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From comicsatemybrain.blogspot.com

Crisis On Thursday, or To Grandmother's Earth We Go!

Wednesday, November 22, 2006 by Tom Bondurant @ 10:16 PM

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JLofA #s 195-97 (Oct-Dec 1981): It's hard to top an Apokoliptian blowout, but darned if this team-up ("Targets On Two Worlds"/"Countdown To Crisis"/"Crisis In Limbo") didn't try. Perez was winding down his tenure on Justice League of America,and he was helped a little by Keith Pollard, although you can't reallytell. The third team here is the Secret Society of Super-Villains,headed by the gorilla-bodied Ultra-Humanite and including (fromEarth-2) the Monocle, Rag Doll, Brain Wave, Psycho-Pirate, and Mist,and (from Earth-1) Killer Frost, Signalman, Floronic Man, and Cheetah.Ultra figures that, by removing certain superheroes from both Earths,it'll set up a cosmic chain reaction that will remove all thesuperheroes from one Earth -- he doesn't know which.

From www.newsarama.com

WHO'S THAT (POWER) GIRL: EXPLAINING POWER GIRL'S HISTORY

11-10-2005 04:37 PMby Troy Brownfield

If there’s one truism that runs throughboth the original Crisis on Infinite Earths and its thematic descendantInfinite Crisis, it’s that unexpected characters suddenly get a chanceto shine. Granted, Power Girl’s not exactly a wallflower. She’d hadsignificant roles in series ranging from All-Star Comics to JusticeLeague Europe to Birds of Prey and JSA. She recently headlined themuch-discussed debut arc of JSA: Classified. And of course, she gracesthe both variant covers for this week’s Infinite Crisis #2. Still,despite the fact that she’s a perennially minor character, Power Girlhas a strident fanbase and certainly plays a crucial role in DC’sbiggest project of the decade thus far. Where then did Power Girloriginate, and what were some of the highlights on her circuitous pathto crossover glory? (Writer’s Note: Notice that I said some of thehighlights; this does not pretend to be a complete list of appearances)

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Justice League of America #195-197; JLA #207-209 (and All-Star Squadron #14-15) and JLA #219-220(early ‘80s): While these appearances aren’t mind-bogglinglysignificant in the life of the character, they do represent severaloccasions upon which Kara interacted with the heroes of Earth-1 duringthe annual JLA/JSA crossovers. Most interesting is her cross-worldflirtation with the JLA’s young hero, Firestorm. Writer Conway slowlybuilt this attraction over a few years. It has enough meaning for theheroine that she goes ballistic in the early pages of #220 afterFirestorm has been injured in an ambush. These are all fun stories, andit’s amusing in retrospect that, in keeping with tradition for suchteam-ups, most of them incorporated the word “Crisis” into theirrespective titles.

From Owen Cardiff Darcy, via DC Boards

Topic: Mapping the Crisis on Multiple Earths TPBs

posted January 08, 2003 11:55 AM

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CRISIS ON MULTIPLE EARTHS VOL. 5 (162/168 pages)
Written by Gerry Conway; art by Dick Dillin, George Perez, Frank McLaughlin, and various
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #183-185 and 195-197

Justice League of America #183 10/80
"Crisis on New Genesis, or Where Have All the New Gods Gone?" (25 pages + cover)

Justice League of America #184 11/80
"Crisis Between Two Earths, or Apokolips Now" (25 pages + cover)

Justice League of America #185 12/80
"Crisis on Apokolips, or Darkseid Rising" (25 pages + cover)

Justice League of America #195 10/81 (27 pages + cover)
"Targets on Two Earths" (25 pages)
Poster (2 pages)

Justice League of America #196 11/81
"Countdown to Crisis" (27 pages + cover)

Justice League of America #197 12/81
"Crisis in Limbo" (27 pages + cover)

From Sequential Tart

Standing Up For Superheroes (April 2001)

by Tim O'Shea

Tim O'Shea is a 33-year old desktop publisher/senior online news editor for The Comic Reader and a regular contributor to CBEMwho lives in Atlanta with his wife and son. Tim, who has been readingcomic books on a weekly basis since 1977, thinks he's the only rabidcomic book fan who intends never to attend a convention.

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Well anyway, I decided it was time tostart reading these borderline gems, when I stumbled across JLA #197("The Final Showdown between the Secret Society of Super-Villains andthe JLA," the cover brags.) It's a fun read from December 1981, Earth-2and the legendary Justice Society roll out to confuse the continuitypolice once again in a tale called CRISIS IN LIMBO (a good five yearsbefore THE BIG CRISIS runs everyone's butts over). It's George Perezart so hey that's a blast to enjoy no matter the story Gerry Conwaygave him to work with. I just love any panel that has The Atomnonchalantly sitting on the shoulder of Batman, as if today's versionof the Dark Knight would let anyone touch him, much less sit on hisshoulder (!?!). (Imagine that scene today: Ray Palmer - confused afterhis divorce, living in a jungle that's set afire, de-aging to the pointof his teen years, then re-aging and being partnered to the point ofbottom-level obscurity as a mentor to Firestorm - accidentally sits onBatman's shoulder, who responds by instinctively snapping his neck [butI'm a little off track here].)

Anyway, I get to the end of the tale andread the letter column: "I just finished reading issue #192 of JusticeLeague of America. Stunning. This month's tale was the best of all myDCs I picked up. Centering around one member of the group (Red Tornado)and at the same time involving the other heroes was an excellent idea.Even though there were 25 pages, I thought that my reading ended toosoon. Red Tornado has fast become one of my favorite heroes. It isabout time that he starts acting like the hero I know he can be. As forthe art, what can I say? Welcome back, George. Your pencils have beenmissed (although Buckler did a very admirable job in your absence).Besides being my favorite artist, you draw the best Red Tornado thisside of the border (and the other side, too!) Todd McFarlane - Calgary, Alberta, Canada"

I love finding gems like this. I wonderwhere good old Red ranks now? This is unfair to dredge up a letter fromalmost 20 years ago. What I wrote in 1981 I would not want to seepublished today. But I only employ this example to prove a strangepoint about myself.

Odds are Todd McFarlane has not read aDC/Marvel superhero comic book in a very looong time. Lawsuits,merchandising and traveling with Mark McGuire's (home run) balls is thekind of stuff that occupies his days at this point in his life. I don'tbegrudge him this, I'm happy that company-owned books and charactersare beneath him now, as the characters he creates can make him more ofa profit then the income he was cheated out of when he did not own thecharacters. Whatever. I've never been able to read Spawn myself, butI'm glad enough people can that Todd can pay his bills and then some.

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