“Crisis on Infinite Earths”

“I read this and Nick Drnaso’s Sabrina on the same day for total comics whiplash.

Well, I think this one is a lot more interesting as a story outside the story than it is fun to read.

I give it credit, the in-comic reset is an interesting idea, and I think Marv Wolfman’s intent, to give a new generation of readers the ability to know what the fuck was going on in DC without reading 25 years of comics, this is a good idea.

You know what’s weird? This is a story in which a couple established characters are replaced with new versions, but it’s not like earth-2 Wildcat becomes the new Wildcat on merged earth. The Earth 1 Wildcat is injured and replaced by some lady. I thought it was sort of odd because if you wanted to replace a character, this was like the ultimate opportunity. Earths merge, dudes are replaced by ladies, whatever, right?

I’m reading more dc this year. This is probably the starting point. But now I’m wondering if I should fast forward a bit…”