all the characters involved are only known by the die hard comic fans. Luckily, for those not in the know, Infinite Crisis is still an easy read with great action and dialogue. However, there are panels that will cause some questions such as who is that person that was skewered and is that a different Superman?

Thankfully, the good folks at newsarama.com have created two great writeup to help. One is the background and lead-up to Infinite Crisis and the other is a page by page writeup on who all those strange faces and events are. Lost of reading to be done so sit back and enjoy.

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