- Script
- Marv Wolfman (credited)
- Pencils
- George Pérez (credited)
- Inks
- Jerry Ordway (credited)
- Colors
- Carl Gafford (credited)
- Letters
- John Costanza (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- In the beginning there were many.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Forgotten Heroes [Adam Strange; Rip Hunter; Dolphin; Animal-Man [Buddy Baker]; Atomic Knight; Captain Comet]; Teen Titans [Changeling [Gar Logan]; Cyborg [Victor Stone]; Kid Flash [Wally West]; Wonder Girl [Donna Troy]; Kole]; Justice Society of America [Superman [Kal-L] (Earth-2); Flash [Jay Garrick]; Robin (Earth-2]) Huntress [Helena Wayne]; Power Girl; The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Wonder Woman (Earth-2)]; Justice League of America [Superman (Earth-1); Aquaman; Zatanna; Elongated Man [Ralph Dibny]; Phantom Stranger; Wonder Woman (Earth-1); Batman (Earth-1)]; Infinity Inc. [Obsidian [Todd Rice]; Star-Spangled Kid; Fury [Lyta Trevor]; Jade]; All-Star Squadron [Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Firebrand [Danette Reilly]; Plastic Man; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Liberty Belle; Tarantula; Robotman [Robert Crane]; Atom [Al Pratt]; Commander Steel; Dr. Fate]; Freedom Fighters [Phantom Lady; Uncle Sam; The Ray; Doll Man]; Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Geo-Force; Perry White; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Joan Garrick; Brainiac; Harlequin; Peacemaker; Lady Quark; Pariah; Wildcat [Yolanda Montez]; Superboy (Earth-Prime); Zatara; Anthro; Viking Prince; Tomahawk; Bat Lash; Enemy Ace; Sgt. Rock; Easy Company; The Losers; The Blackhawks; Judomaster; Guardian; Blue Beetle [Ted Kord]; Deadman [Boston Brand]; Harvey Bullock; Jonni Thunder; Johnny Double; Angle-Man (death); Angel O'Day; The Human Target [Christopher Chance]; The Demon [Etrigan]; Amethyst; Dr. Occult; Hippolyta (Earth-1); Robin [Jason Todd]; Lex Luthor (Earth-1); Alexander Luthor Jr.; Sam Simeon; Detective Chimp; King Solovar; Gorilla City; Prof. Haley; Challengers of the Unknown; Cave Carson; Harbinger [Lyla Michaels]; Anti-Monitor (villain)
- Synopsis
- The heroes begin to wonder what's happening as some heroes are remembered while others aren't on this Earth, and why weren't Superman [Earth-2] and Flash [Jay Garrick], as well as other heroes not able to return back to their respective worlds after the battle at the dawn of time. Harbinger then explains the multiverse is no more as a result of that battle, as a single universe is now in existence with aspects from each surviving world. The Anti-Monitor later appears to try and finish what he started as he pulls the single Earth into the antimatter universe. To be concluded...
- Reprints
- in Super Star Comics (Arédit-Artima, 1986 series) #9 (février 1987) [Premières [First] pages], #10 (avril 1987) [21 dernières pages [Last 21 pages]]
- in Crisis on Infinite Earths (DC, 1998 series) (1998 [February 1999])
- in JLA - Die neue Gerechtigkeitsliga Sonderband (Dino Verlag, 1997 series) #13 - Crisis on infinite Earths 2 (1999)
- in Crisis on Infinite Earths (DC, 2000 series) (2000 [February 2001])
- in Crisis on Infinite Earths (Semic S.A., 2001 series) #4
- in Crisis on Infinite Earths The Absolute Edition (DC, 2005 series) (2005 [January 2006])
which is reprinted- in DC Comics Graphic Novel Collection Sonderband (Eaglemoss Publications, 2015 series) #2 - Crisis on Infinite Earths
- in Crisis on Infinite Earths Deluxe Edition (DC, 2015 series) ([December] 2015)
- in Crise nas Infinitas Terras (Panini Brasil, 2016 series) ([fevereiro de] 2016)
- in DC Comics Graphic Novels – Sagas Definitivas (Eaglemoss Collections, 2018 series) #1 - Crise Nas Infinitas Terras (junho de 2018)
- in Crisis on Infinite Earths: 35th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (DC, 2019 series) ([November] 2019)
- in Crisis on Infinite Earths Giant (DC, 2019 series) #2 ([January] 2020)
- Keywords
- Gorilla City; Las Vegas; Metropolis; Paradise Island; Salem; Titans Tower
End of the old multiverse and the beginning of a single universe.