A CRISIS of Infinite Options

Robots From Tomorrow!

Greg welcomes DC3Cast’s Brian Salvatore back to the show to help out with this Shelf Bound look at DC’s 1985 blockbuster event CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS. After catching up on Brian’s busy post-Multiversity life, balancing different passions including music, baseball, and family, and various podcasts, it’s time for some CRISIS management to figure out the optimal way to tackle the monumental and sprawling story Marv Wolfman and George Perez unleashed.

Do you stick to JUST the 12-issue maxiseries?

Do you throw caution to the wind and read EVERY red sky tie-in?

Do you go even further and include the various “Crisis” JLA/JSA precursors and the LEGENDS mini follow-up?

What about Marvel’s CRISIS parodies like MIGHTY MOUSE’s “Mices on Infinite Earths”?

It’s a biiiiiig question, but these are the two lads willing to walk into the anti-matter to answer that question, and many more.

[This episode is number 818 in a series.]

CHAPTERS

00:00 Preamble 02:17 Brian's Busy Life Post-Multiversity 04:21 Rediscovering Comics as a Hobby 05:51 Missing the Multiversity Experience 07:01 The Churn of Comics and Baseball 09:44 Balancing Work and Passion Projects 17:47 The DC3 Cast and Patreon Experience 28:54 Crisis on Infinite Earths: A Deep Dive 39:36 Infinity Inc and Roy Thomas 41:49 Post-Crisis DC Universe 44:57 Defining a Crisis Event 49:52 Essential Crisis Experience 53:37 Collecting Crisis and Beyond 01:14:39 Final Thoughts on Crisis 01:15:54 Outro