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3 out of 5 stars

Fun, but almost painfully silly. September 6, 2006
4 out of 6 found this review helpful

Readers who are accustomed to today's comic writers may find this collection difficult to read. The art often fails to convey the action and plot sufficiently, and so the dialogue bubbles fearlessly describe every detail of each situation. It's actually quite funny, and you may find yourself quoting some of the more awkward dialogue in humor.

Don't expect a serious or earthshaking plot such as in Crisis and Zero Hour. Sure, the world's are nearly destroyed several times, but this is par for the course, rather than a really earth-shaking event.

The most difficult thing to swallow is the glib way the heroes deal with the dangers they face. The JLA/JSA seems to be more of a club than a heroic society.

Definitely not the best work on JSA or JLA titles. But it is absolutely amusing, and may fill in a few gaps in understanding where these CRISIS/ZERO HOUR heroes come from originally.

Final thoughts: Pick up Crisis on multiple Earths Volume 2 first. It suffers the some of the same silliness; but is vastly superior in overall readability of the stories.

3 out of 5 stars

The beginning... January 2, 2006
18 out of 19 found this review helpful

The trade paperback CRISIS ON MULTIPLE EARTHS: THE TEAM UPS Volume 1 brings together two of my favorite subjects in comics: alternate worlds, and Golden Age characters. These were combined for the first time by a group of creative individuals at DC Comics in 1961, unleashing a cross-dimensional revival of their Golden Age characters for a new generation of comic readers. The effects are still being felt today in storylines such as Crisis on Infinite Earths, Zero Hour, and the current Infinite Crisis. And its beginnings can be experienced here in the first volume of a series (hopefully) of trade paperbacks.

In the mid- `50s, the Silver Age of comics, DC brought back their classic Golden Age properties, and by doing so, they revitalized the entire comics industry; however, even though they still had Green Lantern, Flash, Hawkman, etc., they were different characters, with more of a science fiction angle. Throughout the rest of the `50s, it was as if the Golden Age versions had never existed, but in 1961, Flash #123 featured the story "The Flash of Two Worlds", which teamed up Silver Age Flash Barry Allen with his Golden Age counterpart Jay Garrick. With this story, editor Julius Schwartz, writer Gardner Fox, and artist Carmine Infantino gave birth to what would become one of DC's most beloved gimmicks: the Multiple Earths, where it was explained that all of the stories of the forgotten Golden Age characters had actually occurred on what was referred to as "Earth-2". Not only that, but the Silver Age heroes were actually aware of those Golden Age heroes, as they had read about them in comics! It was a reality-bending concept, and the fans loved it.

This trade paperback contains eight stories from the height of DC's Silver Age success: THE FLASH #123, 129, 137, 151; GREEN LANTERN #40; SHOWCASE #55-56; and THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD #61, with appearances by the Silver Age Flash and Green Lantern, and the Golden Age Flash, Green Lantern, Dr. Fate, Hourman, Black Canary, and Starman, and a host of villains from both Earths, including the Shade, Captain Cold, Solomon Grundy, the Mist, and more. The story quality varies; in fact, many of the stories here unfortunately fall back on tired plots and action that were common in many Golden Age comics. The standouts are the abovementioned FLASH #123, and GREEN LANTERN #40, which features the secret origin of the Guardians, as well as the scientist Krona, who dared to view the creation of the universe and almost destroyed it in the process. It's certainly not a home-run collection of quality stories, but then it's really not meant to be. This is more of an educational tool, if it can be called that, as it features the development of DC's multiple Earths concept. So enjoy it for what it is: a fun bunch of comics!