Crisis on Infinite Earths #2 [Newsstand]
(May 1985)

DC, 1985 Series
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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:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Crisis on Infinite Earths / cover / 1 page (report information)

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.
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Indexer Notes

Colors credit confirmed by Anthony Tollin.

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V The Comic Book (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

V for Vendetta / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Time and Time Again! (Table of Contents: 2)

Crisis on Infinite Earths / comic story / 25 pages (report information)

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...
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Keywords
Atlantis; Metropolis; Oa

Indexer Notes

Perez inks credit from Crisis on Infinite Earths The Compendium.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Oreo Cookies / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Write Right Now! (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Reese's Pieces / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Nabisco / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Remco Toys / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Crisis Mail / letters page / 1 page (report information)

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.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Olympic Sales / Olympia Sales Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Meanwhile... / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Noxzema Acne 12 / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["From Anthro to the Legion of Superheroes -- and beyond!"]
    Crisis on Infinite Earths
  2. 1. V The Comic Book
    V for Vendetta
  3. 2. Time and Time Again!
    Crisis on Infinite Earths
  4. 3. ["How many bright Oreo cookie ideas can you come up with?"]
    Oreo Cookies
  5. 4. Write Right Now!
  6. 5. ["Etagramulfabetz"]
    Reese's Pieces
  7. 6. ["Look out when new Bonkers fruit candy hits town!"]
    Nabisco
  8. 7. ["Cross swords with champions!"]
    Remco Toys
  9. 8. ["Welcome to the second issue..."]
    Crisis Mail
  10. 9. ["Earn famous name prizes or cash"]
    Olympic Sales / Olympia Sales Cards
  11. 10. ["Dear Dad..."]
    Meanwhile...
  12. 11. ["12 ways to fight acne with one single drop."]
    Noxzema Acne 12
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