Crisis on Infinite Earths
#2
[Newsstand]
(May 1985)
DC,
1985 Series
- Price
- 0.75 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1985-02-07
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [bullet]
- Barcode
- 0709893266105
- Editing
- Marv Wolfman (editor); Robert Greenberger (associate editor); Len Wein (consulting editor); Tom Condon (managing editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from DC Releases #12.
This issue is a variant of Crisis on Infinite Earths (DC, 1985 series) #2 [Direct]. There exist further variants:
This issue is a variant of Crisis on Infinite Earths (DC, 1985 series) #2 [Direct]. There exist further variants:
[no title indexed]
Crisis on Infinite Earths / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- George Pérez (credited, signed)
- Inks
- George Pérez (credited, signed)
- Colors
- Anthony Tollin
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- From Anthro to the Legion of Superheroes -- and beyond!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman (Earth-2); Dawnstar; Firebrand [Danette Reilly]; Obsidian; Kamandi; King Solovar; Green Lantern [John Stewart]; Firestorm; Anti-Monitor's shadow demons (in merged giant form)
- Synopsis
- The heroes battle a giant shadow demon at the top of one of the Monitor's machines.
- Reprints
-
in Crisis on Infinite Earths (Federal, 1985 series) #2 -
in Play Saga (Play Press, 1990 series) #2 -
in Superman Taschenbuch (Egmont Ehapa, 1976 series) #71 (1985) -
in Crisis en Tierras Infinitas (Zinco, 1987 series) #2 (Mayo 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 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 - 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)
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Indexer Notes
Colors credit confirmed by Anthony Tollin.
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V The Comic Book
V for Vendetta / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Genre
- science fiction
Indexer Notes
House ad for new series V.
On inside front cover.
Time and Time Again!
Crisis on Infinite Earths / comic story / 25 pages
- Script
- Marv Wolfman (credited)
- Pencils
- George Pérez (credited)
- Inks
- Dick Giordano (credited); George Pérez (page 18, panel 8; page 21, panel 5)
- Colors
- Anthony Tollin (credited)
- Letters
- John Costanza (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The dawn of man...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Legion of Super-Heroes [Colossal Boy [Gim Allon]; Lightning Lass [Ayla Ranzz]; Chameleon Boy [Reep Daggle]; Wildfire [Drake Burroughs]; Phantom Girl [Tinya Wazzo]; Brainiac 5 [Querl Dox]; Dawnstar]; Batman [Bruce Wayne] (Earth-1); Flash [Barry Allen]; Firestorm [Ronnie Raymond; Martin Stein]; Superman [Kal-El] (Earth-1); Cyborg [Victor Stone]; Raven (image); Anthro; Embra; Ne-Ahn; Lart; Joker; Psycho-Pirate [Roger Hayden]; Firebrand [Danette Reilly]; Psimon [Simon Jones]; Blue Beetle [Ted Kord]; King Solovar; Geo-Force [Brion Markov]; Killer Frost [Louise Lincoln]; Superman [Kal-L] (Earth-2); Arion; Dr. Polaris [Neal Emerson]; Obsidian [Todd Rice]; Green Lantern [John Stewart]; The Monitor; Harbinger [Lyla Michaels]; Guardians of the Universe (death); Pariah; Kamandi; Lady Chian; The Anti-Monitor (intro as voice, villain behind the scenes this issue in silhouette); Alexander Luthor Jr.; Shadow Demons
- Synopsis
- Time and space is going crazy as the heroes aboard the Monitor's satellite are dispatched to save the Monitor's tuning forks on Earth-1 as the Crisis begins to hit. Meanwhile, unbeknownst to anyone, a shadowy figure has dispatched his demons to stop these actions, with one of them having taken over a copy of Harbinger (as seen in issue 1) before she reintegrated herself into one person. To be continued...
- Reprints
- in Superman Taschenbuch (Egmont Ehapa, 1976 series) #71 (1985)
-
in Super Star Comics (Arédit-Artima, 1986 series) #4 (août 1986) [Moins [Minus] 1 page] - in Superman Klassik (Norbert Hethke Verlag, 1990 series) #4 - Krise der Parallelerden [1], #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 en las Tierras Infinitas (Grupo Editorial Vid, 2003 series) #1 (27 de julio de 2003) - 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
- Atlantis; Metropolis; Oa
Indexer Notes
Perez inks credit from Crisis on Infinite Earths The Compendium.
[no title indexed]
Oreo Cookies / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- How many bright Oreo cookie ideas can you come up with?
Indexer Notes
Ad for Oreo cookies with a decoding activity.
Between pages 4-5 of story.
Write Right Now!
advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Ads in classified format for toys and novelties, comic books, self-defense training, watches, clothing, high school diploma courses, and more. Print Advertising Representatives, Inc. agent.
Between pages 10-11 of story.
[no title indexed]
Reese's Pieces / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Etagramulfabetz
- Synopsis
- An alien comments on Reese's.
Indexer Notes
Ad for candy from Hershey Foods Corporation.
Between pages 14-15 of story.
[no title indexed]
Nabisco / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Look out when new Bonkers fruit candy hits town!
Indexer Notes
Ad for Bonkers candy.
Between pages 17-18 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/.
Between pages 23-24 of story.
[no title indexed]
Crisis Mail / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Marv Wolfman (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Welcome to the second issue...
- Synopsis
- Marv discusses the process of getting the Crisis project approved and the research behind it; no letters.
- Reprints
- in Crisis en las Tierras Infinitas (Grupo Editorial Vid, 2003 series) #1 (27 de julio de 2003)
-
[no title indexed]
Olympic Sales / Olympia Sales Cards / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Earn famous name prizes or cash
- Characters
- Captain O
Indexer Notes
Ad for sales people for greeting cards or gifts.
[no title indexed]
Meanwhile... / in-house column / 1 page
- Script
- Dick Giordano (signed as Dick)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Dear Dad...
- Synopsis
- Dick discusses DC's licensed comics, especially the new V series.
Indexer Notes
Includes a DC check list for the week of February 7, 1985.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["From Anthro to the Legion of Superheroes -- and beyond!"]
Crisis on Infinite Earths -
1.
V The Comic Book
V for Vendetta -
2.
Time and Time Again!
Crisis on Infinite Earths -
3.
["How many bright Oreo cookie ideas can you come up with?"]
Oreo Cookies -
4.
Write Right Now!
-
5.
["Etagramulfabetz"]
Reese's Pieces -
6.
["Look out when new Bonkers fruit candy hits town!"]
Nabisco -
7.
["Cross swords with champions!"]
Remco Toys -
8.
["Welcome to the second issue..."]
Crisis Mail -
9.
["Earn famous name prizes or cash"]
Olympic Sales / Olympia Sales Cards -
10.
["Dear Dad..."]
Meanwhile... -
11.
["12 ways to fight acne with one single drop."]
Noxzema Acne 12
This issue was modified by
- Bob Hughes
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Van Dore
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