Crisis on Infinite Earths
#3
[Direct]
(June 1985)
DC,
1985 Series
- Price
- 0.75 USD; 0.95 CAD; 0.35 GBP
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1985-02-12
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [bullet]
- Editing
- Marv Wolfman (editor); Robert Greenberger (associate editor); Len Wein (consulting editor); Tom Condon (managing editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from DC Releases #13.
This issue has variants:
This issue has variants:
[no title indexed]
Crisis on Infinite Earths / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- George Pérez (signed as Guess Who?)
- Inks
- George Pérez (signed as Guess Who?)
- Colors
- Anthony Tollin
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The Titans! The Outsiders! The Legion! And more!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Boy; Sun Boy; Lightning Lass; Wildfire; Brainiac 5; Dream Girl; Kid Psycho]; Outsiders [Halo; Katana; Geo-Force]; Teen Titans [Nightwing [Dick Grayson]; Jericho; Kole; Starfire [Koriand'r]; Cyborg]; Sgt. Rock; Easy Company; The Losers [Captain Storm; Gunner; Sarge; Johnny Cloud]; Haunted Tank [Jeb Stuart]; Psimon; Firebrand [Danette Reilly]; Green Lantern [John Stewart]; Bat Lash; Scalphunter; Nighthawk; Johnny Thunder (Earth-1, Western hero); Jonah Hex; Blue Beetle [Ted Kord]; Dr. Polaris; Flash [Barry Allen]; Batman (Earth-1); The Monitor
- Synopsis
- Scenes of battles in four different times and places surround the Monitor.
- Reprints
-
in Crisis on Infinite Earths (Federal, 1985 series) #3 -
in Super Star Comics (Arédit-Artima, 1986 series) #4 (août 1986) -
in Superamigos (Editora Abril, 1985 series) #24 (Abril 1987) -
in Crisis on Infinite Earths (DC, 1998 series) (1998 [February 1999]) -
in JLA - Die neue Gerechtigkeitsliga Sonderband (Dino Verlag, 1997 series) #12 - Crisis on infinite Earths 1 (1999) - in Crisis on Infinite Earths (DC, 2000 series) (2000 [February 2001])
- in Crisis on Infinite Earths (Semic S.A., 2001 series) #2 (mars 2002) [recolored]
- in Crisis on Infinite Earths The Absolute Edition (DC, 2005 series) (2005 [January 2006]) [cover sans trade dress] which is reprinted
-
in DC Comics Graphic Novel Collection Sonderband (Eaglemoss Publications, 2015 series) #2 - Crisis on Infinite Earths, #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) [somente arte]
- in Crisis on Infinite Earths: 35th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (DC, 2019 series) ([November] 2019)
-
Indexer Notes
Colors credit confirmed by Anthony Tollin.
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[no title indexed]
DC Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Thanks to Amazing Heroes
Indexer Notes
House ad touting the fact that DC Comics had 4 entries in the top 10 Best Books of 1984 per Amazing Heroes #63.
On inside front cover.
Oblivion Upon Us
Crisis on Infinite Earths / comic story / 25 pages
- Script
- Marv Wolfman (credited)
- Pencils
- George Pérez (credited)
- Inks
- Dick Giordano (credited); Mike DeCarlo (credited); George Pérez (Alex Luthor on pages 1-2 only)
- Colors
- Anthony Tollin (credited)
- Letters
- John Costanza (credited)
- Job Number
- G-1847
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The Monitor's satellite, somewhere between all space and time...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- New Teen Titans [Jericho; Wonder Girl [Donna Troy]; Starfire [Koriand'r]; Nightwing [Dick Grayson]; Kole; Changeling [Gar Logan]; Cyborg [Victor Stone]]; The Outsiders [Halo; Metamorpho; Katana; Black Lightning; Geo-Force]; The Losers [Gunner; Sarge; Johnny Cloud; Captain Storm] (all die); Easy Company [Sgt. Rock; Wildman; Bulldozer; Four-Eyes; Farmer Boy; Little Sure Shot; Jackie Johnson; Ice Cream Soldier; Flower (dies)]; Legion of Super-Heroes [Wildfire [Drake Burroughs]; Sun Boy [Dirk Morgana]; Lightning Lass [Ayla Ranzz]; Cosmic Boy [Rokk Krinn]; Dream Girl [Nura Nal]; Brainiac 5 [Querl Dox]; Element Lad [Jan Arrah]; Mon-El [Lar Gand]; Kid Psycho (dies); Dawnstar]; Flash [Barry Allen]; Superman (Earth-1); Batman (Earth-1); Firestorm; The Monitor; Alexander Luthor Jr.; Harbinger [Lyla Michaels]; Psycho-Pirate [Roger Hayden]; Brainiac; Blue Beetle [Ted Kord]; Haunted Tank; Lt. Jeb Stuart; Dr. Polaris; Superman [Kal-L] (Earth-2); King Solovar; Kamandi; Bat Lash; Scalphunter; Jonah Hex; Nighthawk; Johnny Thunder (Earth-1, Western hero); Psimon [Simon Jones]; Firebrand [Danette Reilly]; Green Lantern [John Stewart]; Killer Frost [Louise Lincoln]; Anti-Monitor (voice and in shadow); Anti-Monitor's shadow demons (villains)
- Synopsis
- Things are getting worse on Earth-1 as the storms increase around the planet and the shadowy demons attack the heroes protecting the Monitor's tuning forks. Meanwhile, a possessed Harbinger begins to attack the Monitor. To be continued...
