Post-Crisis
| Crisis on Infinite Earths | |
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Cover of Crisis on Infinite Earths #1; art by George Pérez
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| Schedule | Monthly |
| Format | Limited series |
| Publication date | April 1985 – March 1986 |
| Number of issues | 12 |
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| Creative team | |
| Writer(s) | Marv Wolfman |
| Penciller(s) | George Pérez |
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| Letterer(s) | John Costanza |
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| Editor(s) | Marv Wolfman |
| Collected editions | |
| Crisis on Infinite Earths (hardcover) |
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| Crisis on Infinite Earths (softcover) |
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| Crisis on Infinite Earths: The Absolute Edition (hardcover) |
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"Crisis on Infinite Earths" is an American comic book crossover storyline published by DC Comics from 1985 to 1986, consisting of an eponymous 12-issue, limited series comic book and a number of tie-in books. It was produced by DC Comics to herald a simplification of its then 50-year-old narrative continuity. The series was written by Marv Wolfman and illustrated by George Pérez (pencils and layouts),Mike DeCarlo, Dick Giordano and Jerry Ordway (inking and embellishing). The series removed the multiverse concept from the fictional DC Universe, depicting the death of long-standing characters Supergirl and the Barry Allen incarnation of the Flash. Continuity in the DC Universe is divided into pre-Crisis and post-Crisis periods.
The series' title was inspired by earlier multiverse crossover stories of parallel Earths, such as "Crisis on Earth-Two" and "Crisis on Earth-Three", and involves almost every significant character in every parallel universe of DC Comics history. It inspired the titles of four DC crossover series: Zero Hour: Crisis in Time! (1994), Infinite Crisis (2005–06), Final Crisis (2008), and Convergence (2015).
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