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From: boyajian@akov68.DEC (JERRY BOYAJIAN)
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Subject: re: A summary of CRISIS
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Date: Tue, 25-Feb-86 06:53:47 EST
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> From: uwvax!pfeiffer	(Phil Pfeiffer)

One general comment and one specific comment---

General:

Eclipse is distributing for Independent Comics a series of indexes by
Murray Ward to DC Comics, similar to George Olshevsky's Marvel Comics
indexes. So far, there have been ones for the Teen Titans (5 issues)
and the Doom Patrol (2 issues). Next month, they'll be doing a one-issue
index to the Crisis series which will presumably include a definitive
cross-reference to all of the CRISIS crossovers. Judging by previous
indexes, each issue-entry (presumably) will include a description of the
major events of that given issue.

Specific:

> I thought that Darkseid was bumped off by Desaad in a recent DC miniseries.
>     If so, how do the events of Crisis fit into the DC time continuum?

I don't recall that Desaad ever bumped off Darkseid. 'Seid is a difficult
man to kill. It should also be noted that the two previous and the one
forthcoming SUPER POWERS mini-series *do not* fit into the regular DC
continuity, as they are basicly just tie-ins to the Super Powers series
of action figures (have you noticed that if they're for girls, they're
called "dolls" and if for boys, "action figures"?) and the SUPER FRIENDS
cartoon series.
	As for CRISIS, it's hard to say where it "fits in". With some
comics (eg. INFINITY, INC. and TEEN TITANS), it's obvious which issues
are pre-Crisis and which are post-Crisis. Some new series (eg. BOOSTER
GOLD and BLUE BEETLE) are definitely post-Crisis. The current Superman
stories are said to be pre-Crisis, buying time until Byrne's Superman
comes on the scene. This last still leaves some problems where DC COMICS
PRESENTS is concerned. The Superman of DCCP (and JLA #250, for that matter)
is obviously still the same pre-Crisis Supes, but if so, how can he team
up with Captain Atom or an obviously post-Crisis Lady Quark, Pariah, and
Harbinger?

I'm beginning to wonder how well DC has thought out these things. I hope
that once Byrne's Superman gets off the ground, that they'll start taking
this Earth-Only bit to heart and *not* refer to *anything* or *anybody*
from before the Crisis.

--- jayembee (Jerry Boyajian, DEC, Acton-Nagog, MA)

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