- Reprints
- in Super Star Comics (Arédit-Artima, 1986 series) #4 (août 1986)
- in Superamigos (Editora Abril, 1985 series) #24 (Abril 1987)
- in Superman Klassik (Norbert Hethke Verlag, 1990 series) #5 - Krise der Parallelerden Buch 2 (1991)
- in Crisis on Infinite Earths (DC, 1998 series) (1998 [February 1999])
- in JLA - Die neue Gerechtigkeitsliga Sonderband (Dino Verlag, 1997 series) #12 - Crisis on infinite Earths 1 (1999)
- in Crisis on Infinite Earths (DC, 2000 series) (2000 [February 2001])
- in Crisis on Infinite Earths (Semic S.A., 2001 series) #1
- 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 Colección Héroes y Villanos (ECC Ediciones, 2021 series) #30 - Crisis en Tierras infinitas Vol. 1 (Marzo de 2022)
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- Keywords
- Coyote; Markovia; Metropolis
Indexer Notes
Pérez inks credit from Crisis on Infinite Earths The Compendium.
[no title indexed]
Nabisco / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Find your way to the Newtons treasure chest!!
Indexer Notes
Ad for Fig Newtons and Apple Newtons in the form of a board game.
Between pages 4-5 of story.
[no title indexed]
Reese's Pieces / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Shademadafas
- Synopsis
- An alien comments on Reese's.
Indexer Notes
Ad for candy from Hershey Foods Corporation.
Between pages 9-10 of story.
[no title indexed]
Nabisco / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Another big hit from Bonkers!
Indexer Notes
Ad for Bonkers candy.
On first page between pages 18-19 of story.
[no title indexed]
Remco Toys / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Cross swords with champions!
- Characters
- Arak; Warlord; Hercules; Deimos; Mikola; Machiste
Indexer Notes
Ad for poseable action figures based on DC Comics' characters and available at Kmart stores. Letters credit from http://kleinletters.com/.
On second page between pages 18-19 of story.
Write Right Now!
advertisement / 1 page
- Characters
- Charles Atlas
Indexer Notes
Ads in classified format for sharks teeth, comic books, self-defense training, watches, clothing, body building courses, and more. Print Advertising Representatives, Inc. agent.
On first page between pages 22-23 of story.
Ben Oda Remembered
Meanwhile... / in-house column / 1 page
- Script
- Andy Helfer (credited as Andrew Helfer)
- Letters
- typeset
- Synopsis
- Andrew writes a memorial to the late DC letterer Ben Oda.
Indexer Notes
Also includes a DC check list for the week of March 7, 1985.
Cooperation, DC Style
Crisis Mail / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Marv Wolfman (credited)
- Pencils
- George Pérez (Harbinger illustration)
- Inks
- George Pérez (Harbinger illustration)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- L-1968
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Welcome to the third issue of Crisis on Infinite Earths...
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Characters
- Harbinger
- Synopsis
- Marv discusses the behind-the-scenes work that went on among the DC editors to create the Crisis on Infinite Earths.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["The Titans! The Outsiders! The Legion! And more!"]
Crisis on Infinite Earths -
1.
["Thanks to Amazing Heroes"]
DC Comics -
2.
Oblivion Upon Us
Crisis on Infinite Earths -
3.
["Find your way to the Newtons treasure chest!!"]
Nabisco -
4.
["Shademadafas"]
Reese's Pieces -
5.
["Another big hit from Bonkers!"]
Nabisco -
6.
["Cross swords with champions!"]
Remco Toys -
7.
Write Right Now!
-
8.
Ben Oda Remembered
Meanwhile... -
9.
Cooperation, DC Style
Crisis Mail -
10.
Acne
Noxzema Clear-Ups -
11.
BMXperience
Huffy
This issue was modified by, among others
- Chris Boyko
- Peter Croome
- john cruz
- Gregory Fischer
- Del Gruber
- Matthew Head
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Bob Hughes
- Dave Marchand
- Lou Mazzella
- Donald Dale Milne
- Nuno Miranda
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Van Dore
- David Weston
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